{"id":10300,"date":"2019-06-20T15:14:39","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T15:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/?p=10300"},"modified":"2019-06-20T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T15:14:39","slug":"zanu-pf-deputy-chief-whip-mguni-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-deputy-chief-whip-mguni-dies","title":{"rendered":"Zanu PF deputy chief whip Mguni dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ZANU PF deputy Chief Whip and Mangwe MP Obedingwa Mguni has died following a long battle with diabetes.<span id=\"more-3096224744024896\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The former Home Affairs deputy minister died on Tuesday late afternoon at Avenues Clinic in Harare, where he was rushed after falling ill after a parliamentary session. He was 56.<\/p>\n<p>Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda yesterday confirmed Mguni\u2019s death.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is a sad loss. His family has been officially advised by Parliament about his death. We are going to give a condolence message later as Parliament. As of now, it is too early. Let us wait for the family to settle with the news and follow due process,\u201d Mudenda said.<\/p>\n<p>Bulilima West legislator Dingimuzi Phuti said in Mguni\u2019s death, he had lost a mentor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so painful. I can\u2019t come to terms with that reality. He was my compass in terms of constituency and parliamentary work, both as a co-MP and my chief whip on parliamentary business in the party,\u201d Phuti said.<br \/>\nZanu PF spokesperson Simon Khaya Moyo, in his condolence message, said Mguni\u2019s sudden death had robbed the party of a principled man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCde Mguni died on duty as he had attended Parliament yesterday and interacted with his colleagues in the usual jovial positive and constructive mannerism,\u201d Khaya Moyo said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a committed cadre of the revolution, principled, disciplined, down to earth and a man of the people \u2026 In wishing his wife and family strength and staying power, may his soul rest in eternal peace.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mguni was born on December 1, 1962 and went to Matole and Silima primary schools in Empandeni, Plumtree, before going to Matopo and Asngas in South Africa for his secondary education.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to acquire a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics and Financial Management at Witwatersrand University, among other qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>Mguni has been a Member of Parliament since 2013 and was also Zanu PF\u2019s provincial treasurer, apart from being provincial war veterans chairperson for Matabeleland South.<br \/>\nHe was also the chairperson of Democratisation, Good Governance and Human Rights in the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Mguni took part in the liberation struggle between 1975 and 1980.<\/p>\n<p>From Empandeni, he went to Zambia where he attended Mkushi College before he went to Libya for guerrilla training.<\/p>\n<p>In 1980, Mguni was demobilised. He then joined the teaching profession, leaving it in 1986 before going to South Africa where he joined the South African government. He is survived by wife Hlalani and three children, Doris, Bongani and Simphiwe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ZANU PF deputy Chief Whip and Mangwe MP Obedingwa Mguni has died following a long battle with diabetes. The former Home Affairs deputy minister died on Tuesday late afternoon at Avenues Clinic in Harare, where he was rushed after falling ill after a parliamentary session. He was 56. Speaker of Parliament Jacob Mudenda yesterday confirmed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":8562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[38,32,120,332],"class_list":{"0":"post-10300","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-parties","9":"tag-zanu-pf","10":"tag-education","11":"tag-parties","12":"tag-south-africa"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Zanu PF deputy chief whip Mguni dies - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-deputy-chief-whip-mguni-dies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zanu PF deputy chief whip Mguni dies\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ZANU PF deputy Chief Whip and Mangwe MP Obedingwa Mguni has died following a long battle with diabetes. 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