President Mnangagwa has sent a message of condolence following the death of the first Agriculture Minister in independent Zimbabwe, Mr Dennis Norman.<\/p>\n
Mr Norman, a long time leader of the agriculture sector before 1980 died two weeks ago in Oxfordshire in the United Kingdom after a long battle with cancer.<\/p>\n
The President said Mr Norman was among a few handful of white leaders who offered to serve under a black majority Government at independence.<\/p>\n
\u201cThus validating our policy of national reconciliation following 15 years of our armed struggle against white settler colonialism.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was a bold gesture which ended racial polarisation and laid a lasting basis for racial amity and peace in the country.<\/p>\n
Leaders like Norman, David Smith, Chris Anderson and Dr timothy stamps all late will be remembered in our country\u2019s history for playing a salutary role in the formative years of our Nation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
As Minister of Government, the President said Mr Norman worked hard towards a unified, non-racial agricultural sector where farmers related toe ac other and collaborated on grounds of their calling and not along the racial divide of colonial times.<\/p>\n
\u201con behalf of the Nation of Zimbabwe which he loyally served, its Government of which he was part for so long and on my own behalf, I wish to express my heartfelt condolences to the Norman family on their saddest loss.<\/p>\n
May they derive comfort from the deep respect and regard which our nation continues to give him. May his soul rest in eternal peace,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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