{"id":30294,"date":"2020-11-19T17:29:18","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/full-text-ed-mourns-son-of-zimbabwes-first-president"},"modified":"2020-11-19T17:29:18","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:29:18","slug":"full-text-ed-mourns-son-of-zimbabwes-first-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/full-text-ed-mourns-son-of-zimbabwes-first-president","title":{"rendered":"Full Text: ED Mourns Son Of Zimbabwe\u2019s First President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span><b>CONDOLENCE MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE E.D. MNANGAGWA, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF MICHAEL BANANA, SON OF THE LATE FIRST PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE, CDE CANAAN SODINDO BANANA, 19TH NOVEMBER, 2020<\/b><\/p>\n<p>I received with great shock and sadness news of the sudden death of Michael Banana, on Tuesday in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n<p>Michael was the eldest son of our late first President Cde Canaan Sodindo Banana. What makes Michael\u2019s end so sad and painful is that he was already scheduled for a minor procedure to correct a heart ailment.<\/p>\n<p>We remember the young Michael then for the commitment and faithful service he rendered to his country among the pioneering crop of officers of the Air Force of Zimbabwe. As a pilot, he served in the Mozambique Campaign.<\/p>\n<p>On behalf of Zanu PF, Government, my family, and indeed on my own behalf, I wish to express my sincere condolences to the Banana family, especially to his mother, Mama Janet Banana, our inaugural First Lady.<\/p>\n<p>May they be consoled by! our collective prayers and grief as a Nation.<\/p>\n<p>May his dear soul rest in eternal peace.<\/p>\n<p><b>E.D. Mnangagwa<\/b><\/p>\n<p>PRESIDENT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. CONDOLENCE MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE E.D. MNANGAGWA, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF MICHAEL BANANA, SON OF THE LATE FIRST PRESIDENT OF ZIMBABWE, CDE CANAAN SODINDO BANANA, 19TH NOVEMBER, 2020 I received with great shock and sadness news of the sudden death of Michael Banana, on Tuesday in the United Kingdom. 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