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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>A veteran of Zimbabwe\u2019s war of independence, George Makombe, on Tuesday said the conferment of national heroes status on the late Retired Brigadier General Benjamin Mabenge by President Emmerson Mnangagwa \u201cwas a given\u201d considering the role he played in the country\u2019s liberation.<\/p>\n

Makombe, who was a close friend of Mabenge, said the struggle veteran was \u201ca real soldier in the pedigree of Perrence Shiri and Tonderai Nyika.\u201d Said Makombe:<\/p>\n

\u2026 the President didn\u2019t consult when he heard that Mabenge had passed on.<\/p>\n

He (Mnangagwa) just conferred him with the national heroes status because that is deserved. We are honoured by the President\u2019s gesture.<\/p>\n

Makombe said he met Mabenge during the war in 1977 and forged not only a good working relationship but also a friendship which developed into family relations.<\/p>\n

The late national hero was the commander of the highly volatile Gaza Province during the Second Chimurenga. Added Makombe:<\/p>\n

He was a commander and a soldier par excellence. It\u2019s sad we are losing the greatest soldiers of our time. We lost Perrence Shiri, Tonderai Nyika, and now Mabenge.<\/p>\n

I would say these were our greatest commanders as they were operational field commanders in charge of provinces during the liberation struggle.<\/p>\n

I can say I was privileged to work under these great commanders.<\/p>\n

Mabenge died in Harare on Monday at a local hospital where he has been hospitalised for the past two weeks. He was 67.<\/p>\n

His body was flown on Tuesday morning to his farm in Kwekwe before it returned later in the day for burial at the National Heroes Acre this Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. A veteran of Zimbabwe\u2019s war of independence, George Makombe, on Tuesday said the conferment of national heroes status on the late Retired Brigadier General Benjamin Mabenge by President Emmerson Mnangagwa \u201cwas a given\u201d considering the role he played in the country\u2019s liberation. 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