{"id":77293,"date":"2023-04-29T11:08:43","date_gmt":"2023-04-29T09:08:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwa-confers-tongai-muzenda-with-liberation-hero-status"},"modified":"2023-04-29T14:25:34","modified_gmt":"2023-04-29T12:25:34","slug":"mnangagwa-confers-tongai-muzenda-with-liberation-hero-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mnangagwa-confers-tongai-muzenda-with-liberation-hero-status","title":{"rendered":"Mnangagwa Confers Tongai Muzenda With Liberation Hero Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred liberation hero status on the late Vice President Simon Muzenda\u2019s late son, Tongai Muzenda.<\/p>\n<p>In a letter to the Chief Secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet Dr Misheck Sibanda dated 28 April, ZANU PF Secretary for Administration Obert Mpofu wrote:<\/p>\n<p>His Excellency, the President and First Secretary of Zanu PF, Cde Dr E.D Mnangagwa has conferred a liberation hero status to the late Cde Tongai Muzenda who died on 26 April 2023 and will be buried at Chingito Farm, Tariro Village, Gutu.<\/p>\n<p>The family can be contacted through our Masvingo Provincial Office. I shall be most grateful if you would make the usual arrangements for his burial and payment of benefits to his family. He is from Masvingo Province.<\/p>\n<p>Muzenda, who was the Minerals and Marketing Corporation of Zimbabwe general manager, was killed in a car crash on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>He was a former Deputy Minister of Labour and Public Service and also served as a Member of Parliament for the Gutu West constituency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred liberation hero status on the late Vice President Simon Muzenda\u2019s late son, Tongai Muzenda. 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