<p>BY RUGARE GUMBO We have learned with sorrow and sadness of the death of Cde Mukudzei Mudzi (94), the former executive secretary (general-secretary) of Dare reChimurenga of Zanu. Cde Mudzi’s death followed that of Cde Morton Malianga (91). The two were genuine war veterans. Our prayers and thoughts are with them. May their souls rest […]</p>
‘We know who our true heroes are’
BY RUGARE GUMBO
We have learned with sorrow and sadness of the death of Cde Mukudzei Mudzi (94), the former executive secretary (general-secretary) of Dare reChimurenga of Zanu.
Cde Mudzi’s death followed that of Cde Morton Malianga (91). The two were genuine war veterans. Our prayers and thoughts are with them. May their souls rest in eternal peace.
Cde Mudzi and Cde Malianga were pioneers of the national liberation struggle, first as nationalists in Zimbabwe and later as guerrilla leaders outside the country.
Malianga played a pivotal role in the formation of all the major political parties from National Democratic Party in 1960, the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union in 1962 and later the Zimbabwe African National Union (Zanu) in 1963.
The Zimbabwe Independent
March 20, 2020
THIS is the fourth extract from Blessing-Miles Tendiâs book The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker (Cambridge University Press). Tendi is an Associate Professor in Politics at the University of Oxford. Permission for reproduction of extracts of the book was granted exclusively to the Zimbabwe Independent by the author. Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker is available in Zimbabwean book stores and Exclusive Books (South Africa).
Herbert Chitepo was assassinated at about 8am. on March 18 1975. A powerful bomb in his Volkswagen Beetle car detonated as he pulled out from his home, 150 Muramba Road, Chilenje Township in Lusaka. âThe blast threw part of the car onto the roof of his house and uprooted a tree next door.â Chitepo and one of his bodyguards, Silas Shamiso, died instantly, while the second bodyguard Sadat Kufamadzuba was wounded. Nhongo was in Chifombo wh