Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa today urged the nation not to lose hope in the country’s fight against Covid-19, but continue to observe health protocols recommended to fight the pandemic. Addressing mourners at the double burial of national hero Moton Malianga ( 91) and heroine, Manicaland Minister of State for Provincial Affairs Ellen Gwaradzimba, the President.
Cde Moton Dizzy Paul Malianga (1930-2021)
Celebrating the life of liberation stalwart
Chimurenga liberation struggle freedom fighter and one of the first renowned nationalists, 90-year-old Moton Malianga, died in Harare on January 15, 2021 from complications of aspiration pneumonia. A mighty hero, a steadfast strategist and key player in every twist and turn of the liberation struggle (Chimurenga) for Zimbabwe, has fallen.
He was declared a national hero, uncontested, and was laid to rest on January 20, 2021 at the Zimbabwe National Heroes Acre. Cde Malianga was born at Old Mutare Mission in Zimbabwe on the 8th of June 1930. He was the fifth child.