Online Reporter
Lovemore Kadzura
Post Reporter
MANICALAND has been plunged into deep mourning after two officials from the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation, and Water Development died in a road accident on Saturday morning.
Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs and Devolution, Advocate Misheck Mugadza this morning attended one of the deceased funeral services at the Roman Catholic Church in Chikanga.
The victims, Mrs Memory Rutsvara and Mr Lovemore Mwavurudza, died on Saturday when their bus veered off the road while travelling from the Inter-Ministerial games held in Masvingo.
Addressing mourners at Mrs Rutsvara’s funeral service, Minister Mugadza said the deaths had robbed the province of dedicated civil servants.
Mrs Rutsvara served as an accountant for Agritex and Agriculture and Rural Development Agency (ARDA), under the Ministry of Agriculture, Mechanisation, and Water Development.
“In Government we value honesty, accountability and hard work. The late Mrs Rutsvara embodied all these virtues. She was dependable, focused, respectful and selfless in the discharge of her responsibilities. Her contribution to the smooth administration of Government programmes in the agricultural sector will remain etched in our memories. Her passing is therefore not a loss to her immediate family alone, but a significant loss to the ministry she served, Manicaland Province and the nation at large. We have lost a woman who understood the importance of service. We have lost a colleague whose work ethic inspired those around her. We have lost a quiet, but effective pillar in the machinery of Government,” said Minister Mugadza.
Mrs Rutsvara was expected to be buried late this afternoon at the Dangamvura Cemetery.
Minister Mugadza is also expected to attend the funeral service of Mr Mwavurudza in the Dora area on the outskirts of Mutare.
