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10:34 President Mnangagwa is today presiding over the burial of the late national hero, Cde Ezekiel Tobias Musiiwa Chaunoita, at the National Heroes Acre. He died on May 4, 2024 at his home in Harare after a long illness. He was 65.
10:36 Service Chiefs, led by ZDF Commander Philip Valerio Sibanda, have arrived at the National Heroes Acre
10:42 Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage Kazembe Kazembe is now leading the proceedings.
10:45 Vice Presidents Dr Constantino Chiwenga and Kembo Mohadi have arrived at the National Heroes Acre
10:49 President Mnangagwa has arrived at the National Heroes Acre for the burial of national hero Cde Ezekiel Tobias Musiiwa Chaunoita
10:52 President Mnangagwa is now addressing mourners. He begins with salutations.
President Mnangagwa says we are laying to rest another dedicated cadre barely a fortnight after laying to rest three other heroes at the National Heroes Acre.
He expresses deepest and heartfelt condolences to the Chaunoita family.
The President says the national hero was a dedicated cadre who executed his duties with exception.
President Mnangagwa is now chronicling Cde Chaunoita’s history from his early life, his role in the liberation struggle and his post-independence political life.
“In December 1979, Cde Chaunoita escorted the late General Magama Tongogara from Maputo to Chimoio where the latter was supervising ceasefire duties assigned to his troops. Sadly, on their way back, Cde Chaunoita together with Cde Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri survived a horrific car accident that claimed the life of General Tongogara,” says the President.
President Mnangagwa has urged Zimbabweans to preserve the country’s hard-won independence and calls upon everyone to work hard in building the country “brick by brick, stone upon stone”.
He says youths, as vanguards of the country, should emulate Cde Chaunoita and protect the country from its erstwhile enemies and economic saboteurs. He says the late national hero was a hardworking and honest individual.
10:58 He concludes his address by paying tribute to the late sons and daughters of the soil buried at the National Shrine.
11:24 The procession of mourners going to Cde Chaunoita’s final resting place.
Online Reporter