adminSenior Court Reporter
THE provincial magistrate in charge of Matabeleland North and Bulawayo provinces and former freedom fighter, Mr John Masimba (56), who died on Friday will be buried today at his farm in Bubi district. Mr Masimba died on Friday at 1.45am at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) after a short illness.
His son Mr Gerald Masimba said his father would be buried at Famona Farm.
“There will be a church service at the farm in Inyathi at 9am followed by speeches and burial is expected to take place at 11am,” said Mr Gerald Masimba.
Born on 4 February 1957 in Chivi district in Masvingo Province, Mr Masimba attended primary school at Taru in Chivi before enrolling at Berejena Mission where he did Form 1 and 2.
He completed his secondary education at Gokomere High.
After that he went to Mozambique in 1976 to join the liberation struggle and underwent military training at Chimoio under Zanla.
After completing his military training he was selected to specialise in military intelligence before being deployed to the front.
Soon after independence, he worked at the Bulawayo Magistrates’ Court as a clerk before enrolling at the Judiciary College of Zimbabwe in Domboshava outside Harare where he trained as a magistrate between 1981 and 1982.
On finishing his course, Masimba was employed by the then Ministry of Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs as a trainee magistrate.
He was sworn in as a junior magistrate in 1984 until 1987 when he was promoted to a senior magistrate.
Masimba rose through the ranks to become a provincial magistrate in 1989 starting off in Masvingo where he took charge before he was later transferred to Marondera to head Mashonaland East.
On 2 January 2001, Masimba was transferred to Bulawayo as head of Matabeleland North and Bulawayo provinces.
He is survived by a wife, Sherry Rose and four children, three sons and a daughter.
Online Reporter