Mavis Chidzonga dies

on Sunday night after being diagnosed of malaria.
“She passed on at her home after she complained of being feverish and was taken to a local clinic where she was diagnosed of Malaria. She came back home but her condition worsened at night,” said a relative Mr Walter Chirenje.
Mourners are gathered at number 21 Scripps Street in Borrowdale. She is survived by her husband Professor Midion Mapfumo Chidzonga and two children.
Mr Chirenje said a request has since been made to the Mashonaland West provincial leadership for Dr Chidzonga to be declared a provincial heroine considering her contri-bution to the liberation of Zimbabwe.
“She had good liberation war credentials and attended the Lancaster House negotiations. We have made a request for her to be declared a provincial heroine and the province is dealing with the matter at the moment,” Mr Chirenje said.
Dr Chidzonga, MP for Mhondoro from 1995-2000, is a former commissioner-general of the Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Commission between 2005 and 2008. She was a Zupco board member and Nicoz Diamond chairperson. Dr Chidzonga also worked for several Government departments including Education, Ministry of Youth, Department of Rural Development as a chief development officer in the then Ministry of Lands and Resettlement. A church service will be held for her at the Northside Community Church at 10:30am today. She will be buried in Gokwe tomorrow.