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Herald Reporter
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Minister Monica Mutsvangwa has sent her condolences following the death of veteran journalist Cde Saul Gwakuba Ndlovu, who succumbed to a heart-related ailment yesterday at the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH).
He was 86.
Cde Ndlovu, a veteran of the liberation struggle and an author of three publications, “The voice of Joshua Nkomo”, “Zimbabwe: Some Facts About Its Liberation Struggle” and “Zimbabwe in the Struggle”.
“Cde Ndlovu succumbed to a heart ailment at United Bulawayo Hospital this morning. He is remembered by colleagues in the media fraternity as having been a gregarious gentleman and one who always was there for young journalists during his tenure at Zimpapers and Munn Publications,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.
He was born in 1934 on September 23 at Dombodema Mission in Bulilima District, Matabeleland South Province, after his secondary education at Kutama Mission he worked as a teacher between 1954 and 1959 while being a correspondent for the African Newspapers.
He was also a research worker in Social Anthropology among the Kalanga people in the Mangwe District.
“He then went into full-time journalism in 1961 in the then Salisbury. Later on he left the country for Zambia to join the armed struggle where he became founding editor and director of the publicity and information for ZAPU between 1964 and 1978,” said Minister Mutsvangwa.
In 1972 he was part of cadres that were sent to the then Soviet Union by ZAPU for training.
Among his group were Brigadier-General (Retired) Abel Mazinyane, Colonel (Retired) Thomas “Menu” Ngwenya, late Cde Jack Amos Ngwenya, Phebione Makonese, Easter Ndiweni and Josiah Ncube. Cdes Gwakuba Ndlovu, Ngwenya, Ndiweni and Makonese were to do leadership training in the Soviet Union.
He ran a weekly column in the Chronicle on topics of public interest and value.
He is survived by his wife, Caroline Gwakuba Ndlovu, five children and eight grandchildren. Mourners are gathered at number 16 Jungle Road, Trenance, Bulawayo.
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