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Major-General (Retired) Sikhulile Simposon Nyathi has died.
He was 61.
Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army (ZNA) Lieutenant-General David Sigauke said Maj-Gen Nyathi died at the ZNA 2 Referral Hospital in Harare on Sunday.
In a statement on Tuesday, ZNA public relations director Colonel Alphios Makotore said funeral arrangements will be announced in due course.
“The late Major-General (Rtd) Nyathi was born on September 12, 1960 in Mapate Village in Gwanda District, Matabeleland South Province,” he said.
“He did his primary education at Mapate Primary School from 1966 to 1972. He then proceeded for his secondary education at Manama Secondary School from 1973 to 1976 in Gwanda District.
“He joined the liberation struggle under the Zimbabwe African People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) after crossing the border into Zambia via Botswana on January 27, 1977.”
Maj-Gen Nyathi received military training at Chakwenga Guerrilla Training Camp One (CGT1) in Zambia that same year.
“He, later on, proceeded to the then Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) for further military training in January 1978,” adds the statement.
“At Independence, the late Major-General Nyathi was attested into the Zimbabwe National Army on June 1, 1981. He rose through the ranks to Major-General in 2020, the rank he retired with from the ZNA that same year.”
Mourners are gathered at Number 6, 21 Avenue, Mabelreign in Harare.
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