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Lieutenant-General Asher Walter Tapfumanei places a wreath on the casket bearing the late Brigadier-General (Retired) Mathias Tizirai Ngarava’s body at Charles Gumbo Barracks in Harare yesterday
Walter Nyamukondiwa
Mashonaland West Bureau Chief
THE ZANU PF Mashonaland West provincial leadership and Ngarava family have welcomed the conferment of national hero status on Brigadier-General (Retired) Mathias Tizirai Ngarava.
Mr Emmanuel Ngarava, son of the late national hero, thanked President Mnangagwa for the honour.
“We would like to thank President Mnangagwa for the honour he has bestowed on our father and say that as a family we welcome the decision,” he said.
Politburo member Cde Ziyambi Ziyambi said the province was honoured with the recognition.
Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs and Devolution Minister Marian Chombo expressed her condolences, pledging the Government’s support until the late hero’s burial.
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