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Zanu-PF’s Harare province has written to the Politburo requesting national hero status to be accorded on the late veteran liberation fighter Cde Peter Manyani.Cde Manyani who was a member of the Zanla High Command during the liberation struggle died on Friday after a short illness.
He was 84.
Provincial chairman Cde Amos Midzi said yesterday that the province was waiting for a response from the party.
Zanu-PF secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa confirmed receiving the request, but said the matter was being dealt with.
“The matter is being dealt with in a normal way,” he said. “The matter will be dealt with from level to level and the status will be considered by the top brass.
“At the moment, the decision has not been made,” he said.
Cde Mutasa said Cde Manyani was not yet buried because of the discussions on hero status still taking place. Cde Manyani died on Monday last week at Parirenyatwa Hospital after a short illness.
Born on March 10, 1930, Cde Manyani did his Standard Six in Chihota in Mashonaland East Province and completed a building course.
He taught in Chihota, worked as a clerk for a structural engineering company and later on worked at his father’s farm in the Chesa area of Mashonaland Central.
Cde Manyani became involved in politics in the 1960s and joined the armed struggle in 1972.
He stayed at Chesa in Mt Darwin until recruitment by Cde Joseph Khumalo, (Retired Lieutenant-Colonel Joel Muzhamba), together with other members of the Group of 45 who launched the second phase of the Second Chimurenga in 1972.
They crossed into Zambia through Musengezi River on foot.
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