adminin a car accident on Wednesday night.
The provincial committee will forward its recommendation to the party’s Politburo.
Provincial chairperson Cde Dickson Mafios yesterday said they were saddened by Cde Chininga’s death.
“Cde Chindori Chininga worked for the growth of the party and was loyal up to the time of his death,” he said.
“We will meet tomorrow (today) as the leadership to discuss his hero status.”
Cde Mafios said Cde Chindori Chininga worked tirelessly for the growth of the party.
“The entire leadership of the party in Mashonaland Central sent their message of condolence to the Chindori Chininga family on the death of Cde Chindori Chininga,” he said.
“We are saddened by his passing on as it comes when we are preparing for the harmonised elections.”
Mashonaland Central Governor and Resident Minister Cde Martin Dinha also consoled the Chininga family.
“I knew him well and he played a pivotal role in promoting maize production in Mashonaland Central province. We send our deepest condolences to his family, province and the nation at large,” he said.
Cde Chindori Chininga’s body was yesterday transferred from Guruve District Hospital to a funeral parlour in Harare while awaiting post-mortem.
He died on the spot when the car he was driving failed to stop at the T-junction of Raffingora and Mvurwi roads and rammed into a tree near the back of a house about 30 metres away.
He was 58.
Family spokesperson Mr Elliot Muzhange yesterday said Cde Chindori Chininga was travelling alone when the accident occurred around 7pm.
“I was informed by my daughter after I had just arrived from Dande where he had sent me to collect some cattle and during the afternoon he held a meeting with headmen at Mudhindo Township,” he said.
Mr Muzhange said after hearing about the incident, he went to the scene where there were some police officers. He said burial arrangements would be announced after the Zanu-PF primary elections scheduled for Monday.
One of the occupants of the house near the accident scene said she was awakened by a loud bang and went outside to investigate where she realised it was an accident.
She said it was not the first time that accidents occurred at the scene.
Cde Chindori Chininga’s vehicle was extensively damaged on the front and was towed from the scene yesterday to a friend’s house at Guruve centre.
Cde Chindori Chininga, a member of the parliamentary portfolio committee on mines and energy, served as the Minister of Mines and Mining Development between 2000 and 2004.
Before that he had been the Deputy Minister of Mines, Environment and Tourism from 1995 to 2000. Cde Chininga was the chairman of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Mines and Energy and the Chairman of the Stakeholders Committee of the Parliamentary Select Committee on the new Constitution.
He once served as the Zimbabwe Tourist Development Director (Southern Africa) and also worked as the director for the Zimbabwe tourism offices in New York.
Mourners are gathered at his Christon Bank home and at Chininga homestead in Guruve.
Online Reporter