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Herald Reporter
The body of Zimbabwe Electoral Commission chief elections officer Mr Lovemore Chipunza Sekeramayi, who died in Lesotho on Wednesday, arrived home yesterday and will be buried in Chihota on Sunday. Mr Sekeramayi (67) had gone to Lesotho to attend a meeting of chief elections officers for electoral management bodies in the Southern African Development Community region.
His brother Mr Naison Sekeramayi, said a postmortem was conducted in Lesotho, but the results were not readily available when The Herald inquired.
The body arrived at Manyame Airbase in the evening and was welcomed by Mr Sekeramayi’s wife and other relatives before being taken to a funeral parlour.
“It will be brought to his residence tomorrow (today) where it will lie in state before proceeding to Marova Village in Chihota on Sunday for burial,” said Naison.
Born on May 24, 1947, Mr Sekeramayi was the chief elections officer for zec from 2007 until the time of his death.
A graduate of Social Sciences in UK, he was one of the first few senior civil servants in the newly independent Zimbabwe.
He joined the civil service in 1982.
Mr Sekeramayi worked as district administrator (Makonde), provincial administrator (Mashonaland Central), deputy registrar general (Administration and Finance) and deputy secretary in the Office of the President and Cabinet.
Mourners are gathered at house Number 31 Hindhead Avenue, Chisipite, Harare.
He is survived by his wife Esther and three grandchildren.
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