Veteran Freedom Fighter Tshinga Dube dies

Mashudu Nestianda 

ZANU-PF Politburo member and a stalwart of the liberation struggle, Colonel (Retired) Tshinga Dube has died.

Col (Rtd) Dube, a decorated war veteran, former Cabinet minister, and revered figure in the country’s liberation history, passed on Thursday, at the age of 83, after a long battle with illness.

His son, Mr Vusumuzi Dube confirmed his father’s death.

“I can confirm that my father Colonel (Retired) Tshinga Dube passed on today at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo following a kidney failure. Of course, he has been unwell for the past 10 years, but his death came as shock to us a family,” he said.

 

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