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Two Zipra freedom fighters laid to rest
03 Jan 2014 at 16:30hrs | Views
Mourners pay their last respect at the burial of the late Cde Leonard Ncube and Bahati Masuku at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes’ Acre yesterday
TWO former Zipra freedom fighters who died on Saturday were on Thursday buried at the Bulawayo Provincial Heroes' Acre in Nkulumane after being declared liberation war heroes.
Leonard Ncube, 57, collapsed on Saturday near Zesa Banking Hall along Fife Street and was rushed to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) where he died on admission while Bahati Masuku died at the Margin Clinic in Bulawayo at the age of 60.
Addressing mourners at the gathering, provincial war veterans' leader Japhet Phuthi urged Zimbabweans to unite as a way of liberating the country from the scourge of poverty.
"Our country is in deep poverty because we are not united. We can only attain the wealth we fought for if we unite as a nation," he said.
Phuthi also urged church leaders to pray for unity in the country and challenged surviving war veterans to restore the spirit of unity they cherished during the liberation struggle.
"War veterans used to be united especially during the period of the liberation struggle. We were taught to be politically mature and that meant that we had to be united," he said adding that to date 716 heroes had been buried at the provincial shrine.
Zanu-PF Central Committee Molly Mpofu urged party members to support the families of the deceased at the time of bereavement.
Mpofu also spoke to the bereaved family members and urged them to desist from fighting over the inheritance that was left by their departed loved ones saying such property belonged to the widows and their children.
Leonard Ncube, 57, collapsed on Saturday near Zesa Banking Hall along Fife Street and was rushed to the United Bulawayo Hospitals (UBH) where he died on admission while Bahati Masuku died at the Margin Clinic in Bulawayo at the age of 60.
Addressing mourners at the gathering, provincial war veterans' leader Japhet Phuthi urged Zimbabweans to unite as a way of liberating the country from the scourge of poverty.
"Our country is in deep poverty because we are not united. We can only attain the wealth we fought for if we unite as a nation," he said.
"War veterans used to be united especially during the period of the liberation struggle. We were taught to be politically mature and that meant that we had to be united," he said adding that to date 716 heroes had been buried at the provincial shrine.
Zanu-PF Central Committee Molly Mpofu urged party members to support the families of the deceased at the time of bereavement.
Mpofu also spoke to the bereaved family members and urged them to desist from fighting over the inheritance that was left by their departed loved ones saying such property belonged to the widows and their children.
Source - Zimpapers
