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Zanu-PF wants heroes status for Sikhanyiso Ndlovu
16 Sep 2015 at 06:57hrs | Views
Zanu PF Bulawayo provincial chairman Dennis Ndlovu said an emergency meeting yesterday had recommended that Sikhanyiso Ndlovu be conferred with national hero status.
"He (Ndlovu) is no more. As a province we will recommended the national hero status for him. He worked tirelessly for the country and party," Ndlovu said.
Ndlovu was one of President Robert Mugabe's few trusted hands in Bulawayo and was often referred to as the provincial political godfather.
Early this year, the former Information minister said in terms of seniority he was second to Mugabe only and could not retire because he still had a job to do. Ndlovu said Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was a "small boy" when he joined the liberation struggle.
In recent years, several former PF Zapu members were denied the national hero status and buried at Lady Stanley Cemetery in Bulawayo.
A veteran of the liberation struggle, Ndlovu was a senior member of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's Zapu before the 1987 Unity Accord and had since independence held several party and ministerial positions.
In April 1995 Ndlovu was appointed Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister until April 2000.
He was appointed Information and Publicity minister in 2007. In April 2014 he lost Zanu PF central committee elections in Bulawayo.
"He (Ndlovu) is no more. As a province we will recommended the national hero status for him. He worked tirelessly for the country and party," Ndlovu said.
Ndlovu was one of President Robert Mugabe's few trusted hands in Bulawayo and was often referred to as the provincial political godfather.
Early this year, the former Information minister said in terms of seniority he was second to Mugabe only and could not retire because he still had a job to do. Ndlovu said Vice-President Emmerson Mnangagwa was a "small boy" when he joined the liberation struggle.
A veteran of the liberation struggle, Ndlovu was a senior member of the late Vice-President Joshua Nkomo's Zapu before the 1987 Unity Accord and had since independence held several party and ministerial positions.
In April 1995 Ndlovu was appointed Higher and Tertiary Education deputy minister until April 2000.
He was appointed Information and Publicity minister in 2007. In April 2014 he lost Zanu PF central committee elections in Bulawayo.
Source - newsday
