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Mugabe's Sub A teacher still alive
20 Feb 2012 at 15:38hrs | Views
It has been a long and winding road, one that has taken over a century. Now living in his 115th year, old man Oscar Munyoro Katsukunya has more than a tale to tell as he speaks about his life as a teacher.
Among thousands of students who passed through his hands, he vividly remembers one who is now a national leader, who to him will always be Robert Mugabe.
Born in 1897, Mr. Katsukunya says the story of his life saw him train as a teacher at Kutama and was then posted to Murombedzi which is within Zvimba district as part of his teaching practice.
Telling his story with difficulty now because of advanced age, he remembers vividly that the Robert Mugabe he taught at Sub A was an intelligent young boy.
Mr. Katsukunya says the crowning moment of his glory is when he was invited twice in independent Zimbabwe to meet the President who requested for his teacher.
A beaming Emmanuel Katsukunya, the fifth born son to this former teacher, says he will forever be proud of his father who he thinks is a legend and hero in his own right, after all, he taught a head of state.
Absorbed into the old man's story, one cannot help but a shed a tear when he tells you that after the passing away of his wife three years ago, his children moved him from his rural home to Harare.
He wishes he could meet his student again one day before destiny catches up with him just but for a few minutes, so he says.
Among thousands of students who passed through his hands, he vividly remembers one who is now a national leader, who to him will always be Robert Mugabe.
Born in 1897, Mr. Katsukunya says the story of his life saw him train as a teacher at Kutama and was then posted to Murombedzi which is within Zvimba district as part of his teaching practice.
Telling his story with difficulty now because of advanced age, he remembers vividly that the Robert Mugabe he taught at Sub A was an intelligent young boy.
Mr. Katsukunya says the crowning moment of his glory is when he was invited twice in independent Zimbabwe to meet the President who requested for his teacher.
A beaming Emmanuel Katsukunya, the fifth born son to this former teacher, says he will forever be proud of his father who he thinks is a legend and hero in his own right, after all, he taught a head of state.
Absorbed into the old man's story, one cannot help but a shed a tear when he tells you that after the passing away of his wife three years ago, his children moved him from his rural home to Harare.
He wishes he could meet his student again one day before destiny catches up with him just but for a few minutes, so he says.
Source - Zbc
