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Zanu-PF declares Chidzonga a liberation hero
29 Jun 2011 at 04:15hrs | Views
FORMER Mhondoro legislator and Zanu-PF member Dr Mavis Chidzonga has been declared a liberation hero.
Dr Chidzonga died at her Borrowdale home on Sunday night after being diagnosed of Malaria. In a statement yesterday, Zanu-PF secretary for information and publicity, Cde Rugare Gumbo, said Dr Chidzonga will be buried today at Chidzonga Village, 12km from Gokwe Centre.
At the time of her death, she was a member of the Zanu-PF National Consultative Assembly.
In 1980 Dr Chidzonga joined the public service where she served the Government in various capacities.
She worked for the Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rural Development as a Regional Rural Development officer from 1982 to 1984.
From 1984 to 1989 she worked as a chief development officer with the Ministry of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development before leaving the public service in 1990 to work as a consultant for non-governmental organisations in rural development. In 1995 she was elected Member of Parliament for Mhondoro West. She was among a group of Women MPs who fought and made sure that a number of bills were passed through Parliament. Among the bills were the Legal Age of Majority Act, Domestic Violence Act and the Gender Policy.
After leaving Parliament in 2000 she served on a number of boards such as the PTC, Zesa, NICOC Diamond and the Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Authority where she was commissioner general and executive chairperson. The multi-talented Dr Chidzonga had three degrees, BEd, Geography (1980), MA in Social Development (1986) and a PhD in Agriculture (2002). Dr Chidzonga is survived by her husband, Professor Chidzonga and two children.
Dr Chidzonga died at her Borrowdale home on Sunday night after being diagnosed of Malaria. In a statement yesterday, Zanu-PF secretary for information and publicity, Cde Rugare Gumbo, said Dr Chidzonga will be buried today at Chidzonga Village, 12km from Gokwe Centre.
At the time of her death, she was a member of the Zanu-PF National Consultative Assembly.
She worked for the Ministry of Lands, Resettlement and Rural Development as a Regional Rural Development officer from 1982 to 1984.
From 1984 to 1989 she worked as a chief development officer with the Ministry of Local Government, Rural and Urban Development before leaving the public service in 1990 to work as a consultant for non-governmental organisations in rural development. In 1995 she was elected Member of Parliament for Mhondoro West. She was among a group of Women MPs who fought and made sure that a number of bills were passed through Parliament. Among the bills were the Legal Age of Majority Act, Domestic Violence Act and the Gender Policy.
After leaving Parliament in 2000 she served on a number of boards such as the PTC, Zesa, NICOC Diamond and the Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Authority where she was commissioner general and executive chairperson. The multi-talented Dr Chidzonga had three degrees, BEd, Geography (1980), MA in Social Development (1986) and a PhD in Agriculture (2002). Dr Chidzonga is survived by her husband, Professor Chidzonga and two children.
Source - Byo24News
