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Mugabe speaks out on Zimbabwe's Retired Army General Mujuru's death
16 Aug 2011 at 17:13hrs | Views
The Commander-in-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, President Robert Mugabe has expressed shock and sorrow at the unexpected death of one of the most trusted veteran freedom fighters and soldiers, Retired General Solomon Tapfumanei Mujuru.
The President visited One Commando Barracks in Harare where he conveyed his condolences to Vice President Joice Mujuru, wife to the late military strategist, who died when a fire engulfed his farm house in Beatrice last night.
Addressing scores of people among them government ministers, service chiefs, friends and relatives of the late General Mujuru, who converged at the barracks, Mugabe said the death is shocking and devastating as the late was burnt beyond recognition.
He said it is unfortunate that General Mujuru met his death through such an unfortunate circumstance yet one would have expected him to die long back by a bullet.
Mugabe later chronicled General Mujuru's liberation history up to the time of independence and described him as one of the liberation's true commanders, saying the late never betrayed the revolution.
The President also said the late General Mujuru, who was affectionately known as Rex Nhongo and the late generals; Josiah Magama Tongogara, Vitalis Gava Zvinavashe and Josiah Tungamirai, were part of a wartime command which moulded thousands of young men and women who crossed the borders to Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania in a successful bid to dismantle the racist settler colonial dispensation.
In this moment of deep grief, Mugabe requested the Mujuru family to derive some comfort from the great deeds of the late departed hero, which earned him profound respect and a special place in the history of Zimbabwe.
The President visited One Commando Barracks in Harare where he conveyed his condolences to Vice President Joice Mujuru, wife to the late military strategist, who died when a fire engulfed his farm house in Beatrice last night.
Addressing scores of people among them government ministers, service chiefs, friends and relatives of the late General Mujuru, who converged at the barracks, Mugabe said the death is shocking and devastating as the late was burnt beyond recognition.
He said it is unfortunate that General Mujuru met his death through such an unfortunate circumstance yet one would have expected him to die long back by a bullet.
Mugabe later chronicled General Mujuru's liberation history up to the time of independence and described him as one of the liberation's true commanders, saying the late never betrayed the revolution.
The President also said the late General Mujuru, who was affectionately known as Rex Nhongo and the late generals; Josiah Magama Tongogara, Vitalis Gava Zvinavashe and Josiah Tungamirai, were part of a wartime command which moulded thousands of young men and women who crossed the borders to Mozambique, Zambia, Tanzania in a successful bid to dismantle the racist settler colonial dispensation.
In this moment of deep grief, Mugabe requested the Mujuru family to derive some comfort from the great deeds of the late departed hero, which earned him profound respect and a special place in the history of Zimbabwe.
Source - zbc
