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Update: MDC senior official dies
14 Mar 2014 at 16:07hrs | Views
The Vice Chairman of the Bulawayo Province of the Welshman Ncube led Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Dr Paul Malaba has died.
Dr Malaba died in the late hours of Thursday 13 March at a Bulawayo Hospital after battling with an undisclosed ailment for a couple of months. At the time of his death, Dr Malabe was employed by the National University of Science and Technology as a Lecturer and also Chairman of Insurance and Actuarial Science Board at the University .
Dr Malaba also served as Councillor of Bulawayo's upmarket ward 4 from the period 2008 to 2013 under the banner of the Welshman Ncube led MDC. He is remembered as being one of the only two highly educated councillors in the Bulawayo City Council of his term which hit headlines as being dominated by standard 6 councillors.
In his political career, Dr Malaba was the Ncube led MDC Vice Chairman of the Bulawayo Province at the time of his death. He was also the chairman of the part's disciplinary committee. Dr Malaba is credited with the swift handling of the also late errant former party member Alderman Charles Mpofu who he ended up dismissing from the party through the disciplinary committee when everyone feared to handle the vocal alderman.
Details of Dr Malaba's burial are yet to be made available as family members declined to talk to the press citing that the family has not yet identified a family spokesperson to attend to the press on his death. Mourners are gathered at his home at number 14541 Isambane Road Selborne Park Bulawayo
MDC Bulawayo spokesperson Edwin Ndlovu said the party has learnt with shock on the sudden death of Malaba.
"As the MDC family we are saddened by the passing on of our cde and former deputy provincial chairman and councillor Paul Malaba, who passed yesterday at central hospital after a short illness," said Ndlovu.
Ndlovu described Malaba as a committed MDC member.
"We have lost a true patriot and committed cadre. Cde Malaba was also our provincial disciplinary chairman and a lecturer at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST).
"As a party we are poorer without him and the loss is not for the Malaba family or clan only but Zimbabwe as whole," Ndlovu said.
Dr Malaba died in the late hours of Thursday 13 March at a Bulawayo Hospital after battling with an undisclosed ailment for a couple of months. At the time of his death, Dr Malabe was employed by the National University of Science and Technology as a Lecturer and also Chairman of Insurance and Actuarial Science Board at the University .
Dr Malaba also served as Councillor of Bulawayo's upmarket ward 4 from the period 2008 to 2013 under the banner of the Welshman Ncube led MDC. He is remembered as being one of the only two highly educated councillors in the Bulawayo City Council of his term which hit headlines as being dominated by standard 6 councillors.
In his political career, Dr Malaba was the Ncube led MDC Vice Chairman of the Bulawayo Province at the time of his death. He was also the chairman of the part's disciplinary committee. Dr Malaba is credited with the swift handling of the also late errant former party member Alderman Charles Mpofu who he ended up dismissing from the party through the disciplinary committee when everyone feared to handle the vocal alderman.
Details of Dr Malaba's burial are yet to be made available as family members declined to talk to the press citing that the family has not yet identified a family spokesperson to attend to the press on his death. Mourners are gathered at his home at number 14541 Isambane Road Selborne Park Bulawayo
"As the MDC family we are saddened by the passing on of our cde and former deputy provincial chairman and councillor Paul Malaba, who passed yesterday at central hospital after a short illness," said Ndlovu.
Ndlovu described Malaba as a committed MDC member.
"We have lost a true patriot and committed cadre. Cde Malaba was also our provincial disciplinary chairman and a lecturer at the National University of Science and Technology (NUST).
"As a party we are poorer without him and the loss is not for the Malaba family or clan only but Zimbabwe as whole," Ndlovu said.
Source - Byo24News
