Mnangagwa Mourns Former Cabinet Minister Mushohwe

President Emmerson Mnangagwa has expressed grief over the death of former cabinet minister Christopher Mushohwe.

Mushohwe died on Monday morning at the age of 69 after a long illness. In his condolence message, Mnangagwa said ZANU PF has lost a key stalwart and loyal cadre. Reads the condolence message:

The passing on of Dr Christopher Mushohwe early this morning after a long illness is a deep loss to our Nation, and devastating news to my Family and to me personally.

A longtime Civil Servant, and later a holder of key ministerial portfolios under the First Republic, Dr Mushohwe held very sensitive positions in Government, including serving as personal staff to our late President Robert Mugabe with whom he worked closely for many years as Director of State Residences.

Such placements called for total trust, integrity and loyalty, attributes which Dr Mushohwe exuded and glowed in abundance.

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His elevation to the level of Minister of Government in charge of key ministries like Transport, and Information and Publicity, reflected not just personal growth, but the profound faith Government reposed in him.

Always showing a strong internal drive and an insatiable urge to improve himself, Dr Mushohwe used his scarce time to study through distance education until he became a holder of two doctorates.

This was an extraordinary feat for a man holding such sensitive and onerous positions.

He also was instrumental in setting up an educational programme for senior war veterans in Government, which was run from Zimbabwe House.

Later, he played a pivotal role in ensuring greater access to education for able, yet disadvantaged Zimbabweans, through the Presidential Scholarship Programme which educated thousands.

In the Party, he started from a humble role of a war collaborator in the Struggle, rising to become a Member of Parliament, and a key figure in the Party’s provincial structure of Manicaland.

Before long, he became a Member of the Central Committee, before being elevated to the Politburo where he was in charge of Economic Policy and Affairs.

The Party has lost a key stalwart and loyal cadre whose rich and perceptive contributions will be sorely missed.

On behalf of the ruling Party, ZANU PF, Government, our Nation, my Family and on my behalf, I wish to express my deepest, heartfelt condolences to the Mushohwe Family, especially to Mrs Mushohwe and the children, on this their saddest loss.

As they go through the painful motions of grief, may they find solace in the knowledge that our Nation shares in their pain and bereavement.

Indeed, his outstanding contribution to his country and people should assuage their grief which Zimbabwe today gives back through the great honour and respect it accords to the dear departed.

May his dear soul rest in eternal peace.