Zimpapers Logo

ZBC quotes Zanu-PF secretary for administration Cde Didymus Mutasa as saying the party is now consulting the family on the burial date.

Cde Tekere – who was one of the founders of Zanu-PF and former secretary-general – succumbed to prostate cancer in Mutare on Tuesday.

Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial chairman Cde Mike Madiro had earlier said the province felt Cde Tekere should be declared a national hero.

“In his own utterances, he (Tekere) used to say he was more Zanu-PF than most of us and it is surprising that some people are trying to gain political mileage through his death.
“Even sellouts and surrogates of the West now want to be associated with a veteran nationalist like Cde Tekere.

“What we know is that he died when he had returned to his original home, Zanu-PF. He never lost his patriotism and he was a free man who would speak his mind. As a province, we feel that we are now one man short,” said Cde Madiro.
“If you can imagine that at one time Cde Tekere was our secretary-general, but he died an ordinary card carrying member, which shows his humbleness. He never drifted from his principles,” he said. KEEP LOGGED IN FOR MORE TO FOLLOW.

MORE…

• Demise a deep loss to Zim, says President