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Sukulwenkosi Dube-Matutu, Online Reporter

RETIRED Major General Sydney Bhebhe has died.

He was 61.

He died on Monday evening at the Avenues Clinic in Harare.

The Commander National Army (ZNA) Lieutenant General David Sigauke announced his untimely death in a statement.

The late Major General Bhebhe was born on 30 December 1960 at Masase Mission Hospital in Mberengwa District, Midlands Province.

He did his primary education at various schools in Mberengwa and Harare from 1967 to 1973. He then proceeded for his secondary education at Masase Secondary School in Mberengwa from 1974 to 1977.

He joined the liberation struggle under the Zimbabwe African People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) after crossing the border into Zambia via Botswana in April 1977.

The late freedom fighter received military training at Boma Training Camp in Angola in 1977. After completing basic training in March 1978, he was selected to be an instructor and underwent further military training in semi- conventional and conventional warfare at the same camp.

At Independence, the late Maj Gen Bhebhe was attested into the Zimbabwe National Army on 1 April 1981. He rose through the ranks to Major General in 2021, the rank which he retired holding in the same year.

He is survived by his wife Mrs Sarah Bhebhe and three children.

Funeral arrangements will be announced in due course.

Mourners are gathered at number 15 Cranborne West Married Quarters, Hatfield in Harare.

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