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The Zanu PF leadership here has recommended that the late prominent Masvingo bus operator Tanda \u2018Mhunga\u2019 Tavaruva be accorded provincial liberation war hero status in recognition of the sterling job he did to aid Zimbabwe\u2019s fight for independence and after.<\/p>\n

Tavaruva(84) succumbed to diabetes and hypertension at his Rhodene home on Monday afternoon having been unwell for a long time.<\/p>\n

His son Godfrey Tavaruva said the late bus operator would be buried on Thursday at Mangwandi Cemetery in the city.<\/p>\n

\u201dWe agreed as a family that burial will take place on Thursday. His wish was to buried next to his late son (Denis) who is buried there and a grave had long been reserved for that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zanu PF Masvingo provincial chair and Minister of State for Provincial Affairs and Devolution Ezra Chadzamira said the ruling party had formally applied to the party national headquarters asking for Tavaruva to be accorded a provincial liberation war hero status.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Zanu PF leadership here has recommended that the late prominent Masvingo bus operator Tanda \u2018Mhunga\u2019 Tavaruva be accorded provincial liberation war hero status in recognition of the sterling job he did to aid Zimbabwe\u2019s fight for independence and after. Tavaruva(84) succumbed to diabetes and hypertension at his Rhodene home on Monday afternoon having been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":23082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[38,226],"class_list":["post-23080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-parties","tag-zanu-pf","tag-masvingo"],"yoast_head":"\nZanu PF recommends hero status for Tanda \u201cMhunga\u201d Tavaruva - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Zanu PF leadership here has recommended that the late prominent Masvingo bus operator Tanda \u2018Mhunga\u2019 Tavaruva be accorded provincial\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-recommends-hero-status-for-tanda-mhunga-tavaruva\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Zanu PF recommends hero status for Tanda \u201cMhunga\u201d Tavaruva\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Zanu PF leadership here has recommended that the late prominent Masvingo bus operator Tanda \u2018Mhunga\u2019 Tavaruva be accorded provincial\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-recommends-hero-status-for-tanda-mhunga-tavaruva\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-05-12T18:53:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/05\/Tanda-\u2018Mhunga\u2019-Tavaruva.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"168\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-recommends-hero-status-for-tanda-mhunga-tavaruva#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-recommends-hero-status-for-tanda-mhunga-tavaruva\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Zanu PF recommends hero status for Tanda \u201cMhunga\u201d Tavaruva\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-12T18:53:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-recommends-hero-status-for-tanda-mhunga-tavaruva\"},\"wordCount\":166,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-recommends-hero-status-for-tanda-mhunga-tavaruva#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2020\/05\/Tanda-\u2018Mhunga\u2019-Tavaruva.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"#Zanu PF\",\"Masvingo\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"parties\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-recommends-hero-status-for-tanda-mhunga-tavaruva#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-recommends-hero-status-for-tanda-mhunga-tavaruva\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/zanu-pf-recommends-hero-status-for-tanda-mhunga-tavaruva\",\"name\":\"Zanu PF recommends hero status for Tanda \u201cMhunga\u201d Tavaruva - 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