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Africa-Press<\/a> – Zimbabwe<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>ZANU PF Central Committee member Madeyi Maswi has succumbed to COVID-19. She was 54.<\/p>\n

Maswi\u2019s death was confirmed by family spokesperson Takunda Maswi who is also her son.<\/p>\n

Takunda said her mother died on Thursday at St Anne\u2019s hospital in Harare after she tested positive for the coronavirus and was hospitalised for more than a week.<\/p>\n

Maswi is survived by her husband Christopher and three children; Tanyaradzwa (26), Takunda (24) and Tinotenda (20).<\/p>\n

Mashonaland Central ZANU PF chairperson Kazembe Kazembe, who is also the Minister of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage described the late Maswi as a hardworking cadre. He said:<\/p>\n

We have lost a very hard working person, she represented the party at Constitution Parliamentary Select Committee (COPAC) and Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) among other important bodies.<\/p>\n

At one point she was sent to China to the China Communist Party in an exchange program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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