{"id":52723,"date":"2022-01-10T18:03:36","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T16:03:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/?p=52723"},"modified":"2022-01-10T17:40:46","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T15:40:46","slug":"mdc-founding-member-former-mp-former-war-detainee-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/mdc-founding-member-former-mp-former-war-detainee-dies","title":{"rendered":"MDC Founding Member, Former MP, Former War Detainee Dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>MDC founder member and former MP for Mpopoma\/Pelandaba, Jefret Bafana Khumalo, died Wednesday last week at his Riverside home in Bulawayo following a short illness.<\/p>\n<p>He was 83.<\/p>\n<p>The MDC Alliance Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Swithern Chirowodza confirmed Khumalo\u2019s death in an interview with Newzimbabwe.com. He said:<\/p>\n<p>I confirm the death of one of our longest-serving elders in the party, Jefret Khumalo. His death was just sudden. As a party, we would like to convey our condolences to his family. If all things were equal, Khumalo was supposed to be declared a national hero because he fought for the liberation of this country.<\/p>\n<p>The late Khumalo will be buried Tuesday in Bulawayo.<\/p>\n<p>He worked in the furniture-making industry where he was involved in trade unionism before joining politics.<\/p>\n<p>During the liberation war, Khumalo and other youths used to supply freedom fighters with clothes and shoes which led to his imprisonment in 1973.<\/p>\n<p>He was detained at Whawha Detention Camp in Gweru with his friends, Norma Zikhali, Sidney Malunga, and others. On his release from prison, Khumalo went to England to join his wife.<\/p>\n<p>When he returned to Zimbabwe in 1981, he joined ZAPU and worked closely with the late Vice President John Nkomo, and Malunga.<\/p>\n<p>Khumalo worked as a district education officer for Tsholotsho during the 1980s before joining the government as a labour officer at Mhlahlandlela government offices in Bulawayo.<\/p>\n<p>He later left the government and joined Radar Metal as a labour officer. He joined the MDC when it was formed in 1999. In 2000, he was elected the party\u2019s Mpopoma\/Pelandaba constituency MP.<\/p>\n<p>More: NewZimbabwe<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\">Zimbabwe<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. MDC founder member and former MP for Mpopoma\/Pelandaba, Jefret Bafana Khumalo, died Wednesday last week at his Riverside home in Bulawayo following a short illness. He was 83. The MDC Alliance Bulawayo provincial spokesperson Swithern Chirowodza confirmed Khumalo\u2019s death in an interview with Newzimbabwe.com. 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