{"id":67614,"date":"2022-10-13T14:01:08","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T12:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/president-mnangagwa-confers-liberation-hero-status-on-wickson-mutiwazuka"},"modified":"2022-10-13T16:31:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T14:31:17","slug":"president-mnangagwa-confers-liberation-hero-status-on-wickson-mutiwazuka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/president-mnangagwa-confers-liberation-hero-status-on-wickson-mutiwazuka","title":{"rendered":"President Mnangagwa Confers Liberation Hero Status On Wickson Mutiwazuka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred liberation hero status to the late Wickson Mujeri Mutiwazuka.<\/p>\n<p>Mutiwazuka died on Tuesday 11 October 2022 and is set to be buried at Chivhu Cemetery, Chikomba, this Thursday (today).<\/p>\n<p>ZANU PF Secretary for Administration, <b>Obert Mpofu<\/b> who is a former Minister of Mines and Mining Development, confirmed the conferment of the status.<\/p>\n<p>Mutiwazuka\u2019s son, who is Zimbabwe\u2019s Ambassador to Turkey, <b>Alfred Mutiwazuka<\/b>, told The Herald last night that he was \u201cgrateful for the recognition\u201d given to his father.<\/p>\n<p>He also confirmed that the burial will take place today.<\/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. President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred liberation hero status to the late Wickson Mujeri Mutiwazuka. Mutiwazuka died on Tuesday 11 October 2022 and is set to be buried at Chivhu Cemetery, Chikomba, this Thursday (today). ZANU PF Secretary for Administration, Obert Mpofu who is a former Minister of Mines and Mining Development, confirmed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":67613,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[1493,2189,9956,12222,19],"class_list":["post-67614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-zimbabwe-2","tag-ambassador-alfred-mutiwazuka","tag-wickson-mujeri-mutiwazuka","tag-zimbabwe"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>President Mnangagwa Confers Liberation Hero Status On Wickson Mutiwazuka - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"President Emmerson Mnangagwa has conferred liberation hero status to the late Wickson Mujeri Mutiwazuka. 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