By AGGREY MUTAMBOMore by this AuthorFormer Zimbabwe Home Affairs Minister and independence war hero Dumiso Dabengwa has died aged 79, his Foundation has confirmed. Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa paid glowing tribute to Dabengwa for his role in the country's Independence struggle. “I had huge respect for Dumiso and his contribution to Zimbabwe: As a liberation fighter, a longstanding Minister of Home Affairs and as a man. “Our condolences to the Dabengwa family and the nation at large for the untimely death of a liberation war hero Dumiso Dabengwa. In 2009, he parted ways with Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF, ending a 22-year pact his party—the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (Zapu) —had had with Zanu-PF.

Source: Daily Nation May 23, 2019 14:26 UTC