Tinotenda Hove – Former Zanu PF Manicaland Provincial Political Commissar (PC) and Chipinge District Coordinating Committee (DCC) chair, Simon Mapamba Mapfumo, has died. He was 67.

Mapfumo, who served both as DCC Chipinge District chair and provincial PC during his long political career, was also a farmer at Farm 36, Middle Sabi in Chipinge.

Former Chipinge South legislator and party NCA member Enock Porusingazi expressed his condolences, saying: “We have lost a dedicated cadre who worked consistently for the party in Chipinge District, the province and the nation at large. He will be sorely missed. Funeral arrangements are still being organised.”

He is survived by his wife, six children, and ten grandchildren.