{"id":438791,"date":"2011-06-09T11:14:51","date_gmt":"2011-06-09T11:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/09\/tekere-may-receive-national-hero-status\/"},"modified":"2011-06-09T11:14:51","modified_gmt":"2011-06-09T11:14:51","slug":"tekere-may-receive-national-hero-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/09\/tekere-may-receive-national-hero-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Tekere May Receive National Hero Status"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"60.9788203143\">\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.herald.co.zw\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/img\/static\/publishers\/minibanners\/herald180.jpg\" alt=\"The Herald (Harare)\" title=\"Visit The Herald (Harare)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8 June 2011<\/p>\n<hr class=\"thin clear\" \/>\n<p>ZANU-PF Manicaland Province has requested the Politburo to confer national hero status on veteran nationalist, Cde Edgar Zivanai Tekere, and a decision on the request is expected today.<\/p>\n<p>Party secretary for administration Cde Didy-mus Mutasa last night confirmed the decision will be announced today.<\/p>\n<p>Cde Tekere &#8211; who was one of the founders of Zanu-PF and former secretary-general &#8211; succumbed to prostate cancer in Mutare on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we erroneously reported that Cde Tekere was a member of the Zanla High Command, Dare ReChimurenga.<\/p>\n<p>The error is regretted.<\/p>\n<p>The nationalist&#8217;s family yesterday said it has alternative burial arrangements should the re-quest be turned down.<\/p>\n<p>Said Cde Mutasa: &#8220;A formal announcement (on the hero status request) will be made tomorrow (today) around 11am.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Today (yesterday) we have been deliberating on the recommendations of the province that he be declared a national hero and the outcome of the deliberations is what is going to be announced tomorrow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Zanu-PF Manicaland provincial chairman Cde Mike Madiro said the province felt Cde Tekere should be declared a national hero.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have since written to the Politburo to accord him national hero status. Two-Boy was one of us in the party, as he died an ordinary card-carrying member.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In his own utterances, he used to say he was more Zanu-PF than most of us and it is surprising that some people are trying to gain political mile-age through his death.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Even sellouts and surrogates of the West now want to be associated with a veteran nationalist like Cde Tekere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What we know is that he died when he had returned to his original home, Zanu-PF. He never lost his patriotism and he was a free man who would speak his mind. As a province, we feel that we are now one man short,&#8221; said Cde Madiro.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you can imagine that at one time Cde Tekere was our secretary-general, but he died an ordinary card carrying member, which shows his humbleness. He never drifted from his principles,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p>Family spokesman, Mr Steven Kada, said they were humbled by the condolences they were receiving.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a family we are still waiting for the decision from Harare, as you know that our relative was a national figure. We are still putting all the pieces together and if we fail to get satisfactory feedback from Harare we already have a Plan B and we will announce everything in due course.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Everyone who is phoning us is speaking highly of late Cde Tekere.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are receiving condolences from politicians, church people and ordinary people, which shows that Cde Tekere was good at associating with anyone,&#8221; said Mr Kada.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<fieldset>\n<legend align=\"center\"><strong>More News on allAfrica.com<\/strong><\/legend>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p>AllAfrica &#8211; All the Time<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Visit site:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/allafrica.com\/stories\/201106090678.html\" title=\"Tekere May Receive National Hero Status\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tekere May Receive National Hero Status<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> 8 June 2011 ZANU-PF Manicaland Province has requested the Politburo to confer national hero status on veteran nationalist, Cde Edgar Zivanai Tekere, and a decision on the request is expected today. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-438791","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - 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