The Sunday Mail
Online Reporter
President Mnangagwa has conferred national hero status on Brigadier-General Epmarcus Walter Kanhanga, who died on Thursday.
He was 73.
In a statement Saturday, the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Mischeck Sibanda, said Brig-Gen deserved the honour for the role he played in the liberation struggle as well as his consistent diligent service to the country.
“His Excellency the President, Dr ED Mnangagwa, today announced conferment of National Hero Status on the late Brigadier-General Epmarcus Walter Kanhanga (wartime name Cde Charles Munyoro), who passed on at his Guruve home in the early hours of Thursday, 2nd February, 2023,” said Dr Sibanda.
“This decision by the party to honour the late Brigadier-General in this very special way is in recognition of his wartime role as a freedom fighter; his loyal and diligent service to the country and Region as a senior officer of the Zimbabwe Defence Force, ZDF; his role as a Deputy Minister of Government; as a Member of Parliament; as a leader in the corporate world, and as a consistent cadre of the ruling ZANU PF party.”
Details of the late Brigadier-General’s burial will be announced in due course.
He will be buried at the National Heroes Acre.
