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Sharon Chigeza Mutare Correspondent
Manicaland residents have been urged to continue being inspired by the principles and ethics of dedication, hard work and selflessness displayed by thousands of young men and women who sacrificed their lives for the liberation of Zimbabwe.

Minister of State for Manicaland Provincial Affairs Cde Monica Mutsvangwa made the remarks in a speech read on her behalf by Mutare District Administrator Mr Wilson Boore during the burial of liberation war hero Cde Neboth Jazi at the Manicaland Provincial Heroes’ Acre on Monday.

Cde Jazi, who was born on August 12, 1953 in Buhera District, died on June 7 after a long illness.

He was 64.

Cde Mutsvangwa said the death of Cde Jazi was a huge blow and irreplaceable loss not only to Manicaland, but to the nation as a whole.

Cde Jazi did his primary education at Romorehoto School in 1966 up to Grade 3.

He then went to war in 1976 at Doroi Camp in Mozambique and was trained at Nachingweya, Tanzania in 1977 to 1979.

After training, he was deployed to the Gaza area where he was known as Cde Speed Killer. He was integrated into the Zimbabwe National Army in 1981 and was posted to 3.2 Infantry Battalion.

Cde Jazi is survived by two wives and 10 children.