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President
Tsvangirai's condolence message on the death of three party
officials in a road accident
Movement
for Democratic Change
Sept 13,
2010
I am grievously
pained by the death of three MDC officials on their way from our
11th anniversary celebrations which were held in Gokwe on Saturday.
It is painful that barely an hour after the carnival atmosphere
in Gokwe, the party was once again plunged into mourning and deep
sorrow.
The three party cadres,
Alex Magunda, the district chairperson for St Mary's, Loveless
Sango, the vice chairperson of the district and Innocent Muzuva,
the secretary for ward 1, died while in the course of pursuing their
dream of bringing about real change in Zimbabwe. I was deeply pained
when I saw the lifeless bodies near the Empress Mine turn-off barely
20 minutes after the tragic accident. I followed to Kwekwe hospital
and was again deeply touched by the sombre moment and the pains
of the injured, especially after we had just celebrated, together,
the 11th anniversary of our great people's movement.
As leadership, we again
travelled to Chitungwiza to pay our respects to the dearly departed
party cadres who had left their homes early in the morning to attend
a special party occasion more than 300 kilometres away. But then
fate is capricious. Our colleagues were tragically taken away from
us in our moment of celebration.
Their death embodies
the sad story of the MDC in the last 11 years; the story of body
blow after body blow, the story of tears planted on our cheeks even
on those joyous occasions meant to celebrate our great achievements
in only 11 years. Many Zimbabweans have lost life and limb on our
roads. While we all need to take due care and caution on our roads,
a lot needs to be done to dualise these roads so that we can mitigate
the carnage on our highways.
I wish a speedy recovery
to the injured. To the bereaved, I say our prayers and thoughts
are with you in this moment of grief. The loss is not yours alone.
The party, and indeed the country, has lost true heroes of real
change.
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