Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo (1927–1977) was founder of the

Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) was the military wing of the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU), a Marxist–Leninist political party in Rhodesia. It participated in the Rhodesian Bush War against white minority rule of Rhodes ...

(ZIPRA). Jason was born in Plumtree to a

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family. Having trained as a builder Jason, became interested in trade unionism in Bulawayo in the early 1950s and became General Secretary of the African Artisans’ Union. He joined the Bulawayo Branch of the old ANCongress and became successively its Secretary and its Chairman The

JZ Moyo High School JZ Moyo High School (Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo High School), formerly Majoda School, is a co-educational government high school. It is located in the former Majoda Farm, approximately 12 km north of West Nicholson on the road to Filabusi and M ...

was named after him. A major road in Harare, Zimbabwe, Jason Moyo Avenue is named after him.

Death

Moyo was killed on 22 January 1977 by a parcel bomb which he handled at the

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offices of the

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. The parcel appeared to be sent from a woman known to Moyo, living in Botswana. However in an enquiry sponsored by

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and carried out by Gibson Mayisa, she was cleared as the parcel had not come from there.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Moyo, Jason 1927 births 1977 deaths Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army personnel