Moven Enock Mahachi (13 June 1948 – 26 May 2001) served as the

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of the

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. He was a close

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Robert Mugabe Robert Gabriel Mugabe (; ; 21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019) was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the ...

within Z.A.N.U.-P.F. Before becoming

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Mahachi served as M.P. for Makoni West.https://gazettes.africa/archive/zw/1990/zw-government-gazette-dated-1990-04-27-no-29.pdf Mahachi was killed on 26 May 2001 when his

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collided with an Alfa Romeo sedan which cut the Land Rover off along the

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to Nyanga road. At the time Zimbabweans considered his death suspicious, especially as Mahachi died thirty days after another M.P., Border Gezi, was killed. Mahachi was married and had four children at the time of his death. He was declared a

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by the Government of Zimbabwe and was buried in the National Heroes Acre in

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. On 30 July 2009 Mahachi's predecessor, Enos Nkala, claimed that Mahachi was assassinated at the behest of

because he opposed the looting of

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in the

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. In a statement he said: In 2005 Mahachi was commemorated on Zimbabwean Post $50,000 stamp.

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1948 births 2001 deaths Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army personnel Road incident deaths in Zimbabwe ZANU–PF politicians Defence Ministers of Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-politician-stub

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