Minister Shuvai Mahofa dies
The Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Shuvai Ben Mahofa has died.
According to the Minister of Information, Media and Broadcasting Services Chris Mushohwe “Mahofa collapsed and was rushed to Makurira Hospital where she died around 4 am this morning.”
A veteran politician, Mahofa joined the National Democratic Party in 1960, before joining Zapu when the NDP was banned, she later moved to Zanu from 1979.
A war collaborator during the liberation struggle, Mahofa was a long-serving MP for Gutu South and has held several party and Government positions, among them Deputy Minister of Women Affairs; and Minister of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs, a position she held to this day.
She is survived by four children and 27 grand children.