Dr Misheck Sibanda condoles Maunganidze family

Dr Misheck Sibanda condoles Maunganidze family

Mako Jerera

Following the death of former top civil servant Dr Bradah Sylvester Maunganidze on Sunday, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Misheck Sibanda has sent condolences to the Maunganidze family.

Dr Maunganidze, who hails from Chivi District in Masvingo passed away in Harare at a private hospital on Sunday (May 15) evening.

“I received with disbelief and deep sorrow news of the death on Sunday of a long-serving senior civil servant, Dr Bradah Sylvester Maunganidze. Soft-spoken and affable, we remember the late Dr Maunganidze as a scholar, diplomat and bureaucrat who dedicated his working life to serving Government and his country with utmost loyalty, seriousness and professionalism.

Dr Maunganidze held several positions in government ministries including being permanent secretary in the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality, as well as being principal director in the Ministry of Information in former President Robert Mugabe’s administration.

He had just returned from India where he underwent a heart surgery and was recuperating well at home until on Saturday when he suffered dehydration as a result of him being unable to eat well. He was sent to a private hospital where he later passed on.

“Because of his vast skills, Dr Maunganidze served in several capacities and stations within the civil service, in the process rising to the rank of Permanent Secretary. We shall fondly remember him for the good service he rendered to Government and our society, especially in education, intelligence, information and in diplomacy,” read the statement.

Dr Sibanda added, “On behalf of His Excellency the President, Dr E.D. Mnangagwa, Office of the President and Cabinet, and indeed on my behalf, I wish to extend my deep and sincere condolences to the Maunganidze family for losing a beloved husband, father and mentor. They are all the poorer with his demise which leaves a deep void in the family. May they derive solace from the knowledge that we share in their deep grief and irreparable loss.”

In recognition of his long service to Government, His Excellency the President has granted the late Dr Bradah Sylvester Maunganidze a State-assisted funeral.