Major General Nyathi dies
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Major General (Rtd) Sikhulile Simpson Nyathi died on Sunday morning the 5th of June at the ZNA Referral Hospital in Harare
This was announced today by the Zimbabwe National Army Commander, Major General David Sigauke through a ZNA news flash.
Major General Nyathi died at the age of 61 .
According to the ZNA news flash written by the Army Public Relations Director, Colonel Alphios Makotore, Major General was born on September 12, 1960 in Mapate Village in Gwanda District.
“He did his primary education at Mapate Primary from 1966 to 1972. He then proceeded for his Secondary education at Manama Secondary school from 1973 to 1976 in Gwanda District. He joined the liberation struggle under the Zimbabwe African Peoples Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) after crossing the border into Zambia via Botswana on January 27, 1977. The late Freedom fighter received military training at Chakwenga Gorilla Training Camp 1 (CGT1) in Zambia that same year, “wrote Makotore.
“He later on proceeded to the then Union of Soviet Socialists Republics (USSR) for further military training in January 1978. At Independence, that late General Nyathi was attested into the ZNA on June 1, 1981. He rose through the ranks to Major General in 2020 the rank he retired with from the ZNA that same year.”
Funeral arrangements will be pronounced in due course. Mourners are gathered at Number 6, 21st Avenue Mabelreign in Harare
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