State Assisted funeral for Ambassador Mtetwa
Pretty Manyewe
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has granted a state assisted funeral for the late Ambassador Andrew Hama Mtetwa who passed away Sunday morning in recognition of his long outstanding and loyal service to the nation.
In his condolence message to the Mtetwa family, the President described the late Ambassador as a man who was an eminent scholar and historian.
“The late Ambassador Mtetwa belonged to the pioneering crop of black Zimbabweans who joined the civil service in early years of our Independence in the 80s. They were our change agents upon whom we relied to transform a predominantly white minority dominated civil service in order to give it a new look reflecting the majority dispensation under the First Republic,“ wrote President Mnangagwa.
Mtetwa joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an Under Secretary and rose through the ranks to ultimately head the Ministry as Permanent Secretary.
“In that capacity, he played a critical role in shaping and defining our country’s foreign policy. He will be remembered for his diligence and hard work as one of our longest serving career diplomats who advanced and defended our national interests at the various stations he served as our Ambassador. On retirement from the diplomatic service, he continued to share the knowledge he had acquired in the foreign service as a lecturer in diplomacy at the National Defence University.”
“On behalf of the Government and indeed on my behalf I wish to express my sincere condolences to the Mtetwa family following the loss of their dad departed. May they take comfort from the knowledge that their loss is shared by our nation in whose service he gave his outmost. May his dear soul rest in eternal peace.”
Funeral arrangements will be made known in due course.
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