The 2013 parliament’s youngest parliamentarian was Tionei Melody Dziva. A Zanu pf die hard who built a name during her days as a student leader with ZICOSU. She has died.

Despite fierce heckling and sexist comments targeted at female legislators in the National Assembly, Melody Tionei Dziva managed to rise from a very timid young Member of Parliament (MP) to become one of the most powerful women in Parliament during her tenure.

The Zanu PF proportional representation MP ended up sitting in the Speaker’s panel and controlling debate whenever the Speaker Jacob Mudenda and his then deputy, Mabel Chinomona were away.

Details on her death are still coming through.