ZANU PF top official Brigadier General (Retired) Benjamin Mabenge has died at the age of 67.
Mabenge died yesterday at a local hospital in Harare where he had been hospitalised for the past two weeks.
Brigadier General Mabenge, whose Chimurenga name was Cde Freddie Matanga, has been declared a national hero and will be buried at the national shrine on Wednesday.
In a statement, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Cultural Heritage said the body of Beniamin will be flown to Kwekwe on Tuesday morning and is expected back in Harare in the afternoon ahead of burial.
The late Brigadier General (Retired) Mabenge is survived by six children and mourners are gathered at Subdivision 1, Woodlands in Kwekwe.
