President Emmerson Mnangagwa mourned renowned businessman Ben Mucheche who died on Wednesday after battling a long illness.

In a statement, Mnangwagwa described the late Cde Ben Mucheche as a civic leader and a tried and tested nationalist.

,”From very humble beginnings, the late Cde Mucheche beat all bottlenecks placed in the way of enterprising blacks, to break into the racially structured transport and farming business,” read the statement.