Vitalis zvinavashe born


Vitalis zvinavashe born

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    Vitalis Zvinavashe

    In 1970, he was elected a member of the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA) Military Council and Commander of the Botswana-Zambia Border and two years later he was appointed a member of the High Command and provincial secretary of the Malawi-Mozambique-Zimbabwe Front until 1974.[1]

    Zvinavashe's Chimurenga name was Sheba Gava.[3] In 1976, Zvinavashe who was also known as Fox, held two portfolios; deputy chief of military security and intelligence of ZANLA and acting provincial commander of Tete Province after which he was subsequently elected a member of the ZANU PF's central committee as deputy chief of National Security and Intelligence at a time Zimbabwe was under extreme hostile pressure from the colonialists.

    He occupied that position until the ceasefire declared to start on December 29, 1979 and after the Lancaster House Agreement.[3]

    Post Independence Period

    At Independence, Zvinavashe briefly worked in the Pri