Dumiso dabengwa biography channels
The Herald traces the life of liberation struggle stalwart Dumiso Dabengwa who died from liver complications..
Dabengwa: A colossus of our struggle for freedom
By Pathisa Nyathi
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Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, affectionately known as DD, is no more.
He died in Nairobi, Kenya on his way back home from medical treatment in India.
He was 79.
Born on 6 December 1939, Dabengwa grew up at Ntabazinduna and went to Tegwane Secondary School.
The school belonged to the Wesleyan Methodist Church; and there, he was with colleagues that included Dr Eddison Zvobgo and Kotsho Dube.
His work, after Tegwane, got him in touch with the political prisoners at Khami Prison who had been incarcerated following the February 1959 Emergency Regulations.
That experience was to shape his career in the struggle for Zimbabwe’s independence.
For some time he worked in the banking sector. His career in the liberation struggle dates to the days of the National Democratic Party (NDP) when he was a member of the Youth Wing.
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