Moven Enock Mahachi (13 June 1948 – 26 May 2001) served as the

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of the

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. He was a close

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within Z.A.N.U.-P.F. Before becoming

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Mahachi served as M.P. for Makoni West.https://gazettes.africa/archive/zw/1990/zw-government-gazette-dated-1990-04-27-no-29.pdf Mahachi was killed on 26 May 2001 when his 2001

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collided with an Alfa Romeo sedan which did not give way to the Land Rover which was travelling along the

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. The Land Rover subsequently overturned and landed up-side down on its roof. Mahachi who was seated in the back seat suffered head injuries and was declared dead on the spot. The car had four other passengers who all survived. At the time Zimbabweans considered his death suspicious, especially as Mahachi died thirty days after another M.P.,

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, was killed. Mahachi was married and had four children at the time of his death. He was declared a national hero by the

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and was buried in the National Heroes' Acre in

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. On 30 July 2009 Mahachi's predecessor, Enos Nkala, claimed that Mahachi was assassinated at the behest of

because he opposed the looting of

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in the

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. In a statement he said: In 2005 Mahachi was commemorated on Zimbabwean Post $50,000 stamp.

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1948 births 2001 deaths Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army personnel Road incident deaths in Zimbabwe ZANU–PF politicians Defence ministers of Zimbabwe Members of the 5th Parliament of Zimbabwe {{Zimbabwe-politician-stub

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