Published: 28 November 2014 | by Thembani Dube

Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo

Personal Details

Born:​   1927

Died:   22nd January 1977

Spouse: Elina Mkandla-Moyo

Children:  Bancane Moyo

​               George Moyo
      
               Bhekuzulu Moyo
​           

Nationality: Matebele

Education/Profession

A builder and a Trade Unionist

Politics

1950: General Secretary of African Artisans Union and also joined the African National Congress (ANC)

1951: Chairman, ANC Bulawayo Branch

1959: Detained at Marandellas Prison for 3 months for political activities

1961: Joined Zapu after the banning of the National Democratic Party

1962: National Treasurer, Zapu

1963: Financial Secretary of the People's Caretaker Council (PCC)

1975: Participated in the August Victoria Falls talks for Nationalist parties

1976: In April of this year, he became the Vice President of Zapu

1977: 22nd of January of this year, he called for increased military aid from OAU while in Maputo, Mozambique to intensify the fight against the settler regime
          On this very day of the 22nd of January after calling for increased military aid to intensify the struggle against the settler regime, he received a parcel bomb that killed him in Lusaka on the spot




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