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“These people must realise that I’m not afraid of death, it’s debt that kills me” - Sidney Donald Malunga laughed as he reassured those in the car with him.

His friend recalls him saying this in 1993, a year before he and his driver died in a car accident on 28 Aug 1994
Post independence, in Nov 1980 - Sidney Donald Malunga was one of the many Zapu members detained at the order of the then Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s office.
On the 26th of Jan 1983, he was the first legislator in Parliament to ring the alarm on Gukurahundi and protest parliament for the killings which he called out as ethnic cleansing.

He was later detained outside parly for doing so
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Can we talk abt how legendary Lookout Khalisabantu Masuku was.

On his deathbed - he had one request, a watermelon. What followed was a nationwide search (it was out of season) Joshua Nkomo, Tshinga Dube, Vote Moyo, Dumiso & Zodwa Dabengwa looking for one. #Zapuhistory
The winners were Zodwa Dabengwa & Tshinga Dube.. Zodwa had one flown in from Bulawayo & Tshinga got one at Meikles hotel. He got his wish.. Legend!
He commanded the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) the military wing of Zapu after the the death of Alfred Nikitha Mangena in 1978 up to 1980. In 1980 to 1982 he served as the Deputy Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army.
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