Personalities
The province has produced a number of illustrious figures in the history of the country. Famous sons of the province include :- Zimbabwe's first vice-president, nationalist and founding father of Zimbabwe, Simon Muzenda; Harvard trained lawyer, nationalist and politician Edson Zvobgo, Nationalist Crispen Mandizvidza, ambassador Stanslaus Mudenge and Alois Chidoda; Member Of Parliament Shuvai Mahova; Chief Air-Marshall Josiah Tungamirai; Governor Josiah Hungwe. The popular singer, Paul Matavire, aka Dr. Love was from Mwenezi, while Gen. Vitalis Zvinavashe, the second supreme commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, is from Gutu, Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa who was raised in Chivi. The first black President of the Senate in a free Zimbabwe was the late national hero, Nolan Chipo Makombe, who was born in Zimuto in 1932 and passed on in May 1998.
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