Story by Bruce Chahwanda
THE late ZESA Holdings Executive Chairperson Dr Sydney Gata, who died on Thursday, has been declared a National Hero, with burial arrangements set to be announced in due course.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has described Dr Gata as a man of high integrity and a giant in the country’s energy sector.
He was speaking at the Gata family residence in Borrowdale, Harare, this Saturday.
ZANU PF Politburo members from Manicaland province, Cabinet Ministers, Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet Dr Martin Rushwaya, Deputy Ministers, and senior government officials joined President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the Gata residence in Harare Borrowdale Brooke this Saturday to pay their condolences.
Addressing mourners, President Mnangagwa said the late Dr Gata was a brilliant individual with high integrity who contributed immensely to the country’s energy sector.
Dr Gata died on Thursday after a short illness, at the age of 79.
He leaves behind his wife, Honourable Angeline Gata, the Deputy Minister of Primary and Secondary Education, children, and grandchildren.
