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President Mnangagwa Mourns George Shaya | FULL TEXT

2 years agoThu, 26 Aug 2021 14:55:49 GMT
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President Mnangagwa Mourns George Shaya | FULL TEXT

CONDOLENCE MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY THE PRESIDENT, CDE E.D MNANGAGWA, FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF GEORGE SHAYA, 26TH AUGUST, 2021.

The death on Tuesday of our renowned football star, George Shaya, after a long fight against diabetes, saddened me immensely.

A great player, mentor and leader both on and off the field of play, the late Cde Shaya achieved the rare feat of becoming a five-time Soccer Star of the Year in the then racist Rhodesia where everything, including sport, was run along racial lines.

Yet he beat that artificial impairment: not once, not twice, but five clear times to become a soccer legend for all times.

For the oppressed and racially discriminated black indigenes, he thus became a symbol of defiant victory through Sport.

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Our Nation will forever remember him for that psychological lift he gave our people as they struggled to dismantle the myth of white superiority and invincibility in the then settler Rhodesia.

As many will recall, then even stadia became sites of quiet resistance, with many nationalists using popular sports and arts like football and music to mobilize for our struggle.

As we mourn our late football icon, George Shaya, I urge our youths across sporting disciplines to strive to excel in order to put Zimbabwe on the world sporting map.

In the same vein, I urge our Sports administrators, again across disciplines, to do no less so our young men and women are facilitated to self-actualise in their chosen field of play.

Government will play its part in ensuring greater support is availed to Sport, once the COVID-19 pandemic is behind us. The increased tempo in vaccine uptake should see us going back to normal sporting before long.

On behalf of Government and on my own behalf, I wish to express my deepest, heartfelt condolences to the Shaya family for losing their father, guardian and mentor. He remains our icon together.

In honour and tribute to this great sporting son of Zimbabwe, I have directed Government to accord the late George Shaya a Stateassisted funeral.

This means costs towards his interment will be met by Government.

May his dear soul rest in eternal peace.

E.D. Mnangagwa

PRESIDENT

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