Paul Nyathi

ZANU PF’s Tionei Melody Dziva who was one of the youngest parliamentarians at 29, in the 2013 parliament has died.

She died on the day she was to graduate with a Bachelor of Laws Degree at the University Of Zimbabwe.

This could have been her third degree in remarkable succession.

Despite fierce heckling and sexist comments targeted at female legislators in the National Assembly, Melody Tionei Dziva managed to rise from a very timid young Member of Parliament (MP) to become one of the most powerful women in Parliament during her tenure.

The Zanu PF proportional representation MP ended up sitting in the Speaker’s panel and controlling debate whenever the Speaker Jacob Mudenda and his then deputy, Mabel Chinomona were away.

Details on her death are still coming through.