Former Zimbabwe national netball team coach Ledwin Dondo has died.

She was 74.

Dondo, a decorated administrator and coach is fondly remembered for helping to set up structures for organised netball in the country, forming the Netball Super League in 1993 together with Eva Chirwa.

She held a number of portfolios in netball, she was the Zimbabwe Netball Association president from 1996 up to 2002 after taking over from Chirwa.

Dondo holds the record of longest serving coach in the country and the region as she coached the national team from 2000 up to 2017.

In 2018 she was appointed the Gems team manager and played a key role in the team qualifying for the World Cup in Liverpool in 2019.

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