President Robert Mugabe has awarded a liberation hero status to the late academic and University of Zimbabwe lecturer, Dr Vimbai Chivaura, who died in Harare this week.
Chivaura who once said President Mugabe will never die was popular for denouncing the opposition MDC-T on national Television on a number of programmes he produced and hosted with Tafataona Mahoso, Cloude Mararike and Sheunesu Mupepereki.
The four became unpopular with Zimbabweans who felt being short changed by too much  Zanu PF propaganda they were producing.                                                                                                                                                                                                       .
As a result most people deserted the national broadcaster and opted for free to air TV channels for better programmes.
According to the state media government has taken over Chivaura’s funeral.
Chivaura succumbed to cancer of the liver on Tuesday and is survived by his wife, Sophia and four children.