Masvingo Provincial Affairs Minister, Shuvai Mahofa
MINISTER of State for Masvingo Provincial Affairs Shuvai Mahofa has died.
Mahofa (75) is said to have collapsed and was rushed to Makurira Hospital where she died around 4am this morning.
The late minister had been in government since 1980, starting off as Deputy Minister of the then Ministry of Youths and Women Affairs before being Zanu-PF MP for Gutu South for many years.
She was appointed Masvingo Minister of State for Provincial Affairs in 2015 after the dismissal of Kudakwashe Bhasikiti-Chuma for being part of axed former Vice President Joice Mujuru cabal. Minister Mahofa was a Zanu-PF Politburo member and at the time of her death she was also the secretary for security in the Women’s League.