BLACK SOCIAL HISTORY : AFRO-ZIMBABWEAN " JASON MOYO " A TRUE AFRICAN FREEDOM FIGHTER WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THE FREEDOM OF HIS COUNTRY : GOES INTO THE " HALL OF BLACK HERO "

          BLACK                SOCIAL                 HISTORY                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Second Vice President of ZAPU, Cde Moyo died in Zambia on January 22, 1977 in a parcel bomb explosion. He was reburied in Zimbabwe on August 11, 1981.

Cde Moyo trained as a builder and carpenter and joined the trade union movement in Bulawayo in the 1950s. He also joined the Bulawayo branch of Southern Rhodesian African National Congress [ANC], and became its chairman. His political activities led to his arrest and detention in 1959. He held executive posts in the ANC, NDP, ZAPU and PCC. When the parties were banned, Cde Moyo left for Lusaka as a member of ZAPU's external wing to direct the first stages of the armed struggle. In 1976, he became the second Vice President of ZAPU. He built ZIPRA, the military wing of ZAPU over many years in exile, and mobilized worldwide support for the freedom of Zimbabwe, and the opposition of the illegal and minority rule.

Cde Moyo worked hard to coordinate both the political and military objectives of the armed struggle. He advocated unity between ZANLA and ZIPRA forces and helped set up the Patriotic Front organization, which embraced ZANU and ZAPU. He was a staunch supporter of the armed struggle and unity.