Source: The Herald – Breaking news.
Thupeyo Muleya, Beitbridge Bureau
A FORMER director in the Ministry of Media, Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Mr Alois Chamboko has died.
He was 70.
Mr Chamboko died in Gwanda on Sunday after a short illness. He had retired as a director for rural communications in the Ministry in 2019.
His eldest son, Mr Samuel Chamboko, confirmed the death, adding that he was a dedicated, father, grandfather and great-grandfather.
Mr Chamboko will be buried at Machokoto Village, Maranda, Mwenezi on Thursday.
He was born August 4, 1954 in Chivi and was educated at St Simon Zhara and Mucheke Secondary Schools.
Mr Chamboko joined the civil service in 1974 in the then District Commissioner’s office. In 1979 he moved to the Ministry of Information’s mobile cinema unit before joining the then Zimbabwe Information Service (ZIS) as District Information Officer (DIO) for Beitbridge.
He rose through the ranks within the Ministry, retiring in 2019 as Director— Rural Reporting.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years Pauline, three children, six grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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