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02 May 2007
By Staff Reporter
The National Chairman of the main opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), Isaac Matongo is reported to have died in his sleep 3am Wednesday morning. No details on the cause of death have been disclosed yet but its believed he had been unwell for some time.When the party split in October of 2005 over whether to participate in senate elections or not Matongo had initially aligned himself with the smaller pro-senate faction of the party. He later made a u-turn and rejoined the much larger party led by Tsvangirai. Matongo was very active in shaping up MDC structures in the diaspora and travelled extensively in this regard.
In 2000, Matongo was the acting president in the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions when they organised a one-day general strike to protest the lawlessness on the occupied farms. He is survived by his wife and fellow MDC colleague Evelyn Masaiti, the MP for Mutasa from 2000 to 2005.
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