Zimbabwe: Fare Thee Well People's Hero

THE death of Justice Wilson Sandura on Wednesday last week robbed Zimbabwe of a fine gentleman who served his country with distinction.

Born in 1941 in the farming village of Shamva, in the dusty bowels of Mazowe valley, Sandura represented a rare breed of blacks who defied the odds in order to be counted. Just like some of us who are not born frees, he was born under a ruthless colonial regime that cared less about blacks. Regardless, he soldiered on in life, developing himself into a towering giant in the legal profession.

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