Another Mugabe Loyalist Dies
Richard Hove, the ZANU PF Secretary for Economic Affairs (above) has died and will almost certainly be declared a national hero. Pictures of him are hard to come by and this grainy image is the best I could do for now. Harare, Zimbabwe, 20 August 2009 Richard Hove, the ZANU PF Secretary for Economic Affairs, has died. He had been suffering from diabetes for years. He died at St Annes Hospital in Harare on Friday. Hove was born on 23 September 1939 and was a Senator in the Zimbabwe legislature. Mugabe had a soft spot for Hove, as he does for almost all the people who have loyally stood by him through the years and whom he sees as not being a threat to his position. The Zimbabwe dictator made Hove Minister of Public Service in 1980, Home Affairs in 1981 (after firing Dr Joshua Nkomo), Trade and Commerce thereafter (until 1985), Minister of Mines from 1985 to 1990, Minister of Defence from 1990 to 1992. Hove was by this time not feeling well and was in and out of hospital. He indicated t...