{"id":5901,"date":"2026-06-21T10:43:40","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zimdailyjournal.co.zw\/?p=5901"},"modified":"2026-06-21T10:43:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T10:43:40","slug":"zims-ambassador-matemadanda-dies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zimdailyjournal.co.zw\/index.php\/2026\/06\/21\/zims-ambassador-matemadanda-dies\/","title":{"rendered":"Zim&#8217;s Ambassador Matemadanda dies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yunashe Nangu<\/p>\n<p>ZIMBABWE\u2019S Ambassador to Mozambique and the Kingdom of Eswatini Victor Matemadanda has died, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana has announced.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Posting on his X account, Sunday morning, Mangwana cinfirmed the sad news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAmbassador Victor MatemadandaVictor MatemadandaVictor Matemadanda passed away last night.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This is a deeply saddening loss,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDr Matemadanda served as Zimbabwe\u2019s Ambassador to the Republic of Mozambique and the Kingdom of Eswatini.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yunashe Nangu ZIMBABWE\u2019S Ambassador to Mozambique and the Kingdom of Eswatini Victor Matemadanda has died, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services Mr Nick Mangwana has announced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[1199,1198],"class_list":["post-5901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-zimbabwe","tag-nick-mangwana","tag-victor-matemadanda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.8 - 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