Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Minister Perence Shiri has died, according to an announcement by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
The 65-year-old minister died at a private hospital in the capital, Harare, according to local media.
The minister’s driver is reported to have recently succumbed to Covid-19.
President Mnangagwa eulogised the minister as “a true patriot, who devoted his life to the liberation, independence and service of his country”.