The delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Zimbabwe, has expressed sadness at the passing of the veteran opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai after a long battle with cancer.
”It is with great sadness and sorrow that we have learned of the passing away of Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, opposition leader and Zimbabwean Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity from 2009 – 2013, after a long and brave battle with cancer,” read the European Union Press Statement.
The EU added that ”Tsvangirai will be remembered as a great trade unionist and a courageous man who, as President of the Movement for Democratic Change since its foundation in 1999, stood up for multi-party democracy and justice. The EU offers its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the former Prime Minister in these difficult times”.
The 65-year old Tsvangirai succumbed to colon cancer in South Africa where he had been hospitalised for almost a month.
Morgan Tsvangirai was an incredibly brave man who risked his life to stand up to the authoritarian rule of Robert Mugabe.
