Dabengwa, one of the last of a dying breed

Candour: Nqaba Matshazi

WHEN the news of Dumiso Dabengwa’s death filtered in, a colleague asked that I write an obituary, an offer I turned down politely because I hardly knew the former Home Affairs minister and our encounters were fleetingly few and far between for me to do justice to such a write-up. But on second thoughts, I thought maybe I could write something and reflect on a person I have always admired, but at times, I have had mixed feelings over his legacy.

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