eBusiness Weekly
Business Writer
The Zimbabwe Investment and Development Agency (ZIDA) chief executive officer, Douglas Munatsi, has died.
Reports say Munatsi died early morning today in an inferno that engulfed Northfields Flat on Fifth Street and Josiah Tongogara where he stayed.
The decorated executive stayed on the 9th floor.
In a report, Northfields Owners Association confirmed the death.
“The association wishes to advise stakeholders that at approximately 02.50a m, on Monday 29th November, a fire was detected by the occupant of flat C9 in Northfields. There was no electricity at the time due to a cable fault.
“The occupant in C10 heard commotion and noise and went to his balcony to investigate further.
There, he heard from the occupant of C9 that there was a fire and he asked to call the fire brigade.
At 02.59, the fire brigade was called, and they arrived at 03.11. They fought the blaze for two hours, and despite their efforts, they were unable to save the occupant of C9, who is believed to be Douglas Munatsi.
“Thanks must be given to the professionalism and endeavours of the City of Harare Fire Brigade. Without their intervention, is it very likely that more lives would have been lost and more property destroyed. The Association has engaged the services of a forensic fire investigator to assess the cause of the fire,” said the association.
No comment could be obtained from police as investigations progressed.
The former BancABC CEO was appointed ZIDA CEO by President Emerson Mnangagwa two years ago.
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