Bongani Dumisani Mkhwananzi (1958 - 1979)

Born 23 Dec 1958 in Bubi District; Victoria Province, Southern Rhodesia

Died 8 Jan 1979 at age 20 in Rhodesia

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BSA Police Crest

Biography

Birth & Upbringing: Born 1958 in the Bubi District.
Family: No family details are know.
Education His schooling was at the David Livingstone Mission School in the Bubi District where he was raised.
Military Service: The BSA Police was very much a para-military service and was the nation's first line of defence. Young policemen were thus thrust into armed conflict during the insurgency of the later 1960's and the decade which followed. Those who appear on the BSA Police Roll of Honour (War) are afforded full military honours in the true sense.
Occupation: Policeman - joined the BSA Police in February 1978; Reg.No.26122; served until January 1979 . His first posting out of Tomlinson Depot was to Bulawayo Central.
Demise: KIA - contact with terrorists in a Bulawayo township while serving as a Constable with Duty Uniform. ^{[1] [2]}.
Burial: He was buried in Bulawayo on 11 January 1980

Sources

1. ↑ Andrew Field: BSA Police Roll of Honour BSAP Website
2. ↑ Obituary Notice Outpost 2/1979 Outpost Magazine: Journal of the BSA Police