Speaker after speaker who shared the podium during the funeral ceremony of Adv Munzhedzi Frederick “Zorro” Ramovha described him as a selfless, peace-loving, real freedom fighter and a person who was prepared to sacrifice his own life for the sake of the well-being of others.

His memorial service was held at the Tsianda Apostolic Faith Mission Church building last Friday afternoon, while the funeral service took place the following day. During the ceremony, the provincial general secretary of the African National Congress, Mr Joe Maswanganyi, said that his organisation had lost a man of strong caliber in Zorro. He severely criticized members of his organization’s youth league "who insult the leaders of the organisation in public", saying the ANC will never tolerate such behavior.

He also justified the recent move by the national parliament to put five Limpopo Provincial departments under administration, following reports of financial maladministration. He criticised those who say that the decision to take over the five departments was a political move. He stressed the fact that the ANC cannot just stand aside and look "while self-centered people continue to squander taxpayers’ money as they please."

Zorro was born 56 years ago. After passing matric at Dimani High School, he registered for an LLB Degree at the University of Venda. At that stage, he was an active member of the SACP, ANC, SASCO and COSAW. He left the country and went to exile in Zimbabwe and Zambia in 1992 before completing his degree.

He came back in 1994, the year in which he was awarded a bursary by the African National Congress to further his studies. He completed his LLB Degree at the University of the Western Cape two years thereafter. He succumbed to a long illness on Sunday, November 27.