Austin Moyo
Zimbabwean soldier
About Austin Moyo
Lived 1957 – 2018 (aged 60–61).
Austin Peter Moyo (1957 – 26 August 2018), nome de guerre Madayiza, was a Zimbabwean soldier and intelligence officer, who was born in Ntalale in Gwanda District.
Moyo joined the liberation struggle as a young man in 1974, becoming a ZIPRA fighter in the Northern Front 2.
During the ceasefire in December 1979, following the Lancaster House Agreement,
After independence, Moyo worked for the Central Intelligence Organisation, holding the rank of Divisional Intelligence Officer at the time of his death.
Moyo was injured in a motor vehicle accident and subsequently died at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo. After his death, he was declared a Provincial Hero, and buried in an official funeral at Bulawayo Provincial Heroes Acre. Minister Angeline Masuku said that Moyo was "a big and respectable man, who we regarded as our elder".
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Who was Austin Moyo?
Zimbabwean soldier
When was Austin Moyo born?
Austin Moyo was born in 1957.
When did Austin Moyo die?
Austin Moyo died in 2018.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Austin Moyo. https://biography.guide/austin-moyo/
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