Today in history on 5 April 1986, General Lookout Masuku died at Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare from cryptococcal meningitis. SW Radio Africa expressed doubt about the official circumstances of Masuku’s death, saying it was “suspicious.”
Lieutenant General Lookout Khalisabantu Vumindaba Masuku commanded the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA), the militant wing of the Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU), during the Rhodesian Bush War. He served as the deputy commander of the Zimbabwe National Army until his arrest in 1982 for allegedly plotting to overthrow President Robert Mugabe.
