Boxing legend Langton ‘Schoolboy’ Tinago has been conferred with a provincial hero’s status, the first sportsperson to be conferred with s...
Boxing legend Langton ‘Schoolboy’ Tinago has been conferred
with a provincial hero’s status, the first sportsperson to be conferred with
such an honour,
Tinago will be buried tomorrow at Gweru’s Provincial
Heroes’ Acre. The legendary boxer died on Tuesday at Gweru Provincial Hospital
after a short battle with pneumonia. He died a destitute man.
Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs Owen
Ncube confirmed the news yesterday.
“The family requested that Schoolboy be given the honour
and we sent the message to the country’s leadership to decide. Now I have come
with the message from the President Cde Mnangagwa, the President has given us
the answer.’’
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