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Bothwell James Gift Mugariri was born on 4 April 1959 in Zinhanga Village Buhera. He was a former Zimbabwe Police Commissioner.

The late icon and courageous son of the soil and second Chimurenga Liberation War fighter, former senior officer, Bothwell Mugariri, whose Chimurenga nom de guerre was MuChina Hondo, died on Wednesday September 2nd, 2020 of a long illness. 

Early Life

It is a mark of his extraordinary courage, resolute commitment and unflinching strength of character that he left the country in 1977 and crossed to Mozambique with other ZANLA fighters and completed his military training in Chimoio, Mozambique. During military training in Mozambique, on his Mavhonde Base 2, Bothwell Mugariri and Other combatants witnessed the ruthless bombardment of the base by the colonial army's warmongers. He survived death by a whisker thanks to a ditch in which he hid buried for several hours.

Bothwell Mugariri displayed great leadership qualities much to the admiration of his tutors and was seconded to Syria for further training, where he was trained as a commando.

After completing Commando training he was further seconded to Yugoslavia where he was trained in the use of anti-nuclear/chemical/biological weapons and general police duties.

Having acquired the military acumen as a result of rigorous training, the fearless Bothwell was assigned to Munhumutapa as a section commander, graduating to become a section commander, nicknamed Captain Bloodmore from those he led who envied him. However, he was injured during the many skirmishes with the sector in Manicaland Province