University of Johannesburg: Zimbabwe wrestles with its moral conscience as Zanu PF leaders succumb to Covid-19 Source: Sizo Nkala is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg. He recently published an opinion article that appeared on Nehanda Radio on the 1st February 2021. In Zimbabwe, the cadaverous Covid-19 pandemic has gripped the apex of the country’s political leadership. Three government ministers and a retired top ranking army official succumbed to the Covid-19 pandemic in rapid succession in a space of a week. Ellen Gwaradzimba who served as Manicaland Minister of State for Provincial Affairs died of Covid-19-related complications on the 15th of January 2021. Five days later on the 20th the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, retired Lieutenant-General Sibusiso Moyo succumbed to the virus.