The late Dr Karikoga Kaseke
By Agency Report
The President, World Craft Council, Africa region, Chief Olusegun Runsewe, has commiserated with Zimbabweans and the family of the late Dr Karikoga Kaseke, former Chief Executive Officer, Zimbabwe Tourism Authority (ZTA). who died February 29, 2024 after suffering a stroke in 2018
and was buried on March 7, at his rural home in Matienga Village, Chivero, Mhondoro.
Runsewe, in a statement on Sunday, expressed shock at the death of the late Kaseke, the longest serving chief tourism officer of Zimbabwe.
He recalled Kaseke’s dedication and commitment to the dream of bringing African countries together to form a huge bloc in marketing African tourism to Africans and the world.
“Together, Kaseke and I were determined to change the perception of African tourism under the African Tourism Initiative.
“He was my deputy, a very great pan Africanist and tourism giant.
“Kaseke was humble and unassuming, willing to see through the dream of Africans visiting Africa and taking the advantage of our rich culture and history to change our narratives at world tourism expositions andaa which we did together across the world,” he said.
Runsewe urged the government and people of Zimbabwe to immortalise the late tourism pathfinder, as he gave his all not only to tourism development in Zimbabwe but to the entire African continent.
“I will personally miss Kaseke. He was a reliable and dependable partner, a lover of African cultural tourism togetherness.
“May God rest his soul in peace and give his family and the government and people of Zimbabwe the fortitude to bear his passage. Africa has lost a great son,” he said.
Kaseke, a former army officer and liberation war fighter was also
Permanent Secretary for Transport and Infrastructural Development and CEO for the Civil Aviation Authority of Zimbabwe. (NAN)
