Learnmore Jongwe
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Learnmore "Judah" Jongwe (April 28, 1974 – October 24, 2002) was a Zimbabwean lawyer and politician who served as Member of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe for Kuwadzana, and spokesman for the Movement for Democratic Change. In August 2002 he was charged with the murder of his wife, Rutendo Muusha, after he had surrendered to the police, he was then put in custody awaiting trial before he died soon after.
Personal life
It is alleged he murdered his wife after finding her having intercourse with another man in July 2002,{{cite news|url= https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/zimbabwe/1402523/MDC-chief-charged-with-wifes-murder.html|title= MDC chief charged with wife's murder|date= July 25, 2002|first= Peta |last= Thornycroft|publisher= The Independent|access-date= 2010-03-09}} and in August 2002 he was charged with the murder of his wife after he had surrendered to the police in Chipinge, who then referred him to Murehwa.{{cite news|url= https://zimlii.org/zw/judgment/supreme-court-zimbabwe/2002/62 |title= S v Jongwe|date=August 7, 2002 |access-date= 2022-03-23}} He enrolled in the University of Zimbabwe where he met his wife around the 1990s.{{cite news|url= https://www.newzimbabwe.com/revisiting-the-learnmore-jongwe-tragedy-hero-or-villain-and-the-inconvenient-truth/|title= Revisiting the Learnmore Jongwe tragedy: Hero or villain and the inconvenient truth?|date= November 25, 2002|first= Brighton |last= Mutebuka|publisher= NewZimbabwe|access-date= 2022-03-22}} He and his wife had one child together.
Death
Whilst awaiting trial on October 24, 2002 he died at the age of 28, the cause of his death is unknown.{{cite news|url= http://allafrica.com/stories/200910271150.html|title= Learnmore Jongwe Commemorated by Trust Launch|date= October 27, 2009|first= Alex|last= Bell|publisher = AllAfrica.com|access-date= 2010-03-09}}
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Category:Members of the 5th Parliament of Zimbabwe
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