By Ndumiso Mlilo.
JOHANNESBURG. ( News of The South) – The former South African President, Thabo Mbeki has expressed sadness over the passing of a Zimbabwean agrarian researcher, Professor Sam Moyo.
Proff Moyo, a renowned scholar died in a car accident on November 22, in New Delhi, India. Thabo Mbeki Foundation spokesperson Mukoni Ratshitanga said Moyo is credited with contributing to African political economy and leading the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), among others.
Ratshitanga said, “Those who have had the privilege to work with Prof Moyo attest to his deep intellectual insight, his generosity of spirit and loyalty to the cause of the emancipation of the ordinary African masses.”
He also praised Moyo for researching on the Zimbabwean agrarian reform. Thabo Mbeki Foundation stated that Moyo was a patriotic. He also said, “In addition to his humility Prof Moyo commanded respect because of the quality of his work and the honesty and integrity of the output. He resisted the temptation to serve as a mouthpiece and propagandist for established and dominant social groups.”
While sending condolences to the Moyo family, Mbeki stated that researchers have to carry on from where he ended for the benefit and better future of Africa. Ratshitanga also noted, “Zimbabwe and all Africa are poorer without Prof Moyo’s great mind. The academic community on the Continent is challenged to reflect on the obligation it has to produce more and more Professor Moyos.”
He also stated that the Thabo Mbeki foundation would miss Moyo whom he calls a ‘one of the shinning and guiding stars’. Prof Moyo was the director of African Institute of Agrarian Studies. He wrote extensively about agrarian issues.
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