By A Correspondent| The late minister of foreign affairs and trade Sibusiso Moyo attended controversial businessman’s Kuda Tagwirei’s end of year mega party and four days later tested positive for Covid- 19, it has emerged.

Moyo, who is known for his role as the 2017 coup announcer on the national broadcaster ZBC-TV succumbed to Coronavirus today at a private hospital in Harare.

Moyo was very close to Tagwirei and was part of the well to do Zimbabweans who mixed and mingled at a mega party which has turned out to be a super spreader of Coronavirus.

The former army boss was confirmed dead this morning with President Emmerson Mnangagwa saying he lost a close friend.

Moyo is the latest top government official to succumb to the dreaded disease following the weekend death of Manicaland provincial affairs minister Ellen Gwaradzimba.

Perrance Shiri, another of the top military commanders who organized the 2017 coup, also died from Covid-19 last year. He was agriculture minister at the time.

Zimbabwe has seen Covid-19 cases spike everyday with 52 people succumbing to the disease in the last 24 hours.