Isaac Matongo
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Isaac Matongo (born 12 March 1947 in Masvingo - died 2 May 2007) was a Zimbabwean politician, and labor activist. Matongo was elected vice-president of the National Engineering Workers' Union in 1988, eventually serving in the same position with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions. He was the founding chairman of the Movement for Democratic Change, which is now the main opposition to the ZANU-PF party led by Robert Mugabe. He died In May 2007 of suspected heart failure.
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- "Hundreds of mourners pay last respects to Matongo" swradioafrica.com, 4 May 2007
- Zimbabwe: MDC Chair Isaac Matongo found dead, zimdaily.com, 2 May 2007