Sam Levy

[1] Levy was born to a Jewish family in Que Que (now Kwekwe) on 9 October 1929, and educated at Prince Edward School in Salisbury (as Harare was called until 1982).

[2] He converted the site into a department store and later a shopping centre, the Ximex Mall,[3] which he sold to the National Social Security Authority (NSSA) in the late 1990s.

[4] He successfully stood in the Salisbury council elections in 1975,[2] and served as a councillor for Ward 8, comprising the city's southern district of Waterfalls, until 1979.

[6] He reportedly built Sam Levy's Village without the support of the local community because they didn't want a shopping centre in s residential neighborhood.

[6] The bikes were bought in 1997 at a virtual "tag sale" from the British Consulate as they liquidated assets out of Hong Kong in the transfer of sovereignty back to mainland China.

He reminded everyone he met, respect and honour your parents and don’t fight with your brothers and sisters," read his eulogy.

"[7] Sam Levy’s head of security, Mr Charles Kapfupi, described the businessman as a hard-working principled man.

He believed in working hard hence, his success," Mr Kapfupi said, adding that he was one of the biggest land developers in Zimbabwe.

He was survived by his wife, four children, Julia, Isaac, Maurice and Raymond, and seven grandchildren,[6][8] and buried at Warren Hills Jewish Cemetery in Harare.

[2] The Vice President of the Republic of Zimbabwe, Joice Mujuru, expressed sincere condolences to the family having been a dear friend.

Media, Information and Publicity Minister, Webster Shamu, described Levy as a "hardworking and shrewd businessman".