Cause of Death: |
Murdered, in Luveve Township, Bulawayo, by a gang that stopped their vehicle. Moraka and PO Alistair Taylor, both plain clothes policemen, were in a vehicle in Bulawayo's Luveve Township when they were stopped by an armed gang of between 15 and 20. They were assaulted as they got out of the vehicle, and Alistair was shot and killed. Moraka was told to return to his station but he was shot and killed as he walked away. The men robbed the police vehicle of a sub-machine gun, a revolver and four radios. The incident occurred during a period of violent clashes between former ZIPRA and ZANLA terrorists in Bulawayo, with elements of the former RAR involved (now a Zimbabwean battalion) in numerous engagements with these groups in what became known as the Battle of Bulawayo |