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{{Infobox royalty|prince
#REDIRECT [[Munashe Ngonidzashe]]
| name = Tavonga Ngonidzashe
| title = Crown Prince of Rwizikuru
| image = File:Tavonga2019.jpg
| caption = Prince Tavonga in September 2019
| full name = Barnabas Tavonga Ngonidzashe <!--Full legal non-titular name-->
| house = [[House of Ngonidzashe]]
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|9|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Guta raMambo]], [[Rwizikuru]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| issue = [[Makomborero Ngonidzashe]] (b. 2016)<br>[[Munyaradzi Ngonidzashe]] (b. 2018)<br>Mmathapelo Ngonidzashe (b. 2020)
| spouse = [[Ditsheho Ngonidzashe]]
| father = [[Munashe Ngonidzashe]]
| mother = [[Nyengeterai Ngonidzashe]]
| religion = {{wp|Methodism|High Estmerish Church}}
}}
'''Tavonga Ngonidzashe''' (born 17 September, 1992) is the eldest son of the reigning [[Monarchy of Rwizikuru|monarch of Rwizikuru]], [[Munashe Ngonidzashe]]. He became Crown Prince on 21 September, 2019, when his father became Mambo following his grandfather's abdication from the throne.
 
==Early life==
Tavonga Ngonidzashe was born to [[Munashe Ngonidzashe]] and [[Nyengeterai Ngonidzashe]], as the eldest of six legitimate children on 17 September, 1992 in [[Guta raMambo]]. He was baptized into the {{wp|Methodism|High Estmerish Church}} as Barnabas Ngondizashe.
 
In 1995, he entered a {{wp|preschool playgroup|kutamba boka}} program at the [[King Izibongo School]], making him the first royal to enter a preschool program. Tavonga went on to enter {{wp|Reception (school)|Kugamuchira}} in 1997, and made his way through school at an average rate.
 
His teachers described him as being "average in all areas," and was expected to go to a {{wp|Secondary modern school|Chikoro chepamusoro}} after his "mediocre results" in the {{wp|eleven-plus}} in 2003. However, his grandfather was able to pull strings to allow Tavonga to attend the [[Shungudzemwoyo Ncube Grammar School]] in 2004, and finished his {{wp|Sixth form|Yechitanhatu Fomu}} in 2011.
 
While he had mediocre results, his grandfather was able to persuade the [[University of Rwizikuru]] to allow him to attend classes: thus, in September 2011, he moved to [[Port Fitzhubert]] and began taking classes in {{wp|political science}}.
 
In 2012, he met a {{wp|Sotho people|Balisa}} commoner, [[Ditsheho Ngonidzashe|Ditsheho Lekhotla]] at the University of Rwizikuru. In 2013, he made his first public appearance to give a commencement speech at the [[Charles Fitzhubert School, Port Fitzhubert|Charles Fitzhubert School]].
 
In 2015, Tavonga Ngonidzashe graduated with a bachelor's degree in political science. That same year, he married Ditsheho Lekhotla.
 
==Increasing role==
In 2016, he was appointed by [[Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe]] to replace [[Munashe Ngonidzashe]] as treasurer, partially as Munashe was to take on more responsibilities from his grandfather. As treasurer, Tavonga Ngonidzashe, while still taking money from the treasury to enrich the royal family when asked to by Kupakwashe, was not as concerned of enriching himself, as he believed that the [[House of Ngonidzashe|royal family]] was more than wealthy enough to not need to engage in the embezzlement anymore.
 
Over the next couple of years, Tavonga Ngonidzashe was given more duties by his father, mostly minor duties relating to the Crown Prince, as the Crown Prince was taking on more duties from the Mambo.
 
In 2018, he was appointed mukuru of the [[Rwizikuru#Districts|district]] of [[Gutaguru]] by Kupakwashe Ngonidzashe, but kept his role as royal treasurer, which was seen as unusual, as these positions were generally held by separate people.
 
==Personal life==
Tavonga Ngonidzashe married [[Ditsheho Ngonidzashe]] in 2015, and had two sons: [[Makomborero Ngonidzashe]] in 2016, and [[Munyaradzi Ngonidzashe]] in 2018, and a daughter: Mmathapelo Ngonidzashe, born in 2020.
 
He is fluent in {{wp|Shona language|Rwizi}}, {{wp|French language|Gaullican}}, and {{wp|Sotho language|Molisa}}, and can comfortably hold a conversation in [[Senrian language|Senrian]] and {{wp|English language|Estmerish}}.
 
Like his father, he enjoys the finer things in life, and frequently travels across the world.
 
==Titles and honors==
*'''17 September, 1991 - 21 September, 2019''' - ''Changamire'' Muchinda Tavonga Ngonidzashe
*'''21 September, 2019 - present''' - ''Changamire'' Korona Muchinda Tavonga Ngonidzashe
 
===Domestic honors===
*{{flagicon|Rwizikuru}} - Member of the Order of the Elephant, 2010
*{{flagicon|Rwizikuru}} - Order of Merit, 2015
 
===Foreign honors===
[[Category:Rwizikuru]]

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