1963 Secretary for Women’s Affairs, Salisbury (Harare) District and Mufakose Branch, PCC. 1971 Secretary for Women’s Affairs, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Secretary for Women’s Affairs, ANC (Muzorewa). Juliet Kutama was born in Buhera in the Victoria District. After attending primary schools she trained as a teacher and was posted to Ndawana Primary School near Salisbury (Harare). After her marriage, however, she went […]
Category Archives: PCC
JOHN MASIMBA MUNETSI CHIRISA
1960 Mabvuku Branch Organising Secretary, NDP. 1963 Chairman, Salisbury (Harare) District and National Councillor, PCC. 1971 -73 Deputy Publicity Secretary; Deputy National Organising Secretary, ANC. 1973 Secretary-General, ANC. 1976 Acting National Organising Secretary, ANC (Nkomo). John Chirisa was born on 2 January 1929 in Chikanya’s village, near Kwenda Mission, in the Charter District. His parents were poor and his father (who was one of the […]
KILLION BABUYILE BHEBE
1963 National Councillor, PCC. 1973 National Organising Secretary, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Member Central Committee, ANC (Nkomo). 1975 (Sept.) National Organisation Secretary (2), ANC (Nkomo). Killion Bhebe was born at Hogo in the Gwelo (Gweru) District on 1 May 1928. The second child in a family of seven, he was brought up to be a farmer like his father. He attended numerous primary […]
TARCISIUS MALAN GEORGE SILUNDIKA
1960-61 Secretary General, NDP. 1963 External Representative, PCC (Lusaka). 1975 (June) Nominated Member of ZLC. 1976 Secretary for Information (External), ANC (Nkomo). 1976 Delegate (ZAPU) to Geneva 1979 Delegate to Lancaster House (ZAPU) 1980 PF M.P. for Matebeleland South 1980 Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Zimbabwe Government. George Silundika was born near Plumtree in March 1929. His father, who was […]
SAMUEL JONAH MUNODAWAFA
1960-61 District Chairman, Fort Victoria (Masvingo), NDP. 1961 -62 Provincial Chairman, Fort Victoria (Masvingo), ZAPU. 1963 National Chairman, PCC. 1972 National Chairman, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) National Chairman, ANC (Nkomo). Samuel Munodawafa was born at Morgenster Mission near Fort Victoria (Masvingo) on 14 March 1917. He was the eldest child of a teacher-evangelist who served with […]
TENJIWE VIRGINIA LESABE
1962 Chairwoman of Barbourfields Women’s Branch, ZAPU. 1963 District Chairwoman of Women’s League, PCC. 1974 (Dec.) Deputy Secretary for Women’s Affairs, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Member of Central Committee, ANC (Nkomo). 1976 (Sept.) Deputy Secretary for Education ANC (Nkomo). Tenjiwe Virginia Lesabe was born a Khumalo1 at Makokoba Clinic, Bulawayo, on 5 January 1932. Shewas the […]
WILLIE DZAWANDA MUSARURWA
1960-61 Founder Member and National Executive Member, NDP. 1963 Representative of ZAPU in Northern Rhodesia (Zambia). 1963 Public Relations Secretary, PCC. 1974 Member Central Committee, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Publicity Secretary, ANC (Nkomo). Willie Musarurwa was born on 24 November 1927 in the Zvimba Reserve. Sinoia (Chinhoyi) District. He was the fifth child in a family […]
NYAMASVISVA WILLIAM MUKARATI (1920-1962)
1957 Vice-Chairman, Highfield Branch, ANYL. 1960 Vice-Chairman, Salisbury (Harare) District, NDP. 1961 Organising Secretary, Mashonaland Province, ZAPU. 1963 Deputy Chairman for Presidential Affairs and Secretary for Welfare, PCC. 1975 (Sept.) Treasurer-General (Vice), ANC (Nkomo). William Mukarati was born on 28 January 1925 at Marimba on the western outskirts of Salisbury (Harare). His father was a […]
JOSEPH WILFRED MSIKA
1957 National Treasurer, African National Congress. 1962 Secretary for Youth Affairs, ZAPU. 1963 Secretary for External Affairs, PCC. 1974 (Dec.) Member Central Committee, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Secretary-General, (Nkomo) ANC. 1976 Delegate to Geneva 1976/80 Secretary General ZAPU PF. 1980 Member of Senate. Minister of Natural resources and Water Development. Joseph Wilfred Msika was born on 6 December 1923 in the Chiweshe […]
JAMES ROBERT DAMBAZA CHIKEREMA
1956-57 First President, African National Youth League (ANYL). 1957-59 Vice-President, ANC. 1961-62 Executive Member, ZAPU (although in detention). 1964 Acting President, PCC (during detention of Joshua Nkomo). 1972 Chairman, FROLIZI. 1974 (Dec.) Member, Executive Committee of ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Secretary, ZLC. James Chikerema was born in May 1925 at Kutama Mission near Salisbury (Harare). His parents were of the Shona tribe; his father, the first […]
MUNETSI MARK CHAYAMBUKA NZIRAMASANGA
1960 Provincial Secretaryfor Manicaland, NDP. 1963 External Representative, PCC. 1972 Secretary for Labour, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Publicity Secretary (2), ANC (Nkomo). Mark Nziramasanga was born on 11 April 1931 at Chikaka Kraal, Zvimba Reserve, Sinoia (Chinhoyi) District. His father was a peasant farmer and a herbalist. Nziramasanga completed his primary education at Pakama Mission School in 1950 and […]
JASON ZIYAPAYA MOYO (1927-1977)
1957 Chairman, Bulawayo Branch, ANC. 1962 National Treasurer, ZAPU. 1963 Financial Secretary, PCC. 1963 External – Representative, PCC. 1974 Lusaka, Member of External Committee, ANC. 1976 (April) Vice—President i/c External Affairs, ANC (Nkomo). Jason Moyo was born about 1927 near Plumtree, on the order with Botswana. He was a member of the Kalanga tribe1 After […]
SYLVESTER TAWONEZWI BGONI
1961 Chairman, Mufakose Branch, NDP. 1962 Secretary, Mufakose Branch, ZAPU. 1963 Salisbury (Harare) District Chairman, PCC 1972 Secretary for Youth Affairs, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Secretary for Youth, ANC (Nkomo). 1975 (Sept.) Member of Central Committee, ANC {Nkomo). 1976 (Jan.) Secretary for Presidential Affairs, ANC (Nkomo). Sylvester Bgoni was born on 8 August 1934 in […]
GEORGE BODZO NYANDORO
Secretary, British African National Voice Association. 1957-59 Secretary-General, ANCongress. 1963 Secretary-General, PCC. 1963 External representative, PCC. 1975 (Sept. 1)Head of the Finance and Property Committee, ZLC. George Nyandoro was born in 1926 in the Chiota Reserve to one of the ruling Shona families. His grandfather (Kunzyi Nyandoro) fought against “the BSA Company with great tenacity and courage” during the 1896-97 […]
LAZARUS NKALA (1927-1975)
1957-59 Treasurer, Bulawayo Branch, ANC. 1960-61 Treasurer, Bulawayo Branch, NDP. 1961-63 Bulawayo District Chairman, ZAPU. 1963-64 National Organising Secretary, PCC. 1974 (Dec.) Member of the Central Committee of ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Organising Secretary, ANC (Nkomo). Lazarus Nkala was born on 26 February 1927 in the Filabusi District of Rhodesia. His father was a school teacher and lay preacher with the American Brethren […]
CLEMENT MUCHACHI
1961-64 National Organising Secretary, ZAPU and PCC. 1963-71 Director of Youth and Culture, PCC. 1975 (Sept.) Secretary for External Affairs, ANC (Nkomo). 1976 Delegate to Geneva Conference 1980 PF M.P. for Midlands 1980 Minister of Public Works, Zimbabwe Government Clement Muchachi was born at Selukwe (Shurugwi) on 19 August 1925. He was the eighth child in a family of nine […]