1960 Publicity Secretary, NDP 1961 (Dec.) Publicity Secretary ZAPU 1963 Secretary-General ZANU 1974 (Dec.) Member Central Committee, ANC. Robert Mugabe was born at the Kutama Mission in the Zvimba TTL in 1928. His father, who was a labourer, was a practicing Roman Catholic and Robert was brought up in the same faith. He was educated […]
Category Archives: ZANU
JULIA TUKAI ZVOBGO
1978 – Administrative Secretary for Women’s Affairs 1980 – Member of Parliament for Midlands Constituency ZANU PF Mrs. Eddison Zvobgo was born Julia Whande in 1937, in Selukwe (Shurugwi). Her parents were peasant farmers, and there were two brothers and five sisters. Although the family was Methodist, Julia attended the Dutch Reformed Missionary School at […]
NAOMI PASIHARIGUTWI NHIWATIWA
1980 – Member of Parliament, ZANU PF, Manicaland. 1980 – Deputy Minister for Posts and Telecommunications, Zimbabwe. Naomi Nhiwatiwa is a very articulate and vivacious woman who looks younger than her 39 years and is convinced that her father’s instructions o remember the parable of the ten talents and give back something of the blessings […]
OLIVER MUSA MUNYARADZE
1979 – Delegate for ZANU to Lancaster House 1980 – Member of Parliament for Victoria Constituency, ZANU PF 1980 – Deputy Minister of Finance, Zimbabwe Government Oliver Munyaradze was born on 17th October 1933 at Morgenster Mission Hospital near Fort Victoria (Masvingo)1 He was one of five children; two boys and three girls. His parents […]
SIMON CHARLES MAZORODZE
1980 – Member of Parliament, ZANU PF, Victoria Constituency 1980 – Deputy Minister of Health, Zimbabwe Simon Mazorodze was born at Nhamo Kraal in the Mondoro Tribal-Trustland, Hartley District on 29th November 1933. His father was a postman and his mother was an active church member, being chairman of the Methodist Sangao rural area. She […]
ROBSON DAFORD MANYIKA
1965 – Chief of Staff, ZAPU. Member of High Command ZIPRA 1972 – Military/Political Commissar, ZANU 1973 – Chief Commandant: Training and Personnel, ZANLA. 1977/79 – Secretary of Manpower Planning and Labour, ZANU 1980 – Member of Parliament for Mashonaland West, ZANU (PF) 1980 – Deputy Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Robson Manyika was […]
HERBERT SYLVESTER MASIYIWA USHEWOKUNZE
1957-63 Student Leader University of Natal. Vice-President SRC. President of Medical Students Council Students’ Council. Vice-President of Association of Medical Students of South Africa (AMSSA). Member if ZANU Youth Wing. Member PAC (South Africa) 1976-79 Delegate to Geneva Conference. Member of ZANU Central Committee, External Wing. Member of ZANU Executive and Secretary for Health. Overall […]
SYDNEY TIGERE SEKERAMYI
1966 – Secretary for Scandinavian Affairs, ZANU. 1967/68 – General Secretary, Zimbabwe Students Union in Europe. 1971 – President, Zimbabwe Students Union. Official ZANU Representative, Scandinavia. 1977 – Co-opted to Central Committee ZANU. Deputy Secretary for Health. 1979 – delegate to Geneva Conference. 1980 – MP for Mashonaland Central, ZANU PF 1980 – Minister for […]
ENOS MZOMBI NKALA
1960 – A leader in the March of the Seven Thousand, Salisbury (Harare) 1960 – Deputy Secretary-General NDP 1961 – Assistant to Joshua Nkomo 1974 – Member of the Central Committee ANC 1979 – Acting head of ZANU (PF) while awaiting arrival of S Muzenda 1980 – Member of Senate – ZANU (PF) Minister of […]
TEURAI ROPA NHONGO
1974 – Member of General Staff, ZANLA Army. Medical Assistant 1976 – Commander Chimoio Camp – Mozambique 1977 – Central Committee, ZANU. Secretary for Women’s Affairs. 1980 – M.P. for Mashonaland Cnetral, ZANU (PF). 1980 – Minister of Youth, Sport and Recreation, Zimbabwe. Teurai Ropa is a ‘Chimurenga’ or war name given to a girl […]
SIMON VENGAI MUZENDA
1953 Secretary-General of British African Voice Association (‘African Voice’) 1961 Chairman Umvuma Branch of NDP 1961 Provincial Organizing Secretary NDP (Victoria Province) 1962 Provincial Administrative Secretary, ZAPU 1964 Deputy Organizing Secretary, ZANU 1971 Secretary for Law and Order, ANC 1972 Deputy Administrative Secretary, ANC (Lusaka) 1975 Member Central Committee, ZANU 1980 M.P. for Midlands. Minister […]
DZINGAI BARNABAS MUTUMBUKA
1965 Political activity through Students Representative Council, University of Rhodesia 1970/1 Secretary, ZANU Students Union, (University of Sussex) 1976 Delegate to Geneva Conference – ZANU 1977 Secretary for Education and Culture, ZANU (Mozambique) 1979 Delegate to Lancaster House (ZANU) PF. 1980 Minister of Education and Culture, Zimbabwe. At 34, Dzingai Mutumbuka is one of the […]
SIMBI MUBAKO
Chief Legal Adviser to ZANU (PF) 1958 Founder Editor of Moto Newspaper 1976-1979 Lecturer in Law at Southampton University 1980 Professor and Dean at Law, University of Lesotho, Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Zimbabwe. “At the end of my secondary school days, I was very religious, and wanted to become a priest”, said Simbi […]
ERNEST RUSUNUNGUKO KADUNGURE
1960 Youth wing leader NDP St. Augustines High School, 1962 Secretary of a Harare Youth Branch of ZAPU 1977 Central Committee ZANU, in charge of Education and Culture.1 1980 MP (ZANU PF) for Midlands 1980 Minister of Transport and Power, Zimbabwe. “The struggle was bitter and hard. We will always remember those who fell. Their […]
EMMERSON DAMBUDZO MNANGAGWA
1962 – Active with UNIP in Lusaka, Zambia. 1963 – Student leader in ZANU. 1964 – Member of “Crocodile” military group. 1976 – With ZANU (PF) at Geneva. 1977 – Central Committee, ZANU (PF) as Special Assistant, Administration, to the President. 1980 – Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, Zimbabwe By the time […]
RICHARD C. HOVE
1980 – Member of Parliament for Midlands, ZANU PF. 1980 – Minister of Public Service Minister Hove was responsible for much of the co-ordination of the planning of the Zimbabwe Independence celebrations as Minister of Public Service. Since the material for this book was collected during the short 3 weeks following the appointment of the […]
DZINASHE MACHINGURA
ZANU ZIPA A member of the ZANU section of ZIPA, he is aged about 30. He acted as a spokesman for ZIPA on a British Broadcasting Corporation programme on 3 October 1976. It was reported in the National Observer on 26 March 1977 that he had been arrested in Mocambique for telling guerrillas that their duty was […]
REX NHONGO
ZANU ZIPA Aged about 30, he comes from the north-east part of Rhodesia. Originally a ZAPU supporter, he joined ZANU in 1971. During the detention of Tongogara (1975-76) he acted as commander-in-chief of ZANU forces. At one time he was reported missing (together with Badza, another leading commander). Subsequently, however, he reappeared and reported that […]
KUMBIRAI KANGAI
Secretary of ZANU District in the Americas Chairman of ZANU District in the Americas 1973-76 Member ZANU Supreme Council (Dare re Chimurenga) Secretary for Committee. 1980 Memeber of Parliament ZANU PF, Manicaland. 1980 Minister of Labour and Social Welfare, Zimbabwe Government. Kumbirai Kangai was born on 17 February 1938. His parents were peasant farmers in […]
MUKUDZEI MUDZI
Executive Secretary, Supreme Council of ZANU (DARE). Detained in Zambia, March 1975. Released on 16 October 1976.
SADAT KUFA MAZUBA
Sadat Mazuba, who is aged 20, comes from the Kore Kore tribe in north- east Rhodesia. He volunteered f`or guerrilla training in early 1973 and was sent to the Mgagao camp in Tanzania. In September 1974 he was injured in the field. After recovery he was appointed a bodyguard to Herbert Chitepo. When Chitepo’s VW […]
JOSIAH MAGAMA TONGOGARA
1972 Military Commander, ZANLA. Chief of Defence, DARE ReChimurenga (ZANU War Council). Josiah Magama Tongogara was born in Selukwe (Shurugwi) in 1938. He obtained his primary education, up to Standard VI, at an Anglican mission school. He went to Northern Rhodesia (Zambia) in 1960 and studied book-keeping. He became secretary of Chainama Golf Club in 1961. When he […]
EDDISON JONAS MUDADIRWA ZVOBGO
1961 Organising Secretary for the NDP, Southern Province1962 Representative of ZAPU in USA. 1964 Deputy Secretary-General, ZANU. 1971-72 Deputy Secretary-General, ANC. 1972 Principal Overseas Representative, ANC. 1973 Representative of ZANU in USA.1977 Deputy Secretary for Information and Publicity, ZANU (Mozambique)1979 Delegate and Party Spokesman, ZANU, at Lancaster House1980 MP for Victoria1980 Minister of Local Government and Housing, Zimbabwe Eddison […]
NATHAN SHAMUYARIRA
1968-71 Secretary for External Affairs, ZANU. 1972-73 Treasurer, FROLIZI. 1977-78 Director of the Department of Education and Admin. Secretary, ZANU. 1980 – MP Mashonaland West, ZANU PF, Minister of Information & Tourism, Zimbabwe. Nathan Shamuyarira was born in 1929, the son of an evangelist in the Methodist Church. For eight years he attended Waddilove Institute and qualified […]
SIMPSON VICTOR MTAMBANENGWE
1964 Secretary for International Affairs, ZANU. 1975 (1 Sept.) Head of the Committee for Diplomatic and International Labour Relations, ZLC. Simpson Mtambanengwe was born in December 1930 at the Old Umtali (Mutare) Mission in the Eastern Districts of Rhodesia. His father, a minister of the United Methodist Church, was a member of the Ndau tribe. Simpson was one of eight […]
LEOPOLD TAKAWIRA (1916-1970)
1960 Chairman, Harare Branch, NDP. 1960 Director of International Relations, NDP. 1961 Secretary for External Afairs, ZAPU. 1963 Vice-President, ZANU. Leopold Takawira was born at Chilimanzi in the Victoria District in 1916. He was educated at primary schools in Southern Rhodesia and at Marianhill in Natal. He qualified as a teacher and, after serving for several years as an assistant […]
ZEBEDIAH MAPFUMO GAMANYA
1964-70 External Representative, ZANU. 1971 Chief Representative in East Africa, FROLIZI. 1975 (Sept.) Head of Publicity, Information and Research Bureau, ZLC. Zebediah Gamanya was born at Nyamweda in the Hartley District in about 1936. His father, who was a tailor, became a Methodist in later life. His mother was also a Christian. After attending local primary schools he went […]
HERBERT WILTSHIRE TFUMAINDINI CHITEPO (1923-1975)
1960-61 National Council Member, NDP. 1963 National Chairman, ZANU. Herbert Chitepo was born on 5 June 1923 in the Inyanga district of Rhodesia. His father died when Herbert was three years old and he was brought up at St David’s Mission, Bonda. He received his early education at the mission and later moved to St Augustine’s, […]
THE REV. NDABANINGI SITHOLE
1960 Treasurer, NDP. 1961 Treasurer and National Chairman, ZAPU. 1963 President, ZANU. 1974 Member Central Committee, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Chairman, ZLC. Ndabaningi Sithole was born on 21 July 1920 at Nyamandhlovu, north of Bulwayo. He was the son of Jim Sithole (a member of the Ndau tribe from Gazaland) and Siyapi Tshuma of Nyamandhlovu. In 1930 his father, who […]
EDGAR TEKERE
1959 Member of ANCongress. 1960 Founder Member of NDP and Secretary for Salisbury (Harare) District 1961 Secretary, Salisbury (Harare) District Council, ZAPU. 1963 Chairman, Nkoba Branch, ZANU. 1964 (May) Deputy Secretary for Youth and Culture ZANU. 1975 Secretary for Central Committee ZANU 1977 Secretary-General ZANU 1979 Delegate to Lancaster House, ZANU 1980 M.P. for Mashonaland […]
MOTON DIZZY PAUL MALIANGA
1960-61 Vice-President, NDP. 1962 Founder Member and Secretary for Public Affairs, ZAPU. 1963 External Representative, ZANU (Cairo). 1964 Secretary for Youth and Culture, ZANU. 1974 Member Central Committee, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) National Chairman, ANC (Muzorewa). Moton Malianga (brother of Washington) was born on 8 June 1930 at Old Umtali (Mutare) Mission (the fifth child in […]
WASHINGTON MALIANGA
1960 Representative in London and Cairo of NDP. 1961 Secretary General, ZAPU. 1963 Publicity Secretary and founder member, ZANU. (brother of Moton) was born at the Old Umtali (Mutare) Mission in 1926. He was the third in a family of nine boys and one girl. His father was a primary school teacher and evangelist with […]
MLOBISENI ROLEK BANGO
1963 Secretary for Labour, ZANU. 1974 Secretary of the National Transport, Telecommunications and Power Committee, ANC. 1974 Member, Executive Committee, ANC. 1975 (Sept.) Member National Executive Committee, ANC (Nkomo). Mlobiseni Bango was born on 20 October 1926 “about 20 miles (32 km) south—east of Marula, near the Tshatshani river in the Matopo mountain range”. […]
STANLEY GARIKAYI PARIREWA
1961 Chairman, Salisbury (Harare) District, NDP. 1961-62 Chairman, Salisbury (Harare) District, ZAPU. 1965 ZANU Representative in Malawi. 1975 (Sept.) Chairman, Education, Welfare and Health, ZLA. Stanley Parirewa was born in Salisbury (Harare) on 28 January 1928. His father was at one time a cook for the Governor, Sir Herbert Stanley (hence his first name) and […]
DR EDSON FURATIDZAYI CHISINGAITWI SITHOLE
1956-57 Interim Secretary-General, later Secretary, Harare Branch, ANYL. 1957-59 Secretary, Harare Branch, ANCongress. 1964 Publicity Secretary, ZANU. 1972 Publicity Secretary, ANC. 1974 Chairman, Editorial Committee, ANC. 1974 Member, Central Committee, ANC. Edson Sithole was born on 5 June 1935 in the Eastern Districts of Rhodesia. His parents were “typical peasants” (his own phrase) and […]
MAURICE NYAGUMBO
1957-59 Secretary, Rusape Branch ANCongress. 1963 Organising Secretary, ZANU. 1980 Member of Parliment, ZANU (PF) – Manicaland 1980 Minister of Mines, Zimbabwe Maurice Nyagumbo was born at Rusape in 1924, one of a family of four boys and three girls. He was brought up by his grandmother who sent him for his early education to […]
MICHAEL ANDREW MAWEMA
1960 Founder member and Interim President, NDP. 1964 National Organising Secretary, ZANU. 1971 Founder member of ANC and National Organising Secretary. 1975 (Sept.) Chairman of Party Organisation, ZLC. Michael Mawema was born at Gutu, Victoria District, on 13 July 1928. His father, Chigayo, who was a member of the Vagarwe clan originating in Mutambara, […]
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 […]