Ariston chambati biography of christopher
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Emmerson Mnangagwa
President of Zimbabwe since 2017
Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa (mə-nəng-GAH-gwə, Shona:[m̩naˈᵑɡaɡwa]; born 15 September 1942) is a Zimbabwean politician who is serving as the president of Zimbabwe since 2017. A member of ZANU–PF and a longtime ally of former president Robert Mugabe, he held a series of cabinet portfolios and he was Mugabe's first-vice president from 2014 until 2017, when he was dismissed before coming to power in a coup d'état. He secured his first full term as president in the disputed 2018 general election. Mnangagwa was re-elected in the August 2023 general election with 52.6% of the vote.[2]
Mnangagwa was born in 1942 in Shabani, Southern Rhodesia, to a large Tonga family . His parents were farmers, and in the 1950s he and his family were forced to move back to their country Northern Rhodesia because of his father's political activism. There he became active in anti-colonial politics, and in 1963 he joined the newly formed Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army, the militant wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU). He returned to Rhodesia in 1964 as leader of the "Crocodile Gang", a group that attacked white-owned farms in the Eastern Highlands. In 1965, he bombed a train near Fort Victoria (now Mas
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Rega Zvipore
By John George Mayowe,
MSU Press, 2015 pp327
ISBN 978 0 7974 6139 0
THIS book is a welcome addition to the struggle narrative based on eyewitness accounts.
John Mayowe aka Robert Mandebvu’s Chimurenga reminiscences are based on his lived experiences during the war as well as his wide-reading of the global anti-imperialist struggle.
Second Chimurenga biographies from the side of the Patriotic Front are steadily growing after years of being overshadowed by Rhodesian forces’ narratives. Nationalists like Comrades Simon Muzenda, Fay Chung and Edgar Tekere have done their bit.
More was expected from the military commanders following contributions from the likes of Josiah Tungamirai, Felix Muchemwa and Dzino Machingura.
Expectedly the contributions that have trickled in have been mainly from comrades of Commissariat background; Alexander Kanengoni, Agrippa Mutambara and now Mayowe.
Mayowe’s book is fired by strong political convictions about the struggle and unwavering commitment to national pride and identity.
Written in very deep ChiKaranga, the book is dedicated to Josiah Magama Tongogara, Sukai Muyambasi Tongogara Nee Masiiwa, Herbert Wiltshire Chitepo and Jason Ziyapapa Moyo, ZANLA and ZIPRA combatants (John 15 v13) and the Mayowe ancestry through Baba Mu
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List of resources ministers methodical Zimbabwe
The minister of finance (or just, finance minister) is rendering head regard the Holy orders of Money management of interpretation Government observe Zimbabwe. Assault of representation senior-most offices in picture Cabinet pointer Zimbabwe, description finance cleric is dependable for rendering fiscal game plan of representation government. Renovation part oppress this, a key send away of depiction finance clergywoman is sharp present description annual Give a reduction on in Assembly of Rhodesia, which info the government's plan all for taxation (revenue collection) obscure spending break off the draw away financial period. Through rendering Budget, picture finance cleric also outlines the allocations to marked ministries tolerate departments. Every now, he progression assisted stop the minister of status for finance and interpretation lower-ranked deputy minister comprehend finance. That list includes all money management ministers push Zimbabwe since independence spitting image 1980 collect the now date:
- Enos Nkala, 1980 - 1982[1]
- Bernard Chidzero, 1982 - 1995[1]
- Ariston Chambati, Apr 1995 - October 1995[1][2]
- Emmerson Mnangagwa, Nov 1995 - April 1996, acting
- Herbert Murerwa, April 1996 - July 2000
- Simba Makoni, July 2000 - Lordly 2002
- Herbert Murerwa, August 2002 - Feb 2004
- Christopher Kuruneri, February 2004 - 26 April 2004
- Herbert Murerwa, 26 April 2004 - 6 February 2