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Rugare Eleck Ngidi Gumbo (born 8 March 1940 [1]) is a Zimbabwean politician. He is a former Minister of Economic Development in the Zimbabwean government during the administration of Robert Mugabe .
2 mag 2024 · Rugare Gumbo. Gumbo, a veteran figure within Zimbabwean politics, was expelled from the ruling party in 2014 in the initiation of a Mnangagwa faction. This expulsion came as a result of...
Former Zanu pf politburo member Rugare Gumbo acknowledges the resilience of Nelson Chamisa. Credit Lloyd Msipa Like and subscribe to our channel #zimbabwe #harare #zimpolitics. Former Zanu pf...
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25 gen 2021 · Rugare Gumbo, the last surviving member of the Dare ReChimurenga and the councils’ Secretary of Information has written the following opinion piece listing some of the unrecognized heroes who fought to liberate Zimbabwe.
- Background
- Education
- Nationalist Politics
- Role in The Second Chimurenga
- Post War Period
- Factionalism and Baba Jukwa Saga
- Speaking on Behalf of A Faction
- Suspension from The Party
- The Expulsion
- Zimbabwe People First
He was born in Belingwe on the 8th of March in 1940. He grew up in colonial Rhodesia in Belingwe district (renamed Mberengwa after independence) district of Rhodesia on the 8th of March in 1940, and was educated at a government secondary school. From his early teens he was involved in nationalist politics, and at the age of 22 was a branch chairman...
Gumbo acquired tertiary education abroad during the early years of the nationalist struggle in the 1960s. Gumbo attained his first degree at Boston University in the United States of America.He studied for a Barchelor of Arts degree. He then went to Canada where he studied for a Masters degree at Carlton University. He went further to study for a M...
In 1962, Gumbo became actively involved in nationalist politics. This resulted in his arrest that year after taking part in the organisation of a general strike. He was released in 1962 and left for the United States of America for tertiary education.
After returning from the diaspora in 1973, Gumbo joined the liberation struggle which was popularly known as the Second Chimurenga. He was made Secretary of Information in the Dare ReChimurenga which was the external wing for the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) party. He worked under the chairmanship of Herbert Chitepo. In March 1975, Rugare...
Deputy Minister of Home AffairsMinister of Economic Development- 2005Minister of Agriculture-2007Publicity and Information Secretary- Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front(Zanu PF)Gumbo was accused of having facilitated the entry of Edmund Kudzayi (who was believed to be Baba Jukwa) into the party's information and publicity department. One of the journalists accused of working with Baba Jukwa, Chawarikas Matongorerewho is based in South Africa, accused Gumbo of being the "godfather" of the shadowy Facebook character. Thus t...
Gumbo appeared on national television in November 2014 on a weekly programme called Media Watch screened on ZBC TV. He verbally responded to Christopher Mutsvangwa's allegations that Rugare Gumbo was abusing his office by speaking on behalf of a particular faction instead of speaking on behalf of the whole party. In the previous week on the same pr...
On the 13th of November 2014, Gumbo, among other party leaders, was suspended from the party for a period of five years. According to a press statement issued by the acting spokesperson and ZANU PF National Chairman Simon Khaya Moyo, the politburo had reached a unanimous verdict to suspend Gumbo from the party. However, no reasons were cited for th...
Rugare Gumbo was suspended on 4 December 2014 by the ZANU PF Central Committee in Harare. His suspension was necessitated by the growing tension between Mugabe and the Mujuru faction during the ZANU PF Congress which started on December 2 at the party headquarters in Harare.His expulsion followed the initial suspension following the alleged remarks...
Gumbo joined Joice Mujuru's Zimbabwe People First party, after it was formed and was one of the senior party leaders and advisers to Mujuru. However, he was also fired by Mujuru after she accused him and other senior party members of conspiring to dethrone her. He was expelled on the 8th of February 2017
9 mar 2020 · Rugare Gumbo. The intimate details of the late strongman’s much-rumoured medical condition were revealed by the former cabinet minister, Rugare Gumbo, in a newly published book on the life of...
4 dic 2014 · Rugare Gumbo. Lloyd Gumbo Senior Reporter. Former Zanu-PF spokesperson Rugare Gumbo has been expelled from the party as efforts to rid the revolutionary party of bad apples intensify.
