- Tinos Rusere
Tinos Rusere (
May 10 ,1945 –March 1 ,2007 ) was aZimbabwe an miner and trade union activist. During the Second Chimurenga he recruited members ofZANLA and he was later elected as aZimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front member to the Parliament of Zimbabwe. At the time of his death he was Deputy Minister for Mines and Environment.Rusere was born in Nechaziva Village in the
Zaka district in what was then Victoria province ofSouthern Rhodesia . He went to the Maraire and St James schools where he passed the 'Standard Six' exams in 1962. He was active in politics first in theZimbabwe African Peoples Union , but joined the breakaway to theZimbabwe African National Union in 1963.He went to work as a learner miner in 1967, at the Arcturus mine in
Goromonzi for six years, but then left to go toSouth Africa in 1974. While working in the South African mines he became active in trade unions and was elected as representative of the Rhodesian miners, nicknamed "Rhodesian Induna". In 1977 he becameinDuna for all Southern African countries and, having sided withRobert Mugabe in joining the Patriotic Front, toured round the countries neighbouringRhodesia to recruit people to fight in theZimbabwe African National Liberation Army .When Zimbabwe achieved independence, Rusere returned and obtained a job with the City of
Harare government. He was a superintendent in the Department of Works for seven years. In 1987 he became a mining engineer with the company of Comp Air, resigning in 1994 to start his own business, Charuma Blasting and Building Company.Remaining in touch with politics, Rusere was elected in the Zimbabwean election of 2000 as Member of Parliament for Zaka East. He served in the government from 2005 first as Deputy Minister for Rural Resources and Water Development, and then as Deputy Minister for Mines and Environment. In 2006 he was accused of being the father of an illegitimate child by the previous MP for Zaka East, Petronella Chimbera, and offering her parents the ownership of a farm in order to keep the scandal quiet. [http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/sep18_2006.html Zim Online] , reported by Zimbabwe Situation.]
Rusere died on
March 1 ,2007 of kidney failure and appendix problems. He was survived by his wife and eight children.References
External links
*"Deputy minister Rusere dies", "Zimbabwe Herald",
March 3 ,2007
* [http://www.mines.gov.zw/abaut/dep-min.htm Minister Rusere Profile] , Zimbabwe Ministry of Mines
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