Daniel Shumba

Dr. Daniel Shumba is a former Zimbabwe Army colonel and businessman, was invited back into active politics and rose to Masvingo Provincial Chairman and member of the Central Committee [(the highest organ)] of the ZANU-PF political party. He is a son of a founding member of ZANU, and had a strong political background.He underwent Zanla's basic military training at Chisamba, Zambia in 1978 before continuing with his academics. Dr Daniel Shumba's accolades extend to having saved in the Special Forces (The Parachute Group) of the Zimbabwe National Army between 1983 to 1989. He established himself as a fearless fighter.^[1] In 2006, he left the party in a falling out over the unresolved issue of the Tsholotsho agenda. Later in that year, he announced the creation of his own party, the United People's Party. The Tsholotsho issue has since been found to have been a fallacy.^[2] He did not run in the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election,^[3] but went on to win an order in the Constitutional Court.

In September 2009, Dr Daniel Shumba resigned from opposition politics and rejoined Zanu-PF.^[4] He is a highly respected and well regarded member of the Zanu-PF party, and represent it and won in Masvingo Urban constituency, in the July 2014 national elections. He is a well mannered person known to be open, yet firm and direct in his dealings. He is a highly regarded parliamentarian and seats on its highest committee, the Standing Rules & Orders Committee (SROC), he is also an influential and key member of the Justice & Legal Portfolio committee, and the Industry & Commerce Portfolio committee.

Dr Daniel Shumba has represented Zimbabwe at the Africa Institute of Legislative Forum (2013) in Abuja, Nigeria, and also lead the Zimbabwe monitoring delegation to the 2014 South Africa National Elections. He is also a member of a number of regional and international economic bodies.

He is married to Linda and they together have three children Natsai, Judith, and Simba (Daniel jnr). He was educated in Zimbabwe, Zambia and the UK. He holds an MBA and a PhD in 'International Business Strategy'. He has businesses in IT, Hospitality, Mining and Telecommunications. Dr Daniel Shumba operates between Zimbabwe and South Africa. He is currently working on a pan African broadcasting project, and two new Mining projects (a Diamond and Gold Mine). Dr Daniel Shumba is a well known strategist and consults for business, and NGOs in Africa.

Dr Daniel Shumba has invested across many sectors of business and sits on many corporate boards and is a member of many international bodies. Noted as a pundit on regional business issues, he provides his services within the SADC region. He is a founding shareholder of Econet Zimbabwe, TeleAccess Zimbabwe, and is invested across Southern Africa.

Expectations are that Dr Daniel Shumba will re-launch his telecommunications project (TeleAccess) soon.

Dr Daniel Shumba is seen as a progressive who has gone past the political agenda, and is focussed at unlocking value as a businessman. "The risk of politics, brings out the opportunistic nature of people. Let us not confuse democracy or capitalism with an ideological revolution. It is unwise for one to continue running in a wrong direction, when common sense tell you to review your strategy. Besides, bitterness can not form the bases for an ideolgy, so i have chosen to cut my loses and economically contribute to our great nation. I see myself as wiser today, than i was yesterday."

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