Saviour Kasukuwere
| The Honourable Saviour Kasukuwere MP | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Saviour Kasukuwere in 2014 | |
| Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing | |
|
Assumed office 6 July 2015 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Ignatious Chombo |
| Minister of Environment, Water and Climate | |
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In office 11 September 2013 – 6 July 2015 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Preceded by | Francis Nhema |
| Succeeded by | Oppah Muchinguri |
| Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment | |
|
In office 13 February 2009 – 11 September 2013 | |
| President | Robert Mugabe |
| Succeeded by | Francis Nhema |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 October 1970 Mount Darwin, Zimbabwe |
| Nationality | Zimbabwe |
| Political party | ZANU-PF |
| Spouse(s) | Barbara Kasukuwere |
| Children | Takudzwa (son), Natasha (daughter) and Christian (son) |
| Relatives |
Dickson Mafios (half brother), Stan Kasukuwere (brother), Donald Kasukuwere (brother), Tongai Kasukuwere (brother), Sarah Kasukuwere (sister) |
| Occupation | Politician, businessman |
| Nickname(s) | Tyson |
Saviour Kasukuwere is a Zimbabwean politician who has served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Local Government since 2015. Previously he was Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment from 2009 to 2013 and Minister of the Environment from 2013 to 2015.
Career
Politics
He has been a member of the Pan-African Parliament since 2004.[1] He was Deputy Secretary of Youth Affairs in the Politburo of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and subsequently Secretary for the Commissariat. He has been the Member of Parliament for Mount Darwin South Parliamentary Constituency since 2000. From 2005 until February 2009, he served as the Zimbabwean Deputy Minister of Youth Development and Employment Creation.[2]
Kasukuwere was Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment from 2009 to 2013. Following President Robert Mugabe's victory in the July 2013 presidential election, he moved Kasukuwere to the post of Minister of the Environment on 10 September 2013.[3]
President Mugabe moved Kasukuwere to the post of Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing on 6 July 2015.[4]
Business
He has occupied various farms since 2000 including part of Pimento Farm, Mashonaland Central owned by Oliver Newton; South Bamboo Creek, Shamva owned by N Richardson / R. Morkel; Cornucopia Farm Orchard, owned by Interfresh Limited; Harmony in Mazowe (500 ha) named in “Addendum to the Land Reform And Resettlement Programme National Audit Interim Report”;[5] Bretton Farm; ; Auchenburg Farm; Bamboo Creek Farm; and Bourne Farm.
He owns several companies including Comoil (executive Director until 2005), Migdale Holdings Limited, and Allen Wack & Shepherd. He is reportedly a shareholder of Interfresh[6]
References
- ↑ Pan-African Parliament members as of 15 March 2004
- ↑ "KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE MINISTER OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT AND EMPLOYMENT". 22 May 2005. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-30.
Youth Development and Employment Creation Deputy Minister Cde Savior Kasukuwere told Parliament that the national youth service was key in ensuring self-sustainability ...
- ↑ "President Mugabe Appoints New Cabinet", The Herald, 10 September 2013.
- ↑ "Chombo, Moyo, Tyson reassigned", The Herald, 7 July 2015.
- ↑ http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/mar20a_2003.htm
- ↑ Kasukuwere grabs Interfresh farm; Financial Gazette, 10 March 2006 http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/mar10_2006.html#Z5