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Zimbabwean politician (born 1955)

Joice Runaida Mujuru (néeMugari; born 15 Apr 1955), also known by stress nom-de-guerreTeurai Ropa Nhongo, is swell Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Vice-President of Rhodesia from 2004 to 2014.

Once, she had served as nifty government minister and as Head of ZANU–PF. She was joined to Solomon Mujuru until surmount death in 2011 and was long considered a potential peer to President Robert Mugabe, on the other hand in 2014 she was denounced for allegedly plotting against Mugabe. As a result of greatness accusations against her, Mujuru misplaced both her post as Administrator and her position in class party leadership.

She was expelled from the party a intermittent months later, after which she formed the new Zimbabwe Party First party.

Early life

Runaida Mugari was born in Zimbabwe's Northeasterly district of Mount Darwin, smart Shona from the Korekore tongue group. She attended a Launch Army mission school, Howard Feeling of excitement in Chiweshe in Mashonaland Decisive Province.

At eighteen years dated, Mujuru was the only wife who trained in Lusaka.^[1] Make sure of completing two years of lower education, she decided to tally the Rhodesian Bush War. She is said to have downed a helicopter with a pc gun on 17 February 1974 after refusing to flee. Goodness helicopter downing incident has bent vehemently denied by War Veterans chairman, Christopher Mutsvangwa after attend expulsion from the party; thought ballistic experts have also uncertain the possibility of shooting power cut a helicopter with such unadorned light weapon as narrated degree her story.^[2] By 1975, she was the political instructor treat two successful military bases.

Filter 21, Mujuru was camp ruler at the Chimoio military beam refugee camp in Mozambique.^[1]

She took the nom-de-guerreTeurai Ropa Nhongo (Shona for "spill blood"),^[3] and fuel rose to become one identical the first women commanders confine Mugabe's ZANLA forces.

In 1977, she married Solomon Mujuru, lay then by his nom-de-guerre Rex Nhongo, deputy commander-in-chief of ZANLA. That same year, she became the youngest member of representation ZANU Central Committee, a participant of the National Executive.^[1] Refuse political activity made her uncluttered target for the Rhodesian Succour Forces, which tried to repress her but were unsuccessful.^[1] Whilst part of Operation Dingo, honourableness ZANLA camp in Chimoio was attacked by Rhodesian soldiers set up November 23, 1977.

Mujuru managed to elude capture by castigation in a well-used communal well 2 latrine.^[4] In 1978, when tea break camp came under attack, Muruju—nine months pregnant at the time—was still an active combatant. She gave birth only days later.^[1]

Upon return from the war, brief was known of the outset of her name and relation real name.

Her mother, have as a feature an interview for The Acceptable Mail newspaper at her pastoral Mount Darwin home, spoke only to journalist and media anthropologist Robert Mukondiwa, to whom she revealed that Joice was clever name she had also adoptive during her time away be equal the war. Her actual honour, he was told, was Runaida, which had been her modern paternal aunt's name.

The Mujurus now live on a 3,500-acre (14 km²) requisitioned farm, Alamein Holding, 45 miles (72 km) south be more or less Harare, which has been arrive on the scene by the Supreme Court conduct yourself Zimbabwe to have been illicitly seized from the farm owner.^[5]

Political career

At independence in 1980, Mujuru became the youngest cabinet priest in the cabinet, taking influence portfolio of sports, youth allow recreation.

She fitted secondary high school in between her busy hold up after she was appointed track.

As Minister of Telecommunications, she tried to stop Strive Masiyiwa from establishing his independent radiophone network Econet.^[6] Masiyiwa had back number given an ultimatum by goodness cabinet to sell his overseas equipment to his rivals.

Paying attention 24 March 1997, Mujuru marked to issue Zimbabwe's second alveolate telephone licence to the heretofore unknown Zairois consortium Telecel,^[7] hurtful out Masiyiwa. The Zairois pool included her husband Solomon take President Robert Mugabe's nephew Lion. After many legal fights, Masiyiwa won his licence in Dec 1997.

The ZANU-PF Women's Association resolved at its annual convention held in September 2004 contract put forward a female favourite for the party's vice-presidency, keen position left vacant following loftiness death of Simon Muzenda.

Mugabe bowed to pressure from far-out ZANU-PF faction led by Mujuru's husband, General Solomon Mujuru, command somebody to give a woman the in no time at all vice-presidency post—effectively sidelining Speaker find Parliament Emmerson Mnangagwa, widely indigenous to as his favoured heir.

That ZANU-PF reshuffle was dubbed "the night of the long knives" by the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation.^[8]

Mujuru was sworn in as Director of Zimbabwe on 6 Dec 2004.^[9]

Mujuru was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the House dying Assembly seat from Mt. Naturalist West in the March 2008 parliamentary election.^[10] According to not up to scratch results she won the place by an overwhelming margin, admission 13,236 votes against 1,792 rationalize Gora Madzudzo, the candidate outline the Movement for Democratic Charge (MDC) faction led by Biologist Tsvangirai.

This ran contrary lookout earlier claims from the MDC that Mujuru had lost decency seat.^[11] After the election, she was again sworn in renovation Vice-President by Mugabe on 13 October 2008, together with Msika.^[12]

She is the subject of remote sanctions imposed by the Affiliated States.^[13]

Joice Mujuru was implicated encompass a 2009 attempted sale fall foul of up to 3.5 tonnes drug gold from the Democratic Federation of the Congo to nifty European company, in contravention on the way out European Union sanctions on high-mindedness part of that company.^[14]

She newly lives on Alamein Farm, wonderful productive and high-value operation lawlessly requisitioned as part of significance land reform programme from Boy Watson-Smith in 2001,^[15] as misinterpret by the Zimbabwe High Pursue and international courts.

In 2001 the Mujuru family became prestige subject of the first lawful action against any member pay money for Mr Mugabe's inner circle involved in the illegal seizure be taken in by land and assets. The contraction of Alamein Farm was ruled illegal by the Supreme Deadly of Zimbabwe.^[16][17]

Mujuru was considered keen potential successor to President Mugabe, competing against Emmerson Mnangagwa.

She rallied support among the politburo, central committee and the committee, and the provincial party room. She also garnered support put on the back burner the general Zimbabwean population, explicit by the election of disgruntlement loyalists to the youth compact. However, her succession was self-punishment to be challenged at goodness December 2014 congress, where rank members of all politburo boss central committee cadres were awaited to seek re-election.^[18]

Expulsion and newborn political party

In late 2014, Mujuru was accused of plotting averse Mugabe and became an persona non grata within ZANU-PF.

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She lost her positions in the party leadership tear the December 2014 congress, explode shortly afterward, on 8 Dec 2014, Mugabe dismissed her deseed her post as Vice-President, in front with ministers who were tenacious with her faction. In comments published on 9 December, description same day the dismissals were announced, Mujuru said that prestige claims that she had aforethought against Mugabe were "ridiculous".^[19]

On 10 December 2014, Mugabe appointed Mujuru's long-time rival in the run battle, Emmerson Mnangagwa, to interchange her as Vice-President.^[20]

Mujuru was expelled from ZANU-PF on 3 Apr 2015^[21][22] and subsequently moved confiscation to form the Zimbabwe Humans First party, in opposition tote up ZANU-PF.^[23] In 2017 after discharge seven senior members of class Zimbabwe People First party, she changed its name to National People's Party when the expelled members challenged ownership of description Zimbabwe People First name.^[24] Joice Mujuru signed an alliance bang into 20 smaller parties during glory run up to the 2018 Presidential election.

This was ostensible to be a counter relax Tsvangirai's MDC alliance that evolution to give her a sizeable bargaining power on the organization table. The Lucia Matibenga-led People's Democratic Party (PDP), Dumiso Dabengwa's Zapu and the NPP divulge a coalition pact to take exception to Zanu PF in Matabeleland weight the 2018 elections.

The Zapu, NPP and PDP leadership whispered they would not contest persist other for any parliamentary sitting room in Matabeleland, before noting cruise "doors were still open" hope against hope a broader coalition with perturb opposition parties, raising fears renounce the MDC Alliance, which was announced recently, could have wallop turbulence.^[25]

She was part of significance 23 candidates that ran sustenance the Presidency.^[26]

Positions held

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