Saviour Kasukuwere
Saviour Kasukuwere is a Zimbabwean Politician and farmer who is currently serving as the Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing since 2015 and Zanu Pf’s national political commissar.
Previously he was Minister of Youth Development, indigenisation and Empowerment from 2009 to 2013 and the Minister of the Environment from 2013 to 2015.
Career
He has been a member of the Pan- African Parliament since 2004. 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.
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
President Mugabe moved Kasukuwere to the post of Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing on 6 July 2015.
Factionalism scandal
In June 2017, fellow Zanu Pf members and supporters from Mashonaland Central province expressed their loss of confidence in Kasukuwere. The primary demand was that he and 2 other leaders should be removed for plotting to topple President Robert Mugabe, setting up parallel structures, fanning factionalism, tribalism and nepotism, dictatorial leadership and disrespecting Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Kasukuwerre was also accused of insulting the media and being involved in corrupt activities in relation to mining claims.
A report from the committee that was elected to investigate these accusations, recommended that Kasukuwewre should stop being a signatory to the province’s account and that politburo should revamp structures in the province. Fortunately for him, he survived the investigation and the matter was pronounced inconclusive.
Personal life
Kasukuwere is married to Barbara Kasukuwere and has 2 sons named Takudzwa and Christian as well as a daughter named Natasha.
