Josiah Hungwe

Josiah Hungwe (born 7 November 1935) was a Provincial Governor of Masvingo and later became the pioneer Minister of State for Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in Education.[1] Hungwe is a member of Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU PF).[2][3][4] He is known for making controversial comments and denying them. For instance, on 25 May 2018, Hungwe remarked at a project commissioning ceremony that if President Emmerson Mnangagwa could shoot his way into power[5] in November the previous year, nothing would stop him from using same strategy to perpetuate himself in office. Hungwe later denied making such statement.[6] On 27 August 2018, he told an audience that he would retire from active politics once President Emmerson Mnangagwa was reelected but later recanted saying his statement had been misquoted in a jest.[7]

Political career

Hungwe political fortune started when he was appointed Minister of Labour. Later he became Provincial Governor for Masvingo but was soon ousted from office following allegation of leaking state secrets to the United States Embassy levelled against him, his wife and a former Labour Minister, July Moyo.[1] Hungwe was appointed the first Minister of State for Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in Education and was promoted to a Senior minister of the ministry Following electoral victory of Zanu-PF in the 2013 elections. He introduced vocational training into the curricular of Zimbabwean schools to be taught alongside other academic courses to make students employable when they leave school.[1]

References
  1. Masvingo, Governor of; Education, Minister and Senetor of State for Liaising on Psychomotor Activities in; ex-Labour; PF, Chivi-Mwenezi Senator at The Zanu (2020-07-23). "About Josiah Hungwe - Pindula, Local Knowledge". Pindula. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  2. Mpofu, Muza (2019-04-01). "Government has failed to deliver results to the people of Zimbabwe: Zanu PF bigwig Josiah Hungwe | My Zimbabwe News". Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  3. Staff Reporter (2019-04-01). "We have failed - Former Zanu PF Josiah Hungwe - Politics". Harare Live. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  4. newsday. "Hungwe new Zanu PF 'godfather'". NewsDay Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  5. "'Mnangagwa will shoot to keep power'". Nehanda Radio. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  6. "Hungwe backtracks on utterances". Nehanda Radio. 2018-08-07. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
  7. Staff Reporter (2018-08-27). "Josiah Hungwe Backtracks On Pledge To Retire, Says I Was Joking". The Zimbabwe Mail. Retrieved 2020-08-17.
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