Phelekezela Mphoko – LIFE PROFILE
10 December 2014
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Phelekezela-Mphoko, Zimbabwe's Vice President
Phelekezela-Mphoko, Zimbabwe’s Vice President

Phelekezela Mphoko, Zimbabwe Second Vice President, is a cattle ranching farmer and entrepreneur who has been one of the shareholders of Choppies Zimbabwe.
*Background
~Mphoko trained as an agriculturalist in field and animal husbandry in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe’s name before Independence).
~In 1964, he went to the Soviet Union to study military science and photojournalism.
On his return he joined the liberation war, in which he fought for more than 10 years.
~During Zimbabwe’s war of independence, Mphoko was ZIPRA (Zapu’s military wing) commander.
~After the 1987 Unity Accord a diplomat since 1987 and served in Mozambique, Austria and Botswana respectively before being appointed to Russia.
~ He later became Zimbabwe’s ambassador to South Africa, a position he served from 2011 to May 2014.
~Before serving in South Africa, Mphoko was Zimbabwe’s ambassador to Russia.
~While speaking on a panel at an event in Botswana, Mphoko is infamously known for having said that the Gukurahundi atrocities were a Western conspiracy.
~As the December 2014 congress drew near Mphoko made claims that among the 15 former nationalists who formed Zipra, it was him and Ambrose Mutinhiri who were still alive.
~The claim was immediately refuted by Dumiso Dabengwa who said there were many Zipra founder commanders alive.
~Eventually, on 10 December 2014, Mphoko was appointed second vice president of the Zanu-PF party and Zimbabwe, effectively succeeding, as part of the 1987 Unity Accord, PF-Zapu previous leader John Nkomo who died in January 2013.
~He says he likes to play golf, jazz music and cooking.

4 Replies to “Phelekezela Mphoko – LIFE PROFILE”

  1. I had a bit of some curiosity about this man but surely after this “profile” I see that he is a “big joke” who is being rewarded for being “an understanding member of Zapu” when Zapu members were being exterminated. He must be the one who convinced Zuma and his ANC presidency to insult Lindiwe Zulu on behalf of Mugabe as she attempted to go by the minutes of the meetings they had held. For the population nothing has changed and if there was any notion that Mujuru was eliminated for being corrupt this has proved to be a clear lie. One of the most corrupt people in the whole country is Obert Mpofu. Even some members of his on party openly called him a thief recently. But not to Grace and Robert Mugabe.

  2. Whoever this mystery nonentity ghost is, its already a dead meat no-body- ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-rare

  3. munotinyadzisa. imagine foreign journalists googling to find who the hell mpoko is ……..then they find this?

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