Tinos Rusere

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Tinos Rusere (May 10, 1945 – March 1, 2007) was a

He went to work as a learner miner in 1967, at the Arcturus mine in Goromonzi for six years, but then left to go to South Africa in 1974.^{[citation needed]} While working in the South African mines he became active in trade unions and was elected as representative of the Rhodesian miners, nicknamed "Rhodesian Induna". In 1977 he became inDuna for all Southern African countries and, having sided with Robert Mugabe in joining the Patriotic Front, toured round the countries neighbouring Rhodesia to recruit people to fight in the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army.^{[citation needed]}

When Zimbabwe achieved independence, Rusere returned and obtained a job with the City of Harare government. He was a superintendent in the Department of Works for seven years. In 1987 he became a mining engineer with the company of Comp Air, resigning in 1994 to start his own business, Charuma Blasting and Building Company.^{[citation needed]}

Remaining in touch with politics, Rusere was elected in the Zimbabwean election of 2000 as Member of Parliament for Zaka East. He served in the government from 2005 first as Deputy Minister for Rural Resources and Water Development, and then as Deputy Minister for Mines and Environment.^{[citation needed]}

In 2003, he was put on the United States sanctions list and remained subject to U.S. sanctions until his death.^[1]

Rusere died on March 1, 2007, of kidney failure and appendix problems. He was survived by his wife and eight children.

References

External links

• "Deputy minister Rusere dies", Zimbabwe Herald, March 3, 2007
• Minister Rusere Profile, Zimbabwe Ministry of Mines