Joseph Culverwell
| Joseph Luke Culverwell | |
|---|---|
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| Born | Joseph Luke Culverwell 10 July 1918 |
| Died | 16 July 1993 Parirenyatwa Hospital |
| Cause of death | stroke |
| Resting place | National Heroes Acre, Harare |
| Nationality | Zimbabwe |
| Known for | War veteran, senator , and former Minister of State in the Presidents Office |
| Political party | Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front |
Joseph Luke Culverwell, was a Zimbabwean liberation fighter, psychologist and Former Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for National Scholarships and Former Deputy Minister of Education and Culture. He was a member of the 1980 Senate. He passed on in 1993. He was active in getting Zimbabwe to accept the threat of HIV and Aids, especially for the young population. .[1]
Personal Details
Born: Joseph Culverwell was born while his mother was on a short trip to South Africa from Bulawayo on 10 July 1918. Death: Culverwell passed on on 16 July 1993, in Harare. At the time of his death, he had a wife, four children, and eight grandchildren. He was laid to rest at Heroes Acre on 22 July 1993.
School / Education
He attended McKeurtan (Bulawayo) and Moffat (Arcadia, Salisbury), where there is now a street named after him) primary schools.
He went on to Trafalgar High School, in Cape Town.
He then graduated in Education and Psychology from the University of Cape Town and Nottingham University in the UK. [2]
Service / Career
He had a teaching career of 27 years, teaching in Zambia, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Iran and UK.
Involvement in Politics Pre-Independence
He served as a sergeant in the Second World War in Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, and Egypt. After the war he became involved with the liberation struggle with such political veterans as George Nyandoro, James Chikerema and Joshua Nkomo. He actively participated in the inaugural meeting of the African National Congress of the Southern Rhodesia. He became a member of Zapu and after it was banned joined Zanu in the 1960s. Curvwell formed the National Association of Coloured Peoples in 1938 and he was elected secretary-general. He was imprisoned for 18 months in 1967 for political activities but subsequently taught in Zambia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and UK, supporting the liberation struggle and Zanu PF by obtaining clothes, medicines, and ambulances for war liberators fighting in this country. Culverwell supported Zimbabwean refugees by securing jobs, accommodation, and scholarships for exiles. He was a delegate both to the Geneva Conference and Lancaster House Agreement .[1]
Post- Independence
After independence, he was made a senator and deputy Minister of Education and Culture. In 1988 until 1992 he was made Minister of State in the President’s Office responsible for National Scholarships. He then became Deputy Minister of Higher Education he left Parliament and Government in 1992. [1]
Trivia
He often joked that he was a “pure Coloured”
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Our national heroes, , Published: 4 August 2011 , Retrieved: 2 February 2018
- ↑ [ http://www.herald.co.zw/culverwell-a-veteran-teacher-psychologist/ Culverwell: A veteran teacher, psychologist ], , Published: 8 August 2012 , Retrieved: 5 February 2018
