Norbert Dokotera
In July 2018, Norbert Dokotera was elected to Ward 10 Bindura Municipality, for MDC Alliance with 980 votes.
Personal Details
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School / Education
No information could be found on his Junior or High School, or any tertiary education.
Service / Career
2018 – elected to Ward 10 Bindura Municipality with 980 votes, beating Joel Mandundu of Zanu PF with 551 votes, Saymore Mhene, independent, with 315 votes, Goodhope Mataya, independent, with 73 votes, and Phillimon Teremai of PRC with 20 votes [1]
He was elected as Deputy Mayor by the Councillors.
Events
Assault on Mayor
Bindura Mayor Councillor Carlos Tokyo (MDC-A) was slapped in public by his deputy, Norbert Dokotera (also MDC-A), on Monday 19 October 2020 afternoon for allegedly telling a team investigating land management by Bindura Municipality that Dokotera had grabbed some stands, a court heard on 20 October 2020. Dokotera appeared before Bindura magistrate Ms Samantha Dhlamini facing assault charges and was remanded to 27 October 2020 on $800 bail. [2]
On Monday 19 October 2020, Tokyo arrived at Chipadze shopping centre at around 1pm and started greeting fellow party members. Dokotera jumped out of a vehicle parked nearby and allegedly slapped Tokyo on the face, head and shoulders, accusing the Mayor of telling the investigating team that he grabbed some residential stands. The court heard that Dokotera was restrained by Jacob Gweture and Jonah Kapasi.
The Bindura deputy Mayor Norbert Dokotera physically assaulted the Mayor, Carlos Tokyo over allegations of “stolen” residential stands. MDC Alliance party members Jacob Gwature, Smile Matola and Jonnah Kapasi restrained Norbert Dokotera who was later arrested over the event on 19 October 2020. [3]
2020 Mayoral elections
After the MDC T recall of Carlos Tokyo (Cllr Ward 5) and his deputy Norbert Dokotera, (Cllr Ward 10) Bindura Municipality yesterday elected a new mayor, Cllr Brian Kembo and his deputy Cllr Tongai Jack.
Acting town clerk Mr Kelton called for a special council meeting in December 2020 to have an election for the two posts. The election was conducted by Richard Chipfuva, district development coordinator. [4]
Further Reading
- ↑ [Election Notice, Electoral Act, Chap 2:13, Local Authority Elections 30 July 2018: Results of Poll], The Herald & Chronicle, Published: 30 August 2018
- ↑ [1], Zimbabwe Voice, Published: 21 October, 2020, Accessed: 21 October, 2020
- ↑ Bindura mayor, deputy fight over ‘stolen stands’, Newsday, Published: 21 October 2020, Retrieved: 6 October 2023
- ↑ Bindura gets new mayor, The Herald, Published: 10 December 2020, Retrieved: 6 October 2023
- ↑ 2018 Harmonised Elections Results, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, Published: 6 August 2018, Retrieved: 20 January 2022
