Polite Kambamura
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Polite Kambamura is a Zimbabwean politician and member of Zanu-PF. He is the Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development.
Personal Details
Born: 1977. [1]
School / Education
He graduated from the University of Zimbabwe in 2002 with a Bsc (Hon) Mining Engineering. [2]
Kambamura is a beneficiary of the Presidential Scholarship program at Advanced Level.[1]
Service / Career
Polite Kambamura worked in several mines in Zimbabwe which include Trojan Nickel Mine, (see Bindura Nickel Corporation), Shamva Mine (LONRITO) and Ashanti Goldfields. Kambamura went to South Africa where he increased his knowledge in mining, working in several mines starting from junior positions to management. [2]
Businesses
Kambamura is an engineer by profession. According to a report by The Herald, Kambamura has interests in real estate, pharmaceuticals, liquor outlets and medium scale mining cooperatives.[1]
Politics
After South Africa, he returned to Zimbabwe where he joined politics. In 2018, Kambamura was elected parliament for Sanyati. He polled 12 082 votes to beat MDC Alliance candidate Xavier Abel Edziwa who had 4 752 votes, Simangaliso Chabuka of National Patriotic Front, Florence Gwatinyanya of (ZIPP), Baster Willie Magwizi of ZAPU and People’s Rainbow Coalition leader Gift Nyandoro.
Emmerson Mnangagwa then appointed him to the position of Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Mines and Mining Development. [2][1]
Kambamura was re-elected MP for Sanyati (ZANU PF) in the 23 August 2023 elections, and the following month, he was reappointed Mines and Mining Development Deputy Minister by President Emmerson Mnangagwa.[3]
Events
In February 2023, Kambamura allegedly hired a militia to disrupt a ZANU PF cell inter-district meeting at the Nyimo Business Centre in Sanyati. The hired youth militia was allegedly under instruction to beat up ZANU PF district chairpersons from ARDA, Rusvingo and Nyaunde, perceived as blocking Kambamura’s re-election bid. The case was reported to the police under RRB5413524.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Blessings Chidakwa, Kambamura: A November 24, 2017 political product, The Herald, Published: October 20, 2018, Retrieved: November 16, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Rudairo Dickson Mapuranga, Polite Kambamura deputy Minister of Mines Interview, Mining Zimbabwe, Published: December 1, 2019, Retrieved: November 16, 2021
- ↑ Mnangagwa Appoints 3 More Deputy Ministers; Sanyatwe, Kambamura & Bhila, Pindula News, Published: 16 September 2023. Retrieved: 19 September 2023
- ↑ Problem Masau, Zanu PF MP hires militia to disrupt party meeting, NewsDay, Published: 14 February 2023. Retrieved: 19 September 2023
