Sithokozile Chamisa

Sithokozile Chamisa
Sithokozile Chamisa
Born	Sithokozile Nyaradzo Thabethe; February 28, 1978 (age 46)
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Occupation	lawyer
Home town	Chipinge
Spouse(s)	Nelson Chamisa
Children	Ashlee Chamisa

Sithokozile Chamisa is a Zimbabwean legal professional. She is mostly known for being the wife of current (2023) CCC, former President MDC-T president and MDC Alliance presidential candidate for the 2018 elections, Nelson Chamisa.

In May 2018, Nelson Chamisa introduced Sithokozile to party supporters at a rally. He also said that unlike other politicians, his family had chosen that Sithokozile Chamisa stays away from the limelight, instead focusing on their personal family lives.

Personal

Born: 15 April 1978,
Marriage:
Children: Ashlee Chamisa.

She met Nelson Chamisa at a birthday dinner for the late former MDC spokesperson Learnmore Jongwe's wife, Rutendo, in 2000. Chamisa, then the secretary-general of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (Zinasu), said he had borrowed a vehicle – a Nissan Hardbody – from Tapiwa Mashakada, to go and impress girls at college. Narrating how he met his wife, Chamisa said:

"Rutendo said I’m introducing you to my cousin, and when I saw her I thought to myself, this is a woman to settle down with. I had no cent to my name and she repelled my advances. She said I’m a lawyer, you know. I said I’m a lawyer too. Which university did I go to, she asked. I said I haven’t enrolled to study law, but I will."

The courtship went on for six months before she relented, he revealed.^[1]

School/Education

Primary: Secondary: Tertiary: Bachelor of Laws (LLB) from the University of Zimbabwe in 2002.
Master’s Degree in Gender and Women's Rights, University of Zimbabwe in 2008. ^[2]

Servce/Career

Zimbabwe Women Lawyers Association Programme Manager from September 2003 to December 2010. In February 2011, she joined Trócaire where she served as Programme Manager-Civil Society Support until December 2017. Sithokozile Chamisa then joined Folkekirkens Nødhjælp (DanChurchAid) as Program Manager - Active Citizenship from January 2018 to March 2019. ^[2]

Events