Saviour Kasukuwere

Saviour Kasukuwere
Kasukuwere in 2014
Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and National Housing
In office
9 October 2017 – 27 November 2017
PresidentRobert Mugabe
Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing
In office
6 July 2015 – 17 November 2017
PresidentRobert Mugabe
Preceded byIgnatius Chombo
Minister of Environment, Water and Climate
In office
11 September 2013 – 6 July 2015
PresidentRobert Mugabe
Preceded byFrancis Nhema
Succeeded byOppah Muchinguri
Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment
In office
13 February 2009 – 11 September 2013
PresidentRobert Mugabe
Succeeded byFrancis Nhema
Personal details
Born (1970-09-23) 23 September 1970 (age 54)
Mount Darwin, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)
Political partyZANU–PF (until 2017)
SpouseBarbara Kasukuwere
ChildrenTakudzwa (son), Natasha (daughter), Clara (daughter), and Christian (son)
RelativesDanny Kasukuwere (brother)Stan Kasukuwere (brother), Tongai Kasukuwere (brother), Sarah Kasukuwere (sister) Dadirayi Kasukuwere (sister)
OccupationPolitician, businessman
NicknameTyson

Saviour Kasukuwere (born 23 September 1970) is a Zimbabwean politician who served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and National Housing between October and November 2017. He was also the ZANU–PF party's national political commissar until December 2017. Before that he was Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, and Minister of the Environment, Water and Climate. In October 2020, the Zimbabwe government sought Kasukuwere's extradition after issuing a warrant for his arrest.[1] It was revealed that Kasukuwere was among loyalists of former President Robert Mugabe who fled to South Africa before their criminal trials could be completed.[1]

  1. ^ a b Du Plessis, Carien (13 October 2020). "Zimbabwe seeks former Mugabe minister Saviour Kasukuwere's extradition to face criminal charges". Daily Maverick. South Africa. Archived from the original on 14 November 2020. Retrieved 23 December 2020.