Party ZANU–PF | Name Webster Shamu | |
Political party Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front | ||
Technomag interviews hon webster shamu ict minister at astro launch
Webster Kotiwani Shamu is a former Zimbabwean Zanu PF politician & Minister of Publicity and Information. He was previously Minister of State for Policy Implementation, and he is a member of parliament representing Chegutu constituency.
Contents
- Technomag interviews hon webster shamu ict minister at astro launch
- Corruption looms large as joice mujuru webster shamu and saviour kasukuwere rally the faithful
- Background
- The Peoples Voice
- 2000 parliamentary election
- Minister of Industry and International Trade
- 2008 parliamentary election
- References
Corruption looms large as joice mujuru webster shamu and saviour kasukuwere rally the faithful
Background
Webster Shamu has also been known as Charles Ndlovu, having changed his name during the civil war (1972–1980), as did many others who used pseudonyms to mask their identities. Shamu, previously a free lance broadcaster under the Smith regime and a well-known presenter to thousands on Radio Harare as the voice behind "The Lyons Maid Hit Parade", escaped from British South Africa Police attention for suspected or alleged crimes, crossed the border into Mozambique where he became again a well known voice to African listeners, broadcasting back from Maputo as the "Voice of Zimbabwe".
Upon Zimababwe gaining freedom, he was appointed as Minister of State for Policy Implementation on 9 February 2004.
Shamu, as Minister of State for Policy Implementation, presented President Robert Mugabe with a present of a nile crocodile, to be part of the museum being built for the president.
Shamu is among a host of individuals not allowed to travel to the United States because the US government feels he has worked to undermine democracy in Zimbabwe.
He has business interests in common with Charles Davy, the father of Chelsy Davy, the former girlfriend of Prince Harry, through Davy's HHK Safaris, which incorporates Shamu's Famba Safaris. HHK Safaris and Shamu were investigated for illegal ivory trading in 2007.
The People's Voice
He was the editor of the ZANU-PF weekly news publication, the People's Voice, until he stepped down in 2004 to take up his post as the Minister of Policy Implementation in the President's office.
2000 parliamentary election
Shamu controversially won the Chegutu constituency in 2000 parliamentary election. His adversary in the election, Philemon Matibe, who ran on an MDC ticket, was one of the few black commercial farmers to lose a farm after the elections, to a mob purportedly hired by Shamu.
Minister of Industry and International Trade
Shamu has appeared at the forefront praising the work of Gideon Gono to revive the economy of the country, although all these efforts appear to have been in vain.
2008 parliamentary election
Shamu was nominated by ZANU-PF as its candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Chegutu East constituency in the March 2008 parliamentary election. According to official results, he easily won the seat, receiving 9,222 votes against 2,724 for the candidate of the MDC faction led by Morgan Tsvangirai and 1,218 votes for the candidate of the MDC faction led by Arthur Mutambara.
When the ZANU-PF–MDC national unity government was sworn in on 13 February 2009, Shamu became Minister of Information and Publicity. After taking office, he fell into a dispute with Nelson Chamisa, the Minister of Information Communication Technology, regarding which ministry should deal with telecommunications. The Herald reported on 10 April 2009, that President Mugabe had assigned responsibility for telecommunications to the Ministry of Transport, headed by Nicholas Goche.