Buhera South
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| Buhera South | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the National Assembly of Zimbabwe | |
| Province | Manicaland |
| Region | Buhera District |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1985 |
| Seats | 1 |
| Party | ZANU–PF |
| Member(s) | Ngonidzashe Mudekunye |
Buhera South is a constituency represented in the National Assembly of the Parliament of Zimbabwe. Created for the 1985 election, its territory consists of the southern portion of Buhera District, in Manicaland Province in eastern Zimbabwe. Its inaugural member, Kumbirai Kangai of ZANU–PF, held the seat for 23 years until 2008. The current MP since the 2023 election is Ngonidzashe Mudekunye of ZANU–PF.
Profile[edit]
According to the 2000 Delimitation Commission Report (p. 23), Buhera South is ‘An area of land bounded by a line drawn from a point at map reference 36KUP452550 on the Nyazvidzi river on 1:50 000 Map Bedza 1931B3, Edition 1, north-eastwards to the commencement of an unnamed river at map reference UP476558 on that map and down that river to its confluence with the Zvipanga River, down the Zvipanga River to its confluence with an unnamed river at map reference UP524539 on that map and up this unnamed river to its commencement at map reference UP563563 on that map; thence south-eastwards direct to a road junction at map reference UP569558 on that map and eastwards along this road to Mudanda School to the commencement of Mukono River at map reference UP652576 and down this river to its confluence with the Mwerahari River, down the Mwerahari River to the Save River and down the Save to its confluence with the Devure River; thence up the Devure and Nyazvidzi Rivers to the starting point.’
History[edit]
The ZANU–PF heavyweight Kumbirai Kangai was the Member of Parliament for Buhera South from 1985 to 2008 when Naison Nemadziwa of the MDC–T took over after beating ZANU–PF's Joseph Chinotimba in the March 2008 elections. In the 2013 elections, a rematch between Chinotimba and Naison resulted in Chinotimba's victory, retaking the seat for ZANU–PF.[1] Chinotimba won reelection in 2018.[2]
Members[edit]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Kumbirai Kangai | ZANU–PF | |
| 1990 | |||
| 1995 | |||
| 2000 | |||
| 2005 | |||
| 2008 | Naison Nemadziwa | MDC–T | |
| 2013 | Joseph Chinotimba | ZANU–PF | |
| 2018 | |||
| 2023 | Ngonidzashe Mudekunye | ZANU–PF | |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Shumba, Tafara (10 April 2014). "New lease of life for Buhera South". The Herald. Archived from the original on 17 November 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
- ^ "MPs and Senators declared elected after 30 July 2018_harmonised elections". veritaszim.net. Retrieved 19 April 2020.