Tinos Rusere (May 10, 1945 – March 1, 2007) was a

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an miner and trade union activist. During the Second Chimurenga he recruited members of ZANLA and he was later elected as a Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front member to the Parliament of Zimbabwe. At the time of his death he was Deputy Minister for Mines and Environment. Rusere was born in Nechaziva Village in the Zaka District in what was then Victoria province of

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. He went to the Maraire and St James schools where he passed the 'Standard Six' exams in 1962. He was active in politics first in the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union, but joined the breakaway to the

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in 1963. He went to work as a learner miner in 1967, at the Arcturus mine in Goromonzi for six years, but then left to go to

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in 1974. While working in the South African mines he became active in trade unions and was elected as representative of the Rhodesian miners, nicknamed "Rhodesian Induna". In 1977 he became

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for all Southern African countries and, having sided with

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in joining the Patriotic Front, toured round the countries neighbouring

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to recruit people to fight in the

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. When Zimbabwe achieved independence, Rusere returned and obtained a job with the City of

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government. He was a superintendent in the Department of Works for seven years. In 1987 he became a mining engineer with the company of Comp Air, resigning in 1994 to start his own business, Charuma Blasting and Building Company. Remaining in touch with politics, Rusere was elected in the Zimbabwean election of 2000 as Member of Parliament for Zaka East. He served in the government from 2005 first as Deputy Minister for Rural Resources and Water Development, and then as Deputy Minister for Mines and Environment. In 2003, he was put on the

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list and remained subject to U.S. sanctions until his death.Blocking property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe
/ref> Rusere died on March 1, 2007, of kidney failure and appendix problems.

References

External links

*"Deputy minister Rusere dies", ''Zimbabwe Herald'', March 3, 2007

Zimbabwe Ministry of Mines {{DEFAULTSORT:Rusere, Tinos 1945 births 2007 deaths People from Zaka District Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army personnel ZANU–PF politicians Deaths from kidney failure