Japhet Ndabeni Ncube

Japhet Ndabeni Ncube is a Zimbabwean politician. He is also a commissioner at the Zimbabwean Human Rights Commission and chairs the Thematic Working group on Socio-Economic and Cultural Rights.[1]

Early career

Ncube trained as a primary school teacher in the 1950s and taught at Njube Primary School from 1960 to 1963.[2] He spent the next four years (1964 – 1968) in Zambia and Tanzania before going for further studies in Europe, beginning with a short stay in Germany where he completed his A Level equivalent before moving to the U.K.

Political life

He joined the Liberation Movement in the youth wing of the Zimbabwe African Peoples’ Union (ZAPU) and left the country for Zambia late in 1963. He was the mayor of Bulawayo, the second largest city in the country, from 2001 to 2008.[3][4][5] He was a member of the MDC, and joined MDC-M during the split in that party. He unsuccessfully contested the Bulawayo Central national assembly seat, losing to the MDC-T candidate, Dorcas Sibanda.[6][7][8]

Personal life

Ncube is married and has children, grandchildren and one great grandchild.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Japhet Ndabeni-Ncube – Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission". www.zhrc.org.zw. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  2. "Nyamande Primary School - Search Zimbabwe". Search Zimbabwe. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  3. Zimbabwe Election Support Network (2001). Bulawayo Mayoral and Council By-Elections Report (Report). Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 23 November 2013.
  4. "ZIMBABWE: Greater centralisation threatens city's water supplies | ECC Library". ECC Library. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  5. "ወቅታዊ ዜና ስለ ጃፕት ናዲቤኒ ኑኩቡል ~ JLK.NEWS". JLK.NEWS. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  6. Carr, Adam. "Legislative Election of 2008, Elections to the House of Assembly".
  7. "BCC, Ndabeni-Ncube clash over $25k debt". www.sundaynews.co.zw. Retrieved 22 September 2018.
  8. "Former Bulawayo mayor Japhet Ndabeni Ncube Archives - Southern Eye". www.southerneye.co.zw. Retrieved 22 September 2018.


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