Byron Hove
Byron Reuben Mtonhodzi Hove (1940 - 1999) was a Zimbabwean politician who served as Justice Minister in Zimbabwe Rhodesia with Hilary Squires as co-minister, and subsequently in the post-independence Parliament of Zimbabwe. He supported and participated in Prime Minister Ian Smith's Internal Settlement.[1] He later served as ZANU-PF MP for Gokwe[2] until April 1986 when he lost his position for misdemeanors.[3]
On April 18, 1978, he was unexpectedly fired after he criticized the government for excluding blacks from high-level jobs.[4]
In 1980 Hove was thrown out of Parliament after he openly criticized the Mugabe administration for corruption, saying, there are two laws – one for the leaders and one for the people.[5]
References
- ^ A Black is Fired, May 15, 1978. TIME magazine
- ^ Compassionate ED soft as wool
- ^ Jacqueline Audrey Kalley, Elna Schoeman, and L.E. Andor. Southern African Political History: a chronological of key political events from independence to mid-1997, 1999. Page 736.
- ^ Black Justice Minister Dismissed By Rhodesia's Transition Regime; 'Sure to Be Disastrous' Windfall for Guerrillas RHODESIA DISMISSES BLACK JUSTICE CHIEF, April 28, 1978. The New York Times.
- ^ In the mind of a visionary who turned into an autocrat, 2002. The Lifestyle Magazine