Nicholas Mabodoko
Nicholas Joel Mabodoko | |
|---|---|
| Mayor of Bulawayo | |
| In office 1985–1988 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 12, 1922 |
| Died | November 21, 2007 (aged 85) |
| Political party | PF-ZAPU, ZANU-PF |
Nicholas Joel Mabodoko, is a Zimbabwean politician.
Prior to independence he chaired the Joint African Advisory Board.[1] He became the first black chairman of the African Advisory Board in 1975. After independence, he served as PF-ZAPU mayor of Bulawayo from 1985 to 1988, becoming a member of ZANU-PF following the unification of the two parties in 1987. During the Bulawayo mayoral elections of 2001, he clashed with Jonathan Moyo over alleged vote-buying.[2]
He served as chairman of the state bus company ZUPCO until 2001.[3]
References
- ^ Ranger, Terence (2010). Bulawayo Burning: The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960. Boydell & Brewer.
- ^ "Moyo told to stop dishing out money". Daily News. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 3-12-2013.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "New Board For Troubled ZUPCO". Africa News Service. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 3-12-2013.
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