💥THREAD: LIST OF HARARE MAYORS SINCE INDEPENDENCE.
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Tizirai Gwata7-Apr-1981 until 15-Oct-1984ZANU PF.
Here Mayor Gwata with Detroit's Mayor Young. pic.twitter.com/ryOWrzyPAN
Oliver Chidawu15-Oct-1984 until 1985(ZANU PF). pic.twitter.com/Hu4cnNdJCn
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Tony GaraJuly 1985until 1986(ZANU PF) pic.twitter.com/tUBr5M450i
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Solomon TavengwaOctober 1986 until1988(ZANU PF) pic.twitter.com/acZbM4DJ0p
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Jabulani Thembani 1988until 1989(ZANU PF) pic.twitter.com/hoGZtFEhnY
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Simon Chikwavaire1989until 1993(ZANU PF)
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Here, Mayor Chikwavaire gifting the late Queen Elizabeth The Second, with a straw sun hat during her visit to Zimbabwe with the Duke of Edinburgh. pic.twitter.com/2jWSElryQj
Charles Tavengwa1993 until 1995(ZANU PF) pic.twitter.com/dr0KT0aW3o
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Solomon Tavengwa was Mayor from 1995 until 1999. He was the last ZANU PF Mayor for Harare. Solomon was also the brother of the predecessor Charles Tavengwa, both being sons of the late businessman George Tavengwa Snr.
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From 1999 until elections in 2002 a Gvt Commission ran Harare and there was no Mayor.
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Elias Mudzuri2002 until 2003(MDC) pic.twitter.com/5M8XO3kcLg
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Sekesai Makwavarara (Acting)2003 until 2008 (MDC& Later ZANU PF) pic.twitter.com/9E0nAVmgLl
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Emmanuel Chiroto 2008(MDC-T)
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In 2008 two gangs, allegedly members of ZANU-PF, approached Chiroto's house in Hatcliff looking for him. Chiroto was away, so instead they threw three petrol bombs into the building and seized his wife and son. She was later knifed and shot dead. pic.twitter.com/x1D55gSPsM
Muchadeyi Masunda 2008 until2013(Independent) pic.twitter.com/2nxgg66qEv
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Bernard Manyenyeni2013until 2018(MDC-T) pic.twitter.com/V58cHyAYlh
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Enock Mupamawonde (Acting)2018(MDC-T) pic.twitter.com/hJRyX2gVuT
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Herbert Gomba2018 until2020 (MDC Alliance) pic.twitter.com/YhnhGICGut
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Jacob Mafume, 2020until 2023(MDC Alliance Later CCC) pic.twitter.com/bWN0WmXgCr
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Ian Makone,2023(CCC) pic.twitter.com/AnqP7lV9Ls
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Lovejoy Chitengu,2023(CCC) pic.twitter.com/Domw6oFJ4y
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Jacob Mafume, 2023,Present(CCC) #KnowYourCouncillor pic.twitter.com/GvWmInHfuI
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