Ruth Chinamano
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Ruth Lottie Nomondo Chinamano (born 16 February 1925 in Cape Town
, South Africa
; died 2 January 2005) was a ZANU-PF politician and wife of Josiah Mushore Chinamano
.
Born in Cape Town, she studied at the Maria Zell Teacher Training College in Matatiele in what was then as East Griqualand. In 1948 she started teaching at Lourdes, a school located at the border between the Cape and Natal.
In 1949, while on holiday at Port Elizabeth, she met the Zimbabwean nationalist Josiah Chinamano. The two married in 1950 and shortly afterwards they went to Rhodesia, where she taught at Waddilove Institute, near Marandellas, 60 km east of Salisbury.
In 1964 she was detained in Gonakudzingwa Restriction Camp
, near the Mozambique
border, with her husband and spent the next decade in and out of detention. She and her husband were transferred from Gonakudzingwa to Wha wha prison, outside Gwelo, where they remained until 1970, when they were released but confined to an 8 km radius restriction before being arrested again, being released again in 1974.
She was elected to parliament when Zimbabwe held non-racial elections in 1980.
She is buried in the National Heroes Acre
, a burial ground for Zimbabwean heroes and heroines which is located about 5 km from Harare
and which was designed and built by North Koreans.
Cape Town
Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
; died 2 January 2005) was a ZANU-PF politician and wife of Josiah Mushore Chinamano
Josiah Mushore Chinamano
Josiah Mushore Chinamano fought in the Rhodesian Bush War on behalf of the Zimbabwe African People's Union. He later served as the Minister of Transport....
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Born in Cape Town, she studied at the Maria Zell Teacher Training College in Matatiele in what was then as East Griqualand. In 1948 she started teaching at Lourdes, a school located at the border between the Cape and Natal.
In 1949, while on holiday at Port Elizabeth, she met the Zimbabwean nationalist Josiah Chinamano. The two married in 1950 and shortly afterwards they went to Rhodesia, where she taught at Waddilove Institute, near Marandellas, 60 km east of Salisbury.
In 1964 she was detained in Gonakudzingwa Restriction Camp
Gonakudzingwa Restriction Camp
Gonakudzingwa Restriction Camp in Southern Rhodesia near the Mozambique border, was set up by the Smith regime....
, near the Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique, officially the Republic of Mozambique , is a country in southeastern Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east, Tanzania to the north, Malawi and Zambia to the northwest, Zimbabwe to the west and Swaziland and South Africa to the southwest...
border, with her husband and spent the next decade in and out of detention. She and her husband were transferred from Gonakudzingwa to Wha wha prison, outside Gwelo, where they remained until 1970, when they were released but confined to an 8 km radius restriction before being arrested again, being released again in 1974.
She was elected to parliament when Zimbabwe held non-racial elections in 1980.
She is buried in the National Heroes Acre
National Heroes Acre (Zimbabwe)
National Heroes Acre or simply Heroes Acre is a burial ground and national monument in Harare, Zimbabwe. The site is situated on a ridge seven kilometres from Harare along the main Harare-Bulawayo Road. The shrine is a national monument of Zimbabwe...
, a burial ground for Zimbabwean heroes and heroines which is located about 5 km from Harare
Harare
Harare before 1982 known as Salisbury) is the largest city and capital of Zimbabwe. It has an estimated population of 1,600,000, with 2,800,000 in its metropolitan area . Administratively, Harare is an independent city equivalent to a province. It is Zimbabwe's largest city and its...
and which was designed and built by North Koreans.