Takudzwa (son), Natasha (daughter), Clara (daughter), and Christian (son)
Relatives
Danny Kasukuwere (brother)Stan Kasukuwere (brother),
Tongai Kasukuwere (brother), Sarah Kasukuwere (sister) Dadirayi Kasukuwere (sister)
Occupation
Politician, businessman
Nickname
Tyson
Saviour Kasukuwere (born 23 September 1970) is a Zimbabwean politician who served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Local Government, Rural Development and National Housing between October and November 2017. He was also the ZANU–PF party's national political commissar until December 2017. Before that he was Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment, and Minister of the Environment, Water and Climate. In October 2020, the Zimbabwe government sought Kasukuwere's extradition after issuing a warrant for his arrest.[1] It was revealed that Kasukuwere was among loyalists of former President Robert Mugabe who fled to South Africa before their criminal trials could be completed.[1]
Career
Politics
He has been a member of the Pan-African Parliament since 2004.[2] He was Deputy Secretary of Youth Affairs in the Politburo of the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front and subsequently Secretary for the Commissariat. He has been the Member of Parliament for Mount Darwin South Parliamentary Constituency since 2000. From 2005 until February 2009, he served as the Zimbabwean Deputy Minister of Youth Development and Employment Creation.[3]
Kasukuwere was Minister of Youth Development, Indigenisation and Empowerment from 2009 to 2013. Following President Robert Mugabe's victory in the July 2013 presidential election, he moved Kasukuwere to the post of Minister of the Environment on 10 September 2013.[4]
President Mugabe moved Kasukuwere to the post of Minister of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing on 6 July 2015.[5] In October 2017 the ministry was expanded to include Rural Development.[citation needed]
On 27 November 2017, Emmerson Mnangagwa, who succeeded ousted President Robert Mugabe, announced the dissolution of the Zimbabwean Cabinet, leaving only Patrick Chinamasa and Simbarashe Mumbengegwi as acting ministers of Finance and Foreign Affairs respectively.[7]
Business
He owns several companies including Comoil (executive Director until 2005), Migdale Holdings Limited, and Allen Wack & Shepherd. He is a citrus farmer in Mazowe, Zimbabwe. His business received the political blessings of Robert Mugabe. He joined the Zimbabwean government as a state security official .He served in Mozambique during the Renamo conflict. He chaired the Zimbabwe Defence Forces DRC Fundraising Committee.
He was a Member of the Defence Soccer Team, Black Rhinos.
In November 2017, Kasukuwere fled the country alongside other G40 members, Professor Jonathan Moyo and Mr Patrick Zhuwao, who remain in exile. After six months and six days in self-imposed exile, he finally returned home.[9]
2023 presidential candidacy
Kasukuwere announced his bid to stand for president on 20 June 2023. He was gazetted as a presidential candidate but denied to stand by court order.
^"Keynote Address by the Honourable Minister of Youth Development and Employment". Ministry of Youth Development and Employment Creation. 22 May 2005. Archived from the original on 24 May 2007. Retrieved 30 May 2007. Youth Development and Employment Creation Deputy Minister Cde Savior Kasukuwere told Parliament that the national youth service was key in ensuring self-sustainability ...