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Maurice Nyagumbo (Tapfumaneyi Maurice Nyagumbo) was born on 12 December, 1924 in Makoni, near Rusape, Zimbabwe, is a Zimbabwean politician (1924–1989). Discover Maurice Nyagumbo's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

Popular As Tapfumaneyi Maurice Nyagumbo
Occupation Politician
Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Sagittarius
Born 12 December, 1924
Birthday 12 December
Birthplace Makoni, near Rusape, Zimbabwe
Date of death 20 April, 1989
Died Place N/A
Nationality Zimbabwe

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1924

Tapfumaneyi Maurice Nyagumbo (12 December 1924 – 20 April 1989) was a Zimbabwean politician, who spent almost two decades in prison as a Consequence of his political activities.

Nyagumbo was born in 1924, in Makoni, near Rusape, Zimbabwe, into a family of four boys and three girls, and had his primary education at St Faith Anglican Mission and St Augustine's Penhalonga.

1940

In the 1940s he travelled in search of employment to South Africa, where he was introduced to the South African Communist Party, and was a member until its banning in 1948.

1955

His political associates at various times included James Chikerema and Joshua Nkomo.In 1955 Nyagumbo became a founding member of the Zimbabwe Youth League.

1959

In 1959 he joined the Zimbabwe African National Congress and later that year he was detained.

1979

He spent most of the subsequent two decades in prison in Rhodesia, until his release on 12 December 1979.

During his time in detention he wrote a book, With the People: An Autobiography From the Zimbabwe Struggle, which was published soon after independence (Allison & Busby, 1979).

1980

Nyagumbo was elected to the House of Assembly in 1980.

1985

He was a ZANU (the Zimbabwe African National Union) representative in the 1985 talks to merge ZANU and Nkomo's ZAPU.

1988

Nyagumbo was later appointed Minister of Mines, and then was Minister of Political Affairs until 1988, when he became Senior Minister of State for Political Affairs.

1989

He resigned from his ministerial post and his post as administrative secretary of the governing party on 13 April 1989, in the wake of a report investigating corruption involving the sale of vehicles on the black market by Willowvale Motor Industries.

Nyagumbo was implicated in a 1989 scandal involving illegal car sales by government officials and members of parliament, dubbed Willowgate (referencing the Willowvale car assembly plant), and in April 1989, aged 64, he committed suicide by drinking rat poison, ashamed that he had betrayed the trust of the people he had fought so hard to liberate.