|
Owen Ncube
Owen Mudha Ncube is a Zimbabwean politician and former CIO Director. He is serving as the country's Minister of State for Midlands Provincial Affairs from 11 September 2023. Timeline Prior to his appointment to the role of minister of state for national security, Ncube was named the minister of state for Midlands Province upon President Emmerson Mnangagwa's ascension to power in 2017. Prior to his appointment to Zimbabwe's cabinet, Ncube served as Midland's provincial ZANU–PF youth league secretary for administration. Under Ncube's leadership as national security minister, a crackdown was ordered against demonstrators who were protesting a 150 percent fuel hike in January 2019. Twelve people were killed during the protests. News reports documented at least sixty other people who were shot during the protests, tear gas was used by police against demonstrators and 600 people were arrested. An internet blackout was ordered by Ncube as the police and armed forces responded to the d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe (), officially the Republic of Zimbabwe, is a landlocked country located in Southeast Africa, between the Zambezi and Limpopo Rivers, bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the south-west, Zambia to the north, and Mozambique to the east. The capital and largest city is Harare. The second largest city is Bulawayo. A country of roughly 15 million people, Zimbabwe has 16 official languages, with English, Shona language, Shona, and Northern Ndebele language, Ndebele the most common. Beginning in the 9th century, during its late Iron Age, the Bantu peoples, Bantu people (who would become the ethnic Shona people, Shona) built the city-state of Great Zimbabwe which became one of the major African trade centres by the 11th century, controlling the gold, ivory and copper trades with the Swahili coast, which were connected to Arab and Indian states. By the mid 15th century, the city-state had been abandoned. From there, the Kingdom of Zimbabwe was established, fol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |