Victoria chitepo biography

Victoria Fikile Chitepo (27 March 1928 – 8 April 2016) was a South African - Zimbabwean politician, activist and educator.
Chitepo, Victoria Fikile (1928–), Zimbabwean educator, political activist, member of parliament, cabinet minister, and the Zimbabwe African National Union–.
Victoria Fikile Chitepo was a South African - Zimbabwean politician, activist and educator.

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Victoria Chitepo, Minister of Natural Resources and Tourism, Zimbabwe - Vintage Photograph

Victoria Fikile Chitepo (27 March 1928 – 8 April 2016) was a Zimbabwean politician, activist and educator. She was the wife of Herbert Chitepo, a leading figure in the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), but was a major political figure in her own right and served as a minister in the government of independent Zimbabwe between 1980–1992. Victoria Fikile Chitepo (27 March 1928 – 8 April 2016) was a Zimbabwean politician, activist and educator. She was the wife of Herbert Chitepo, a leading figure in the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), but was a major political figure in her own right and served as a minister in the government of independent Zimbabwe between 1980–1992.

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Victoria Chitepo

South African-Zimbabwean politician, activist and educator

Victoria Fikile Chitepo (27 March 1928 – 8 April 2016) was a South African - Zimbabwean politician, activist and educator. She was the wife of Herbert Chitepo, a leading figure in the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU), but was a major political figure in her own right and served as a minister in the government of independent Zimbabwe between 1980–1992.^[1]

Early life

She was born as Victoria Mahamba-Sithole in the South African coal-mining town of Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal. She was educated in South Africa and attended the University of Natal, where she was awarded a B.A. degree, and took a postgraduate degree in education at the University of Birmingham in the UK. She met her future husband, Herbert, at Adams College near Durban in South Africa. Between 1946 and 1953 she taught in Natal, but moved to what was at the time the British colony of Southern Rhodesia in 1955 after she married her Zimbabwean husband, who was working as a social worker in the capital Salisbury (now Hara

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Victoria Chitepo

Victoria Chitepo

Born	(1928-03-27)March 27, 1928
Died	April 8, 2016(2016-04-08) (aged 88)
Nationality	Zimbabwe
Occupation
Employer	Zanu-PF
Known for	Spouse of Herbert Chitepo
Political party	Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front
Spouse(s)	Herbert Chitepo
Children	Dr. Thokozile Chitepo, Zanele Chitepo

Victoria Chitepo was a politician and member of the Zanu-PF Central Committee. She was the wife of the late liberation war fighter, Herbert Chitepo. She was elected to the House of Assembly in 1980.

Personal Details

Born:
Marriage: She married Herbert Chitepo in Durban on 29 November 1955.
Death: She passed away on 8 April 2016. She is survived by four children and grandchildren. She was declared a national hero and laid to rest at the National Heroes Acre in Harare.

School / Education

No information could be found on her Junior or High School, or any tertiary education.

Service / Career

During Zimbabwe's struggle for independence, Chitepo organised women to march in protes