Thokozani Khuphe, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe
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Place of Birth: Makokoba, Zimbabwe
About Thokozani Khuphe
- Thokozani Khuphe (born 18 November 1963) is a Zimbabwean politician, trade unionist and the President of the MDC-T breakaway faction of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).
- She was Deputy Prime Minister 2009-13. Following the death of party founder Morgan Tsvangirai in early 2018 Khupe opposed the ascent of Nelson Chamisa as leader of the MDC-T on the grounds that she was the only one of its three Vice Presidents elected by congress, whereas Chamisa and the third vice president Elias Mudzuri had been appointed by Tsvangirai.
- Khuphe was supported by much of the party organization in this, but lost the power struggle to Chamisa; Khuphe and her supporters consider their faction the legitimate MDC-T and have continued to use the MDC-T name.
- They are involved in a court battle with the Chamisa faction over the party name, symbols, logo and trademark; the matter had not been resolved prior to the 2018 general elections and the Khuphe faction ran in the elections as the MDC-T while the much bigger Chamisa faction ran as part of the MDC Alliance. On 22 April 2018, she was elected unopposed as the President of her MDC-T faction at an extraordinary congress in Bulawayo.
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