Phelekezela Mphoko Event Timeline
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| 14 Dec 2014 : | Involved in a car accident that was widely reported |
| 10 Dec 2014 : | Appointed Zimbabwe's Second Vice President |
| 8 Oct 2014 : | Mphoko makes it known through a press statement that he wishes to be appointed Vice President at his party's congress in Dec 2014 |
| May 2014 : | Recalled from Ambassador to South Africa position |
| 2011 : | Appointed Ambassador to South Africa |
| 2009 : | Speaking on a panel discussion in Botswana, Mphoko describes Gukurahundi atrocities were a Western conspiracy |
| 2007 : | Negotiated with Russia to use its veto power to block British and American efforts to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe |
| 2005 : | Appointed Ambassador to Russia |
| 2004 : | Became a Zanu PF central committee member for Matabeleland North |
| 2002 : | Appointed ambassador to Botswana |
| 1996 : | Appointed liaison officer to Austria |
| 1987 : | Transferred to Mozambique as a liaison officer |
| 1981 : | Employed as deputy director for demobilisation in the ministry of Labour and Social Welfare |
| 1980 : | Appointed special envoy for Zapu leader Joshua Nkomo; |
| 1979 : | Attended the Lancaster House talks as a military delegate |
| 1978 : | Appointed Zipra commander to replace Alfred Nikita Mangena, but declined the post |
| 1977 : | Attended the OAU ad hoc committee on foreign ministers in Angola. Got married to Laurinda Mphoko with President Jacob Zuma as the best man. Warned Mozambican President Samora Machel of an imminent attack on Chimoio where Zanu leaders were scheduled to hold a meeting resulting in Machel directing that a Patriotic Front meeting be held in Maputo. While in Maputo, the meeting received a report of an attack of Chimoio |
| 1976 : | Delegate at the formation of the Patriotic Front in Maputo. Later appointed Zapu’s chief representative in Mozambique |
| 1975 : | Attended the Victoria Falls bridge Peace Talks as a military delegate. Appointed chief of logistics in the ZIPRA command; |
| 1974 : | Zapu delegate to the World Peace Council in Prague |
| 1973 : | Served in the OAU ad hoc committee to save the unity between Zapu and Zanu in Mbeya, Tanzania |
| 1972 : | Appointed Zipra chief of logistics and supplies |
| 1967 – 1968 : | Operated in Sipolilo |
| 1967 : | Became a member of the Joint Military Command in charge of logistics in the Zipra/Umkhonto weSizwe military alliance |
| 1965 : | Created the first Zipra military command structure, the military planning committee |
| 1964 - 1965 : | Skipped bail for military training in Soviet Union. He also studied military science and photojournalism |
| 1963 : | Arrested for political violence and sentenced to three years in prison. Appealed against the sentence and was granted bail and a retrial. Was also a delegate at the Cold Comfort farm for PCC congress |
| 1962 - 1963: | Employed by Dunlop Rhodesia Ltd |
| 1962 : | Became Youth chairman of Zapu Mzilikazi branch |
| 1960 : | Joined the National Democratic Party |
| 11 June 1940 : | Phelekezela is born at Gwizane, Bubi District, Matabeleland North |
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