Nicholas Mabodoko

Nicholas Joel Mabodoko
Mayor of Bulawayo
In office
1985–1988
Personal details
Born (1922-05-12)May 12, 1922
Died November 21, 2007(2007-11-21) (aged 85)
Political party PF-ZAPU, ZANU-PF

Nicholas Joel Mabodoko, is a Zimbabwean politician.

Prior to independence he chaired the Joint African Advisory Board.[1] He became the first black chairman of the African Advisory Board in 1975. After independence, he served as PF-ZAPU mayor of Bulawayo from 1985 to 1988, becoming a member of ZANU-PF following the unification of the two parties in 1987. During the Bulawayo mayoral elections of 2001, he clashed with Jonathan Moyo over alleged vote-buying.[2]

He served as chairman of the state bus company ZUPCO until 2001.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Ranger, Terence (2010). Bulawayo Burning: The Social History of a Southern African City, 1893-1960. Boydell & Brewer.
  2. ↑ "Moyo told to stop dishing out money". Daily News. 3 August 2011. Retrieved 3-12-2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "New Board For Troubled ZUPCO". Africa News Service. 1 February 2011. Retrieved 3-12-2013. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)


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