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Nicholas Mabodoko

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Nicholas Joel Mabodoko
Mayor of Bulawayo
In office
1985–1988
Personal details
Born(1922-05-12)12 May 1922
Died21 November 2007(2007-11-21) (aged 85)
Political partyPF-ZAPU, ZANU-PF

Nicholas Joel Mabodoko was 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] The government of Zimbabwe declared him a Liberation War hero and was buried with honours. In the 1970s, he was Chairman of Bulawayo African Football Association (BAFA).

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  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 December 2013.
  3. ^ "New Board For Troubled ZUPCO". Africa News Service. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 6 December 2013. Retrieved 3 December 2013.