MP for a Mujuru-stronghold in Mashonaland East Nyamupinga was elected unopposed thanks to a deal put together by Vice-President Joyce Mujuru (ZANU-PF) and MDC-T Deputy Prime Minister Thokozani Khupe...
They boycotted the ceremony where he was sworn in alongside his two deputies Arthur Mutambara (leader of the rival MDC-M) and Thokozani Khupe...
Party Vice-President Thokozani Khupe is now Deputy Prime Minister but is considered window dressing to stand up for gender and Matebeleland...
The MDC-M Secretary for Legal Affairs David Coltart says there is video evidence that MDC-T members had to show their party Vice-President Thoko Khupe for whom they had voted...
The key officials in MDC-Tsvangirai are Tendai Biti Secretary-General and member of parliament for Harare North-east; Thokozani Khupe Vice-President and MP for Makokoba; Lovemore Moyo National Chairman and MP for Matobo; Nelson Chamisa MDC spokesman and MP for Kuwadzana; Eddie Cross MDC Policy Coordinator General and MP for Bulawayo South; and Roy Bennett MDC Treasurer General and former MP for Chimanimani...
He is backed by the majority of trades union leaders including those from Matebeleland such as MP Thokozani Khupe...
There are three women MPs in the MDC's front line: Sekai Holland (Secretary for International Affairs) who was the target of much pre-election brutality by ZANU-PF supporters; Pauline Gwanyanya (Labour and Social Welfare); and Thoko Khupe (Transport)...
Other senior trades unionists are Isaac Matongo (a ZCTU vice-president) Nicholas Mudzengerere (one of Tsvangirai's deputies in the ZCTU) Kumbirai Makore Thokozani Khupe Edward Muchena Esaph Mdlongwa Remus Makuwaza and Wellington Chibhebhe...
