the party; in 2015 and 2018, Khumbula called upon ZANU-Ndonga members to identify as and vote for ZANU-PF in the 2018 Zimbabwean general election. Critics of Khumbula, particularly those within ZANU-Ndonga, have accused him of joining ZANU-PF for his own gain. In April 2021, Khumbula and representatives from NPF, MDC-A, and MDC agreed to dissolve their political parties to join the ZANU-PF ahead of the 2023 Zimbabwean presidential election. ZANU-PF leader Patrick Chinamasa praised Khumbula for this action and said it helped unite the people of Chipinge. Other trades Khumbula owns Zineku Beerhall, which rivals another establishment owned by ZANU-PF MP Enock Porusingazi, in Checheche. He uses the beerhall as a gathering place for ZANU-Ndonga supporters and strongly emphasizes the importance of Muchongoyo in bringing party members together. He also owns or has owned a restaurant, two gas stations, Kujo Superstar Hotel and Casino, a night club, grinding mills, and a construction company focused on developing housing and shopping in rural Checheche. He has a major financial hand in the Division Two football team the Zineku Stars. Khumbula received the Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015 for his work as a businessman in rural Checheche. Personal life One of his children, Kudakwashe Khumbula, is a politician representing the Zimbabwe Partnership for Prosperity. His nephew is Enock Porusingazi, the ZANU-PF-aligned politician who defeated Khumbula twice for House seats. References Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Zimbabwe African National Union – Ndonga politicians ZANU–PF politicians Zimbabwean politicians Members of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe People from Manicaland Province Zimbabwean businesspeople 1937 births