Last updated 24 March 2007

The first female Vice President in the opposition MDC. She has three children and has faith in the team elected at Congress. A member of the ZCTU general council and the women’s advisory council for many years, Khupe, the MP for Makokoba, is a woman with immense zeal to achieve the best for Zimbabwe.
 
“I believe we will work together (with the new team). I thank the nation for investing their trust and confidence me and placing me on the stewardship of the party. This team will do great things. Together we will rally the people for a new Zimbabwe,” she said.
“My election means women are now moving away from the corner to the centre, from the periphery to the centre. And the centre is where the whole game is played.”
 
She says she is ready to fulfill the wishes of Congress in confronting the regime by using people pressure to help resolve the country’s crisis. “I am ready. I have always been a fighter. Fighting this regime is my call,” she said. Khupe holds a Bachelor’s degree in Media Studies, a diploma in Information Technology from Turin College in Italy. She has several courses in industrial relations, teaching methodology and community development. 
 
Khupe says she has a passion for helping the nation realize its vision, especially the women whose heroism remains unsung and unnoticed. Since 2000, she has been deputy chief whip of the opposition, deputy chairperson of the Parliamentary Women’s caucus and is a member of the Budget and Finance committee as well as the Defence and Home Affairs committee.
 
Khupe has attended several inter-parliamentary union conferences and is also a member of the African Parliamentary Network against Corruption. She enjoys reading and attending political sessions.(further information courtesy of The Zimbabwean)

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