- Byron Hove
Byron R. Hove (born in 1940) served as Justice Minister in
Zimbabwe Rhodesia withHilary Squires as co-minister. He supported and participated in Prime MinisterIan Smith 'sInternal Settlement . [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,948148,00.html A Black is Fired] , May 15, 1978. TIME magazine] He later served as MP forGokwe until April 1986 when he lost his position for misdemeanors.Jacqueline Audrey Kalley, Elna Schoeman, and L.E. Andor. "Southern African Political History: a chronological of key political events from independence to mid-1997", 1999. Page 736.]On
April 18 ,1978 , he was unexpectedly fired after he criticized the government for excluding blacks from high-level jobs. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F13F8395513728DDDA00A94DC405B888BF1D3 Black Justice Minister Dismissed By Rhodesia's Transition Regime; 'Sure to Be Disastrous' Windfall for Guerrillas RHODESIA DISMISSES BLACK JUSTICE CHIEF] , April 28, 1978. The New York Times.]In 1980 Hove was thrown out of Parliament after he openly criticized the Mugabe administration for corruption, saying,
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