Tonderai Kasu


Tonderai Kasu is a community leader in Chitungwiza, Zimbabwe. A medical doctor by training, he is currently the Acting Town Clerk or Acting Chief Executive, of the Chitungwiza Town Council. He was appointed to the position of Acting Town Clerk by a resolution of the full council of the Municipality at its ordinary meeting held on 10 December 2019. He has served as the Director of Health and Environmental Services of the Municipality in Chitungwiza, since April 2016. He is also a member of the Environmental Management Committee for the Harare Metropolitan Province. He is the former head of the accident and emergency department for St. Anne's Hospital. As a leader in the health sector, he has managed facilities that have won awards for high quality of clinical care. In the country's third largest urban center, he has led the response to two cholera outbreaks. He is currently leading Chitungwiza's response to the Covid-19 pandemic. As a senior public official having a background as a professional and as an administrator, and not as a politician, he has often encountered and experienced problems and setbacks in managing and meeting the expectations of the Chitungwiza community's multiple stakeholders, given the politically polarized environment in Chitungwiza. Although having been criticized as a harsh enforcer of government policies, particularly with respect to illegal and informal trading in Chitungwiza, he has been at the forefront of spearheading urban renewal and development in Chitungwiza. He has been active in sports development and in philanthropic work in the Chitungiwza community.