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Ellen Gwarazimba was born in 1960.

Biography
She was born under the name Ellen Munyoro in December 1960, in Gutu district. He undertook his primary and secondary education in Masvingo.

At the tender age of 16, he joined the rebel forces fighting the Rhodesian government during the Rhodesian Civil War. She was sent to the Nachingwea Military Academy in Tanzania to be trained in guerrilla warfare and conventional warfare. It was subsequently destined for Gaza Province, Mozambique. During the conflict she was also secretary to Commanders William Ndangana and Kumbirai Kangai.

After the war ended, he studied at the University of Zimbabwe and the University of Fort Hare in South Africa, where he received a doctorate in Education

She served as lecturer at Mutare Polytechnic, dean at the University of Africa and tenured professor at the University of Zimbabwe

Political career
From 2001 to 2009 she was Provincial President of the Zimbabwe Women's League and from 2010 to 2018 she was Secretary of Administration and member of the Central Committee in the province of Manicaland.2

She was elected Senator of Zimbabwe in the July 2018 elections and was appointed Minister of Provincial Affairs for Manicaland in 2019, a position she held until her death.2

Controversies
In February 2019 it was reported that his son, Remembrance Mbudzana, was allocated a farm belonging to farmer Richard Le Vieux. Le Vieux, upon being informed of the eviction order, resisted and was prosecuted for disobeying government orders. Eventually, President Emmerson Mnangagwa intervened to keep the estate in Le Vieux's hands. Although the press widely speculated about Gwaradzimba's role in the episode, an official investigation was never opened.

In February 2020, she was involved in a similar episode due to the eviction order for the Umzila Farm, which was dedicated to agriculture and livestock and was one of the largest in the Province; Lameck Bvurere, owner of the farm, was evicted by order of the local government of Manicalandia, and Terrence Machocho, a member of the Gwaradzimba payroll, was offered to take ownership of the farm at a low price. Although Bvurere wrote a letter of protest to the Minister of Agriculture, the deal was finalized a month later and Machocho became the owner of the farm.3