12 Things You Should Know About Zimbabwe’s Joice Mujuru

She joined the Rhodesian Bush War after just two years in secondary school

Mujuru joined the Rhodesian Bush War after just two years of secondary school. She went on to become one of the first women commanders in the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA), the military wing of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) that fought against white minority rule in the Rhodesian Bush War.