MARTIN MAWAYA
Gweru – Prominent lawyer and former Gweru urban legislator, Brian Dube, has been awarded the Outstanding Business Personality Gold Award at the prestigious Megafest Midlands Region Business Awards.
The Megafest Business Awards are held annually to recognize and promote professional business acumen across various sectors.
This latest accolade adds to Dube’s impressive list of local, regional, and international honors earned during his illustrious career in leadership.
“Winning the business Gold Award is a remarkable achievement,” Dube said. “My work has heavily impacted the community, especially through human rights work and public interest litigation.”
Born in Mberengwa, Dube lost his father at the age of 17.
Witnessing the struggles his mother faced motivated him to work hard and become a lawyer, with the aim of protecting himself, his family, and others who suffer from prejudice.
After studying law at the University of Zimbabwe, Dube was employed as a government law officer at the Gweru Magistrates Court, where he worked as a prosecutor.
In 2005, he was approached by Mawarire of Mhuruyengwe and Associates, who was impressed by his professionalism and offered him a job at her law firm.
Since then, the celebrated human rights lawyer’s career has progressed, and he eventually became a partner at the firm, which underwent several name changes over the years, including Gundu and Mawarire, Gundu and Dube, and now Gundu, Dube, and Pamacheche.
Despite facing challenges such as unfair competition, Dube has remained professional and principled in his approach.
He encourages aspiring lawyers to work without fear, favor, disaffection, or ill-will, and he hopes to see the professionalization of government institutions like the police and prison services.
The former Midlands State University law lecturer credits his inspiration to his former boss, Justice Takuva, as well as his current principal and senior partner, Forward Gundu, and Mawarire, whom he considers the best female lawyer he has encountered in his life.
Dube was among the board members who worked tirelessly to transform Gweru General Hospital into a modern-class health institution between 2009 and 2014.
While in Parliament, he chaired the Public Accounts Committee, one of the influential committees that exposed corruption in public institutions.
He was also a member of the Portfolio Committee on Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs and sat on the Women’s Affairs Committee.
At the regional level, Dube was elected Deputy Secretary-General of the SADC Organisation of Public Accounts Committees.
During his tenure as a Member of Parliament, he undertook several developmental initiatives, including the construction of the Irvin and Pfende clinics and the installation of solar-powered boreholes in the Gweru urban constituency.
