He also founded a think tank, the Zhuwao Institute, which focused on economic development and was aligned with the policies of President Mugabe.
A year later, he was elected to the House of Assembly for the Zvimba East constituency and was appointed deputy minister of science and technology, a position he held until 2012.
[10] To help the firm renew its license, Zhuwao stepped in to reach a deal in which Telecel Zimbabwe made plans to comply with the indigenisation policy.
[12] The think tank was described by Ken Mufuka in The Financial Gazette as having "jumped on the governmental bandwagon" for its association with the policies of Robert Mugabe.
[7] In the 2013 parliamentary election, Zhuwao was defeated in the Zvimba East ZANU–PF primaries by Francis Mukwangwariwa, a farmer and former Central Intelligence Organisation operative.
[2][7][14] In October 2014, Zhuwao became involved in the heated ZANU–PF succession infighting between Vice-President Joice Mujuru and then-Minister of Justice Emmerson Mnangagwa.
[15] At a meeting with top government officials days later, Mugabe reportedly denied that a coup attempt occurred, expressed disapproval of the incident, and apologized to Mliswa on Beauty Zhuwao's behalf.
[17] In the op-ed, published in The Sunday Mail, Zhuwao described Mawere as "ideologically bankrupt, devoid of ethics, morality and decency".
After a lengthy exchange, the committee asked Zhuwao to leave the chamber and return when he was "sober and when he understood the questions and issues involved.
[21] The reports that he was arrested were false; Zhuwao was in fact returning from a foreign trip, but changed his plans after hearing about the coup.
Other prominent G40 politicians, including Grace Mugabe, Saviour Kasukuwere, Jonathan Moyo, Ignatius Chombo, Walter Mzembi, Shadreck Mashayamombe, Makhosini Hlongwane, Innocent Hamandishe, Samuel Undenge, and Sarah Mahoka were also expelled from the party.
[24][25] He said that he was proud to have served in Mugabe's government, but that he was quitting politics and remaining in South Africa for the time being out of safety concerns.
"[24][25] After the 2018 Bulawayo bombing, Zhuwao published an open letter to British Prime Minister Theresa May in which he urged her to dispatch Scotland Yard to Zimbabwe to investigate the attack.
[9] That year, Zhuwao's 827-hectare Diandra Farm, located in Mashonaland West Province, was seized by order of the Ministry of Agriculture.
[9] Zhuwao has remained in exile since the 2017 coup, citing fear of retribution in Zimbabwe due to the "pettiness of Mnangagwa.
[3] His son, Jason Zhuwao, is also active in ZANU–PF politics and was reported to be planning to run for Parliament in the Harare Central constituency against MDC–T leader Murisi Zvidzai.