Tinos Rusere (May 10, 1945 – March 1, 2007) was a Zimbabwean miner and trade union activist.
[citation needed] Rusere was born in Nechaziva Village in the Zaka District in what was then Victoria province of Southern Rhodesia.
[citation needed] He went to work as a learner miner in 1967, at the Arcturus mine in Goromonzi for six years, but then left to go to South Africa in 1974.
In 1977 he became inDuna for all Southern African countries and, having sided with Robert Mugabe in joining the Patriotic Front, toured round the countries neighbouring Rhodesia to recruit people to fight in the Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army.
[citation needed] When Zimbabwe achieved independence, Rusere returned and obtained a job with the City of Harare government.