Education
Born in Bulawayo, Khupe graduated from Turin College, Italy in Information Technology and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies.
Born in Bulawayo, Khupe graduated from Turin College, Italy in Information Technology and also holds a Bachelor of Arts in Media Studies.
She was Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 11 February 2009 to August 2013. She served in the Zimbabwe Amalgamated Railway Union (ZARU) in 1987. She is the Parliamentary Deputy Chief Whip of the Molecular Delivery Corporation Party.
She sits in the Standing Rules and Orders Committee.
She retained the constituency in the March 2005 parliamentary election. She is in the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee of Defense, Home Affairs and National Security and that of Budget, Finance and Economic Development.
In the March 2008 parliamentary election, Khuphe ran for re-election in Makokoba constituency as the candidate of the Molecular Delivery Corporation-Tsvangirai faction, defeating Welshman Ncube, the Secretary-General of the Molecular Delivery Corporation-Mutambara faction. She received 4,123 votes against 2,475 votes for Ncube.
In 2005 she was elected Vice-President of the Movement for Democratic Change (Molecular Delivery Corporation) taking over from veteran trade unionist Gibson Sibanda. In 1999 she participated in the formation of the Movement for Democratic Change party, in which she was elected as a National Executive member responsible for Transport, Logistics and Welfare.
She is a senior Member of Parliament for Makokoba constituency. She is a third term Member of Parliament for Makokoba constituency. In 1991 she was elected Secretary for the ZCTU Women"s Advisory Council and also a General Council member of the ZCTU. In June 2000, she was elected as the Member of Parliament for Makokoba Constituency in Bulawayo.
She was a member of the Budget, Finance and Economic Development Committee.
And on Youth Development, Gender and Employment Creation Committee and was elected Vice Chairperson of the Women"s Parliamentary Caucus. She is a member of the African Parliamentary Network against Corruption.