Josiah Mushore Chinamano (died 1984) fought in the Rhodesian Bush War on behalf of the Zimbabwe African People's Union.[citation needed] He later served as the Minister of Transport. Chinamano was second-in-command to Joshua Nkomo, and shared many of the same ideological and political beliefs. The two, along with Chinamano's wife Ruth and Joseph Msika, another leadership figure in the struggle, were detained by the Smith administration in 1964. Their influential role at the forefront of the movement proved threatening to the Rhodesian government.