Simon Khaya Moyo Explained

Simon Khaya Moyo
Office:Minister of Media, Information
and Broadcasting Services
Term Start:October 2017
Term End:September 2018
President:Emmerson Mnangagwa
Office1:Chairman of ZANU-PF
Term Start1:2011
Term End1:2014
Predecessor1:John Landa Nkomo
Successor1:Post temporarily abolished
Leader1:Robert Mugabe
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Office2:Ambassador to South Africa
Term Start2:2 February 2007
Term End2:2 March 2011
Successor2:Phelekezela Mphoko
President2:Robert Mugabe
Office3:Secretary for Information and Publicity
Term Start3:December 2014
Term End3:14 November 2021
Party:ZANU-PF
Nationality:Zimbabwean
Education:Makerere University (BA)

Simon Khaya Moyo (1 October 1945[1] – 14 November 2021)[2] was a Zimbabwean politician and Chairman of ZANU-PF at the time of his death. He was the Ambassador of Zimbabwe to South Africa from 2007 to 2011.[3]

He was appointed Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Minister in October 2017, taking over from Christopher Mushohwe. However, he was later removed from the Zimbabwe Cabinet in September 2018.[4]

Khaya-Moyo was placed on the United States sanctions list in 2003.[5]

He died on 14 November 2021 due to cancer at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo.[6]

Early life

Simon Khaya-Moyo was born on 1 October 1945 in the Bukalanga Sanzukwi area of Bulilima in Matabeleland South Province. He did his secondary education studies at Fletcher High School in Gweru and left in 1965. From 1966 to 1967, he served as a research assistant at Mpilo Hospital in Bulawayo.

Political career

In 1968, he crossed the border into Zambia to join the liberation struggle.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: BIOGRAPHY. static.pmg.org.za.
  2. Web site: Former minister Simon Khaya Moyo dies aged 76. 14 November 2021. Zimbabwe News Now.
  3. Web site: Zim ambassador decries 'outside' interference. 26 February 2008.
  4. Web site: New cabinet an average team. 14 September 2018.
  5. Web site: Blocking property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe..
  6. Web site: Herald. The. BREAKING: Simon Khaya Moyo dies. 2021-11-15. The Herald. en-GB.