Simon Khaya Moyo

Simon Khaya Moyo
Minister of Media, Information
and Broadcasting Services
In office
October 2017 – September 2018
PresidentEmmerson Mnangagwa
Chairman of ZANU-PF
In office
2011–2014
LeaderRobert Mugabe
Emmerson Mnangagwa
Preceded byJohn Landa Nkomo
Succeeded byPost temporarily abolished
Ambassador to South Africa
In office
2 February 2007 – 2 March 2011
PresidentRobert Mugabe
Succeeded byPhelekezela Mphoko
Secretary for Information and Publicity
In office
December 2014 – 14 November 2021
Personal details
NationalityZimbabwean
Political partyZANU-PF
EducationMakerere 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]

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