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{{Short description|Zimbabwean politician (1945–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = Simon Khaya- Moyo
| honorific-suffix =
| image =
| officecaption =
| office = Minister of Media, Information <br/>and Broadcasting Services
| term_start = October 2017
| term_end = September 2018
| president = [[Emmerson Mnangagwa]]
| office1 = Chairman of [[ZANU-PF]]
| term_start1 = 20172011
| term_end1 = 2014
| predecessor1 = [[OppahJohn Landa MuchinguriNkomo]]
| successor1 = [[Post temporarily = abolished]]
| leader1 = [[Robert Mugabe]]<br />[[Emmerson Mnangagwa]]
| office2 = [[Ambassador]] to [[South Africa]]
| term_start2 = 2 February 2007
| term_end2 = 2 March 2011
| successor2 = [[Phelekezela Mphoko]]
| president2 = [[Robert Mugabe]]
| partyoffice3 = [[Secretary for Information and = [[ZANU-PFPublicity]]
| nationalityterm_start3 = December = Zimbabwe2014
| term_end3 = 14 November 2021
| party = [[ZANU-PF]]
| nationality = Zimbabwean
| education = [[Makerere University]] ([[Bachelor of Social Science|BA]])
}}
'''Simon Khaya- Moyo''' (1 October 1945<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://static.pmg.org.za/docs/2004/appendices/041103biography.htm|title=BIOGRAPHY|website=static.pmg.org.za}}</ref> – 14 November 2021)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.zimlive.com/2021/11/14/former-minister-simon-khaya-moyo-dies-aged-76/|title=Former minister Simon Khaya Moyo dies aged 76|date=14 November 2021|website=Zimbabwe News Now}}</ref> 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.<ref>http{{Cite web|url=https://mg.co.za/article/2008-02-26-zim-ambassador-decries-outside-interference/|title=Zim ambassador decries 'outside' interference|date=26 February 2008}}</ref>▼
 
He was appointed as 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2018/09/14/new-cabinet-an-average-team/|title=New cabinet an average team|date=14 September 2018}}</ref>▼
▲'''Simon Khaya-Moyo''' (1 October 1945<ref>https://static.pmg.org.za/docs/2004/appendices/041103biography.htm</ref> – 14 November 2021) 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.<ref>http://mg.co.za/article/2008-02-26-zim-ambassador-decries-outside-interference</ref>
 
Khaya-Moyo was placed on the [[United States sanctions]] list in 2003.<ref>[{{Cite web|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/03/10/03-5848/blocking-property-of-persons-undermining-democratic-processes-or-institutions-in-zimbabwe |title=Blocking property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.]}}</ref>▼
▲He was appointed as 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.<ref>https://www.theindependent.co.zw/2018/09/14/new-cabinet-an-average-team/</ref>
 
He died on 14 November 2021 due to cancer at [[Mater Dei Hospital (Bulawayo)|Mater Dei Hospital]] in [[Bulawayo]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Herald|first=The|title=BREAKING: Simon Khaya Moyo dies|url=https://www.herald.co.zw/breaking-simon-khaya-moyo-dies/|access-date=2021-11-15|website=The Herald|language=en-GB}}</ref>
▲Khaya-Moyo was placed on the [[United States sanctions]] list in 2003.<ref>[https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2003/03/10/03-5848/blocking-property-of-persons-undermining-democratic-processes-or-institutions-in-zimbabwe Blocking property of persons undermining democratic processes or institutions in Zimbabwe.]</ref>
 
==Early life==
He died on 14 November 2021 due to cancer at Mater Dei Hospital in Bulawayo.
 
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==
*[[South Africa-ZimbabweAfrica–Zimbabwe relations]]
 
== References ==
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{{Members of the 8th Parliament of Zimbabwe}}▼
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