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Line 1: {{Short description\|Zimbabwean politician (1945–2021)}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=November ~~2019~~2021}} {{Infobox officeholder \| honorific-prefix = \| name = Simon Khaya- Moyo \| honorific-suffix = \| image = = \| caption = \| 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 = ~~2017~~ = 2011 \| term_end1 = = 2014 \| predecessor1 = [[~~Oppah~~John Landa ~~Muchinguri~~Nkomo]] \| 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]] \| office3 = [[Secretary for Information and Publicity]] \|party = [[ZANU-PF]]▼ \| term_start3 = December 2014 ~~\|nationality = {{flag\|Zimbabwe}}~~ \| 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>{{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''' is a Zimbabwean politician and the current Chairman of [[ZANU-PF]]. 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> ==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== *[[South ~~Africa-Zimbabwe~~Africa–Zimbabwe relations]] == References == {{reflist}} {{Members of the 8th Parliament of Zimbabwe}}▼ {{DEFAULTSORT:Khaya-Moyo, Simon}}▼ {{Members of the 3rd Parliament of Zimbabwe}} [[Category:Living people]]▼ ▲{{DEFAULTSORT:Khaya- Moyo, Simon}} ▲[[Category:~~Living~~1945 ~~people~~births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Ambassadors of Zimbabwe to South Africa]] [[Category:ZANU–PF politicians]] [[Category:21st-century Zimbabwean politicians]] [[Category:~~Year~~Deaths offrom ~~birth~~cancer ~~missing~~in ~~(living people)~~Zimbabwe]] ~~{{Current members of the Senate of Zimbabwe\|state=collapsed}}~~ ▲{{Members of the 8th Parliament of Zimbabwe}} {{Zimbabwe-politician-stub}}