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Simon Khaya Moyo (1 October 1945 – 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. He was appointed Media, Information and Broadcasting Services Minister in October 2017, taking over from
Christopher Mushohwe Christopher Chindoti Mushohwe (6 February 1954 – 13 February 2023) was a Zimbabwean politician. He held several posts, including minister of information and broadcasting services. Political career Mushohwe was the ZANU-PF candidate for the Mut ...
. However, he was later removed from the Zimbabwe Cabinet in September 2018. Khaya-Moyo was placed on the
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list in 2003. He died on 14 November 2021 due to cancer at Mater Dei Hospital in
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.


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
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and left in 1965. From 1966 to 1967, he served as a research assistant at
Mpilo Hospital Mpilo Central Hospital, more commonly known as Mpilo Hospital, is the largest hospital in Bulawayo, and second largest in Zimbabwe after Parirenyatwa Hospital in Harare. Mpilo is a public hospital, and referral centre for the Matabeleland North, ...
in
Bulawayo Bulawayo (, ; Ndebele: ''Bulawayo'') is the second largest city in Zimbabwe, and the largest city in the country's Matabeleland region. The city's population is disputed; the 2022 census listed it at 665,940, while the Bulawayo City Council cl ...
.


Political career

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


See also

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1945 births 2021 deaths Ambassadors of Zimbabwe to South Africa ZANU–PF politicians 21st-century Zimbabwean politicians Deaths from cancer in Zimbabwe {{africa-diplomat-stub