Sithembiso Gile Gladys Nyoni (born 20 September 1949) is a

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an politician and a former Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development. She is the incumbent minister of Women and Youth Affairs.

Political career

In the March 2008 parliamentary election, Nyoni was elected to the

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as the ZANU-PF candidate in Nkayi North. She received 4,634 votes against 4,234 for Moyo Talent of the

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(MDC)-Mutambara faction and 1,075 for Mlilo Thembinkosi of the MDC-Tsvangirai faction. ''The Herald'' reported on January 3, 2009, that Nyoni had been dismissed from the Cabinet earlier in the week, along with 11 other ministers, because she no longer held any seat in Parliament. On 1 December 2017 President

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elected a new Cabinet, Cde Sithembiso Nyoni became the new Minister of Women and Youth Affairs. She was on the

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list from 2003 until 2014.Zimbabwe designations; Zimbabwe designations removals.
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