HARARE – After a contested victory in last month’s elections, President Emmerson Mnangagwa named his new cabinet on Monday, keeping Mthuli Ncube in charge of finance.
Mnangagwa relieved his deputy Constantino Chiwengo of his dual role as health minister, naming Dr Douglas Mombeshora as the new minister.
Soda Zhemu is the new mines minister, with former deputy primary and secondary education minister Edgar Moyo taking his old portfolio at energy.
Former mines minister Winston Chitando is the new local government minister after July Moyo was shunted to public service, labour and social welfare.
Mnangagwa also named his son and nephew – David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa and Tongai Mnangagwa – as deputy ministers. His son David will shadow Ncube at finance while nephew Tongai is the deputy minister for tourism and hospitality, deputising Barbra Rwodzi who returns to the portfolio.
Monica Mutsvangwa relinquished her role at information and is now in charge of women affairs and SMEs, her old role now occupied by Jennifan Muswere, formally the ICT minister.
Her husband, Christopher Mutsvangwa, takes charge of a new ministry of Veterans of Liberation.
Mnangagwa named former Studio 263 actress Tatenda Annastacia Mavetera as his new ICT minister while also naming Sithembiso Nyoni to industry and commerce. Nyoni’s predecessor, Sekai Nzenza, failed to secure a parliamentary seat and out of cabinet.
Torerayi Moyo, the former chairman of the parliamentary committee on primary and secondary education is the new minister of that portfolio, replacing Evelyn Ndlovu who has been reassigned as the Matabeleland South provincial minister.
Mnangagwa won a second term in a disputed vote last month, which the opposition described as a “gigantic fraud” amid criticism from election observers who say the election failed to meet regional and international standards.
The 80-year-old leader is under pressure to rebuild an economy hit by lack of foreign investment, unemployment, high inflation and a local dollar which has plunged 80 percent this year.
Here is Mnangagwa’s Cabinet in full:
Finance & Investment Promotion
Prof Mthuli Ncube
Deputy: David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa
Youth Empowerment
Tino Machakaire
Deputy: Junior Mupamanga
Sports, Recreation, Arts & Culture
Kirsty Coventry
Deputy: Emily Jesaya
Environment, Climate and Wildlife
Mangaliso Ndlovu
Deputy: John Paradza
Veterans of Liberation
Christopher Mutsvangwa
Tourism and Hospitality
Barbra Rwodzi
Deputy: Tongai Mnangagwa
Defence
Oppah Muchinguri
Deputy: Levy Mayihlome
Women’s Affairs, Community & SMEs
Monica Mutsvangwa
Deputy: Jennifer Mhlanga
Local Government and Public Works
Winston Chitando
Foreign Affairs
Fredrick Shava
Home Affairs
Kazembe Kazembe
Justice, Legal and Parliamentary Affairs
Ziyambi Ziyambi
Deputy: Obert Mazungunye
Information
Jennifan Muswere
Information Communication Technology
Tatenda Mavetera
Deputy: Dingumuzi Phuthi
Mines and Mining Development
Zhemu Soda
Higher Education and Tertiary Education
Prof Amon Murwira
Deputy: Simelizizwe Sibanda
Primary and Secondary Education
Torerayi Moyo
Deputy: Angeline Gata
Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare
July Moyo
Deputy: Mercy Dinha
Industry and Commerce
Sithembiso Nyoni
Transport and Infrastructure Development
Felix Mhona
Energy and Power Development
Edgar Moyo
National Housing
Daniel Garwe
Deputy: Yeukai Simbanegavi
Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development
Anxious Masuka
Deputy: Vangelis Peter Haritatos
Deputy: Davis Marapira
Health and Child Care
Dr Douglas Mombeshora
Provincial Affairs in the Office of the President and Cabinet
Lovemore Matuke
Skills Audit & Development
Prof Paul Mavhima
Provincial Affairs Ministers
BULAWAYO – Judith Ncube
HARARE – Charles Tavengwa
MASVINGO – Ezra Chadzamira
MIDLANDS – Owen Ncube
MANICALAND – Nokuthula Matsikenyere
MASHONALAND EAST – Apollonia Munzverengwi
MASHONALAND WEST – Miriam Chombo
MASHONALAND CENTRAL – Christopher Magomo
MATABELELAND NORTH – Richard Moyo
MATABELELAND SOUTH – Evelyn Ndlovu
