Sikhanyiso Ndlovu

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Sikhanyiso Ndlovu
Sikhanyiso Ndlovu
Minister of Information & Publicity
Incumbent
Assumed office 
February 6, 2007
President Robert Mugabe
Born 4 May 1963 (1963-05-04) (age 45)
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Nationality Flag of ZimbabweZimbabwean
Political party ZANU-PF
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Sikhanyiso Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean politician, currently serving as Minister of Information & Publicity.[1] He is also a member of the powerful ZANU-PF politburo.

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[edit] Political career

After serving as Deputy Minister of Education, Ndlovu was appointed as Minister of Information on February 6, 2007.[2]

[edit] EU-Africa Summit

President Robert Mugabe achieved a diplomatic coup in December 2007 when he attended a European Union-Africa summit despite a visa ban on Zimbabwean government officials, effective since 2001. At the summit, Ndlovu called Chancellor Angela Merkel a "Nazi remnant". Responding to Merkel's criticism of human rights abuses in Zimbabwe, Ndlovu told her to "shut up or ship out," saying Germany needed a head-of-state like Otto von Bismarck.[3]

[edit] House of Assembly

Ndlovu was nominated as ZANU-PF's candidate for the House of Assembly seat from Pelandaba-Mpopoma constituency in Bulawayo in the March 2008 parliamentary election.[4] He launched his campaign by slathering a beast and giving away bicycles to some of the people who attended his rally at Nkulumane Primary School, an act that his critics described as a gimmick to buy votes.[5] Milford Gwetu, an MP for the Movement for Democratic Change who was running for re-election in the same constituency as Ndlovu, died during the campaign, and as a result the election there was delayed.[6]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Zimbabwe government still has support of the people: Minister (HTML). EARTH Times (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-16.
  2. ^ "Mugabe retains old guard during shuffle", Reuters (IOL), February 7, 2007.
  3. ^ Zimbabwe: Muckraker – Giving Colonisers A Good Name (HTML). Zimbabwe Independent (2007). Retrieved on 2007-12-16.
  4. ^ "Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF Names Poll Candidates", The Herald (allAfrica.com), February 15, 2008.
  5. ^ ZANU-PF candidates hold rallies[1](accessed 2/25/2008)
  6. ^ Fikile Mapala and Torby Chimhashu, "7 ministers fall as opposition overturns Zanu PF's majority in parliament", newzimbabwe.com, April 2, 2008.


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