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Sibusiso Moyo looks on during a press conference after a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
(Photo by Alexander ShcherbakTASS via Getty Image
Zimbabwe’s Foreign and Trade Minister Sibusiso (SB) Moyo has reportedly died due to complications from Covid-19.
The Zimbabwe Herald reported this morning that the Acting Minister for Information, Advertising and Broadcasting Services, Jenfan Muswere, confirmed his death, but did not elaborate.
However, SABC News foreign editor Sophie Mokoena, who was one of the first to break the news, tweeted that the cause of death was Covid-19.
Breaking News Zimbabwe’s foreign minister no longer exists. Minister SB Moyo succumbed to COVID-19. Led communication during the legacy restoration operation. That led to the removal from power of former President Robert Mugabe. #sabcnews
– Sophie Mokoena (@Sophie_Mokoena) January 20, 2021
The former military man played a major role in the overthrow of former President Robert Mugabe leading communications at the time. Moyo was the one who made a statement to the Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation following Mugabe’s “house arrest” and denied that a coup had occurred.
He was appointed foreign minister by President Emmerson Mnangagwa shortly after Mugabe was ousted in November 2017 and retired from the military shortly after.
SB Moyo, chancellor and coup spokesperson, has died. He is the third SNR cabinet minister to die of COVID19 after Manicaland Minister of State Ellen Gwaradzimba and Minister of Lands Perrence Shiri. pic.twitter.com/NggOzLZ5Ex
– Violeta Gonda (@violetgonda) January 20, 2021
Some have speculated that Moyo was on the line of succeeding Mnangagwa as president.
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