Sithembiso Nyoni | |
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![]() Sithembiso Nyoni at UNCTAD eWeek in Geneva in 2023 | |
Member of Parliament for Nkayi North | |
Assumed office 2008 | |
President | |
Prime Minister | Morgan Tsvangirai (2009-2013) |
Constituency | Nkayi North |
Majority | 1,427 |
Minister of Environment,Climate and Wildlife | |
In office 8 March 2024 –3 April 2025 | |
President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Deputy | John Paradza |
Preceded by | Mangaliso Ndlovu |
Succeeded by | Evelyn Ndlovu |
Minister of Industry and Commerce | |
In office 12 September 2023 –8 March 2024 | |
President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Deputy | |
Preceded by | Sekai Nzenza |
Succeeded by | Mangaliso Ndlovu |
Minister for Women Affairs,Community,Small and Medium Enterprise Development | |
In office 10 September 2018 –4 September 2023 | |
President | Emmerson Mnangagwa |
Preceded by | Nyasha Chikwinya |
Succeeded by | Monica Mutsvangwa |
Personal details | |
Born | Silobela District | 20 September 1949
Political party | ZANU-PF |
Alma mater | University of Zimbabwe |
Sithembiso Gile Gladys Nyoni (born 20 September 1949) is a Zimbabwean politician and in 2023 the Industry and Commerce minister. She was a Minister of Small and Medium Enterprises Development [1] and the minister of Women and Youth Affairs. [2] On 3 April 2025,Dr. Nyoni concluded her ministerial post upon retirement of President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa.
In the March 2008 parliamentary election,Nyoni was elected to the House of Assembly as the ZANU-PF candidate in Nkayi North. She received 4,634 votes against 4,234 for Moyo Talent of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)-Mutambara faction and 1,075 for Mlilo Thembinkosi of the MDC-Tsvangirai faction. [3]
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. [4] On 1 December 2017 President Emmerson Mnangagwa elected a new Cabinet,Cde Sithembiso Nyoni became the new Minister of Women and Youth Affairs.
She was on the United States sanctions list from 2003 until 2014. [5] [6]
In October 2023 she,as Industry and Commerce minister,was warning foreigners that they need a license to operate retail businesses. [7]