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Zimbabwe's President Names Cabinet, Shuns Opposition

  • Chitando is mines minister; General Moyo for foreign affairs
  • Simon Khaya Moyo will head up energy; Ziyambi for justice
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Zimbabwe Welcomes New President Emmerson Mnangagwa

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Zimbabwe’s new president appointed a cabinet that sees Patrick Chinamasa return as the southern African nation’s finance minister and the opposition excluded as the government returned party loyalists to power along with generals weeks after a military coup.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa appointed Winston Chitando as mines minister, Major General Sibusiso Moyo, who announced the coup on national television, will lead foreign affairs and Ziyambi Ziyambi will take on the justice portfolio, Cabinet Chief Secretary Misheck Sibanda said in an emailed statement. Chitando is the executive chairman of Mimosa, a unit of Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd., the world’s second-biggest producer of the metal.