Jonathan Nathaniel Mlevu Moyo was born on 12 January 1957 and is a Zimbabwean politician who served in the government of Zimbabwe as Minister of Higher Education from 2015 to 2017.
28 Facts About Jonathan Moyo
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Jonathan Moyo was previously Minister of Information and Publicity from 2000 to 2005 and again from 2013 to 2015.
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Jonathan Moyo was elected to the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe as an independent candidate in 2005 and 2008.
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Jonathan Moyo is considered the core architect of the AIPPA and POSA restrictive legislation.
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Jonathan Moyo was raised by his mother, in absentia of the father.
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Jonathan Moyo's father was a politician and was allegedly murdered on 22 January 1983, during the Gukurahundi massacre.
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Jonathan Moyo attended his primary school at Mbiriya primary school in Tsholotsho North and his High school was in Mpopoma High school.
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Jonathan Moyo departed under a cloud after allegations that he had embezzled US$88,000 from the organisation.
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Jonathan Moyo beamed with pleasure and satisfaction when Chief Justice Gubbay resigned after being threatened by Joseph Chinotimba and company.
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Jonathan Moyo is among many individuals not allowed to travel to the United States because the US government determined that he had worked to undermine democracy in Zimbabwe.
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Jonathan Moyo fled the country after his removal, and from his unknown location threatened bloodshed if Mugabe was not restored to power.
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The main charges are that Jonathan Moyo improperly used Zimdef funds for political patronage in his home district of Tsholotsho.
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Jonathan Moyo's philanthropy, including scholarship programs and support for sport over many years, has earned Moyo a respected place in Tsholotsho, his family area.
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Jonathan Moyo was heavily censured at the later Zanu-PF meeting, with other attendees.
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In February 2005 Jonathan Moyo registered to run as an independent for the seat.
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Jonathan Moyo received 3,532 votes, defeating MDC candidate Mgezelwa Ncube, who received 3,305 votes, as well as Zanu-PF candidate Alice Dube, who received 2,085 votes.
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Jonathan Moyo was the first independent candidate in Zimbabwe to ever win re-election.
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However, no sooner had Jonathan Moyo won did he start taking potshots at the MDC and openly defending and supporting Mugabe in newspaper articles.
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Jonathan Moyo was defeated in Tsholotsho North constituency by the MDC-T's Roselene Nkomo in elections which took place on 31 July 2013.
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Jonathan Moyo tried to force through a recount of the votes but his attempt was blocked when Bulawayo High Court judge Justice Lawrence Kamocha barred the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission from conducting a vote recount in the constituency without an order of such effect from the Electoral Court and finalisation of the application of review.
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Jonathan Moyo attended the University of Zimbabwe and the University of Southern California.
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Jonathan Moyo holds a Bachelors degree and a PhD degree in Public Policy and a master's degree in Public Administration.
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Jonathan Moyo was criticised and ridiculed for his activities during the time he was Minister of Information and Publicity.
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Jonathan Moyo might be a spin-doctor and intelligent as some claim, but I don't subscribe to that myself.
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In recent times since parting ways with Mugabe, Jonathan Moyo has written for some online news publications critical of Mugabe's government.
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Jonathan Moyo seems to have been embraced and given a platform to express his anger at the government of Mugabe.
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In May 2011, Jonathan Moyo sued the Daily News for US$60,000 for reprinting former articles about his expulsion from Zanu-PF in 2005.
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In September he sued the paper again, this time for a 6 September report which cited a 2007 US diplomatic cable in which Jonathan Moyo voiced support for sanctions against President Robert Mugabe.