Sibusiso Moyo

Moyo and Matanda-Moyo had two sons.^[1]

School/Education

Secondary: He attended Manama Secondary School.
Masters in Business Administration; Zimbabwe Open University.
Masters in International Relations; University of Zimbabwe.
Moyo holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Zimbabwe.^[2]

He is said to be a holder of a PhD in International Relations from the University of Zimbabwe.

Service/Career

He left (the phrase "were taken" is used) Manama Secondary School at Form Three to join the liberation struggle via Botswana. With his cousin, (now) Air Marshal Elson Moyo. He joined ZIPRA. He attended a military course at Zambian Military Academy , Kohima in 1977. ^{[3] [4]}

January 2016 - promoted, Brigadier General to Major General.
15 November 2017 - Makes statement. Earns nickname "General Bae"
30 November 2017 - Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade (Incumbent Walter Mzembi)
December 2017 - retired from ZNA as Lt General.

Events

2008 Elections and after

Sibusiso Moyo, is mentioned in a 2011 report by Crisis Coalition in Zimbabwe entitled “The military factor in Zimbabwe’s political and electoral affairs” which, among other things, highlights the violent role played by the military in the 2008 presidential election run-off. The report says Moyo commanded the military operation in the Midlands Province. Former president Robert Mugabe promoted him from Brig General to Major General last year. ^{[5] [6]}

Details were given of the reported breakdown of Joint Operations Command personnel and areas of operations to ensure a Zanu PF win in the forthcoming elections. Meetings have reportedly been held in KG VI barracks up until June 2013.

Sources said retired Air Vice-Marshal Henry Muchena, was running the Zanu PF commissariat department with former CIO director internal Sydney Nyanhongo.

• Major-General Engelbrecht Rugeje – Masvingo.
  
• Brigadier-General David Sigauke - Mashonaland West.
  
• Major-General Douglas Nyikayaramba - Manicaland (to replace Brigadier-General Charles Tarumbwa, who manned it in the 2008 elections
  
• Retired Major-General Victor Rungani - Mashonaland East
  
• Vice Air-Marshal Titus Abu Basutu - Matabeleland South
  
• Brigadier-General Sibusiso Moyo - Midlands.
  
• Brigadier-General Sibangumuzi Khumalo - Matabeleland North.
  
• Colonel Chris Sibanda - Bulawayo.
  
• Retired Air Commodore Michael Karakadzai – Harare.
  
• Brigadier-General Etherton Shungu - Mashonaland Central.
  

Director of public relations Lieutenant-Colonel Alphios Makotore confirmed receiving the Independent’s inquiries on the deployments last week and promised to respond appropriately. “We received your questions and we are still working on them. We are going to respond to them.”

Security service chiefs have openly declared their political loyalty to President Robert Mugabe and Zanu PF. ^[7]

COSLEG

SB Moyo was mentioned in a major United Nations report on the plundering of natural resources in the DRC following the war (Second Congo War - Zimbabwe) starting September 1998. The report alleges that the then speaker of Parliament and former security minister, now president Emmerson Mnangagwa, was the key strategist for Zimbabwe’s business involvement in the DRC. In paragraph 28, the report says Moyo was the Director General of Cosleg Private Limited, the company involved in exploiting diamond, copper and cobalt mining, logging and banking in the DRC. The minister of agriculture, Air Marshall Perence Shiri, is mentioned in the report as being responsible for military procurement and organising air support for the pro-Kinshasa armed groups fighting in the eastern DRC at the time. ^[8]

The 2002 United Nations report stated COSLEG was involved in the illegal plunder of DRC natural resources, and Sibusiso Moyo was listed as an international diamond thief. ^[9]

November 2017 Military Takeover

For the full article on the military takeover of November 2017, please click here

After the military took over broadcasting at ZBC on 14 November 2017, Moyo issued a statement on TV early morning on 15 November assuring Zimbabweans and the world that Mugabe and his family were safe and that they had not staged a coup but were targeting 'criminal' that had surrounded Mugabe. Sentiment in the media however was that the operation was effectively a coup.

Around 4am, Maj-Gen Moyo accompanied by Air Vice Marshal Shebba Brighton Shumbayaonda, were surprise visitors to ZTV. Without wasting time, Maj-Gen Moyo dropped a bombshell, announcing that the military had intervened to restore order in the country. ^[10]

Death

Sibusiso Moyo died on 20 January 2021 from Covid-19. Highly placed sources told HSTv that SB Moyo who had been unwell for some time tested positive to COVID-19 two days before his death.^[1]

In a statement, the Ministry of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services also confirmed SB Moyo's death. The Ministry of Information said Moyo succumbed to Covid-I9 at a local hospital.

The full statement released by Emmerson Mnangagwa and signed by George Charamba reads:

His Excellency the President, Cde E.D. Mnangagwa, regrets to announce the passing on early this morning of Dr S.B. Moyo, our Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The late Minister succumbed to Covid-I9 at a local hospital. The Nation will be kept apprised of further developments regarding this untimely demise of the late Minister, himself a decorated soldier and freedom fighter.

See also SB Moyo Death.

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