ED reinstates Deputy minister Sibanda

STAFF WRITER

Simelisizwe Sibanda, a Member of Parliament from the Bubi constituency, was pardoned by President Emmerson Mnangagwa and reinstated to his position as Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science, and Technology Development, Business Times can report.

The reappointment was announced by the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, Dr Martin Rushwaya yesterday.

“Following  representations, profuse apologies and undertakings  to  refrain from similar  misdemeanours in the future,  His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Cde. Dr Emmerson Dambudzo  Mnangagwa has decided  that Honourable Simelisizwe Sibanda be pardoned.

Accordingly, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Cde. Dr Emmerson Dambudzo  Mnangagwa has, in terms of Section 2  of the Section 104 of the  Constitution of Zimbabwe, appointed  Honourable Simelisizwe Sibanda  as the  Deputy Minister of Higher and Tertiary Education, Innovation, Science and Technology Development. The  appointment is with immediate effect,”  Dr Rushwaya said.