Nyasha Chikwinya
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Nyasha Chikwinya is a Zimbabwean politician with the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front.
Career
She was elected to the House of Assembly in 1995, representing the Harare North constituency, but lost her seat in the 2000 elections, coming in second with just 4,852 votes, compared to 18,976 for Trudy Stevenson of the Movement for Democratic Change.{{cite news|work=The Times|publisher=United Kingdom|title=Fledgling opposition strikes at the heart of power|last=Hartnack|first=Michael|date=28 June 2000|accessdate=2007-11-08|url=http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/jun28a.html#link8}}{{cite journal|last=Kriger|first=Nroma|title=ZANU(PF) strategies in general elections, 1980–2000: Discourse and coercion|journal=African Affairs|year=2005|volume=104|issue=414|pages=1–34|doi=10.1093/afraf/adi016}} Her attempt in the 2005 elections to regain her seat representing the Harare North constituency was a failure, garnering only 5,134 votes to 11,262 for incumbent Stevenson.{{cite web|title=Final Election Results 2005 |year=2005 |publisher=Zimbabwe Election Support Network |accessdate=2007-11-08 |url=http://www.zesn.org.zw/docs/Final%20Election%20Results%20%202005.pdf |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20061009130717/http://www.zesn.org.zw/docs/Final%20Election%20Results%20%202005.pdf |archivedate=9 October 2006 }} However, as of 2005, she remained head of Zanu-PF's women's league.{{cite news|work=The Mail and Guardian|title=Zanu-PF threatens to seize companies|last=Hartnack|first=Michael|date=6 April 2005|accessdate=2007-11-08|url=http://www.mg.co.za/articlePage.aspx?articleid=200969&area=/zim_elections/zim_news/}}
In the 2013 general elections she became the Member of Parliament for Mutare South in Manicaland.{{cite news|url=http://nehandaradio.com/2013/06/26/zanu-pf-election-results-for-manicaland/|title=Zanu PF election results for Manicaland|work=Nehanda Radio|date=26 June 2013|accessdate=2015-07-12}} In the aftermath of the election she made allegations of sexual harassment, violence, and discrimination against women during the primaries.{{cite news|url=http://www.herald.co.zw/female-mps-allege-sexual-harassment/|title=Female MPs allege sexual harassment|work=The Herald|date=10 April 2014|accessdate=2015-07-12}} In July 2015 she was appointed Minister of Women Affairs, Gender and Development as part of a cabinet reshuffle.{{cite news|url=http://nehandaradio.com/2015/07/06/live-updates-cabinet-reshuffle-and-swearing-in/|title=Live Updates: Cabinet reshuffle|work=Nehanda Radio|date=6 July 2015|accessdate=2015-07-12}}
Other activities
In 2002, she led the only all-women's delegation to the All Africa Trade Fair in Cairo, Egypt, during which stone carvers, stone sculptors, weavers, and producers of batik fabrics brought product samples from Zimbabwe. She expressed enthusiasm for intra-African trade, but bemoaned the high duties imposed by Egyptian customs.{{cite news|date=25 April 2002|accessdate=2007-11-08|title=Zimbabwe makes all-women presence at Cairo Fair|url=http://www.panapress.com/newslatf.asp?code=eng000395&dte=25/04/2002|last=Viban|first=Napoleon|publisher=Panapress}} In 2004, she was charged with public violence after allegedly having incited 12 youths to assault Charles Mpofu, a member of the Zimbabwe National Army, with whom she was having a dispute over the management of a housing co-operative; the youths assaulted Mpofu's wife and damaged $5.1 million of property.{{cite news|url=http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/feb25_2004.html#link3|work=The Herald|publisher=Zimbabwe|title=Chikwinya charged with public violence|date=25 February 2004|accessdate=2007-11-08}}
References
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{{Members of the 8th Parliament of Zimbabwe}}
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Category:Members of the National Assembly of Zimbabwe
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)