Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa has appointed Dr. Anxious Jongwe Masuka as the country’s new Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement with immediate effect.
Masuka replaces the late Perrance Shiri who succumbed to covid-19 in July becoming the first senior Government official to do so.
Anxious Masuka who was largely unknown by the general public in Zimbabwe was the Chief Executive Officer of the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society before his appointment as Shiri’s replacement.
According to the statement announcing his appointment as Zimbabwe’s new Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Water and Rural Resettlement, Anxious Masuka has vast experience in the Agricultural sector having sat on over 30 boards and associations from 1991 to present.
Anxious Masuka has sat on the following boards: Tobacco Industry Advisory Council: Zimbabwe Seed Trade Association: Agricultural Research Council; National Economic Consultative Forum; International Mycological Association; and University Councils, including as Chairman of the University of Zimbabwe Council.
Savanna News publishes part of the statement announcing Masuka’s appointment below:
His star kept rising to senior executive positions becoming Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director at Ariston Holdings between 2013 and 2014, before moving on to the Zimbabwe Agricultural Society as its Chief Executive Officer from 2015 to the present.
Dr Masuka has cumulatively sat on over 30 Boards and Associations from 1991 to the present including the following: Tobacco Industry Advisory Council: Zimbabwe Seed Trade Association: Agricultural Research Council; National Economic Consultative Forum; International Mycological Association; and University Councils, including as Chairman of the University of Zimbabwe Council.
He has been involved in consultancy work to projects in the fields of agriculture, forestry, environment, public health and rural development both here in Zimbabwe. in the SADC region and beyond. He is credited with innumerable publications to his name including books, technical handbooks, journals conference papers, topical publications and book chapters in Agnculture and related disciplines. His appointment to the Ministerial portfolio takes immediate effect.