Staff Profile

BSC Honors Degree Human Resource Management 

Honourable Anastancia Ndhlovu was appointed to her current position of Deputy Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry on 10 September 2015. In her current role she is responsible for, but not limited to coordinating Domestic Tourism efforts, Liaison between the Ministry and Parliament as well as the ruling party, overseeing the Human Resource and Administration departments within the Ministry of Tourism and Hospitality Industry. Overally she assists the Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry in giving political leadership and policy direction to the Ministry in line with the Ministry’s mandate as outlined by the Head of State. As Deputy Minister, she is also responsible for initiating policies which promote Destination Zimbabwe in both International and Domestic Tourism through among other means drawing lessons from successful tourism destinations in the region, the continent and beyond. 

Honourable Anastancia Ndhlovu started her political career in 2000 when she joined the ruling ZANU-PF party while at the Midlands State University where she undertook a BSc Honors degree in Human Resource Management. She is a member of the Central Committee of the ruling ZANU-PF party since September 2009 to date. She also serves in its Youth League as Secretary for External Relations. Prior to the national mandate she was a member of the Midlands Provincial Youth League Executive from December 2002 to May 2004. 

In January 2004 she joined the Zimbabwe Revenue Authority (ZIMRA) as a Human Resource Specialist based at the Head Office where she was instrumental in developing Human Resource, Industrial Relations as well as Human Capital Development policies for the Authority which had just been set up in September 2001. 

In March of 2007 Honourable Anastancia Ndhlovu took leave from ZIMRA after being seconded to represent Zimbabwe as Vice President of the World Federation of Democratic Youth (WFDY) in Budapest, Hungary after Zimbabwe had been elected to the position through the ruling Party’s Youth League. She was instrumental in revitalizing the work of this global anti-imperialist youth organization’s work in the African Commission. This saw Zimbabwe hosting the first WFDY African Commission regional meeting after a long time in the resort town of Victoria Falls in November 2007. 

Before assuming the above role in WFDY, Honourable Anastancia Ndhlovu represented Zimbabwe and the ruling party in various national, regional and international youth meetings through the Zimbabwe Youth Council and Youth League respectively. She served as Board member and Vice Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Youth Council from 2002 to 2009 and in the Youth League from 2004 to date. In the summer of 2006 she was part of the team that initiated the first Southern Africa Youth Festival hosted by Zimbabwe at the Elephant Hills Hotel Golf Course in Victoria Falls. The Youth Festival saw young men and women from the SADC region converging to share experiences on the Youth Development Agenda. Her diplomatic skills saw her getting her country the position of Deputy Secretary General of the Pan African Youth Union (PYU) after she represented Zimbabwe at the 2nd Ordinary General Assembly of the PYU in November 2008 in Congo Brazzaville.  

In March 2008 Honourable Anastancia Ndhlovu was elected as a Member of Parliament for Shurugwi South Constituency and made history to become the first person born in post independent Zimbabwe to be a Legislator. She served in the Foreign Affairs and Higher and Tertiary Education Portfolio Committees respectively. She also served as the Deputy Secretary of the Zimbabwe Women Parliamentary Caucus where she played a pivotal role in bringing out the women’s position in the constitution making process from 2011 to March 2013. During the same process she also represented her party as a Technical Advisor to the Youth Thematic group and later on as Co-Chair during the thematic committee stage of the constitution making process in 2012.

In the July 2013 Harmonized elections she was nominated by the ruling ZANU-PF party as a Member of Parliament for the Midlands province under the proportional representation for women, after which she was appointed Chairperson of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Environment, Water, Tourism and Hospitality Industry. During her tenure as Chairperson of the Portfolio Committee over and above the legislative, oversight and representation roles, she was also Head of the Parliament of Zimbabwe delegation to the United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) negotiations on climate change. She spearheaded the formation of the Zimbabwe chapter of GLOBE, the Global Association of Legislators, which seeks to advance and review climate and natural capital legislation which is critical in Zimbabwe’s climate change, adaptation and after mitigation efforts. She was the inaugural President of GLOBE Zimbabwe Chapter until the time of her appointment as Deputy Minister of Tourism and Hospitality Industry.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Honourable Anastancia Ndhlovu was born on 6th of October, 1980 and is a holder of a Master of Science in Development Studies from the Women’s University in Africa in Harare as well as a Bachelor of Science Honors Degree in Human Resource Management from the Midlands State University in Gweru, Zimbabwe. She is also a qualified DACUUM facilitator and a SAP Super User for Human Resources. She also holds a certificate in Labor relations from the Institute of Personnel Management in Zimbabwe (IPMZ).

She is a God fearing young lady with entrepreneurial skills.