Nyasha Chikwinya is a Zimbabwean politician with the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front.
[1][2] 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.
[6] In July 2015 she was appointed Minister of Women Affairs, Gender and Development as part of a cabinet reshuffle.
She expressed enthusiasm for intra-African trade, but bemoaned the high duties imposed by Egyptian customs.
[8] 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.