section_path: Political career
section_name: Political career
paragraph_text: Political career
  
  On 7 September 2018, eight days before her 35th birthday, Coventry was appointed Minister of Youth, Sport, Arts and Recreation in Zimbabwe 's 20-member Cabinet under President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Her tenure has received criticism from the arts community and others due to perceived inaction and lack of support. Among issues levelled against her was the Confederation of African Football 's decision to ban Zimbabwe from hosting national team games in 2020 due to unsafe stadiums.
  
  Coventry was accused of having been misallocated farmland by Robert Zhuwao, former President Robert Mugabe's nephew, but was cleared after it was revealed in court that she received a different subdivision of the farm in question and that Zhuwao had abandoned his subdivision. In September 2023, Coventry was re-appointed as Zimbabwe's Minister for Sports, Art and Recreation by Mnangagwa. Amid criticism over her taking a position in Mnangagwa's government, which was elected in contested circumstances that year, she said "I don't think you can stand on the sidelines and scream and shout for change," and that "I believe you have to be seated at the table to try and create it."