Key takeouts from Global Education Skills Forum (GESF) 2019
Bizcommunity.com By Dorcas Dube 18th April 2019 I had the privilege to attend the Global Education Skills Forum in Dubai, which took place from the 22nd to the 24th of March 2019. Organised by the Varkey Foundation, GESF is attended by more than 2,000 delegates from across the world who are eager to share, debate
Chamisa extends lead, as Mudzuri gets first VP nomination
Newsday By Tatenda Chitagu 18th April 2019 MDC president Nelson Chamisa has extended his uncontested run to eight out of 13 possible nominations for the party’s top post, while vice-president Elias Mudzuri finally got his first nomination to remain in his current post. The new Masvingo executive, that saw current provincial chairperson James Gumbi retaining
Chief Ndiweni fights eviction of white farmers
Daily News 16th April 2019 THE surprise eviction of popular Ntabazinduna farmers, Brain and Carol Davies, who operate Tabas Induna Farm, has attracted the wrath of local chief, Nhlanhla Ndiweni. The couple was served with an eviction notice by one Floyd Ambrose on Tuesday last week, according to Tabas Induna spokesperson Buz Davies. “We lodged
Mwonzora on the ropes
Nehanda Radio 13th April 2019 The presidential ambitions of MDC Secretary General Douglas Mwonzora appear to be sinking like the Titanic after the incumbent Nelson Chamisa bagged six nominations from six provinces that have so far conducted their congresses. The MDC elective Congress is set for May 24 to 26. Chamisa has secured the backing
Chamisa unchallenged after 4 out of 13 MDC provinces make nominations
ZimLive.com 11th April 2019 The MDC congress on 24 and 25 May will elect the leader to succeed founding president Morgan Tsvangirai Nelson Chamisa was still unopposed after Midlands province became the fourth of the Movement for Democratic Change’s (MDC) 13 administrative provinces to make its nominations ahead of the party’s congress at the end
Matebeleland pressure groups question Mnangagwa’s sincerity on genocide
Daily News 11th April 2019 A NUMBER of lawyers and pressure groups in Bulawayo have questioned the government’s sincerity in bringing closure to the emotive Gukurahundi issue. This follows President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s pronouncements on the burning matter on Tuesday, which saw many of the 66 civil society organisations coalescing under the banner of Matabeleland Collective
Chamisa running away with it
Bulawayo 24 News 9th April 2019 OPPOSITION leader Nelson Chamisa has received an early boost ahead of what could turn out to be a bruising contest when the MDC congress gets underway next month after bagging two nominations from two provinces so far. While many have predicted a tussle of Titanic proportions between Chamisa, his
Rival camp plots Chamisa isolation
Newsday BY BLESSED MHLANGA 8th April 2019 MDC members opposed to Nelson Chamisa’s presidency are reportedly plotting to leave him isolated after the opposition party’s congress next month, with most of his trusted lieutenants culled off in the event that he retains the post. Party insiders said while it was becoming clear that Chamisa could
AHEAD OF DO OR DIE MDC CONGRESS
Daily News 8th April 2019 THE MDC has entered a crucial week after it set the ball rolling on provincial nominations for the party’s national leadership over the weekend, ahead of next month’s do-or-die elective congress. Coming against the background of intense jostling for positions within the main opposition party, the congress scheduled to run
Not Free, Not Fair, Not Credible: Did Britain Back a Zimbabwean Autocrat’s Re-election?
thepolitic.org By Rahul Nagvekar 27th March 2019 When Zimbabwean soldiers shot civilians during riots against alleged election-rigging on August 1, 2018, many Zimbabweans were horrified—but they weren’t surprised. The previous November, the dictator Robert Mugabe, whose 37-year rule was marked by brutality, rigged votes, and economic collapse, had been overthrown in a military coup. With the coup leaders’ support,