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Felix Mafa goes after Welshman Ncube
30 Mar 2019 at 12:43hrs | Views
Founding MDC member and Gukurahundi survivor Felix Magalela Mafa has declared his intentions to contend for the office of the Vice President during the Party Congress scheduled for May.
Mafa will battle out with prominent lawyer and Politician Professor Welshman Ncube who is reported to be available for the same post also.
Mafa is reportedly being backed by a faction linked to the current National Chairperson Tabitha Khumalo which is alleged to be pulling all efforts to stop Prof. Ncube from assuming the Vice Presidency.
Mafa has been an activist against Gukurahundi since the 80s. He founded Post Independence Survivors' Trust, a pressure group pushing for justice for Gukurahundi victims.H e is also a former Member of Parliament for Magwegwe.
In 1980 Mafa became was the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) candidate for Mashonaland Central constituency in Harare. 1981 he led civil servants to strike against the government to push for better wages and work conditions and in 1985, he stood for ZAPU as a Glen View Candidate.
Mafa became a Gukurahundi activist following the abduction and subsequent drowning of his eldest son Canan Mafa by the Fifth Brigade in 1987. He founded Post Independence Survivors' Trust, a group to pressure the government for justice for Gukurahundi victims.
Mafa will battle out with prominent lawyer and Politician Professor Welshman Ncube who is reported to be available for the same post also.
Mafa is reportedly being backed by a faction linked to the current National Chairperson Tabitha Khumalo which is alleged to be pulling all efforts to stop Prof. Ncube from assuming the Vice Presidency.
Mafa has been an activist against Gukurahundi since the 80s. He founded Post Independence Survivors' Trust, a pressure group pushing for justice for Gukurahundi victims.H e is also a former Member of Parliament for Magwegwe.
In 1980 Mafa became was the Zimbabwe African People's Union (ZAPU) candidate for Mashonaland Central constituency in Harare. 1981 he led civil servants to strike against the government to push for better wages and work conditions and in 1985, he stood for ZAPU as a Glen View Candidate.
Mafa became a Gukurahundi activist following the abduction and subsequent drowning of his eldest son Canan Mafa by the Fifth Brigade in 1987. He founded Post Independence Survivors' Trust, a group to pressure the government for justice for Gukurahundi victims.
Source - Byo24News
