Fadzayi Mahere
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Fadzayi Mahere (born 30 July 1985) is a Zimbabwean lawyer and politician who is currently the Member of Parliament for Mount Pleasant Constituency in Harare. She was the National Spokesperson for the Citizens Coalition for Change, a political party in Zimbabwe between 2022 and 2023. After a career in legal advocacy, she emerged around April 2016 first as an independent parliamentary candidate,[2] and then with the Movement for Democratic Change. During the 2016–2017 Zimbabwe protests, she was arrested several times.
Early life and education
Fadzayi Mahere grew up in Mount Pleasant, Harare, and attended Arundel School.[3]
She enrolled in 2004 at the University of Zimbabwe, where she obtained a Bachelor of Law Honours degree (LLB Hons) in 2008. In 2010 she enrolled at the University of Cambridge for a Master of Laws degree in International Criminal Law & International Commercial Litigation, graduating in 2011.[4][5]
Career
In June 2016, Advocate Mahere participated in the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe public inquisition on the printing and introduction of additional bond notes 2016.[6] At the event, Mahere highlighted that the bond notes were unconstitutional, according to Chapter 17 of the Constitution, on public finance.
Also in 2016, as part of the activist movement #thisflagmovement, she began motivating and mobilising people, using mainly social media channels such as
In 2017 she announced her bid to represent the Harare suburb of Mount Pleasant in the 2018 elections as an independent candidate. She was arrested in 2017 after organising a soccer tournament in her constituency and was charged under the Public Order and Security Act (POSA).[8]
In June 2019 she officially joined the party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) as the Secretary for Education.[1] In May 2020 she was announced as the National Spokesperson for the MDC Alliance coalition.[9]
Notable achievements
Mahere was part of the Lead Counsel (Zimbabwe) team that won the All Africa International Humanitarian Law Moot Court Competition in Arusha, Tanzania, in 2007 and was awarded Best Oral Argument in the Finals.[10]
External links
- Fadzayi Mahere on Twitter
References
- ^ a b "Fadzayi Mahere officially joins MDC". Nehanda Radio. 19 June 2019. Archived from the original on 19 June 2019.
- ^ Flood, Zoe (7 July 2022). "The Zimbabwean political figure fighting for her country's future". Al Jazerra. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022.
- ^ Zvorufura, Faith (1 December 2017). "#16DaysofActivism: Profiling Fadzai Mahere". 263 Chat.
- ^ "Fadzayi Mahere – Mt Pleasant Independent Candidate". Povo News. 30 July 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2018.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Murwira, Shorai (8 March 2018). "Africa: 10 Inspirational Women You Might Want to Know". 263Chat. Harare. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "Citizens grill RBZ boss on bond notes". www.newzimbabwe.com. 17 February 2018. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Gukurume, Simbarashe (6 November 2017). "Young female political activists and the struggle for democracy in Zimbabwe". Democracy in Africa. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
- ^ Manayiti, Obey (29 October 2017). "Fadzayi Mahere arrested". The Standard. Archived from the original on 29 October 2017.
- ^ Vinga, Alois (28 May 2020). "Chamisa appoints Mahere spokesperson in MDC mini reshuffle". NewZimbabwe.com. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ "UZ wins 2010 Law Moot Court competition – NewsDay Zimbabwe". www.newsday.co.zw. 1 November 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2018.