Cephas msipa biography of abraham

While in detention he studied for an external degree with the University of South Africa and graduated with a Bachelors in Administration. In he obtained work as a Public Relations Officer for a textile company. Msipa was appointed the Secretary-General of the ANC but his textile job made it impossible for him to actively participate and he resigned in He was appointed a member of the ANC delegation to the constitutional conference in Salisbury Harare.

In January he left Salisbury on a mission to brief the Governments of Ghana and Nigeria on the progress of the conference. Mugabe should be looking beyond his party because he is the so-called only centre of power and can do what he wants. I would have him use that opportunity to now move and set out a clear succession plan. There are examples all over, like Nyerere did in Tanzania.

Cephas msipa biography of abraham

Hidden Treasure. Re-living the Second Chimurenga. Petal Thoughts. African Laughter. Edgar '2Boy' Zivanai Tekere. Tuku Backstage. Msipa was educated at Siboza School from to before going to Dadaya Mission where he was taught by Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole. He left school in but returned to Dadaya in to train as a primary school teacher. Between andhe studied privately for his Matriculation Exemption Certificate.

He taught at schools in Shabani, Kwekwe from to He was Headmaster for schools in Harare from to In the same year he attended a seminar in Nairobi, Kenya. He was the President of the Rhodesia Teachers' Association from to He was dismissed from the teaching profession by the Government in but was however retained by the Teachers Association which recognised his value by appointing him its paid secretary.

Post independence, he rose to become the first anti-Robert Mugabe politician in the ruling party ZANU PF's powerful elite and did not at all lose his national hero status for that rebellion like others had. During his teaching years he became interested in politics. He later joined the Advisory Board in Kwekwe and became its chairman.

Msipa was arrested in November and served with a two-year detention order. Early in he walked out of the restriction area and was on the run from the police for 10 weeks before he was arrested and sent for indefinite detention at Gwelo Prison. He remained in detention until June While in detention he studied for an external degree with the University of South Africa and graduated with a Bachelors in Administration.

In he obtained work as a Public Relations Officer for a textile company. Msipa was appointed the Secretary General of the ANC but his textile job made it impossible for him to actively participate and he resigned in He was appointed a member of the ANC delegation to the constitutional conference in Salisbury now Harare. In January he left Salisbury on a mission to brief the Governments of Ghana and Nigeria on the progress of the conference.

He retired from active politics in December when he decided not to contest for a central committee position. From until shortly before his death, he was placed on the United States sanctions list. Msipa was born in Shabani in a family of 10 children. He was married to Charlotte Msipa and they had eight children. Msipa died at West End clinic in Harare around 4 am on 17 October after being hospitalised over a suspected chest infection that had degenerated into pneumonia.

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