Head Office;

Contemporary Affairs

Foundation

33A Clark Road

Suburbs

Phone: +263 774 017 334/

+263 778 031 480/

+263 712 515 207

E-mail: contemporaryaffairs@gmail.com

Website: www.ca-fzim.org

7-15 August 2013

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‘PREMIER DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIP IN

ZIMBABWE‘

Contemporary Affairs is a Pan-African Founda-

tion which works to reduce poverty and conflict

through stimulating and encouraging informed

debates, innovative policy alternatives, dissemi-

nation and pioneering of influential ideas. The

Ministry of Higher Tertiary Education granted

CA-F authority to set up and run debate and

public speaking programmes in Institutions of

Higher Learning. Key milestones include host-

ing the Pan African Universities Debate Cham-

pionship on behalf of Zimbabwe and obtaining

voting rights at the World Universities Debating

Council.

Tentative Schedule

DAY ONE

Check in and Registration

DAY TWO

Training and Pre-tournament briefing

DAY THREE

Debate round 1,2 and 3

DAY FOUR

Debate round 4,5 and 6

DAY FIVE

Debate round 7,8 and 9

DAY SIX

Excursion Day

Break night party

DAY SEVEN

Quarter-Finals

Patrons Forum

DAY EIGHT

Semi-Finals

Grande Final

DAY NINE

Check-Out and Departure

Registration for ZNDC MASVINGO 2013

All students are expected to bring their College

Student IDs for vetting at registration, partici-

pants should be bona fide students in their insti-

tution by the 5th of January 2014.

Registration will be online at ww.ca-fzim.org ,

starting 17th of June 2013, ending 17th of July

2013,

Patrons to make their own separate accommo-

dation arrangements.

The Tournament

The tournament uses the Worlds Universities

Debating style (BP),

Has nine preliminary rounds and only sixteen

top teams break to the quarter-finals,

The team that breaks first gets a ticket to repre-

sent ZDN at the Worlds Universities Peace Invi-

tational Debate (WUPID) in Malaysia,

The ZNDC Champions get a ticket to represent

Zimbabwe Debating Network at the Worlds Uni-

versities Debate Championship which will be

held in India, Chennai for the year 2013/14.

ZNDC @ FIVE ZNDC MASVINGO 2013 ZNDC @ FIVE

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Training by the Best Debaters in the World from

Monash University, Australia

World Class Adjudication

Top drawer debaters

Even More to Expect...

The 12th of August will be an exclusively for excur-

sions and Institutions are to prepare their own lunch

on the day

There will be prizes for best Institution on Excursion,

Fantastic Socials

internet is available to all participants , at a cost.

There is a bar for all participants within the host Insti-

tution

ZNDC @ Five

T he year 2009 saw the inaugural Zimbabwe Na-

tional Debate Championship (ZNDC) which was

hosted by the National University of Science and Technology

(NUST).

The second edition of the ZNDC was held at the University of

Zimbabwe in August 2010. This was a much more exciting,

bigger and better tournament with 40 teams from seven Insti-

tutions.

In August 2011 Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) host-

ed the 3rd edition of the Zimbabwe National Debate Champion-

ships. 60 teams participated at this tournament.

Mutare Teachers College hosted the 4th edition of the ZNDC

which had 72 teams from 21 Institutions of Higher Learning in

Zimbabwe . The Championship was won by Bulawayo Poly-

technic College who became the official representatives of ZDN

at WUDC Berlin 2012/13.

Masvingo Teachers College won the right to host the Fifth Edi-

tion of the ZNDC. As a means to prepare the Institution to host,

CA-F facilitated for one student from Masvingo Teachers Col-

lege to attend the WUDC Berlin as a tournament staff. On the

6th of June 2013 , CA-F sealed the hosting agreement with

Masvingo Teachers College Admin .

This tournament is expected to be even much bigger with

more institutions attending.