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A war has broken between Affirmative Action Group Founding President Phillip Chiyangwa and the Supa Mandiwanzira-led executive over the appointment of women to the board, on of them, the recently sacked ZIFA CEO Henrietta Rushwaya.
While having women in the upper echelons of the body is a noble idea, choosing Rushwaya who by her own actions has disgraced a whole country as well as women in general is disturbing. It poses questions about the credibility of the AAG itself.
Of course Chiyangwa himself has not covered himself in glory by saying that he alone had the ‘sole appointing authority’. He went to say that any dissenting voices would result in the ejection from the body. If he is ultimately the decision maker and neither attempt at consensus nor debate is entertained, does it make the organisation his little pet project?
Further to that I am told Rushwaya was not even a member of AAG prior to her appointment. If that is true, what does it say to the other women who joined the organisation at member level and have been working their way to the top. Would the AAG not be best served by appointing one of those to Vice President. Wouldn’t that be a bigger victory for the empowerment of women?
Rushwaya’s imposition has
infuriated Temba Mliswa, the
current AAG deputy president.
But Chiyangwa is quoted in the
Herald Tuesday saying that he
was “the sole appointing
authority” and that Rushwaya
was taking the post of vice
president responsible for
international empowerment and
corporate affairs.
Mandiwanzira’s excutive said it
had “learnt with surprise an
announcement in the press
orchestrated by Ms Rushwaya
where in she tried to appoint
herself to the leadership of the
Affirmative Action Group as its
vice president.”
Chiyangwa said all the members
had no option but to accept the
founding council’s new
appointments.
Chiyangwa has also seconded
Jennifer Mhlanga as vice
president for gender
empowerment.
“I am the founding president
and I am the sole appointing
authority,” Chiyangwa said. “Ms
Rushwaya and Ms Mhlanga are
the new vice presidents. I am
the only one who makes
presidential appointments and
any dissenting voice, you are
out of AAG. That is what the
constitution says.