Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) Public Seminar

Topic: 2013: The Defining Year for Zimbabwe Going Forward
Venue: New Ambassador Hotel, Harare
Date: Thursday, 28 November 2013
Time: 1730 to 2000 hours

Speakers:

1.    Mr Psychology Maziwisa: ZANU-PF Deputy Director for Information and Publicity
2.    Mr Douglas Mwonzora: MDC-T Spokesperson
3.    Mr Takura Zhangazha: Social Analyst

Chairperson:    Mr. Herbert Ndoma

Admission:    FREE. ALL ARE WELCOME!

For further enquiries please contact: Mass Public Opinion Institute: 771358/758700/ Cell: 0772 100 409

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‘Could it be that public opinion is “the missing link” in the democracy debate in Zimbabwe, and indeed, in Africa today?’

Gender Forum Discussion Wednesday: Are Women & Girls Second Class Citizens?

• “Mbare man gets four strokes of a cane for raping and impregnating a deaf and dumb girl of 14″
• “Four Mvuma men get community service for gang raping a 12-year-old.”

A Reflection on Sentencing of Child Rapists – with Girls’ Legacy, Padare, Justice for Children Trust, Childline and legal and child services experts.

Step Forward To Sign A Petition to the Minister of Justice and Legal Affairs!

Where: Book Café, 139 Samora Machel Avenue, Cnr 6th Street, Harare
When: Wednesday 27 March
Time: 5:30 – 7pm

Rokpa Trust Zimbabwe presents ‘The Cup’ with a talk by Rob Nairn on ‘Living Joyfully.’

Friday 14th January 2011 from 5.30pm – 8.30pm at St. George’s College Lecture Theatre (near the school church), Borrowdale Road. Movie starts at 7pm.

Entrance fee: USD10

The first evening in a planned monthly event, includes guest speaker Rob Nairn, internationally sought-after teacher on Buddhism and meditation, followed by drinks and snacks and an award winning feature film for all ages by Khyentse Norbu, a prominent Tibetan Buddhist – ‘The Cup’ : World Cup fever sweeps into a remote Himalayan monastery and centuries – old traditions are threatened – the young monks will do just about anything to watch the final match, posing a unique challenge to the venerable lamas in charge. This breakthrough debut feature film is filmed on location – with Buddhist monk actors – at Chokling Monastery, India.

94 mins, Tibetan with English subtitles.

Rob Nairn is an excellent speaker and the film is a joy to watch. A time to be inspired, entertained and an excuse to socialize. An evening not to be missed!

For more information contact Rokpa Trust at rokpa [at] zol [dot] co [dot] zw or phone Amina Zuarica at +263 4 304202

Pamberi Trust hosted a literary discussion last night, on theme “Is writing craft or emotion?” The panelsits were Zimbabwean authors Tsitsi Dangarembga and Shimmer Chinodya, and the discussion was chaired by Stanley Mupfudza. Both speakers drew on their own works, and a number of other authors from elswhere in Africa, the US and Latin America, to conclude that both craft and emotion matter in creating great literature. But both speakers also agreed that as a motivation, emotion – the desire to convey a certain feeling to the reader – was a greater impetus to write than any interest in mastering the craft of writing for its own sake. In discussion, participants by and large agreed that both craft and emotion matter – but that emotion was of primary importance.  Listen to Dangarembga urging Zimbabweans to speak out across their full range of emotions, and deepen our understanding of one another.