ZNDC 2013 brochure

Tentative Schedule Contemporary Affairs is a Pan-African FoundaDAY ONE

tion which works to reduce poverty and conflict

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through stimulating and encouraging informed

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

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Break night party

debates, innovative policy alternatives, dissemination and pioneering of influential ideas. The

Quarter-Finals

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Patrons Forum

CA-F authority to set up and run debate and public speaking programmes in Institutions of Higher Learning. Key milestones include hosting the Pan African Universities Debate Championship on behalf of Zimbabwe and obtaining voting rights at the World Universities Debating Council.

DAY EIGHT 

Semi-Finals

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Grande Final

DAY NINE 

Check-Out and Departure

7-15 August 2013

Ministry of Higher Tertiary Education granted

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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

‘PREMIER DEBATING CHAMPIONSHIP IN ZIMBABWE‘

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ZNDC @ Five

Registration for ZNDC MASVINGO 2013

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 All students are expected to bring their College he year 2009 saw the inaugural Zimbabwe Na-

Student IDs for vetting at registration, partici-

tional Debate Championship (ZNDC) which was

pants should be bona fide students in their insti-

hosted by the National University of Science and Technology (NUST).

tution by the 5th of January 2014.  Registration will be online at ww.ca-fzim.org ,

What to expect! 

Monash University, Australia

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

2013,  Patrons to make their own separate accommodation arrangements.

Training by the Best Debaters in the World from

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World Class Adjudication

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Top drawer debaters

Even More to Expect...

In August 2011 Chinhoyi University of Technology (CUT) hosted the 3rd edition of the Zimbabwe National Debate Champion-

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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 Polytechnic College who became the official representatives of ZDN at WUDC Berlin 2012/13.

Masvingo Teachers College won the right to host the Fifth Edition of the ZNDC. As a means to prepare the Institution to host,

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 represent ZDN at the Worlds Universities Peace Invitational Debate (WUPID) in Malaysia,

CA-F facilitated for one student from Masvingo Teachers College 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 .

The 12th of August will be an exclusively for excursions and Institutions are to prepare their own lunch on the day

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There will be prizes for best Institution on Excursion,

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Fantastic Socials

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internet is available to all participants , at a cost.

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There is a bar for all participants within the host Institution

 The ZNDC Champions get a ticket to represent Zimbabwe Debating Network at the Worlds Universities Debate Championship which will be held in India, Chennai for the year 2013/14.

This tournament is expected to be even much bigger with more institutions attending.

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