Profile

THE PRESIDENT’S PROFILE

NAME:       Professor WELSHMAN NCUBE

CURRENT PARTY POSITION:          MDC PRESIDENT (JAN 2011 T0 DATE)

CURRENT GOVERNMENT POSITION: MINISTER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE

DATE OF BIRTH:           7 July, 1961, Gweru, Zimbabwe

SEX:                                       Male

MARITAL STATUS:          Married

NATIONALITY:                 Zimbabwean

HEALTH:                              Good (No disabilities)

HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:            Tennis and Soccer             

OCCUPATION:                      Prof. of Law, and Advocate of  the High Court

                                                   

                  

PRESENT ADDRESSES:                Business and Postal:

                        
                    Ministry of Industry and Commerce
                    13th Floor
                    Mukwati Building
                    Harare
                     Zimbabwe

              Email: wncube@africaonline.co.zw

 

POSTS, AWARDS AND PRIZES 

(1)  Assistant Editor, University Lunicorn Magazine (1982)

(3)  Member, Student Representative Council (1982-1983)

(4)  Chairman, Student Publications (1982-1983)

(5)  Metal Box Junior Bursary: (1976)

(6)  Government merit scholarship for study at UZ (1981)     

(7)  University Book Prize, Bachelor of law (BL), Part I

(8) University Book Prize, Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree

(9)  NEH Fellow, Stanford Law School, USA (July-Aug 1992)

DEGREES HELD

1.            Bachelor of Law (Honours) (BL)

2.            Bachelor of Laws (LLB)

3.            Master of Philosophy (MPhil)

MEMBERSHIP OF STATUTORY BODIES, COMMITTEES OR PROFESSIONAL

ASSOCIATIONS AND CONSULTANCIES

1.   Registered Legal Practitioner and practising Advocate of the High Court.

2.   Member of Parliament – Bulawayo North East; (2000 – 2005)

3.   Member of Parliament – Bulawayo East; (2005 to date)

4.   Movement for Democratic Change Secretary General (2000 to 2010)

5.   Chairperson; Parliamentary Legal Committee

6.   Member; Home Affairs & Defence Portfolio Committee (2000 to 2008)

7.   Member, Parliamentary Liason Committee

 

8.   Member, Law Development Commission of Zimbabwe,          (1988 to 1995)

9.   Member, Provisional Council of Legal Education           (1989 - 1991)

10.  Member, Post-Graduate Studies Committee of the U.Z. Senate, (1988-1989)

11.  Faculty of Law Representative to the Board of Social Studies, (1989-1991)

12.  Vice-Chairman, International Affairs Association of Zimbabwe, (1988 to 1993)

13.  Member, African Network for the Prevention and Protection against Child Abuse and Neglect, (1989 - 1993)

14.  Member, University of Zimbabwe Senate, (1988-to 2000)

15.  Member, Staff Development Committee of U.Z. Senate (1989 to 1994).

16.  Legal Proctor, U.Z., (1986 to 1995).

17.  Senior Proctor, U.Z., (January 1996 to 1999).

18.  Visiting Lecturer, University of Oslo, (August - September 1989).

19.  Guest Constitutional law lecturer, (ZRP) Staff College, Harare, (1987 to 1992)

20.  Consultant, NORAD Women and the Law Project, Ministry of Women's Affairs (Zimbabwe), (1989 – 1990).

21.  Deputy Secretary, Executive Committee of the Association of University Teachers, (AUT) (1989-1990)

22.  Examiner Estate Agents Council of Zimbabwe, (1989 – 1998).

23.  Constitutional Law Consultant, Government of Zimbabwe,   (1990-1991)                        

24.  Consultant, Norad Women and Law Project, Ministry of National Affairs, 1993 - 1997 (Responsibility for training trainers, teachers and community workers).

19.  Patron, Luveve Former Students Association (1995 to 2000).

20.  Member, Derelict Lands Board, (1995 to 2000).

21.  Alternate Member, Council of Land Surveyors, (1993 -1996).

22.  Member, Board of Trustees of AMANI.

23.  Member, Executive Committee of the Media Council of Zimbabwe, (1995 to 1998).

24.  Trustee, Pan African Network, (1995 to 1998).

25.  Trustee, Youth Enterprise Foundation, (1996-1998).

26.  Member, Research Board, UZ (1993 to 2000).

27.  Trustee, Down's Syndrome Association of Zimbabwe, (1995-1998).

28.  Consultant, Children's Law and the Convention on The Rights of the Child Project, Red Barna, (1994).

29.  Consultant, On Land Law and Natural Resources Law, to the Commission on Land Tenure Systems in Zimbabwe, (1994 – 1995). 

30.  Member, Board of Directors, Women and Law in Southern Africa Research Project, (1991 – 1994).

31.  Trustee, International Centre for the Protection of Minority Rights and Cultural Diversity in Africa, (1993 to 2000).

32.  Consultant, USAID, Zimbabwe Governance and Democracy Programme, (1997).

33.  Patron, Zimbabwe Human Rights Foundation, (1994 to 1996).

34.  Member, Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights Association, (1996 to 2000).

35.  Member, Fish Eagle Board of Trustees, (1996- 1998)

36.  Vice-Chairman, Research Board, 1996 to 2000 and Acting Chairman 1998.

37.  Vice-Chairman, Student Disciplinary Committee, (1996 to 2000).

38.  External Examiner, Faculty of Law, University of Namibia, (1995 to 2000).

39.  External Examiner, Department of Law, University of Botswana, 1997-1999 and University of Swaziland (1998-1999).

40.  Member, Bio-Medical Review Board, (1997 t0 2000).

41.  Consultant, Zimbabwe Natural Resources Management Programme, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, 1996, on Environmental Law, Rights and Fairness in Zimbabwe.

42    Spokesperson, National Constitutional Assembly,  1998 to 2000

43    Consultant, USAID investigation on alleged forced evictions re- CAMPFIRE Project, Nov 1998_-Feb 1999

44    Consultant, SARIPS Restructuring programme, May-July 1999

45    Consultant, FOA, Formulation of Land Policy in Zimbabwe,1998

46    Trustee, Board of ZIMRIGHTS 1999-2001

47    Secretary General, Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), 1999 – Jan 2011

UNIVERSITY EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

INSTITUTION         LEVEL         SUBJECTS                GRADES

                       

1. Awarded the Bachelor of law Honours (BL) degree with a Second Class (Upper Division) grade.

  

2. Awarded the Bachelor of laws (LLB) degree       Pass*

3. University of     Zimbabwe  M.Phil   Family Law           Pass*      Awarded the Master of Philosophy degree.        

                                                               

*Graded on a Pass or fail basis only.

EMPLOYMENT RECORD

1.   Staff Development Fellow, University of Zimbabwe, August 1984 - July 1986.

2.    Lecturer-in-law, University of Zimbabwe, August 1986 December 1989.       

3.   Senior Lecturer-in law, University of Zimbabwe, 1990 -1991.

4.    Professor of law, University of Zimbabwe, 1 January 1992 - to 2000.

5.  Chairman, Department of Private Law, Jan 1988 to March to 1991

6.   Legal Proctor, University of Zimbabwe 1986 - 31st December 1995  (Investigation and Prosecution of student and staff disciplinary cases).

7.   Senior Proctor and Vice-Chairman of Student Disciplinary Committee, 1996 to 2000.

8.   Practising Legal Practitioner with Gula-Ndebele and Partners, 1992 - 1996.

9.   Advocate of High Court and Supreme Court, Advocates Chambers, Old Mutual Centre Harare, 1997 to date.

10.  Visiting Professor of Human Rights, University of the North, SA, September/October 1995.

Commentary: Welshman Ncube rose to prominence in 1999 as one of the academics that joined the worker-dominated Movement for Democratic Change, landing the powerful post of Secretary-General.
Ncube was the chief negotiator for the MDC helping craft both the Kariba Constitution and sealing the agreement that brought about the Global Political Agreement under which the three parties joined the government of national unity in February 2009. Ncube was appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce in terms of the 2008 Zimbabwean Global Political Agreement, one of the most influencial positions in the Unity Government. 

In 2011 January he was elected the President of Movement for Democratic Change at the the 3rd All Peoples Congress.