Welshman Ncube (born July 7, 1961) is a Zimbabwean politician. He is the Secretary-General of the formation of the Movement for Democratic Change led by Arthur Mutambara, and since February 2009 he has been the Minister of Industry and Commerce. He was elected as a member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for Bulawayo North East in the 2000 election and served in the House of Assembly until 2008, when he was defeated in his constituency. Ncube...
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Welshman Ncube (born July 7, 1961) is a Zimbabwean politician. He is the Secretary-General of the formation of the Movement for Democratic Change led by Arthur Mutambara, and since February 2009 he has been the Minister of Industry and Commerce. He was elected as a member of the House of Assembly of Zimbabwe for Bulawayo North East in the 2000 election and served in the House of Assembly until 2008, when he was defeated in his constituency. Ncube is an academic lawyer who has been Professor of Law at the University of Zimbabwe from 1992.
He has a BL (Bachelor of Law) LLB (Bachelor of Laws) and an MPhil (Law) degrees from the University of Zimbabwe. His MPhil thesis was on Zimbabwean Customary Law focusing on Family Law.
In 1997 Ncube bought 30 square kilometres of land with the intention of developing it as a farm. The land had not previously been farmed and was subsequently discovered to have been seized from ZAPU supporters in 1982. Ncube was accused in 2006 of having profited from...
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