Staff Reporter
The Midlands State University has won the bid to host the Pan African Universities Debate Championship (PAUDC) in December 2016. The council committee accepted and approved Midlands State University to be the Host for the 2016 PAUDC.
This year’s championship will be held under the theme ‘Madzimbabwe’ derived from the ancient Zimbabwean empire Great Zimbabwe from which the country takes its name.
According to a statement from the MSU, this PAUDC will be the 9th edition of this prestigious competition.
The statement also emphasised that the competition is a great marketing and economic booster to Zimbabwe and the city of Gweru as hundreds of foreigners will be visiting the country and using various services, products and infrastructure. This year will see a trophy being made in Zimbabwe that will be used for all future tournaments held by the PAUDC.
All events surrounding debate will be presented as #road2madzimbabwe16.’We are honoured to follow this journey towards PAUDC 2016 in Zimbabwe!’, read part of the statement.
The MSU has consistently participated well in the previous competitions. The following exhibits the magnitude of achievements and honours the Debaters won:
History made at PAUDC 2015 in Ghana
MSU was the 1st Zimbabwean Debate team to have all its teams breaking into the Octo Finals
MSU was the 1st Debate team to have a Female Public Speaking Champion
MSU was the 1st Zimbabwean Debate Team to be awarded best Adjudicator in Public Speaking
MSU was the 1st Zimbabwean institution to have two of their teams in the PAUDC semi-finals
MSU set a Zimbabwean record of having two teams breaking with a total of 20 team points
MSU is the 1st Zimbabwean institution to have teams breaking in the top 3 (2 MSU teams were in the top 3)
MSU was the 1st Zimbabwean Debate team to be in the PAUDC Finals
Awards & Achievements
2016 PAUDC official Hosts
PAUDC Council Deputy Executive Secretary
Overall Zimbabwe Best Speakers Award
Top Ten Best Speaker Award (position 4)
PAUDC Public Speaking Best Adjudicator
Top Ten Best Adjudicator Award (position 8)
PAUDC Octo-finalist (1 Team)
PAUDC Semi-finalist (1 Team)
PAUDC Finalist (1 team)
PAUDC Public Speaking Champions
( In picture: Eppnoggia Mutetwa, PAUDC 2015 Public speaking Champion)
0 replies on “PAUDC Championship Comes To Zim”
wonderful!
how do i get in contact with the debate team.
Thanks for engaging Kuda. Inbox us on twitter or email newsroom@campusmoments.org so we hook u up