Furious Board Members Demand Lewanika’s Head
23 April 2015
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Crisis continues in the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition as board members boycott meetings demanding for the stepping down of the “fired” origination’s director Macdonald Lewanika.
The board members have written strong letter to the troubled organization’s acting chairperson Samkeliso Khumalo informing her that they will never attend any board meeting until Lewanika “who we fired last October” leaves the Non Governmental Organization.
“We the undersigned legitimately and lawfully elected members of the board of the Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition wish to state clearly and without equivocation that we will not attend the board meeting called by the former director Mr. Mcdonald Lewanika on 8 April 2015 for the following reasons”, wrote the board members.
“The board meeting has been called by an ex-employee of the organization Mr.Lewanika irrespective of the fact that a duly constituted board met on 10 October 2014 and agreed that his contract will not be renewed when it expired on 31 December 2014.
“We are concerned about the continued lawlessness and impunity at Crisis Coalition and we demand a return to lawful legitimacy”.
Since last October the coalition has not held any board meeting.
Samkeliso Khumalo could not be reached for comment as she was said to be out of the country on official business.
Mfundo Mlilo the organization’s spokesperson said they did not hold the meeting because the chairperson was out of the country.
“It is not true that the meeting did not go on because of the latter you are referring to. It was because Khumalo is at school In the UK”.
Mlilo said “We extended his (Lewanika) contract to December 2015”.
Lewanika was fired by the board last year for incompetence. The organization then had invited an external auditor who exposed corruption and bad corporate governance in the NGO.
But the decision was reversed by three of the ten board members aligned to Lewanika,who later extended his contract which expired last December.

12 Replies to “Furious Board Members Demand Lewanika’s Head”

  1. What is the objective of the Crisis Coalition? As I understand it is supposed to engage Zimbabweans on the problems of the country and come up with solutions.Now it is in crisis itself.Pity for the donors who throw their money to greed people.Better go to rural schools and buy shoes for the whole pupils not to give there greed people who write false reports about their programmes of action when soliciting grants

  2. What is the objective of the Crisis Coalition? As I understand it is supposed to engage Zimbabweans on the problems of the country and come up with solutions.Now it is in crisis itself.Pity for the donors who throw their money to greed people.Better go to rural schools and buy shoes for the whole pupils not to give there greed people who write false reports about their programmes of action when soliciting grants

  3. What is the objective of the Crisis Coalition? As I understand it is supposed to engage Zimbabweans on the problems of the country and come up with solutions.Now it is in crisis itself.Pity for the donors who throw their money to greed people.Better go to rural schools and buy shoes for the whole pupils not to give there greed people who write false reports about their programmes of action when soliciting grants

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