18th January 2020
On Saturday the 18th of January 2020 the Midlands Branch of the UK Chapter of Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe held a meeting at Secular Hall, 75 Humberstone Gate, Secular Hall, Leicester, LE1 1WB. The meeting was chaired by Tsungirirai Kahiya (Tsungi).
Register of Attendance
Nicolate Gwati, Lilian T Nleya, Tsungirirai Kahiya, Weston Mupfururirwa, Phylis Melody Magejo, Kumbirai Hwami, Daisy Mandianike, Andrew Nyamayaro, Patson Tamburai and Pythias Makonese
Agenda
- Introductions
- Presentation by Andrew Nyamayaro of Tann Law Solicitors
- Question and answer segment
- Secretary’s report by Nicolate Gwati
- Treasurer’s report by Grace Makoni
- Fundraiser’s report by Marian Mangani
The meeting started at 14:55hrs
Introductions
- Tsungi opened the meeting and introductions were made all round
- Tsungi made mention that the handover to the new committee would be made after the meeting as their positions take effect from today
New Committee positions are as follows:–
Acting Chairperson:- Nicolate Gwati
Secretary:- Nomagugu Sibanda
Information & Publicity Secretary:- Tsungirirai Kahiya
Organizing Secretary:- Lilian Nleya
Treasurer:- Weston Mupfururirwa
Fundraiser:- Marian Mangani
Presentation by Andrew Nyamayaro of Tann Law Solicitors
Andrew told us the law that Tann Law specializes in:- Litigation, Employment, Immigration, Family & Matrimonial, Business & Corporate, Charity, Welfare Benefits, Wills and Trust & Probate. They are also Commissioners of Oath.
He spoke mainly about the importance of everyone having a will and advised us how important it is to appoint your executor and your beneficiaries.
For the will to be valid it needs to be signed before two witnesses.
There are some people that you cannot automatically exclude from your will such as your children as you will need to have a very good reason as to why you are excluding them.
A letter of intent must be included with your reasons stating why you are excluding your children from the will.
Living with a partner does not automatically entitle you to their benefits, they must include you in their will.
Instead of giving the proceeds of your estate to beneficiaries, a trust could be created, and all the benefits could be paid into the trust.
A trust can have a life span of up to 125years
A basic will, will cost about £200 to be done by a solicitor
When the will is done, the solicitor will keep a copy, one copy is given to the client and another copy will be stored at a will storage place at a cost of about £30 a year.
Secretary’s report by Nicolate Gwati
Changes that occurred in 2019
Tsungi resigned as Chairperson of the branch and Nicolate resigned from her post as Secretary.
New people were appointed to new posts and the new committee is as follows:
Acting Chairperson:- Nicolate Gwati
Secretary:- Nomagugu Sibanda
Organizing Secretary:- Lilian Nleya
Treasurer:- Weston Mupfururirwa
Fundraiser:- Marian Mangani
Acting Information & Publicity Secretary:- Tsungirirai Kahiya
Updates
- All the reports from 2019 have now been published on the website so people can download their reports from there
- Vice positions were done away with in the new nominations
- People are still being encouraged to write articles that can be published on the ROHR blog page
- New ROHR t-shirts were printed so people can order theirs
Treasurer’s report by Grace Makoni
Grace gave us a report of how much money we had begun 2019 with, the amount that had been raised, how much we had used and how much money was now remaining at the beginning of 2020
Fundraiser’s report by Marian Mangani
In her report, Marian highlighted all the things that we could do in order to raise funds and they included having key rings that could be sold, plastic wrist bands on them with human rights messages that can also be sold and also having a social day where people showcase their talents singing, dancing and doing drama. People could then pay to watch
All agenda items and any other business having been exhausted, Tsungirirai Kahiya declared the meeting closed at 16:45 hrs.
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By: Information & Publicity Department
