Felix Magalela Mafa Sibanda

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constituency_MP = Magwegwe
parliament = Seventh Zimbabwean
majority = 732 (24.6 %)
predecessor = Fletcher Dulini-Ncube
successor = Incumbent
term_start = September 2008
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nationality = Zimbabwean
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party = Movement for Democratic Change - Tsvangirai
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Felix Mafa is a Zimbabwean activist, politician and member of parliament for Magwegwe in Bulawayo for the MDC-T party, as well as being provincial spokesperson for that party.

Prior to his involvement in MDC party politics,he was a civil society activist in the National Consitutional Assembly ["Zimbabwe Civic Group Removes Spokesman Over Perceived Conflict" , Voice of America, 06 November 2007 [http://www.zimbabwesituation.com/nov7_2007.html#Z10] ] , serving as Southern Region Organising Secretary [Address By The Hon. Minister Of Foreign Affairs, CDE. Simbarashe S Mumbengegwi To Western Diplomats On 19 March 2007 [http://www.zimfa.gov.zw/speeches/minister/mi034.htm] ] and Advocacy Chairman [National Constituional Assembly Website [http://www.ncazimbabwe.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15&Itemid=20] ] . He also serves as director of the Post Independence Survivors’ Trust (PIST) ["Mugabe's wasteland", Guardian Weekly, Friday March 30 2007 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2007/mar/30/guardianweekly.guardianweekly11] ] , from its formation in 2004 until 2008. In the 1990s, Mafa was a teachers' trade unionist, for the Zimbabwe Teachers’ Union ["Zim teachers to join strike when schools reopen", Sapa, 30 August 1996 [http://70.84.171.10/~etools/newsbrief/1996/news0831] ] ["Zim strikes call for fair coverage", Sapa, 29 August 1996 [http://70.84.171.10/~etools/newsbrief/1996/news0830] ] . He has spoken out strongly against the Gukurahundi ["Orphaned in the 80s, persecuted today: Mugabe's victims twice over", the Guardian Tuesday April 10 2007 [http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2007/apr/10/zimbabwe.chrismcgreal] ] and Operation Murambatsvina ["In the Midst of Restoring Order – Chaos", IPS: Politics-Zimbabwe [http://ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=28941] ] .

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