The Asylum Story of Courage Shumba
Courage Shumba, 30, is currently awaiting a decision from the Home Office on his application for asylum.
Here he tells how he was forced to leave his home country and seek refuge in the UK and how he feels the asylum system has, so far, failed him:
In 1999 I enrolled at the University of Zimbabwe to study law; soon after I was elected to the students’ Executive Council as Vice President.
I was the first branch chairman for the Movement for Democratic Change at the university and heavily involved with the National Constitutional Assembly.
I wasn’t a part-time political activist - I was fully involved in trying to liberate our country from the barbaric and brutal regime of Robert Mugabe.
In 2001 I was expelled from the University for political activism. I’d studied law for three years but they refused to give me my results or grant me a hearing. Read more
Zim education: can we still afford to brag?
The year 2008 has witnessed great signs of deterioration in our ‘highly rated’ educational system. Of all the things, the responsible authorities have delayed this year’s school examinations, which were supposed to have been written in October. Universities and colleges are struggling to open. Food is lacking at schools and colleges. A lot of problems have been cited, among them- lack of finance, and manpower as teachers strike, and generally are not committed anymore to perform their duties.
Lazy students and fishermen
What is the difference between a fisherman and a lazy student? Read more
