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  • That the African Union should cap the use of cultivated land for non-food crops (eg. biofuels timber) in all member states.

    the 2018 Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship · Open Semis · 2018-06-27

  • That the African Union should cap the use of cultivated land for non-food crops (eg. biofuels timber) in all member states.

    the 2018 Australasian Intervarsity Debating Championship · ESL Final · 2018-06-27

  • This house supports Ethipoia’s construction of the Grand Ethipian Renaissance Dam (GERD).

    Infoslide

    The Gran Ethiopian Renaissance Dam(GERD) is the centrepeice of Ethipoia’s bid to become Africa’s biggest exporter of electricity. Locatec in the headwaters of the Blue Nile and expected to produce 6000 magawatts of electricity the dam will be Africa’s largest hydroelectric power plant (7th largest in the world) and will boost the economic growth of Ethiopia. As a downstream desert nation Egypt says the dam wikk disrupt the flow of the Nile to its almost 100 million people potentially crippling its agricultural sector and industries. Experts say the Nile’s freshwater flow to Egypt may be cut by 25% upon filling of the reservoir. Egypt has been opposed to the idea of the dam and has threatened to spark a war over water supply. The construction of the dam is nearing completion with Ethiopia expecting to start filling the dam as early as July 2018.

    9th United Asian Debating Championship 2018 · 8 · 2018-05-28

  • This house believes that the white community in Zimbabwe should be paid reparations by the State for being subjected to racial discrimination and violence.

    Infoslide

    The Democratic Republic of Congo is slowly recovering from a conflict that led to the loss of some five million lives between 1994 and 2003 but many eastern areas are still pleagued by violence as various rebel groupes continue to operate there till today. Currently more than 100 armed groupes remain active in the Democratic Republic of Congo and many continued to attack civilians including the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and allied Nyatura groupes the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) Nduma Defence of Congo-Renove (NDC-R) the Mazembe Charles and Yakutumba Mai Mai groupes and several Burundian armed groupes. Many of their commanders have been implicated in war crimes including ethnic massacres rape forced recruitment of children and pillage.

    9th United Asian Debating Championship 2018 · 8 · 2018-05-28

  • This house believes that the UN Force Intervention Brigade should be withdrawn from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

    Infoslide

    The UN Force Intervention Brigade (FIB) is the UN peacekeeping operation specifically tasked to carry out targeted offensive operations to “neutralize and disarm” groups considersd a threat to state authority and civilian security in Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The mandate names specific rebel groupes such as the LRA M23 Movment and ADF as targets.

    9th United Asian Debating Championship 2018 · 8 · 2018-05-28

  • This house supports Afriforum's use of private prosecutions to combat corruption.

    Infoslide

    South African law allows for private actors to seek permission from the state to privately prosecute people for criminal offences which the National Prosecution Authority is either unable or unwilling to pursue.

    Cape Town Open 2018 · 3 · 2018-04-27

  • Assuming her only condition was to be Deputy Leader this house supports the EFF's appointment of Patricia De Lille.

    Cape Town Open 2018 · Open Final · 2018-04-27

  • This house as South Africa would rejoin and encourage other African nations to remain in/rejoin the International Criminal Court

    JPDU Spring Tournament 2018 · Open Quarters · 2018-04-21

  • This house regrets the Truth and Reconciliation amnesty process.

    Infoslide

    The South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission granted amnesty for political crimes committed under apartheid on the condition that the perpetrator made a full public confession about the details of the crime and any accomplices they had.

    NZ Easters 2018 · 7 · 2018-03-31

  • This house would constitutionally compel the President of South Africa to form governments including all major political parties with positions in cabinet allocated proportionately to each party’s vote share.

    Infoslide

    Since 1994 South African politics has been dominated by the African National Congress (ANC) the political party which played a primary role in the struggle against apartheid. The ANC has won every national election never recording less than 60% of the vote. The highest vote share of a single opposition party in that time has been just 22%.

    2018 Australian British Parliamentary Debating Championship · Open Final · 2018-03-18

  • This house as Rwanda would launch a military intervention in the Domestic Republic of the Congo

    Debate no Susume Lesson 14 2018 · Open Quarters · 2018-02-24