Gwinyai Henry Muzorewa

Gwinyai Henry Muzorewa
Gwinyai Henry Muzorewa
Born	Gwinyai Henry Muzorewa
Nationality	Zimbabwean
Citizenship	Zimbabwean
Education	Garrett-Evangelical Seminary
Alma mater	Union Theological Seminary
Occupation(s)	Academic, Minister of Religion

Gwinyai Henry Muzorewa is a Zimbabwean clergyman, politician and the president of the United African National Council (UANC).

Muzorewa is a professor of theology at Lincoln University, Pennsylvania, the first degree-granting historically black university in the United States.^[1]

Background

Muzorewa is a younger brother to the late former Zimbabwe-Rhodesia Prime Minister Bishop Abel Muzorewa who led the country between 1978 and 1979.^[2]

Education

Muzorewa holds the following academic qualifications:

Master of Divinity from Garrett-Evangelical Seminary
Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy from the Union Theological Seminary

Muzorewa was a leader at Epworth Theological College in Zimbabwe and later became the chair of the Department of History, Political Science, Pan-African Studies, Philosophy, and Religion at Lincoln University.^[3]

Books

As a theologian and academic, Muzorewa has authored several books that include:

Christ as Our Ancestor: Christology from an African Perspective
Mission Studies Bibliography
Religion, Race and Nationalism
A College Introduction to Religion
The Great Being: Creator, Yahweh, Chuku, Allah, God, Brahman: An Introduction to the World's Major Religions
The Origins and Development of African Theology
African Origins of Monotheism: Challenging the Eurocentric * Interpretation of God Concepts on the Continent and in Diaspora

Philanthropy

Muzorewa donates part of his salary to Lincoln University's scholarship fund for first-generation college students, many of whom are from impoverished neighbourhoods in New York, Washington, D.C. and Philadelphia.

Muzorewa has also dedicated his time and effort to helping orphans and widows affected by the Zimbabwe War of Liberation.

Political career

In 2018, Muzorewa approached the High Court seeking an order to compel the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to accept his nomination papers.^[4]

ZEC had refused to accept Muzorewa's presidential nomination papers on the nomination day for having filed them late.

Muzorewa said the delays were caused by officials at the Registrar-General's Office (RG) who took too long to issue him with a replacement birth certificate.

However, Muzorewa's name did not appear on the ballot paper for presidential candidates on polling day.

Nomination Court June 2023

The nomination court on 21 June 2023 produced eleven presidential candidates for the August elections.^[5] They are:

Joseph Busha (Free Zim Congress),
Nelson Chamisa (CCC),
Trust Chikohora (ZCPD),
Blessing Kasiyamhuru (ZIPP),
Saviour Kasukuwere (Independent),
Lovemore Madhuku (NCA),
Emmerson Mnangagwa (ZANU PF),
Wilbert Mubaiwa (NPC),
Gwinyai Henry Muzorewa (UANC),
Douglas Mwonzora (MDC),
Harry Peter Wilson (DOP).

Elisabeth Valerio Duly Nominated

On 16 August 2023, ZEC chief elections officer, Utloile Silaigwana said: following an order of the Electoral Court sitting in Harare, issued on 19 July 2023, Ms. Elisabeth Isabel Valerio, a candidate sponsored by the United Zimbabwe Alliance (UZA) party, is hereby declared a duly nominated Presidential candidate. The other aspiring presidential candidates, Saviour Kasukuwere and Linda Masarira's appeals were rejected by the courts. Her nomination papers were rejected despite providing bank-stamped proof of her request to initiate a ZWL transfer of funds to the ZEC bank account for the required nomination fees equivalent to US$20 000. The other candidates are Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zanu PF, Joseph Makamba Busha of Free Zim Congress, Nelson Chamisa of CCC, Trust Chikohora of ZCPD, Blessing Kasiyamhuru of ZIPP, Lovemore Madhuku of NCA, Wilbert Mubaiwa of NPC, Gwinyai Henry Muzorewa of UANC, Douglas Mwonzora of MDC and Wilson Harry Peter of DOP.^[6]