{"id":96282,"date":"2024-07-08T15:41:59","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T13:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/human-rights-lawyer-elected-nbsz-board-chair"},"modified":"2024-07-08T23:53:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T21:53:58","slug":"human-rights-lawyer-elected-nbsz-board-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.cc\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/human-rights-lawyer-elected-nbsz-board-chair","title":{"rendered":"Human rights lawyer elected NBSZ board chair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. <\/strong><\/span>Human rights lawyer Passmore Nyakureba has landed a top post at the National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) after being elected board chairperson during an annual meeting held in Harare last week.<\/p>\n<p>The Mutare-based lawyer replaced renowned legal practitioner Rodgers Matsikidze.<\/p>\n<p>Nyakureba was elected to the NBSZ board together with pastor Elliot Mandaza from Bulawayo, Salachi Naidoo from Masvingo, professor Takafira Mduluza, Tatenda Muronda Mangoma and Nelia Kuwanda.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with NewsDay yesterday, Nyakureba said he was ready to serve the NBSZ board by assuring sufficient blood supply in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am happy to serve NBSZ and contribute to the vital work of ensuring a safe and adequate blood supply for Zimbabwe. I want to thank all the people who have shown confidence in me to steer the ship,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will champion good governance and continue from where the previous chairperson left. I will also serve for one term and hand over to another person to steer the ship and at the same time I will be hoping to always increase blood stocks in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nyakureba served as a councillor for the Law Society of Zimbabwe from 2020 to 2022 and chaired the Marymount Teachers College advisory council.<\/p>\n<p>He is a partner at Maunga Maanda &amp; Associates, trading as Commercial Law and Human Rights Chambers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Zimbabwe. Human rights lawyer Passmore Nyakureba has landed a top post at the National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) after being elected board chairperson during an annual meeting held in Harare last week. The Mutare-based lawyer replaced renowned legal practitioner Rodgers Matsikidze. Nyakureba was elected to the NBSZ board together with pastor Elliot [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":96281,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[19],"class_list":{"0":"post-96282","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-all-news","8":"category-community","9":"tag-zimbabwe"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Human rights lawyer elected NBSZ board chair - zimbabwe<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Human rights lawyer Passmore Nyakureba has landed a top post at the National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) after bein ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/human-rights-lawyer-elected-nbsz-board-chair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Human rights lawyer elected NBSZ board chair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Human rights lawyer Passmore Nyakureba has landed a top post at the National Blood Service of Zimbabwe (NBSZ) after bein ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/human-rights-lawyer-elected-nbsz-board-chair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"zimbabwe\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-07-08T13:41:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-08T21:53:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/sites\/14\/2024\/07\/sm_1720442862.001716.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"886\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"534\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/human-rights-lawyer-elected-nbsz-board-chair\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/zimbabwe\/all-news\/human-rights-lawyer-elected-nbsz-board-chair\",\"name\":\"Human rights lawyer elected NBSZ board chair - 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