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Kachaje chairs regional body
By Our Reporter - 18-07-2002
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Malawi’s disability rights activist Rachel Kachaje has been elected president of a 10-member Southern African Federation of the Disabled (Safod) for a four-year term of office.
The Federation of Disability Organisations in Malawi (Fedoma) said in a statement yesterday that Kachaje becomes the first woman to hold the Safod presidency in the region.
Kachaje, elected during a Safod general meeting in Botswana last week, has taken over from Lesotho national Moses Masemene, who has since been appointed his country’s minister of justice.
Kachaje has two deputies — a Mr. L. Mzimande from South Africa (development) and a Mrs. F. Cherera of Zimbabwe (responsible for women and gender).
Swazi national, a Mr. B. Jere, was voted honorary treasurer and secretary and Namibia’s Mrs. X. Ncube was elected deputy chairperson (women’s affairs) with Messrs. W. Chimidza (Botswana) and M. Maholela of Lesotho as committee members.

 
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