Reflections from the APN Assembly
At the launch of ZimRights’ Shifting Power to the People Strategy in 2022, we decided to have a strategic priority (SP5) that focuses on sustainability. As leaders, we abdicate our primary responsibility if we do not deliberately think about the future of our organisations. Reflections...
Strong Teams for Sustainable Organisational and Personal Growth and Impact
1.0 Introduction Teamwork makes the dream work. John C. Maxwell Many years ago, when I was still on the periphery of leadership, each time I heard the term “teambuilding”, what came into my mind was that annual trip that you take as a team to...
Africa University, Berghof Foundation Launch New Mediation Network in Zimbabwe
Africa University’s Institute of Peace Leadership and Governance (IPLG) successfully hosted a high-level symposium on September 20, which marked the official launch of a new innovative mediation programme, the Insider Mediators Network in Zimbabwe, with the support of the Berghof Foundation and the European Union....
Owning Your Thorns: Wholehearted Civic Leadership
Sometime in 2023, I accompanied colleagues on an outreach mission for civic engagement where we launch our special report, Rights and Traditions. This was and remains a very sensitive topic and we were eager not to simply preach to the converted. We wanted traditional leaders...
Only a truly independent commission can lead credible truth-telling process on Gukurahundi
ZimRights has called for an independent commission to lead truth-telling on Gukurahundi. Speaking in a live interview with Newzroom Africa, ZimRights National Director Dzikamai Bere said traditional leaders, due to their clearly pronounced political allegiance cannot lead a credible truth-telling process on the Gukurahundi atrocities....
Budding Democracy or Judicialisation: Lessons from Africa’s Emerging Electoral Jurisprudence
Due to the developments we are seeing on the electoral field in Africa, I am prompted to share my earlier contribution on elections in the book, Budding Democracy or Judicialisation: Lessons from Africa’s Emerging Electoral Jurisprudence. The book was published by the Africa Judges And...
Leadership with Compassion: Mandela Washington Fellows on the Frontline of Fighting COVID-19 in Zimbabwe
Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in Zimbabwe in March 2020, the government of Zimbabwe decreed a national lockdown at a time when the Zimbabwean economy was already in the doldrums and the health sector was broken. The consequences were far reaching for the...
African Union and Transitional Justice: Healing the Past and Restoring Human Dignity
When I shared my 2021 reading report, I made a commitment that I will not only be reading books, but I will be writing them. It looks I am on course to meet my target of at least one book contribution, every year, for the...
Talking Human Rights, Civic Leadership and the State of the Nation with Trevor Ncube
It’s here. The latest episode of In Conversation with Trevor premiered this morning. Thanks to my brother Trevor Ncube for allowing me the privilege to be on this important show. Heart and Soul Broadcasting Services team did a great job here, as always. Thanks Unique...
Civic Leadership and Activism in the Age of Rising Authoritarianism: We are all activists!
On 25 March 2025, Heart and Soul Television (HSTV) published an interview that I had with Alpha Media Holdings (AMH) Chairperson Trevor Ncube on his popular weekly show, In Conversation with Trevor. Thanking me for coming being on the show on X, Trevor described the...