Gratitude and Goodbyes: Reflections on Leadership at ZPP
Yesterday, I chaired the board at the Zimbabwe Peace Project (ZPP) for the last time. I assumed it would be just an ordinary board meeting and that I would simply check out into the sunset. But no the ZPP leadership surprised me with a beautiful...
Becoming Human Again in the Age of AI and Automation
Sometime last week, I had an incredible opportunity to listen to Dr. Tabani Moyo, the Regional Director at the Media Institute for Southern Africa (MISA) and a Member of the African Union Working Group on AI. Contrary to what many speakers would say, Dr. Moyo...
AID DISRUPTIONS: Towards Better Funding and Better Partnerships
Topic: Using the Present as an Entry Point for Better Funding and Partnerships Host: East Africa Philanthropy Network & Development Dynamics On 27 February 2025, I participated in the #LastThursdays Webinar hosted by Development Dynamics and the East Africa Philanthropy Network. The high paneled webinar...
Facing the Aid Freeze: What We Must Do Now and Tomorrow
Coming to Terms with the AID Freeze On 6 February 2025, at the invitation of the National Association for Non-Governmental (NANGO), I participated in the webinar on the impact of the United States President Donald Trump’s Executive Order on Re-evaluating and Realigning United States Foreign...
Solidarity Shapes the Human Struggle
In Solidarity with the People of Mozambique and Swaziland Last year on 26 November 2024, I moderated the 7th Southern Africa Human Rights Defenders Awards hosted by Southern Defenders in Johannesburg, South Africa. It was a special moment for many reasons. One of them is...
The NGO Director of the Year Award: A Call to Lead Better for the Good
It is a good day to show gratitude to God, the Almighty, who allows us ordinary people to do the extraordinary. On 25 October 2024, NANGO Zimbabwe awarded me the NGO Director of the Year Award at an awards night held in Nyanga as part...
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...
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....
Celebrating Africa Day, Defending the Rights of the African People: A Continuing Struggle for Human Dignity!
On Saturday, May 25 May 2024, Africans all over the world commemorated Africa Day. This year’s Africa Day comes on the 61st anniversary of the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) which was formed for the pursuit of the liberation of Africa from...
Zimbabweans Have Rejected the PVO Bill: Will the Parliament Listen?
Today I celebrate the people of Zimbabwe. They have turned out in their thousands around the country to attend the public hearings being held by the Parliament on two important proposed laws the Private Voluntary Organisations Amendment Bill (PVO Bill) and the Persons with Disabilities...