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The Art of Letting Go (Part 1): Who is in the Arena with You?
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred...
Dzikamai Bere,
January 15, 2026
5 min read
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LATEST POSTS
Civic Leadership Matters in Our World Today
On 25 March 2024, 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...
Dzikamai Bere,
January 4, 2025
13 min read
The Liberation Struggle on Trial: Was Ian Smith Better?
Is this the land we died for? This is a line from Winky D and Shingai’s masterpiece Dzimba Dzemabwe off the album Eureka. In this track, and many others, Winky D contributes to the enduring conversation on the value of the liberation legacy in a...
Dzikamai Bere,
December 30, 2024
10 min read
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...
Dzikamai Bere,
December 29, 2024
3 min read
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...
Dzikamai Bere,
November 7, 2024
3 min read
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...
Dzikamai Bere,
October 25, 2024
19 min read