Today is international Human Rights Day. Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10 to honour the day in 1948 when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. As a Zimbabwean, I join the rest of the world in commemorating this important day.  However, this day is not just there … Continue reading Our Rights Are None Negotiable: Reflections on International Human Rights Day  →

Comrades, in 2007 the United Nations General Assembly resolved to observe 15 September as the International Day of Democracy. This the UN General Assembly did, with the purpose of promoting and upholding the principles of democracy. With Zimbabwe being a member of the United Nations it is equally befitting that we take this day as an opportunity to ponder on the state of democracy … Continue reading Rethinking Citizen Agency & Democracy: Reflections on International Democracy Day  →

Comrades, one of Zimbabwe’s leading academic once said “perennial wisdom from divine revelation and human experience dictates that all earthly things great or small, beautiful or ugly, good or bad, sad or happy, foolish or wise must finally come to an end.”  It is from this material reality that I inform you comrades that I will be leaving the Zimbabwe Coalition on Debt … Continue reading Adios ZIMCODD  →

Firstly, let me say that we as a people made a fundamental and irreversible mistake when, on the 17th of November 2017, we joined men and women in military fatigue as they executed a coup that dethroned this country’s former long time ruler and now a relic of history, that peasant from Zvimba, Robert Mugabe.  Comrades it still astonishes me … Continue reading On the proposed Patriotic Bill →

In Zimbabwean government circles and political parties’ programmes/manifestos there is very little attention if any that is placed on the 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) and the opportunities and risks it presents to this country.  The 4th Industrial Revolution is characterized by the fusion of the digital, biological and physical worlds as well as the growing utilization of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, cloud computing, robotics, 3D printing, The Internet … Continue reading On The 4th Industrial Revolution →

Comrades the United Nations set February 20 as the day that the entire globe commemorates Social Justice. We live in a country that is characterized by a lot of social injustices and to this end, Zimbabwean citizens should not just commemorate this day as prescribed by the UN calendar, but rather we must take this day to reflect and ponder upon our long and … Continue reading Reflections On World Social Justice Day →

Comrades a few days ago my long-time comrade and friend and the University of Zimbabwe’s former Students’ Representative Council President, Tinotenda Mhungu sent me a long WhatsApp message which detailed Eddie Cross’s article titled “Was November 2017 a False Start? In this article Mr. Cross dangerously posits that “the Zimbabwean economy after the implementation of the Transitional … Continue reading Distinguishing Economic Facts from Economic Propaganda: Has the Transitional Stabilization Programme Stabilized Zimbabwe’s Economy? →

Comrades let me begin by stating that the link between taxation and development is fundamental. A functioning state that can meet the basic needs of its citizens must rely ultimately on its own revenues to meet development objectives. Using the tax system, the state can mobilise domestic resources, redistribute wealth and provide essential services and infrastructure. Effective … Continue reading Of Tax Exemptions and The Regime’s Ever Deepening Love For Economic Neo-liberalism →

Comrades the United States of America dethroned leader D.Trump will leave office in the next 7 days. However, he seems determined than ever before to cause chaos and anarchy domestically and in the realm of international politics and relations. On the domestic front his electoral fraud conspiracy theories and right wing rhetoric led to the … Continue reading What Else Can He Do: 7 Days Left of the Trump Presidency →

We live in Perilous Times! Comrades we live in challenging times. We are unfortunate to live in an epoch of human civilisation when the entire human race is not only grappling with an invisible microbobe called Covid 19, but also with wars, hunger, malice, violence, climate change, tyranny and debilitating capitalist economics that has impoverished … Continue reading I wanted to say Happy New Year But…. →