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Tendai Kwari

Tendai Kwari: Tribalism and the sickening memes of Masvingo people

Tendai Kwari – If you happen to be one of these fellow Zimbabweans creating mocking and spiteful memes to target the people of Masvingo, I encourage you to redirect this initiative to developmental issues in Zimbabwe. As a devil’s advocate, suppose I propose that these Masvingo memes are a product of the G40, a Zanu PF faction aiming to discredit Lacoste faction from Masvingo. Unknowingly, the online moles molesting the people from Masvingo could be driving someone’s political agenda.

How China broke the mould from poor to rich: Lessons for Zimbabwe

By Tendai Kwari China and Zimbabwe are comparative authoritarian and excessive bureaucratic comrades; both with a dictatorial stranglehold on their citizens. In 1949, China had a highly extractive economy. In 2015, Zimbabwe has got a highly extractive economy. The Chinese Communist Party dominated the political arena. Zanu PF is still dominating Zimbabwe politics since 1980, […]

Zim Asset a failure: Numbers do not lie

Facts and figures are indicating that Zim Asset, going towards the end of its third term before 2018, is going to be a failure. Numbers do not lie. The following is a compilation of data from various sources which will reflect that Zim Asset needs a quick and acute resuscitation to have any chance of credibility.

Zimbabwe needs a new political culture

Political development refers to the underlying rules by which we can organise ourselves. It is change over time in political institutions, which is the evolution of the state, rule of law and democratic accountability.

The tough challenges of rebuilding Zimbabwe post-Mugabe

We are approaching a crossroad; a reality check moment in our entire history in Zimbabwe. There is no doubt that the Mugabe era will finally reach its end-game. The “I am a war veteran and liberation fighter” mantra will finally get outdated and irrelevant to the younger generation.

A tribute to Itai Dzamara

On Saturday (17 January 2015) Zimbabweans in the U.K. converged at Zimbabwe House to register their unwavering support for Itai Dzamara, the Zimbabwean journalist who made history when he dared to stage a one-man demonstration challenging Mugabe to step down as President on account of his gross ineptitude to deliver as the President of a once-top African country.

Is Zimbabwe a nation of docile citizens?

By Tendai Kwari One of my favourite books, A Hitchhiker’s guide to a Failed State, describes Zimbabwe as ‘…a nation of docile citizens, they are not imbeciles by any stretch of imagination’. ‘On a fair day, an average Zimbabwean is a mild racist and tribalist who believes in his superiority over other Africans but feels […]