The Youth Inspirator

I have been keen to unpack the role youths have in the historic political trajectory of Zimbabwe. The fall of Mugabe`s 37 year rule is but one historic event that will be booked in the texts of history. My appetite is the contribution of youths to this position. The landscape I will give will bring a lot of us to loggerheads as my lenses are not to please anyone but unpack our role in the history to be captured. We should understand that we have Youth-in-ZANU PF who were aligned to Doctor Amai. We should not forget youths from Civil Society. Our minds should not even forget various movements by youths spanning from Itai Dzamara to the unleashed movements. However, it is faithful to note that the factional politics of ZANU PF and unprecedented tackling of the succession issue is and will remain the primary cause of the end to Mugabe rule. In ZANU PF youths have been the vehicle to ouster G40s enemies or perceived competitors to succession of the presidency. Whilst, the G40 was blen...

The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission  (ZEC) has been nothing but a pre-21 century entity marred with patriarchal attitude and behavior that find youths as nothing but second class citizens. I have no sweet words for this institution as it has showed no remorse to the youths.   The behavior and precedence by ZEC has shown that it is careless for the participation of youths in its entire process. It is imperative that the youths constitute 47% of the voting population (RAU 2103) a significant population to participate in all electoral process. Gawkily they are not even ashamed that a paltry 8.87% was on the 2013 voters roll and seems doing well in keeping youths at bay.  ZEC has been established through the Constitution of Zimbabwe, amendment No.20 of 2013. Established as a commission supporting democracy, democracy is the will of the people by the people for the people. The youths called for the removal of proof of residence for the youths to freely take part in...

As I celebrate the new transition from Mugabe as the president of Zimbabwe, I am yet to find common sense to put the current president and cabinet on a 100 day watch as we do to an elected executive. I am definitely jovial about the developments in our political arena as it will yield its impact for our future relating to succession and general changing of persons we have to identify as president. However, it’s not an interesting debate for now but my scrutiny to the imminent discourse we are about to face. We have a new leadership that have 8 months before the next plebiscite scheduled in July 2018. This has been ascertained by the newly inaugurated president ED Mnangangwa. As we celebrated the new political dispensation, we forgot that this will come with a price on us as citizens. The price inform of tax. As the president promulgates his new cabinet, by the culture of ZANU PF, new expensive and top of range cars will be bought for the Ministers as well as their deputies....

The Real Agenda For Youth Transformation Trust is concerned deeply by the Zimbabwean government on the perpetual silence and inactivity on the Post-2015 Development Agenda. The Post 2015 Development Agenda is a process led by the United Nations aiming to help define the future global development framework  that will succeed the Millennium Development Goals.  Other nations have taken a gigantic step since the onset of the launch by the United Nations. The wake of the Post-2015 Development Agenda took the majority of the world as wave to introspect on the MDGs. Over a decade the world development process has been prescribed by the MDGs which despite having participatory flaws can never go uncelebrated. This paper rather is not concerned with the past but with the future as we are in the final months of the MDGs.   We are heavily worried by the status Zimbabwe has taken on the process of the Post-2015 Development Agenda. We acknowledge a few steps towards generati...

This phrase "Knowledge is power" has been relevant since biblical times as the people perish due to lack of knowledge.   Knowledge is linked to awareness, familiarity, facts and comprehending information. This essay looks at the paramount importance of knowledge to the Zimbabwean youthful populace. Zimbabwe has been on the development agenda track since independence, however that information scarcely finds its way to youths. Sadly this is the majority of the Zimbabwean population constituting 67%. It is a right for youths to access information as promulgated by the Constitution and enshrined in the universal declaration of human rights. Enlightenment theorist in the likes of Jeremy Bentham questions the legality of a government and the answer is having the happiest people. Gazing from the perspective, knowledge on development policies is critical such that small victories can be celebrated as the nation moves policy to fruition.   In any case, the happiness is more ...

Political participation is and remains a critical component in youth development for the betterment and sustainability of the future. As a youth I have been following the political debacle in ZANU PF since the 2014 youth conference. The role of youths in this political vehicle has been reduced to mere consultants hired when required, dumped when done and the purpose hangs around violence and intimidation. It is a mere situation when youths are no different to a used condom awaiting its destiny of nothing but being dumped. The independence of youths in ZANU PF in her history saw robust proponents of socialism through the likes of Tongogara, Solomon Mujuru, Moyo, Zvobgo, Nkomo among others. These stood by policies and principles not shaken by power or finance. These are the firebrands that saw ZANU's victory in 1980. Mandela at one time was radical, the ANC policy was not to engage any other races in the movement. At that time it was profound to stand by principles. Well, t...