Tendai Ruben Mbofana is a Zimbabwe-based social justice advocate, writer, researcher, and social commentator. He has always been passionate about standing up and speaking out for the voiceless and oppressed.He has been relentless in his quest and dream of a country where all Zimbabweans enjoy their social justice.
At times, trying to appear bold only reveals weakness. When a country claims it is engaging the world “from a position of strength,” as Foreign Affairs Minister Professor Amon Murwira recently asserted in Dubai on the sidelines of the World Governments Summit, that claim invites scrutiny. If you…
Losing a parent is one of life’s deepest pains. It is a loss that reshapes your world and leaves a silence that never quite goes away. If you value independent, public-interest reporting and want to help keep it alive, please consider supporting my work financially — contact me…
There is a biblical verse I love: Ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth. Today, President Emmerson Mnangagwa landed in Dubai to attend the World Governments Summit. If you value independent, public-interest reporting and want to help keep it alive, please consider…
Sometimes it feels as if we are all trapped in a bad comedy. When a Cabinet Minister thanks the “Second Republic” for some development achievement, one cannot help but pause and wonder whom they are actually addressing. If you value independent, public-interest reporting and want to help keep…
When self-delusion masks reality, it elevates the insignificant into a false sense of importance. To read the state-controlled Herald this morning is to step through a looking glass into an alternate reality, one where the streets of Harare are paved with the gold of “all-inclusive development” rather than…