From London with love By Trevor Ncube ICWT is in London this week after spending a week in Johannesburg. We have been fortunate to meet so many of you and are overwhelmed by your love and support. Your genuine and unsolicited feedback on the impact the platform is having is our…

11 ways to fix our crumbling cities By Trevor Ncube Urban and rural councils in Zimbabwe have been rendered impotent due to political interference, poor calibre of councillors and incompetent managers. For the past three decades government policies have robbed councils of financial resources, management expertise and authority. The perilous state of the nation is…

Will Mnangagwa succeed where Smith and Mugabe failed? By Trevor Ncube What name do you give to what almost always happens at the end of years of brutal repression? The thing that happens when people say, enough is enough of the gratuitous insults, political arrogance, authoritarianism, incarceration and torture? I deeply and genuinely fear we…

The art of diplomacy and Charamba’s toxicity By Trevor Ncube Twice in as many weeks, first at the residency of the Swedish Ambassador and then at the British Ambassador’s residence, I witnessed Sheillah Chikomo, Zimbabwe’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade put up a fine performance that made me proud. Chikomo has presence…

Zimbabwe needs you, stand up and be counted By Trevor Ncube At the heart of Zimbabwe’s crises is failed leadership by most of us through omission or commission. The urgency of now that we face is not the need for new leaders, but an informed, active and engaged citizenry with clarity on what they expect…