"Entrepreneur Trevor Ncube has caught my attention - the way I see it - he is working for a 'Shared Future' - something you may have guessed - impresses me!"
Unconvinced by Zimbabwe’s two largest political parties, he envisions more - a political party made up of the best men and women across the political divide, business community, and civil society - why not!
Zimbabweans, clouded by party politics and the ‘you are either with us or against us’ attitude are seen as traitors if they criticise or question their party positions or party leaders. Civil society also plays into this mindset and holds back critical public discussions and advocacy on central issues - as some are inclined to criticise government officials on the basis of their party membership rather than the principles and values that they practice.
Ncube's take on things through his twitter followers, is that they want to judge issues for the value that they represent to them as individuals and not as party members and he purposes to be the man in the middle. “I have been accused of being ZANU-PF and MDC on the same day,” he says. As a result, followers include people from across the political, racial and ethnic divide.
Information sharing is one of his greatest strengths and contrasts with the culture of secrecy which prevails within government and civil society in Zimbabwe where things are not as black and white as often depicted in the Zimbabwean and international media - it is a diverse nation with a strong yearning for debate and freedom of expression.
Go Trevor!
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