Vusi Nyamazana

Unaccountable, non-transparent public service could become an imposing albatross on Mnangagwa's admin https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-opinion-sc-columnist-byo-128147.html?sthash.ULZX5ynp.mjjo   The state of government accountability and performance in Zimbabwe from independence till the new dispensation is highly disheartening. The current socio-political and economic situation aptly provide more than sufficient evidence that the Mugabe administration's performance was very weak. It failed to deal with the problem of unaccountable and non-transparent public service. This system created a culture of corruption in government where public officials did not need to be accountable for their actions and the citizens could not demand accountability. Zimbabwe is blessed with vast mineral deposits and tracts of fertile land, but the average man on the street is poor and there is poor amenities and infrastructure like roads, hospitals, etc. This buttresses the evidence that the Mu...

Website to track President Mnangagwa's performance launched https://bulawayo24.com/index-id-technology-sc-internet-byo-127538.html A website called Mnangagwameter has been launched with a mission to collate, track and analyze promises made by President Mnangagwa since his first day in office. No longer will an incumbent President make promises that remain unfulfilled or remain forgotten in the depths of Google and recycled newspaper. The man behind this initiative, Vusi Nyamazana, a Political Scientist, introduces this novel government watchdog tool that's unlike anything else found in Zimbabwe. "The website is a non-partisan resource that is useful to all people, regardless of political viewpoint, who are interested in monitoring the accomplishments of President Mnangagwa in an unfiltered manner." says Nyamazana. What inspired Nyamazana to introduce the website is that increasingly, Zimbabweans are losing faith in politics. The biggest reason for...

Coming Soon: A Non-Partisan Website That Tracks President Mnangagwa’s Promises Zimbabwean citizens have never had the means to keep tabs on Presidential promises. That may soon change thanks to the promise tracker website to be launched by Vusi Nyamazana, a Political Scientist, on the 7th of February 2018. No longer will politicians make promises that remain unfulfilled or remain forgotten in the depths of Google and recycled newspaper. “President Mnangagwa made many promises since he came into office, and as citizens we need to study the promises and critically examine if they are a fusion of puffery and rhetoric or are credible undertakings,” says Nyamazana. “If we want a strong and responsive democracy in Zimbabwe, we need to develop a culture of monitorial citizenship, where we monitor these promises and challenge the government where it falls short. Civic engagement is too important to be something we do only at elections.” he adds. “the non-parti...