Who Exactly is Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo?

Born on 29 March 1982 in Bulawayo and raised by his grandparents in his home District of Bulilima-mangwe, Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo completed his primary and secondary education at Tokwana Primary and Secondary Schools. He later completed a Diploma in Personnel Management graduating with Distinction with the Institute of People Management (IPMZ). Moyo later entered the Theological College of Zimbabwe (TCZ) in Bulawayo where he majored in reading Theology and Philosophy, dropping out of the College after one-and-a-half-years.

Between the time of his finishing of the GCE Ordinary Level in 1999 and publishing his first book, The Rebirth of Bukalanga, in 2012, Moyo worked for the Zimbabwe postal service, Zimbabwe Posts, and the National Oil Company of Zimbabwe (Noczim) in his home town of Plumtree.

He also served as a Community Organizer during this same time, organizing for the Plumtree Business Association (PBA), meanwhile serving as a Shop Steward at his workstation at Noczim Plumtree and a Branch Committee Member of the Southern Region of the Zimbabwe Energy Workers’ Union. A Justice Activist, Moyo is currently studying toward a Bachelor of Arts Honors Degree in Development Studies.

Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo is committed to the fight for justice and equality, and believes that the only and best way any people can flourish and bring true and fast development to their lives and their country is through self-government and self-determination, believing strongly in H. L. Mencken's statement that:

"it is better to be free than to be not free, even when the former is dangerous and the latter safe. I believe that the finest qualities of man can flourish only in free air – that progress made under the shadow of the policeman’s club is false progress, and of no permanent value. I believe that any man who takes the liberty of another into his keeping is bound to become a tyrant, and that any man who yields up his liberty, in however slight the measure, is bound to become a slave."

In the quest for self-government and self-determination, Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel has written two books, The Rebirth of Bukalanga and Zimbabwe: The Case for Federalism. The first book lays out the history of the Kalanga Nation (or Bukalanga) which is made up of a number of tribes found in most countries of Southern Africa such as Bakalanga, Banambya, BaLobedu, Vhavenda, etc.

Zimbabwe: The Case for Federalism makes a case for the federalization of Zimbabwe, arguing that the best way forward for Zimbabwe is not a unitary system of government as proposed by the Harare-centric Zanu PF, nor is secession as proposed by the Mthwakazi movement a solution. Moyo argues that both positions will inevitably lead to civil war as the experience has been the world over. He argues that only Ethnolinguistic Federalism as has been instituted in South Africa, Ethiopia, India, Switzerland, Canada, etc is the best way forward for the country and the only workable compromise between the forces of unitary government and the forces of secession.

He proposes in the book that Zimbabwe return to the five provinces that it had at independence - Matebeleland, Mashonaland, Manicaland, Maswingo and the Midlands (as the Federal Capital Region, with the country's centrally located City fo Gweru as the federal capital). This would mean each of the five provinces has its own Provincial Government and directly and popularly elected Governors and Provincial Assemblies to deal with the affairs of that particular province such as Education, Tourism, Health, Language and Culture, etc, with the Federal Government only focusing on broader national issues such Defense, Foreign Affairs, etc.

Residing in his hometown of Plumtree in the Bulilima-Mangwe Region which has now been divided into three administrative centers - Plumtree Town, Bulilima Rural District and Mangwe Rural District - Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel Moyo is committed to the development of that region and its growth into an industrial center, believing that industrialization is the only hope for the development of the region in light of the fact that there are no known mineral resources in the region (yet) as in others that can spur it to development. Neither are there significant tourist attractions.

These goals Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel intends to achieve through community organizing, which he has been doing for at least five years, and running for public elected office as a platform to be an even more effective Community Organizer. High on his agenda is the Educational Development of Bulilima-Mangwe, for without a strong educational base, there can be no hope for industrialization. He also believes in the empowerment of locals through Enterpreneurial Training and Funding of Business Start-up so that local take control of the means of production and the resources available in their communities, as well as local jobs going primarily to local people.

A passionate Kalanga, Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel is also committed to the restoration of Bukalanga Group Languages (TjiKalanga and Tshivenda), as well as the fight against HIV and AIDS, Unemployment, the Restoration of Family which is being decimated by emigration in search of economic opportunity in foreign lands, and the Re-establishment of Bukalanga as a powerful nation in Southern Africa, or as he likes to put it, as the 'Israel of Africa', by which he refers to the fact that Israel was in the Dispersion for over 1800 years, yet less than 70 years after it was re-established as a nation in their homeland, they have grown to become one of the most powerful nations of the world be it economically, politically, culturally and technologically - becoming the world's second most important center for Science & Techonology after Silicon Valley in California, United States.

Ndzimu-unami Emmanuel's dream is to see Bakalanga, Banambya, and Vhavenda (constituting over 75% of the population of Matebeleland) recapturing the innovative and progressive spirit of their ancestors which saw them establishing the greatest civilization Africa south of the Sahara in the precolonial era, that is, the Zimbabgwe Civilization as epitomized by three of the four man-made Unesco World Heritage Sites in Southern Africa - Maphungubgwe, Great Zimbabgwe and Kame (the fourth one being the Robben Island Prison).