Promise Mkwananzi

From 2006 to 2007, Mkwananzi was the president of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), and during that time he was expelled from the University of Zimbabwe. He was arrested numerous times for leading student protests against what he and other students viewed as the government's unjust education policies.^[2] He was elected into the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) Youth Assembly as Secretary-General. He was appointed a member of the National Executive Committee as the Secretary for Youth Affairs, making him, at 28, the youngest national executive member in the party's history. A once close ally of Morgan Tsvangirai, Mkwananzi split with Tsvangirai in 2014 and went with former Finance Minister Tendai Biti's renewal group. He split with Biti and joined Elton Mangoma to form the Renewal Democrats of Zimbabwe, where he was briefly Secretary General before he left the party to join the social movement Tajamuka in 2016. He received his education at Utrecht University in the Netherlands where he attained a bachelor's degree in political science and international relations. He also attained a master's degree in international development studies. Mkwananzi is also a fierce advocate of youth autonomy, arguing that the youth should be at the forefront of both the revolution and decision making though financial scandals below set his image a heavy blow. He is widely known for his 'eye for an eye' call in which he rallied the youth to retaliate against violence from ZANU PF youths. Mkwananzi lives in Harare, Zimbabwe.^[3]