Promise Mkwananzi

Promise Mkwananzi is a politician from Zimbabwe. He is a former President of the Zimbabwe National Student Union (ZINASU), serving from 2006 to 2007. During his career as a student leader, Mkwananzi was expelled from the University of Zimbabwe. He was also arrested numerous times for leading student protests against the government's unjust education policies. He was elected into the MDC youth assembly as secretary general and appointed a member of the national executive committee as 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. With the then party he did his education at the Utrecht University in Netherlands where he attained a bachelor's degree in political science and international relations. He also attained a masters 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.