United for a brighter future, we empower citizens and unite the nation for lasting change. New Zimbabwe Democratic Change was formed by Mr Bernard Mutemasango who is the President and the other 7 committee members who helped him and was intended to unify the fractured movements of the Zimbabwe radical left, and attract new activists drawing on the combined strength of far-left parties in parliamen
tary elections. At the founding conference (6 to 8 Feb 2015), 44 delegates voted on a series of documents, which had gone through a long process of amendment and re-amendment in local region assemblies. The first document"founding principles " detailed the party's analysis of the impasse of libertarian and need for both mass mobilization and in the long term, the overthrowing of existing institutions.The NZDC under the leadership of Bernard Mutemasango is a political phenomenon . It is winning more hearts and minds,including in working class communities that had previously shunned the party. Many people are desperate for an electoral alternative to the Zanu PF . But as it may be , Zimbabweans must be wary of adopting an"opposition at all costs " approach. While tons of ink have been spilled analyzing the social justiçe content of Zanu Pf polices añd practices, very little serious attention has been paid to what the post-fight back NZDC actually stands for , and what the long term implications are of its growing popularity. What type of society does the NZDC want to build ? The core concept of Mutemasango's NZDC is one of an'open opportunity society for all,'which it counter poses to the Zanu pf's closed crony society for somewhere a clique rules to accumulate wealth,for the NZDC, a competitive job-creating economy, supported by an efficient education system,are the main drivers of the society. NZDC is not the originator of the opportunity society concept. Is is more than jus a political party but a hope to Zimbabweans to bring a change ,freedom in our nation. This society is a meritocracy , where government enables individual advancement on the basis of supposedly inherent talents and industriousness, measured usually through academic credentials, rather than on characteristics such as race,gender or political affiliation .
