Description

A journalist for close to eight years.

He's employed as a senior reporter at the Zimbabwe Independent. This is a weekly newspaper and his specialisation is economic and financial reporting.

Leonard grew up in the rural areas of Zimbabwe until he enrolled at the Harare Polytechnic Journalism school.

He started working for the Herald in 2001 but left in 2006 to work in PR. He then left in 2009 to start working as a journalist.

"As a villager, I remember in 1986 when then Mozambican leader Samora Machel died. I got the news earlier than most in the village and as a very young boy then, I was excited and started telling the elders of the news. Guess what, I was reprimanded and told never to say such things again. I was only proven right hours later when the news was aired on radio. From that time, I have championed the right of the people to know. I have observed that there is a very wide gap between the public officials and the public and I always want to tell the people what is happening and at times tell them what it means."