Dr Mtizira-Nondo—Best of many worlds

medical profession and the teaching of history.
On the other hand, a person in a generally inward-looking profession cannot be a good orator, a suave one at that.
However, such contradictions make and shape the life of 47-year-old Dr Nyaradzo Mtizira, a medical doctor who has written and published HIV and Aids educational books and recently published a book on the country’s land reform and history.
Add to that an expatriate who does not miss an opportunity to come back home to his beloved country (in this era of when going out might be a big boon for some), and you get a man whose approach to life is simply remarkable.
“My primary vocation since 1990 has been that of a medical doctor working initially in hospitals and surgeries before starting my own private practice in 2000,” begins Dr Mtizira on his life and career.
“During my career to date as a doctor, I have been heavily involved in HIV and AIDS medicine. This involvement has extended to being an integral part of the National Antiretroviral Treatment Rollout programme in Botswana. A further show of my commitment to the community is the fact that I have self-published four educational books on HIV and AIDS that are targeted at the youth.
“I have been a consultant to workplace programmes on HIV and Aids, facilitating workshops on this pandemic that affects us all in one way or another.”
He admits that being a writer and a medical doctor is a tricky affair, which he has to thrash out, nevertheless.
He told the Herald: “Being a writer/publisher and a doctor is an unusual combination but I have always had a passion for writing, a muse which is inspired by my parents who were a huge influence on my reading habits in my youth.
“To balance the two vocations is complex and requires me to wake up daily at 4am to do two-hour sessions of writing using advanced software that reduces the time spent at the computer.
“The remainder of my typical day is spent at my desk in my consultation room.
“Apart from the four HIV and AIDS educational books, I have written an exciting and factual historical narrative on the history of land reform in Zimbabwe titled ‘Chimurenga Protocol’
“This book is a must-read for every Zimbabwean youth who wants to be informed about the history of land in this magnificent country. The book begins in 1890 with the arrival of the brutal racist paramilitary force also known under the misleading sobriquet of The Pioneer Column. Led by Cecil John Rhodes, this Anglo-Saxon invasion then proceeded to annihilate indigenous citizens in their blood-lust for the resource of Zimbabwean land and the riches that lie beneath the fertile Zimbabwean soil.
“The book gives a detailed narrative of the events around the First Chimurenga, The Land Apportionment Act, the Second Chimurenga, the Lancaster House Conference, the role of the duplicitous Labour Government in the infamous 1997 Claire Short letter, the Third Chimurenga of 2000 and then the gross human rights abuse of the people of Zimbabwe by the Anglo-Saxons in the form of illegal punitive sanctions that are a cause of untold misery and deprivation amongst the indigenous populace since 2001.
“Any youth who reads and understands the content of the book will be enlightened about the conspiracies and shenanigans that are being brewed in Whitehall and Washington.”
Dr Mtizira launched Chimurenga Protocol at a very colourful ceremony in Harare in 2010, an occasion attended by traditional leaders, historian and the Registrar  General  Tobaiwa Mudede, Government officials, among others.
A mbira band entertained the crowd, adding to the ambience and the African spirit that pervaded the air.
There are other works in the pipeline.
He is currently working on a book tentatively titled “The Regime Change Agenda: Focus on Zimbabwe.”
He explains: “The book is an academic expose of the regime change agenda and the tactics that the Anglo-Saxon westerners are employing in their drive to unseat the democratically-elected leader of Zimbabwe, President Mugabe.
“The book examines the history of the regime change agenda and the sinister forces behind the agenda. Examples of the nations that have fallen prey to the Mafia-like Western forces since 1893 (when the first clear-cut modern-day case of the regime change agenda was played out in Hawaii) will be thoroughly examined.
“Zimbabwe as a case in point reflects all three of the primary drivers of the regime change agenda as espoused by the West: firstly, the Anglo-Saxon wish to impose its capitalist ideology on Zimbabwe, secondly the desire to increase Western power in the African region and lastly, the insatiable Anglo-Saxon lust for Zimbabwe’s extensive mineral and agricultural resources.”
Working in nearby Botswana has allowed Dr Mtizira to observe keenly happenings in his homeland.
He says being an expatriate “has been an uplifting experience” but he longs to be back home and serve his country.
“Soon, I see myself serving at the pleasure of the Zimbabwe Government in whatever capacity.
“One thing that will surely continue is the publication of educational material that will keep the youth informed of our history as a nation and the great legacy that has been bestowed upon the indigenous people of Zimbabwe by the country’s progressive and inspired leadership,” he says.
Dr Mtizira hails from a family of teachers.
Though he ventured into medicine, it is little wonder that with his educational books, the circle is coming to a full.
He is the third born of Simpson Mtizira-Nondo and Lydia Mtizira-Nondo nee Musiwacho, of Magunje, Hurungwe District.
Both parents were teachers; the matriarch is a retired teacher and his late father Sekuru Mtizira-Nondo was a teacher at Highfield Secondary School who served his profession for more than 25 years at the same school.
He began school at St Michael’s Prep School, proceeding to Hartmann House which is the feeder pre-secondary school for St George’s College where he did his O’ Levels.
He won a scholarship to the United World College in Singapore where he gained the prestigious International Baccalaureate, the pre-university equivalent of the A Level qualification.
He attended the University of Zimbabwe School of Medicine and qualified as a medical doctor in November 1989.
He has been a practicing doctor since that time, mainly as a general practitioner. 
On his outlook in life he says: “My motto is ‘Success breeds success’ and my philosophy stresses the need for spiritual self-renewal and regular self-introspection.”
Dr Mtizira’s hobbies include reading widely, travelling, watching sports and spending quality time with his two children who both incidentally have been visited by the muse of writing as well.