Awards and Honors

• Highly Recommeded Citation in 2004 Sable/Arvon (UK) Short story Writing Contest
• Shortlisted for the 2007 HSBC PEN SOUTH AFRICA Short Story Writing Contest
• Winner of the 2008 OXFAM/NOVIB PEN FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION AWARD at the Hague for co-authoring the play The Crocodile Of Zambezi which was banned by the Zimbabwean Government because of its political content.
• Winner of THE FIRST BEST CREATIVE PUBLISHED WORK at National Arts MeritAwards 2009 (Zimbabwe) for the short story collection Dancing With Life: Tales From The Township, published by amaBooks Publishers.
• Awarded an Honorable Mention in the 2009 NOMA AWARD FOR BOOK PUBLISHING IN AFRICA for Dancing With Life: Tales From The Township.
• The 2009 Novel, Many Rivers, published by LION PRESS (UK), has been nominated for Outstanding Fiction Book in the 2010 National Merit Awards (Zimbabwe).

Books published

• Dancing With Life: Tales From The Township, published by amaBooks Publishers, Zimbabwe, 2008
• Many Rivers. A novel. LION PRESS (UK) 2009

Theatre

• The Time Of Trouble. Sadalala Amajekete Theatre, Bulawayo, 1998.
• Soil Of The Sun. Umkhathi Theatre, Bulawayo, 2003.
• The Sun Before. Amakhosi Theatre, Bulawayo, 2003
• Nkulumane. Umkhathi Theatre, Bulawayo, 2004
• Around The Corner. Sadalala-Amajekete Theatre, Bulawayo, 2005
• The Crocodile Of Zambezi. Co-written with Raisedon Baya. Homegrown Arts, Bulawayo. 2008.

Television Drama

• Kings Kraal. Co-written with Raisedon Baya. Zimbabwe Television, 2006.

Work in Progress

• Autumn Leaves Change Colour. A Novel.
• Flight From The River Goblin. A story for children.
• Whose Children. A radio drama.

Membership

• SOUTH AFRICA PEN member.
• Honorary Member Of Denmark Pen.
• Patron, Budding Writers Association Of Zimbabwe
• Literary Arts Sector coordinator of Intwasa KoBulawayo Arts Festival.

Arts Festivals / Workshops attended

• Fellow in the Crossing Borders Online Creative Writing Project. British Council/Lancaster University, 2004.
• Beyond Borders Literature Conference. Kampala, Uganda, 2004
• Caine Prize Workshop. Crater Lake, Kenya, 2005.
• Kwani Lit Fest. Nairobi, Kenya, 2007.
• Creative Writing Workshop Facilitator, Africa University 3rd Annual Festival, Mutare, Zimbabwe.
• Online Creative Writing Group Moderator, www.type-writers.org, Lancaster University, 2007.
• Harare International Festival Of The Arts. Harare, Zimbabwe, 2008.
• Pan African Literary Forum. Ghana, 2008.
• Power In The Voice International Festival. Gaberone, Botswana, 2008.
• Blogger In Residency, Poetry International Arts Festival, South Bank Centre, UK, 2008.

Short Stories published

• The Hand Of Darkness. Short Writings From Bulawayo, ‘amaBooks, 2003 • As I am. Writing Now, Weaver Press, Harare, 2004
• It’s His Who Wakes The Hare. Short Writings From Bulawayo II, ‘amaBooks, Bulawayo, 2005
• Many Rivers. Baobab Literary Journal, South Africa, 2009.
• The Matchstick Man, StoryTime, Online ezine, 2009
• The Bulldozers Are Coming. StoryTime, e-zine, 2009.
• A Cicada In The Shimmer. StoryTime e-zine, 2009
• King Of Bums. The Literary Review, USA. 2009
• Dancing With Life. The Obituary Tango, (Caine Prize Anthology), Jacana Press, South Africa, 2006
• Election Day. Edinburgh Review, Edinburgh, 2006.
• id-i. Short Writings From Bulawayo III, ‘amaBooks, Bulawayo, 2006.
• Broken Wings. Africa Pens, Spearhead, South Africa, 2007
• Dearest Sendor of The Bulldozers. African Writing, e-zine, 2008.
• King of Bums. Long Time Coming, AmaBooks Publishers, 2008.
• On The Lighter Side With Chris Mlalazi – a weekly column in the Sunday Newspaper, Zimbabwe.

Poetry

• Pay Day Hell. Poetry International, 2005
• Where Will They Be On Xmas Day. BBC 2005
• They Are Coming. Poetry International, 2008.