Toendepi Shonhe has research interests in agrarian political economy. He studied agricultural management in Zimbabwe (2001-2004) before he enrolled for a Masters Degree in public policy and public participation in policy making at Witwatersrand University’s Graduate School of Public and Development Management in Johannesburg (2009-2011). His thesis was ‘Public participation in the constitution making process in Zimbabwe (2000 – 2010). He is currently enrolled at the University of KwaZulu-Natal School of Built Environment and Development Studies under the Centre for Civil Society. His thesis is ‘The smallholder agricultural implications of Zimbabwe’s fast track land reform’. His study area is Hwedza constituency in the Mashonaland East region. Toendepi worked in the banking sector from 1993 where he worked his way up from a bank teller to becoming a Corporate Manager in agribusiness. He is an associate member of the Institute of Bankers of Zimbabwe. In 2007, he was appointed Director General of the MDC, a political party in Zimbabwe.