Tag Archive: Morgan Tsvangirai

Re-Reading Morgan Tsvangirai’s Bio, ‘At the Deep End’

I recently re-read Zimbabwe’s late former Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s biography or memoir, ‘At the Deep End.’  Written in collaboration with the late journalist...

Zimbabwe After the “Coup”: Hope, Freedom of Speech, Open for Business

This is a tale from the recently concluded Africa Blogging 2018 workshop held in Harare,  Zimbabwe. Landing in Harare, Zimbabwe´s capital was supposed to...

Rethinking the Opposition and the Civil Society in Zimbabwe

The 15 November 2017 military coup in Zimbabwe marked the end of Mugabe’s 37-year stranglehold on power, as the balance of forces shifted in the ruling...

Zimbabwe, MDC Alliance: Nostalgia, Spoils and Last Chances

Zimbabwe’s largest opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has decided to take a big political risk for the forthcoming 2018 harmonised election. ...

Zimbabwe, Thinking Beyond MDC-99: Some Notes on Designing Winning Coalitions

The defeat of the opposition by ZANU PF in the 2013 plebiscite eroded the once vibrant power of the opposition. Since that heavy defeat...

Afrobarometer/MPOI Zimbabwe Survey: Extracting Political Meaning, Questioning Complex Reality

Zimbabwe’s Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) in partnership with Afrobarometer has recently made public the findings of its round seven survey on the ‘Quality...