Tag Archive: Zimbabwe

Robert Mugabe’s True Legacy: A Nasty, Materialist and Populist Individualism

There have been a number of books written on Robert Mugabe in his many leadership roles.  As a leader of a guerrilla movement/army, as...

Article | April 10, 2019
Mnangagwa’s Deceptive Road to Armageddon

Zimbabwe’s quest for a new path under the auspices of the new dispensation and reengagement by Mnangagwa has vapoured into thin air faster than...

Article | February 27, 2019
The Way Forward on Social Media Shutdowns

Digital authoritarianism is rapidly becoming fashionable in Africa. In 2018, Access Now recorded 21 shutdowns in Africa, a sharp rise from 13 shutdowns in...

Article | February 01, 2019
One Year After Mugabe: A Revolution Still not Televised

On 15 November 2017, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe’s longest serving ruler was confined to his private residence in the affluent suburb of Borrowdale in Harare,...

Article | November 23, 2018
Zimbabwe’s Next Five Years

Political perspectives in Zimbabwe, at least after the recent 2018 general election, have tended to have a sense of immediacy and urgency.  Spurred on...

Article | October 03, 2018
Mnangagwa’s ‘2nd Republic’ and the Pursuance of Neoliberal Economics

The confirmation of Emmerson Mnangagwa by Zimbabwe’s highest court as president sealed the dispute on Zimbabwe’s future leader to carry the hopes of a...

Article | September 12, 2018
The Bulawayo Rally Explosion: Reflecting, Remaining True to a National Democratic Course

The tragic bomb blast in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe  on the weekend of 23 July 2018 at a Zanu Pf rally made one pause for deep reflection...

Article | June 29, 2018
Re-Living the Chibondo Genocide

On my recent visit to Zimbabwe, I took time to attend an exhibition of the Chibondo Genocide at the National Heroes Acre in Harare...

Article | June 15, 2018
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...

Article | June 11, 2018
Mnangagwa’s visit to China: the ‘easy’ way of doing business

Zimbabwe’s president Emmerson Mnangagwa recently visited China, his first visit outside Africa. Mnangagwa’s visit comes at a time when his government has embarked on a campaign...

Article | April 11, 2018
The Mnangagwa’s Unfinished Homework: The Need for a True Public Media

The media comedies of errors by the Mnangagwa’s from the events of the past weeks have been interesting in the so-called ‘new dispensation’.  Since...

Article | March 14, 2018
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...

Article | January 17, 2018