Total abolition will be the logical endpoint of a gradual process of decolonising Zimbabwean law.
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While some opposition is to be expected, indications are that the general Zimbabwean public will take the government’s lead on abolition.
Youth-targeted strategies are part of the authoritarian rule book in Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Uganda and Ethiopia.
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Africa’s youth are not countering the deepening of autocratisation across the continent.
Nelson Chamisa, leader of Zimbabwe’s main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change, addresses supporters at a rally.
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Nelson Chamisa defines himself as a social democrat who believes in providing substantial welfare to support healthcare and basic education.
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa.
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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not faced official investigation or prosecution over his role in Operation Gukurahundi – 40 years on.
Guti touring the Middle East in 2022 at the age of 99.
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He helped found a church with three million followers in 168 countries, a hospital, a university and several schools.
Zimbabwe’s President Emmerson Mnangagwa addressing a rally in Bulawayo recently.
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Zanu-PF’s anti-American rhetoric is not only deployed to win friends abroad. As elections approach, it is also a prominent campaign tactic at home.
US state secretary Antony Blinken seeks closer ties with Africa.
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Washington must overcome growing anti-west sentiment on the continent given the development alternative that China offers.
Former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe died in 2019.
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Moore did not unearth any treasures in his research of Mugabe’s legacy. He has not even drawn a map that might lead us to them.
Traders examine bales of tobacco, which is among Zimbabwe’s key exports, at a March 2022 auction in Harare.
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As Zimbabwe heads for 2023 presidential elections, there are key things voters should watch out for in the social protection promises made by candidates.
Zimbabwe’s opposition Citizens Coalition for Change supporters attend an election campaign rally in Harare, in February. Zimbabwe, 20 February.
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Most citizens feel that it is pointless to vote because it won’t change anything.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) with his Zimbabwean counterpart, President Emmerson Mnangagwa, in Harare in 2019.
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The ANC retains its determination to rule yet lacks the capacity to do so effectively. The only way out of the dilemma is its defeat in an election.
A scene from a play about the Gukurahundi genocide, 1983 The Dark Years, performed in Harare in 2018.
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Artists are filling the state’s silence by revisiting history so that it can be discussed.
Grace Mugabe at the funeral of former president Robert Mugabe.
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Sexist slandering has been used not just to describe Grace Mugabe, but to denigrate any women who aspire to political positions.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa at the funeral of his predecessor, Robert Mugabe.
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It remains to be seen how much longer the ‘old men syndrome’ will persist in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa, despite growing frustration among the politically powerless.
Robert Mugabe, former President of Zimbabwe, addressing media in Harare, in July 2018.
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Robert Mugabe’s years of playing one group off against the other to favour himself finally wore too thin in 2017.
Robert Mugabe during his swearing-in ceremony in Harare, 2008. The former Zimbabwean president has died aged 95.
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Where should we place Mugabe among the pantheon of African nationalists who led their countries to independence?
Many Zimbabweans have turned to hawking to keep the wolf from the door as the economic crisis in the country deepens.
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It’s time for a new approach as it becomes increasingly clear that protests won’t topple the Zanu-PF government.
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Only psychologists could discern how Dumiso Dabengwa maintained his legendary composure, a necessary trait for an intelligence supremo.
Supporters of MDC’s Nelson Chamisa believe he could win Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections.
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Nelson Chamisa has the opportunity to foster peace, tolerance and democracy within Zimbabwe’s main opposition party.
Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s regime has yet to show it differs from that of Robert Mugabe.
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The debate on sanctions on Zimbabwe has been lost in the southern African region and on the continent.