The current lockdown in Zimbabwe is going to provide a stern test for its informal economy, which is the country’s dominant economy and employs 90% of people.
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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’s years of playing one group off against the other to favour himself finally wore too thin in 2017.
It’s time for a new approach as it becomes increasingly clear that protests won’t topple the Zanu-PF government.
As Zimbabwe’s financial situation worsens, the government pins its hopes on borrowing more money.
The Mnangagwa regime’s coercive acts are a continuation of the violence and brutality of the Mugabe era, while he seeks global re-engagement and selective national dialogue.
Nelson Chamisa has the opportunity to foster peace, tolerance and democracy within Zimbabwe’s main opposition party.
The debate on sanctions on Zimbabwe has been lost in the southern African region and on the continent.
Mugabe is gone, but chaos reigns.
South Africa needs to make life as uncomfortable as possible for members of Zimbabwe’s government.
The Zimbabwean government’s brutal response to protests has dashed hopes for democracy under President Mnangagwa.
To stem the tide of the current crisis before it totally overwhelms President Mnangagwa and the ruling Zanu-PF, he needs to immediately cease the brutal onslaught on civilians.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decision to double the price of petrol shows very poor judgement and bad leadership.
Two new books about Zimbabwe deal with the coup in November 2017. But the country’s treasures haven’t been dug up yet.
For many Zimbabweans Robert Mugabe will remain a contested figure.
Emmerson Mnangagwa’s administration is struggling to overcome the national economic destruction wreaked on Zimbabwe over two decades under Robert Mugabe.
In mending the relations with Zimbabwe’s white community by roping in Kirsty Coventry and Bruce Grobbelaar, President Mnangagwa might just have pulled off a masterstroke.
The time for words is over – the world wants to see positive action if it is going to engage and invest.
Zimbabwe’s new president promised to deliver the country citizens want but the nation remains on edge.
The messy and violent aftermath of Zimbabwe’s recent elections met with only muted international criticism.
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Research Associate, Dept of Anthropology & Development Studies and Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
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Associate Professor of Sociology & Director of the Centre for Data Ethics at the Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer, Stellenbosch University
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Fellow, International Studies Group, University of the Free State
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Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Leicester
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Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School
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Post-doctoral Scholar, Mershon Center for International Security Studies, The Ohio State University
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Junior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Lecturer, University of the Free State
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow Willy Brandt School, University of Erfurt
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Frank and Bethine Church Chair of Public Affairs & Associate Professor, School of Public Service; Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Boise State University
