As Zimbabwe heads for 2023 presidential elections, there are key things voters should watch out for in the social protection promises made by candidates.
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Informal sector organisations in Zimbabwe have the potential to influence politics at a personal and societal level.
The unity between Zimbabwe’s two main ethnic groups is so fragile that even an inspirational street mural can expose it.
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.
When policymakers reduce electricity scarcity to a few factors like theft and vandalism, to be solved with technology and stiff penalties, they miss other factors that contribute to electricity theft.
Stringent restrictions could stifle innovation among mobile money operators and hinder access to financial services.
The militarisation of borders and securitisation of migration have always failed to stop irregular migration.
Hundreds of handwritten letters found in an archive have revealed the real import of the writer’s enduring influence.
The gap between the continent’s most democratic and authoritarian regions is likely to continue to grow.
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.
South Africa and Nigeria need to lead policy debates on long term measures to address migration in Africa.
Robert Mugabe’s years of playing one group off against the other to favour himself finally wore too thin in 2017.
Where should we place Mugabe among the pantheon of African nationalists who led their countries to independence?
It’s time for a new approach as it becomes increasingly clear that protests won’t topple the Zanu-PF government.
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.
The debate on sanctions on Zimbabwe has been lost in the southern African region and on the continent.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s decision to double the price of petrol shows very poor judgement and bad leadership.
It’s the final lap before Zimbabwe’s first election since the fall of Robert Mugabe. The jury is out on who will win the presidency.
Robert Mugabe’s rule in Zimbabwe is over. But the country’s road to democracy remains a bumpy one as Zanu-PF, the new president and the military go about entrenching power.
Zimbabweans have every right to celebrate the end of Robert Mugabe’s long and disastrous reign, but they would be wrong to assume that this is the end of their political problems.
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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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Fellow, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge; Professor of Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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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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Founding Director of Program on Intrastate Conflict, Harvard Kennedy School
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Jan Smuts Professor of International Relations and Director of the African Centre for the Study of the United States (ACSUS), University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Democracy, University of Birmingham
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Lecturer in Economics, University of Venda
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Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of Zululand
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Acting Director: Institute for Pan-African Thought & Conversation, University of Johannesburg
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Research Fellow under South African Research Chair: Cities, Law and Environmental Sustainability (CLES) Faculty of Law, North-West University
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Junior Research Fellow, University of Oxford
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Ph.D. in Art History candidate, Rhodes University
