Easy Sunday Read: Mdhara Chimowa’s tears for fifty dollars
IAlex T. Magaisa There are many good men and women I grew up with in the village. Mdhara Chimowa (Elder Chimowa) is one of them. He...
Alex Magaisa
Alex T. Magaisa was a Zimbabwean legal scholar, political analyst and commentator. He lectured in law at Kent Law School, University of Kent, and was widely recognised for his incisive analysis of Zimbabwe's constitutional and governance landscape. His Big Saturday Read series became essential reading for anyone following Zimbabwean politics.
The Big Saturday Read: How Zimbabwe inherited and perfected a repressive State
On 8th December 1980, Edgar Tekere walked out a free man from the High Court of Zimbabwe. His supporters in the gallery and outside court...
Sweeteners & lemons: Zim State media & the art of propaganda
I had a chuckle this morning when I read a headline in The Herald, the State daily. “President still tops – Surveyâ€, screamed the headline. At...
Easy Sunday Read: My friend, the Harare taxi-driver
It may be regarded as the optimistic view of a relative but I reckon my nephew Givhi is the gifted comedian that Zimbabwe never discovered....
The Big Saturday Read: The $15 billion question and a brief history of corruption in Zimbabwe
“We have not received much from the diamond industry at all. I don’t think we have exceeded $2 billion yet we think more than $15 billion has...
President Mugabe and the mystery of the aborted Indian excursion
On Tuesday 8th March 2016, the State daily, The Herald reported that President Mugabe had left Harare the previous day on a trip to India...
The Moyo-Charamba debate in Zanu PF ’s succession drama
The latest episode in Zanu PF ’s intriguing drama in the battle to succeed President Mugabe involves two men blessed with the gift of the gab,...
Succession in the courts: who will succeed Chidyausiku as Zimbabwe’s top judge?
Alex T. MagaisaThe dominant succession story in Zimbabwe is playing out in the political arena, where the main question revolves around Robert Mugabe’s successor, although...
Who are your top 5 most influential Zimbabwean politicians since 1980?
On Sunday, I asked fellow Zimbabweans on a social networking site to name figures they consider to be the most influential politicians in Zimbabwe since...
Guest Contribution: Zimbabwe’s Dilemma – Multi-Currency or Return to Local Currency?
Editorial Note: From time to time, we accept guest contributions on specialist subjects. This week, we have an interesting contribution in the field of economics...