The Big Saturday Read: Mugabe and three tragic heroes – reading politics through literature
OkonkwoIt is impossible to imagine someone reading Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart and not falling in love with the classic novel. It is not by...
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ZIMDEF: Another corruption scandal, another political charade
Once again, the people of Zimbabwe are being taken for a ride. The pattern is familiar: A huge corruption scandal erupts. The media is awash...
The Big Saturday Read: The limits of law in Zimbabwe’s political struggle
As a young lawyer fresh from law school, whenever I encountered a problem my first instinct was to consult the law to see what it...
Mugabe and the judiciary: will judges succumb to pressure?
At the weekend, President Mugabe criticised judges for ruling in favour of protestors’ rights to peaceful demonstrations against the government. This comes in the wake...
The Big Saturday Read 1: Strangling the baby at birth – ZANU PF’s plot to amend the Constitution
This weekend we have an unusual edition of The Big Saturday Read. There are two #BSRs instead of one. The first #BSR deals with the...
The Big Saturday Read 2: What happens if President Mugabe vacates office?
This is the second of our 2 Big Saturday Reads this weekend. This article looks at the issue of succession should a vacancy arise in...
Urban land and political patronage: Understanding ZANU PF’s urban strategy for the 2018 elections
Farai Mutondoro, Mary Jane Ncube, and Manase ChiwesheAs Zimbabwean political parties get into election mode and start laying foundations for the 2018 general elections, it is...
Scandalising Joice Mujuru: The toxic mix of patriarchy and misogyny in Zimbabwean politics
The Sunday Mail today carried stories which severely attacked and scandalised Joice Mujuru, the former Vice President of Zimbabwe who now heads her own party,...
Mugabe and the principle of the One Centre of Power: A legal and political history of consolidation of power in Zimbabwean politics
Few subjects in the Zimbabwean story demonstrate the mixture of issues – law, politics and history – which are the mainstay of #TheBigSaturdayRead as the...
The generals and the war to succeed Robert Mugabe
Recent events have shown the military getting increasingly visible in the race to succeed President Robert Mugabe. Although the defence forces commander General Constantino Chiwenga...