Listen! Zimbabwe after Mugabe – BBC News hour Extra
Zimbabwe’s economy is in severe crisis and President Robert Mugabe’s opponents are growing increasingly bold with widespread public sector strikes and protests on the streets...
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The Big Saturday Read: How the cost of electoral theft haunts the ZANU PF government
Storming Rotten RowThose of us who are avid students of history are familiar with the historical significance of July 14, a famous day which symbolises one...
Mugabe and the revolt of the war veterans
From Mgagao to 21 JulyIn October 1975, a group of young and radical ZANLA guerrillas stationed at Mgagao, a military training camp based in Tanzania,...
Kereke, Tomana and the cost of political patronage
On 11 July 2016, Dr Munyaradzi Kereke, the ZANU PF MP for Bikita West constituency, was found guilty of raping a minor child, who was also...
The Big Saturday Read: Presidential Amnesty − A short history of impunity and political violence in Zimbabwe
Alex T. MagaisaThe Midlands Hotel, an imposing structure at the heart of Gweru, is arguable the Midlands city’s most iconic building and, countrywide, it certainly...
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...
Robert Mugabe: The Odd Man Out in Delhi
There is an image from the recently concluded India-Africa Summit, held in New Delhi, which tells multiple narratives, one of which is the subject of...
Tsvangirai not Mugabe strangled student politics: A Response to Alex Magaisa
Editorial Note: This is an article submitted by a guest contributor, Malvern Mkudu, an independent researcher. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in Economics and...