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Zimbabwe has a new Constitution, but disputes over the land provisions...
On March 16th, Zimbabweans voted on a new Constitution in a national referendum. The voting was largely peaceful, and the turnout higher than expected, with over 3 million people voting. With all...
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Zimbabwe Elections Scenarios: New ICG Report Cuts Through the Political...
The International Crisis Group issued on 6 May a very helpful report entitled Zimbabwe: Elections Scenarios. Prepared by Piers Pigou, the ICG’s Southern Africa projects director and his team, this...
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Making friends in London: is a new rapprochement on Zimbabwe occurring? – By...
Recently, the ‘Friends of Zimbabwe’ group of western donors met in London, together with representatives of all of Zimbabwe’s main political parties. The ‘Friends’ group – formerly known as the...
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Waiting for Elections in 2013: 11 Theses (with Appropriate Apologies) on...
Ever since Zimbabwe’s Transitional Inclusive Government’s (TIG) constitution was finally agreed in the middle of March, the country’s political discourse had been in overdrive. Primarily it has been...
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REVIEW: The Hard Road to Reform: the Politics of Zimbabwe’s Global Political...
Brian Raftopoulos (editor), The Hard Road to Reform: the Politics of Zimbabwe’s Global Political Agreement (Harare: Weaver Press in association with Solidarity Peace Trust, 2013) As Zimbabwe’s first...
View ArticleKenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa: Violence and Transition in Post...
The recently concluded elections in Kenya against the background of the electoral violence of 2007, the anticipated election in Zimbabwe in 2013 with the memory of state led electoral violence in 2008...
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Zimbabwe Election 31 July …. an end of an era? — by Blessing Vava
Tsvangirai Should have learnt from Odinga It’s now only a few days to 31 July 2013, a day set for Zimbabwe’s make or break harmonized elections. The day is finally upon us despite doubts...
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Sham or not, election flaws unlikely to unseat Mugabe – By Brian Raftopoulos
The recent elections in Zimbabwe were always likely to be problematic. Despite the hope of former South African president Thabo Mbeki in 2007 that his mediation efforts would lead to an vote that was...
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In Zimbabwe, A Luta Continua – By David B. Moore
Source: Reuters Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF has outwitted its main opposition, Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change, once again. The Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front’s 61% to...
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Still no proof Mugabe rigged elections, according to new Solidarity Peace...
Source: Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo Zanu PF’s landslide election ‘victory’ was probably at least partly the result of five years hard campaigning for new voters, as there is still no proof of rigging,...
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By way of an obituary for Wilfred Mhanda (aka Dzinashe “Dzino” Machingura):...
Zimbabwe’s Ides of April foretold the death of the Movement for Democratic Change as we know it. Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed the author of a letter from within the leadership circles asking him to...
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Zimbabwe Elections Scenarios: New ICG Report Cuts Through the Political...
The International Crisis Group issued on 6 May a very helpful report entitled Zimbabwe: Elections Scenarios. Prepared by Piers Pigou, the ICG’s Southern Africa projects director and his team, this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Making friends in London: is a new rapprochement on Zimbabwe occurring? – By...
Recently, the “˜Friends of Zimbabwe’ group of western donors met in London, together with representatives of all of Zimbabwe’s main political parties. The “˜Friends’ group – formerly known as the...
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Waiting for Elections in 2013: 11 Theses (with Appropriate Apologies) on...
Ever since Zimbabwe’s Transitional Inclusive Government’s (TIG) constitution was finally agreed in the middle of March, the country’s political discourse had been in overdrive. Primarily it has been...
View ArticleClik here to view.
REVIEW: The Hard Road to Reform: the Politics of Zimbabwe’s Global Political...
Brian Raftopoulos (editor), The Hard Road to Reform: the Politics of Zimbabwe’s Global Political Agreement (Harare: Weaver Press in association with Solidarity Peace Trust, 2013) As Zimbabwe’s first...
View ArticleKenya, Zimbabwe, and South Africa: Violence and Transition in Post...
The recently concluded elections in Kenya against the background of the electoral violence of 2007, the anticipated election in Zimbabwe in 2013 with the memory of state led electoral violence in 2008...
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Zimbabwe Election 31 July …. an end of an era? — by Blessing Vava
Tsvangirai Should have learnt from Odinga It’s now only a few days to 31 July 2013, a day set for Zimbabwe’s make or break harmonized elections. The day is finally upon us despite doubts on the...
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Sham or not, election flaws unlikely to unseat Mugabe – By Brian Raftopoulos
The recent elections in Zimbabwe were always likely to be problematic. Despite the hope of former South African president Thabo Mbeki in 2007 that his mediation efforts would lead to an vote that was...
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In Zimbabwe, A Luta Continua – By David B. Moore
Source: Reuters Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF has outwitted its main opposition, Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change, once again. The Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front’s 61% to...
View ArticleStill no proof Mugabe rigged elections, according to new Solidarity Peace...
Zanu PF’s landslide election “˜victory’ was probably at least partly the result of five years hard campaigning for new voters, as there is still no proof of rigging, according to a report from the...
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