Expert Analysis
Senility, a doting mad wife and an indulgence in spies
Book review: In the Jaws of the Crocodile: Emmerson Mnangagwa’s Rise to Power in Zimbabwe. By Ray Ndlovu, Penguin Books, 2018 In the Jaws of the Crocodile is an exciting account of the coup that shuffled Robert Mugabe off his throne so that Emmerson Mnangagwa could...
Economic decline and social malaise
The Zimbabwe Constitution guarantees social protection, but provision and accessibility are hampered by fiscal limitations In contemporary African countries social protection is broadly perceived as central and indispensable to human development. Persistent and...
A massive step backwards
Zimbabwe’s new president has vowed to entrench constitutionalism and uphold the rule of law, but recent events suggest otherwise The attempt to reverse decades of Zimbabwe’s economic ruin after Robert Mugabe’s fall in November 2017 was always going to be the most...
Rethinking development policy paradigms
Inclusive state-society and economic relations in Zimbabwe will mean the creation of an inclusive growth model to address poverty and inequality Since November 2017’s “military assisted transition” (read coup), Zimbabwe’s political elites have sought to shift from the...
Rule by law or rule of law?
There appears to be some light at the end of Zimbabwe’s dark constitutional tunnel but only time will tell if the gains made will gather pace Since its founding as a modern state in 1890, Zimbabwe has had a tumultuous political and constitutional history. This history...
Manipulating local government for political ends
Participatory democracy, transparency and decentralisation are important elements that determine the level of service provision from Zimbabwe’s local authorities Zimbabwe has 92 local authorities, 32 of them urban and 60 rural. These local authorities draw their power...
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