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Nicole Beardsworth
Lies, damn lies and WhatsApp: Why it pays to listen to political rumours in Zim
Africa
Nicole Beardsworth
&
Nic Cheeseman
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12 Aug 2020
The rumour mill can shape politics — and reveal uncomfortable truths
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Zambian economy on slippery slope
Africa
Nicole Beardsworth
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12 Oct 2018
In the face of spiralling debt, the Patriotic Front will struggle to take the next election
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Zimbabwe: Who is in control?
Africa
Nicole Beardsworth
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10 Aug 2018
Mnangagwa’s slim election victory, followed by violence, has observers asking why he would do this when all he needed was international credibility
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New rules and ghost voters threaten Zimbabwe’s vote
Africa
Nicole Beardsworth
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19 Jul 2018
In a shock new change, the ZEC is to adjust the electoral protocol in the ZEC elections handbook to reposition the country’s voting booths
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Ahead of Zimbabwe’s elections, all bets are off
Africa
Nicole Beardsworth
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12 Jun 2018
The 2018 election is the last hurdle that President Emmerson Mnangagwa needs to clear before his government will get the global stamp of approval.
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The case for putting ‘none of the above’ on the ballot in the 2019 elections
Article
Nicole Beardsworth
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22 May 2018
In recent years, several countries have introduced a ‘None of the Above’ (NOTA) option on the ballot in general elections.
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Botswana’s electoral disconnect ― and how it keeps the ruling party in power
Africa
Nicole Beardsworth
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16 Apr 2018
By disconnecting presidential terms from electoral cycles, ruling parties in Botswana and South Africa preserve the ‘incumbency effect’
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Is the wind of change blowing across southern Africa?
Africa
Nicole Beardsworth
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19 Feb 2018
With the possibility of a election and presidents stepping down at the end of 2018, what is certain is that the region will look very different
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Youths sound call for change
Article
Nicole Beardsworth
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12 Jul 2012
Africa's young people suffer from political apathy, but a group in Senegal bucks the trend. Nicole Beardsworth reports.
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