Robert Mugabe
latest news & developmentsAre they furniture? Zimbabwe at 46 and Africa’s curse of permanent officials
Our leaders are not furniture. Furniture does not loot diamonds, mismanage treasuries or unleash militias. Furniture does not cling to power with brazen arrogance. But in…
Gun charge compounds trouble as Mugabe son’s bail bid is delayed
Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe and his co-accused, Tobias Mugabe Matonhidze, will remain behind bars until 3 March
The Diaspora Dividend: Zimbabwe’s Unofficial State of Survival
Millions scattered across Johannesburg, London, Sydney, Toronto, New York and beyond have not abandoned their homeland; instead, they have sustained it
Robert Mugabe’s children navigate life without first family privilege
The fall of the Zimbabwean veteran leader in November 2017 and his death two years later had a negative impact on his then relatively young children
US Republicans propose bill on removal of Zimbabwe sanctions
If the Department of State Policy Provisions Act is passed into law, the US will support Zimbabwe borrowing money from international lenders such as the World Bank
The world through Calvin Ratladi’s eyes
The playwright sees beyond the script, conjuring ghosts of land, legacy and loss in ‘Breakfast with Mugabe’
The ANC has lost power, yet is still committed to constitutionalism
Although it no longer has an outright majority, and faces new challenges, the party has not lost its belief in democracy and the rule of law
Burkina Faso: Revolution, authoritarianism and the crisis of African emancipation politics
If revolutions are to succeed, the people must deliver freedom. They must reject authoritarianism, a small revolutionary elite or a military junta.
Songs of freedom in a dancehall in Zimbabwe
Bass culture is as old as Zimbabwe itself
Securitising responses to inequality conflict: Beware the Zimbabwe way
Conflict transformation regards clashes as motors of change that keep social structures dynamically responsive to social needs
Unlike the government, we must practise what we preach
Unlike ANC governments, we must practise consistent, inclusive solidarity and internationalism
The wait for a ‘new Zimbabwe’ continues
It is disheartening to see history repeating itself, killing hope for a democratic and just government
Zimbabwe election: Nelson Chamisa appeals to youth, but odds stacked against him
Chamisa has not announced a running mate, feeding into rumours that he has weak leadership skills and prefers to centre power on himself
Zimbabweans should not expect a democratic outcome in elections – Good Governance Africa
Despite this, the research and advocacy nonprofit encouraged voters to make their mark on Wednesday
Zimbabwe elections are ‘an act of war’
The prevalence of organised violence and torture over the decades can only mean that there are hundreds of thousands of torture victims in the country