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Covid claims Zimbabwe’s foreign minister amid surge in cases

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Sibusiso Moyo, the third Zimbabwean minister to die from the virus, was a potential successor to the president
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The Trump era is over. But the fight for democracy is just getting started

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A respected and robust United States — with all of our flaws, mistakes and missteps — can be good for the defence of democracy, not least in Africa
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Remembering Patson Dzamara

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Remembering Patson Dzamara, the Zimbabwean activist who never stopped searching for his brother
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Why do presidents cling to power?

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Four former heads of state speak about what being president is actually like
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What is happening in Mali is a coup. We must call it that

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Zimbabwe called its coup a military-assisted transition to sidestep sanctions. Mali is doing the same. But failing to call power grabs by their name makes it harder to defend democracy
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State of democracy in Africa: Changing leaders doesn’t change politics

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The Bertelsmann Transformation Index Africa Report 2020, A Changing of the Guards or A Change of Systems?, suggests that we should be cautious about the prospects for rapid political improvements
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Lies, damn lies and WhatsApp: Why it pays to listen to political rumours in Zim

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The rumour mill can shape politics — and reveal uncomfortable truths
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Hope is locked away in Zimbabwe

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Hopewell Chin’ono backed President Emmerson Mnangagwa when he succeeded Robert Mugabe. Now he’s in jail
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Malawi celebrates independence day, but the first president left his mark

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The historical record shows that Malawi’s difficulties under Hastings Banda were evident at the very moment of the country’s founding
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Rule of law must first be strengthened by people power

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Dynamic grassroots movements are especially needed in authoritarian states where institutions are fundamentally broken
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Of drumming, Tony Allen, Charles Mungoshi and my cousin

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Drummers have the power to allow Zimbabweans to commune with their ancestors, and none more so than those with elevated talent on the skins.
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Covid-19 shows what Zimbabwean nationalism means

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The country’s elites can no longer jet away to overseas health facilities and must now face the hospital system that could not help Zororo Makamba, a 30-year-old who died of the virus
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South Africa’s lockdown may push Zimbabwe to the edge

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Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation in Zimbabwe could not have been much worse
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From cholera to corona: The politics of plagues in Africa

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What lessons can we learn for today from the 2008-09 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe?
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Zimbabwe’s Solomon Mujuru: general and nonpartisan

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Mujuru sought to professionalise Zimbabwe’s army in the 1980s; later, as an MP, he stood against partisanship. Today’s officers and politicians should follow his lead
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Zuma, Zondo play the waiting game

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The former president says he will talk once the courts have ruled, but the head of the state capture inquiry appears resigned to letting the clock run out as the commission's deadline nears

Stern warning against Covid greets Mthembu’s death

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The ANC has slammed conspiracy theorists and cautioned against showing complacency towards the deadly virus

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In his announcement, President Cyril Ramaphosa called the late minister ‘a life-long champion of freedom and democracy’

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