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Robert Mugabe

Covid claims Zimbabwe’s foreign minister amid surge in cases
Africa
/ 21 January 2021

Covid claims Zimbabwe’s foreign minister amid surge in cases

Sibusiso Moyo, the third Zimbabwean minister to die from the virus, was a potential successor to the president

By Kudzai Mashininga
The Trump era is over. But the fight for democracy is just getting started
Africa
/ 14 November 2020

The Trump era is over. But the fight for democracy is just getting started

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

By Jeffrey Smith
Remembering Patson Dzamara
Africa
/ 28 August 2020

Remembering Patson Dzamara

Remembering Patson Dzamara, the Zimbabwean activist who never stopped searching for his brother

By Zoe Flood
Why do presidents cling to power?
Africa
/ 24 August 2020

Why do presidents cling to power?

Four former heads of state speak about what being president is actually like

By Simon Allison, Dhashen Moodley and Kiri Rupiah
What is happening in Mali is a coup. We must call it that
Africa
/ 19 August 2020

What is happening in Mali is a coup. We must call it that

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

By Nic Cheeseman
State of democracy in Africa: Changing leaders doesn’t change politics
Africa
/ 19 August 2020

State of democracy in Africa: Changing leaders doesn’t change politics

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

By Nic Cheeseman
Lies, damn lies and WhatsApp: Why it pays to listen to political rumours in Zim
Africa
/ 12 August 2020

Lies, damn lies and WhatsApp: Why it pays to listen to political rumours in Zim

The rumour mill can shape politics — and reveal uncomfortable truths

By Nicole Beardsworth and Nic Cheeseman
Malawi celebrates independence day, but the first president left his mark
Africa
/ 6 July 2020

Malawi celebrates independence day, but the first president left his mark

The historical record shows that Malawi’s difficulties under Hastings Banda were evident at the very moment of the country’s founding

By Brooks Marmon
Rule of law must first be strengthened by people power
Africa
/ 23 June 2020

Rule of law must first be strengthened by people power

Dynamic grassroots movements are especially needed in authoritarian states where institutions are fundamentally broken

By Doug Coltart
Of drumming, Tony Allen, Charles Mungoshi and my cousin
Africa
/ 19 May 2020

Of drumming, Tony Allen, Charles Mungoshi and my cousin

Drummers have the power to allow Zimbabweans to commune with their ancestors, and none more so than those with elevated talent on the skins.

By Percy Zvomuya
Covid-19 shows what Zimbabwean nationalism means
Africa
/ 31 March 2020

Covid-19 shows what Zimbabwean nationalism means

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

By Percy Zvomuya
South Africa’s lockdown may push Zimbabwe to the edge
Article
/ 27 March 2020

South Africa’s lockdown may push Zimbabwe to the edge

Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation in Zimbabwe could not have been much worse

By Webster Zambara
From cholera to corona: The politics of plagues in Africa
Article
/ 26 March 2020

From cholera to corona: The politics of plagues in Africa

What lessons can we learn for today from the 2008-09 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe?

By Simukai Chigudu
Zimbabwe’s Solomon Mujuru: general and nonpartisan
Africa
/ 18 March 2020

Zimbabwe’s Solomon Mujuru: general and nonpartisan

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

By Blessing Miles Tendi
Save Fort Hare and stop with the theatrics
Article
/ 28 February 2020

Save Fort Hare and stop with the theatrics

The university with its rich history is not only the pride of the Eastern Cape but of the continent. It needs to regain its glorious status in academia and not only be in the news for unfortunate reasons

By Bongekile Macupe
Writing rises from the ashes
Article
/ 24 January 2020

Writing rises from the ashes

In 1980 Zimbabwe barely had a literature scene to speak of. Independence brought with it a short-lived local publishing boom

By Tinashe Mushakavanhu
What would Dambudzo be saying?
Article
/ 24 January 2020

What would Dambudzo be saying?

Tinashe Mushakavanhu has an imaginary conversation with Dambudzo Marechera

By Tinashe Mushakavanhu
Africa’s  ‘dinosaurs’ are dying out
Africa
/ 3 January 2020

Africa’s  ‘dinosaurs’ are dying out

Countries in political transition have very little time in which to deliver socioeconomic and political change

By Alex Vines
From Zimbabwe to Bolivia: What makes a military coup?
Africa
/ 24 November 2019

From Zimbabwe to Bolivia: What makes a military coup?

When the military intervened against Mugabe in Zimbabwe in 2017, it wasn’t widely called a coup. New research shows that’s exactly what it was

By Blessing Miles Tendi
Before re-engagement, Zimbabwe needs to regain lost trust
Africa
/ 18 October 2019

Before re-engagement, Zimbabwe needs to regain lost trust

Initial enthusiasm for President Mnangagwa’s ‘new dispensation’ is waning – and Zimbabwe has lots of work to do to win back the trust of its citizens

By Christopher Vandome
Who’s who on the US blacklist
Article
/ 17 October 2019

Who’s who on the US blacklist

The Mail & Guardian dug through the list of more than 7 000 entries on the US Office of Foreign Assets Control’s report

By Jacques Coetzee 1
African leaders prefer overseas to local health care
Africa
/ 7 October 2019

African leaders prefer overseas to local health care

Medical facilities at home are seemingly not good enough for people who head African countries

By Tebadi Mmotla
Zimbabwe needs healing — and its doctors are on call
Article
/ 29 September 2019

Zimbabwe needs healing — and its doctors are on call

Strikes by medical professionals are the only language the Mnangagwa regime seems to understand

By Paida Chikate
Mugabe and the tradition to not speak ill of the dead
Article
/ 23 September 2019

Mugabe and the tradition to not speak ill of the dead

What is the proper way for young Zimbabweans to remember Robert Mugabe’s legacy?

By Ruth Murambadoro
Mugabe was our fellow combatant — Mbeki
Article
/ 17 September 2019

Mugabe was our fellow combatant — Mbeki

The former president pays tribute to the late Zimbabwean leader in his first address to an ANC event since he was infamously recalled

By Paddy Harper
The making of Mugabe’s intolerance
Article
/ 16 September 2019

The making of Mugabe’s intolerance

How an autocratic strain of pan-Africanism of the early 1960s sheds light on Mugabe’s seemingly contradictory roles

By Brooks Marmon
Mugabe is a zero, not a hero
Article
/ 10 September 2019

Mugabe is a zero, not a hero

"One just has to look at his legacy."

By Zukiswa Wanner
Robert Gabriel Mugabe, 1924-2019: A tragedy in three acts
Africa
/ 6 September 2019

Robert Gabriel Mugabe, 1924-2019: A tragedy in three acts

Robert Mugabe shaped and twisted an entire nation in his own image. Now he can rule forever from the Great Presidential Palace in the Sky.

By Simon Allison
Zimbabwe ‘has never been this bad’
Africa
/ 30 August 2019

Zimbabwe ‘has never been this bad’

A brutal crackdown has left critics of the government fearing for their lives and afraid to speak out

By Kudzai Mashininga and Simon Allison
Police want to poison me, former Zimbabwean VP claims
Africa
/ 19 August 2019

Police want to poison me, former Zimbabwean VP claims

Former Zimbabwean Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko says he is afraid of being abducted and poisoned by state agents

By Kudzai Mashininga
Zimbabwe: Police beat protesters as economy tanks
Africa
/ 19 August 2019

Zimbabwe: Police beat protesters as economy tanks

Zimbabwe has gone from bad to worse since longtime autocrat Robert Mugabe was toppled

By Agency
Embrace of a pan-African stranger
Africa
/ 2 August 2019

Embrace of a pan-African stranger

Robert Mugabe was once a fervent pan-Africanist, but he failed to act like one after he came to power

By Percy Zvomuya
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