Kembo Mohadi resigned this week after allegedly conducting not one but two extramarital affairs while in office
Sibusiso Moyo, the third Zimbabwean minister to die from the virus, was a potential successor to the president
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
Remembering Patson Dzamara, the Zimbabwean activist who never stopped searching for his brother
Four former heads of state speak about what being president is actually like
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
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
The rumour mill can shape politics — and reveal uncomfortable truths
The historical record shows that Malawi’s difficulties under Hastings Banda were evident at the very moment of the country’s founding
Dynamic grassroots movements are especially needed in authoritarian states where institutions are fundamentally broken
Drummers have the power to allow Zimbabweans to commune with their ancestors, and none more so than those with elevated talent on the skins.
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
Even before the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation in Zimbabwe could not have been much worse
What lessons can we learn for today from the 2008-09 cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe?
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
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
In 1980 Zimbabwe barely had a literature scene to speak of. Independence brought with it a short-lived local publishing boom
Tinashe Mushakavanhu has an imaginary conversation with Dambudzo Marechera
Countries in political transition have very little time in which to deliver socioeconomic and political change
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
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
The Mail & Guardian dug through the list of more than 7 000 entries on the US Office of Foreign Assets Control’s report
Medical facilities at home are seemingly not good enough for people who head African countries
Strikes by medical professionals are the only language the Mnangagwa regime seems to understand
What is the proper way for young Zimbabweans to remember Robert Mugabe’s legacy?
The former president pays tribute to the late Zimbabwean leader in his first address to an ANC event since he was infamously recalled
How an autocratic strain of pan-Africanism of the early 1960s sheds light on Mugabe’s seemingly contradictory roles
"One just has to look at his legacy."
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.
A brutal crackdown has left critics of the government fearing for their lives and afraid to speak out
Former Zimbabwean Vice-President Phelekezela Mphoko says he is afraid of being abducted and poisoned by state agents
Zimbabwe has gone from bad to worse since longtime autocrat Robert Mugabe was toppled