Opinion

Inaugural lecture explores laughter as protest in Zimbabwe

By Phenyo Mokgothu In Zimbabwe’s evolving political landscape, where promises of reform have yet to materialise, one unexpected force has
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Can Zimbabwe’s Independent Complaints Commission win civil society over?

By Edknowledge Mandikwaza I Senior Researcher ISS  Since gaining independence in 1980, Zimbabwe has grappled with an unaccountable and secretive
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Blessed Mhlanga: A gross miscarriage of Justice

By Ney Jay The recent move by the Zimbabwean police force of ‘taking’ Mr Blessed Mhlanga a well-known journalist, into
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Digging deep into China’s Zimbabwean tobacco business

By Chen Xiang Two decades ago, Zimbabwe’s tobacco industry was in disarray. Once a global leader in tobacco production, yields collapsed following
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South Africa’s Collision Course with Trump: Predictable and Avoidable

By Ray Hartley & Greg Mills ‘So, Blair keep your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe’, said Robert Mugabe
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ED’s Agenda 2030: Legal manoeuvring or political power play? The fight for democracy unfolds

By Musa Kika As the project to extend Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term in office beyond two five-year terms to at
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Education in Zimbabwe has lost its value: Study asks young people how they feel about

By Kristina Pikovskaia, University of Edinburgh Education, especially higher education, is a step towards adulthood and a foundation for the
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The Zambezi River is drying up, leaving millions without electricity

By wodnesprawy.pl The Zambezi River, the fourth longest in Africa, serves as the lifeblood for millions of inhabitants on the
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ZIG’s devaluation reflects Zimbabwe’s state of perpetual crisis

By Ringisai Chikohomero – Researcher, Southern Africa, ISS Pretoria Less than five months after it was introduced, the Reserve Bank
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Zimbabwe’s water supply is in crisis: how political interference and underfunding did the damage

Gwinyai Regis Taruvinga, University of the Witwatersrand In Zimbabwe, control over water is supposed to be decentralised. In other words,
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