During the first week of May, Afrobarometer, Institute for Justice & Reconciliation (IJR), and the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) released survey findings from their 2017 round. Elements of the survey findings sparked debate about not only the findings themselves, but also the methodology used to arrive at the findings. We concern ourselves less with the methodology for the purposes of points we wish to emphasis here. For us, one of the most important aspects of the fin

“The Zimbabwe political process remains fragile and precarious and consequences of chaos could threaten regional peace and stability, hence the need for SADC to remain vigilant”. It is common knowledge that Zimbabwe has been on SADC’s radar since the start of this millennium, although it has been relatively quiet since the watershed elections of 2013. SADC appeared relieved to be rid of the Zimbabwe issue, after acting as curator of the Inclusive Government between 2008 and 2

“In Gramsci’s words, ‘the old is dying and the new cannot be born’ as the ‘midwife’ is scarred, weary and under-resourced. The regional and international supporters of democracy and human rights should render timely support (financial, technical, solidarity and otherwise) to the Zimbabwean civil society, help the country deliver a democratic dispensation and counter further democratic regression and possible chaos” Activists and scholars who have observed transitions around t

THE Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition has called on government to speed up the implementation of key institutional, constitutional and electoral reforms as a strategy of ensuring a credible, free and fair 2018 poll. CiZC Spokesperson, Dumisani Nkomo told journalists in Bulawayo last week that failure by government to deliver key reforms on time would see forthcoming plebiscite becoming a mere farce whose outcome will be disputed. Nkomo said the Coalition’s greatest fear was that u