Editorial:Transformation of the Zimbabwe crisis - Change and continuity of repression and oppression
Dear Readers When Mnangagwa was sworn in as Zimbabwe’s new leader following the November 2017 coup, he promised a return to constitutionalism and the rule of law. The people of Zimbabwe hoped for an immediate end to the impunity and systematic human rights abuses that had become institutionalised during the time of the late long time ruler, Robert Mugabe. However, barely a year later, and in sharp contrast to the promise of a peaceful, free and fair election that would ‘enhan