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The 2023 Elections in Zimbabwe: Manipulation, the social contract and attendant challenges

SADC's failure to act on SEOM Report portends far reaching implications for legitimacy in the region

Implications of the disputed elections in Zimbabwe on the SADC region

Zimbabwe’s Civil Society Vitality in Building a Resilient Republic

Editor's Note:Can elections in Zimbabwe hold meaning in the wake of successive fraudulent elections?

The Constitution of Zimbabwe 10 years on: The good, the bad and the ugly

By Madock Chivasa It is apparent that the Constitution of Zimbabwe is already exhibiting the good, the bad and the ugly. This paper will...

Assessing the impact of the Constitution of Zimbabwe on Children’s Rights

By Maxine Chisweto “There is no trust more sacred than the one the world holds with children. There is no duty more important than...

The Journey Towards Constitutional Reform in Zimbabwe

By Wellington Mbofana* The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013 (the new constitution) as the fundamental law of the...

The State of Constitutional Democracy in Zimbabwe: Reflections on the 2013 Constitution

By Adv. Amanda Sihle Ndlovu We are living in unprecedented times. In the past ten years, the nation of Zimbabwe has witnessed natural...

Editor’s Note: The Constitution of Zimbabwe @ 10; the good, the bad and the ugly!

Dear Reader Zimbabwe has a very progressive constitution with an expansive bill of rights which guarantees political, social and economic...

Tracing the Journey: A Historical Overview of the Establishment of AfCFTA

By Frida Frans The search for a viable path to socio-economic development has underpinned the various efforts geared towards Regional...

What does Pan-Africanism and solidarity mean or look like in the context of AfCFTA?

By Dr. Janet Munakamwe The widely acclaimed African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) was conceptualised by the African Union...

Editor's Note: Unlocking Africa’s Economic Potential; Supercharging the continental free trade area

Dear Reader, Today marks 60 years since the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was relaunched into the African...

Art is a form of expression, truth telling. Period!

By Kudakwashe Maria Chisvo Zimbabwe continues to suffer from increasing shrinkage of civil space, where freedom of speech has become a...

Fela Kuti and the Winky D Mania: ‘Everything Scatter, Scatter’

By Tinashe Chimedza When I got to university, right at the turn of the 1990s, straight from my father’s maize fields and herding cows,...