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

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

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

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

Zambia election: making sense of the youth dividend and civil society agency

Image Credit: UPND By Pride Mkono Introduction Zambia went to the polls on 12 August 2021 and after some tense period, the opposition...

Women participation and democracy: The Case of Zambia’s 2021 elections

Photograph: Patrick Meinhardt/AFP By Sitabile Dewa; WALPE Executive Director and Observer to the Zambian election\ On 12 August 2021, the...

Zambia Elections: a free press is critical in the electoral cycle

By Njabulo Ncube "Who Takes It?, Zambia Decides, Choose Peace. Vote for Leaders of Your Choice." These were some of the headlines in...

What We Learnt From HH’s Triumph in Zambia

[image: Tendai Marima/Al Jazeera] By Gift Ostallos Siziba As Zambia entered into a glorious shadow of a genuine new dispensation, the...

Editorial: State Capture: Zimbabwe's looting machine

Dear Readers We are pleased to bring to you this edition of the ZimBriefing which focuses on State Capture and plunder of the country’s...

The relationship between corruption and service delivery: The case of Zimbabwe

By Nqobizitha Mlambo The constitution of Zimbabwe is considered to be one of the most perfect and progressive constitutions in Africa and...

Catch and Release, sacred cows: Why the fight against corruption is failing

By Bridget Mananavire IN November 2017, the Zimbabwe Defence Forces went into the streets under an operation to deal with “criminal...

State Capture and Cartels: The Major Impediment to Economic Growth in Zimbabwe

By Treasure Basopo Introduction Hellman et a l (2000:4) conceptualizes state capture as “the propensity of firms to shape the underlying...

Editorial: 30 years after the adoption of the Charter: accelerate the implementation of Agenda 2040

Dear Readers We are glad to share with you this edition of The ZimBriefing. The edition is coming as Africa commemorates Youth Day...

The Soweto uprising, the Gukurahundi experience and lessons learnt for Democracy

By Mlondolozi Ndlovu Since the United Nations’ “Universal Declaration on Human Rights of 1948”, democracy became an emotive topic across...