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

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

Towards Academic freedom in Zimbabwe: The Trials and Tribulations

In Defence of Democracy: The role of youths

Youth quota systems not the panacea to youth political participation

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Africa: From the Cradle of Humankind to the "Deathbed of Humankind"

Historically Africa is known as the cradle of humankind, a continent that bore the first existence of man. The continent holds varied...

African Liberation Day: Historical Perspective for Pan Africanism Today

Justice Henaku discusses the political, historical, and cultural importance of African Liberation Day for the people on the African...

"When Natives become Colonisers"

Discerning Zimbabweans are fast realising that the same political conditions that forced some Zimbabweans in the 1970s to go to the bush...

Coordinator's Note: Zimbabwe’s 40th Independence Anniversary

The Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC) takes this opportunity to honour the memory of all the martyrs of our liberation struggle, whose...

The Army and Politics in Zimbabwe: Mujuru, the Liberation Fighter and Kingmaker, Blessing Miles-Tend

One of my earliest recollection of General Solomon Mujuru, the mystified hero, was when we played ‘fake’ guerrillas with my cousins...

Zimbabwe @40: A dream deferred?

What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry Like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore – And then run? Does it stink like rotten...

Health care on equal terms? A reflection on the state of Zimbabwe's health care system 40 years

Introduction and Background At Independence Day in 1980, the late Julius Nyerere, President of Tanzania made the famous remarks to the...

Gukurahundi: Four decades of seeking justice

Today marks Zimbabwe’s 40th Independence anniversary from British colonial rule. For the first time since gaining independence this...

The future of the environment beyond COVID-19

Image credit: AP As Zimbabwe marks 40 years of independence environmentalists and the rest of the citizens need to take stock of the...

Coordinators Note: International Women's Day (Special Edition)… 'An equal world is an enable

The late Mozambican President Samora Machel once said: “The liberation of women is not an act of charity but a fundamental precondition...

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