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Brutal: Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa has launched a crackdown on any opposition to Zimbabwe’s chairmanship of the SADC summit. (Frennie Shivambu/Gallo Images via Getty Images)

Complicit in repression: SADC fails to confront Zimbabwe’s human rights crisis

The actions of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s government are meant to instil fear, suppress dissent and keep a tight hold on power

President Emmerson Mnangagwa. (Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images)

Zimbabwe: A nation under siege as Mnangagwa cracks down ahead of SADC summit

Dissenters’ decision to stage a symbolic protest in neighbouring Zambia shows the lengths Zimbabweans must go to voice their opposition

Former president of the Citizens Coalition For Change Nelson Chamisa.

Zimbabwe: Nelson Chamisa’s exit from his party is more than just a resignation

The Citizens Coalition for Change leader’s absence has left a vacuum in opposition politics as the party unravels

A ZANU-PF supporter holds a portrait of President Emmerson Mnangagwa during the party’s campaign rally on August 19, 2023 in Shurugwi, Zimbabwe. Photo by Tafadzwa Ufumeli/Getty Images

Zimbabwe’s President Mnangagwa wins second term in disputed vote

The Southern African Development Community, European Union and Commonwealth observer missions said the elections had failed to conform to regional and international standards

Former president of the Citizens Coalition For Change Nelson Chamisa.

Zimbabwe election: Nelson Chamisa appeals to youth, but odds stacked against him

Chamisa has not announced a running mate, feeding into rumours that he has weak leadership skills and prefers to centre power on himself

Disputed: The elections will be marred by new repressive laws and intimidation, as well as ID numbers belonging to dead people, and names and addresses that don’t match. Photo: Zinyange Auntony/Getty Images

Ghost voters haunt Zimbabwe elections

An analysis of the voters’ roll indicates that the elections on 23 August for the president and legislature will not be free and fair

Ballot: A banner for Zimbabwe’s main opposition Citizens Coalition for Change is displayed in Sibombvu village, outside Bulawayo, as the country heads to the polls this month. Photo: Zinyange Auntony/Getty Images

Zimbabwe’s 2023 elections: Who votes and why?

The integrity of democracy in the country hinges on its citizens showing up to make their crosses

Nelson Chamisa. File phto by Jekesai Njikizana/AFP

Zimbabwe opposition finally launches election campaign

The southern African nation is bracing for another electoral battle between opposition leader Nelson Chamisa and iron-fisted President Emmerson Mnangagwa

Job Sikhala. Photo: Supplied

Zim firebrand opposition MP convicted, unable to contest in upcoming elections

Critics claim the case against the lawyer is politically motivated

Still defiant: Job Sikhala (right) is being held in solitary confinement. Photo: Jekesai Njikizana/AFP

Zimbabwe activist and opposition party leader detained for 100 days

Job Sikhala, who has been charged with incitement, has been denied bail for the sixth time

Supporters of the newly reelected Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa celebrate in Mbare, Harare, on August 3, 2018. – Mnangagwa, a former ally of Robert Mugabe, narrowly won the country’s landmark election, results showed early on August 3, in an outcome set to fuel fraud allegations as security forces patrolled the streets to prevent protests. Mnangagwa won 50.8 percent of the vote, ahead of Nelson Chamisa of the opposition MDC party on 44.3 percent, the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) said. (Photo by MARCO LONGARI / AFP)

What needs to be done to get Zimbabwe back on its feet

A concerned Zimbabwean proposes a charter that is based on a simple ideology of the redistribution of unjust money, wealth and power

Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe. (Reuters)

Can citizens help themselves, or do they need the government to play God?

For liberals the world over, we believe in limited government, but the question remains: are we, as Africans, still too dependent on government?

Shattered: A Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC) supporter’s leg was broken in a stampede during an attack apparently by Zanu-PF members in Kwekwe. (Zinyange Auntony/AFP)

A bloody road to Zimbabwe’s 26 March by-elections

The first by-election in a year takes place amid violence and chicanery ahead of national elections next year