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Zimbabwe at 46 cannot afford another hollow ritual of independence, where speeches echo liberation but institutions remain embalmed in permanence. Graphic: Supplied

Are they furniture? Zimbabwe at 46 and Africa’s curse of permanent officials

Our leaders are not furniture. Furniture does not loot diamonds, mismanage treasuries or unleash militias. Furniture does not cling to power with brazen arrogance. But in…

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe has been fined R600 000 and ordered to be deported after pleading guilty in the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court in Johannesburg.

Gun charge compounds trouble as Mugabe son’s bail bid is delayed

Bellarmine Chatunga Mugabe and his co-accused, Tobias Mugabe Matonhidze, will remain behind bars until 3 March

Millions scattered across Johannesburg, London, Sydney, Toronto, New York and beyond have not abandoned their homeland; instead, they have sustained it

The Diaspora Dividend: Zimbabwe’s Unofficial State of Survival

Millions scattered across Johannesburg, London, Sydney, Toronto, New York and beyond have not abandoned their homeland; instead, they have sustained it

Former late Zimbabwe president Robert Mugabe. (Wikimedia Commons)

Robert Mugabe’s children navigate life without first family privilege

The fall of the Zimbabwean veteran leader in November 2017 and his death two years later had a negative impact on his then relatively young children

Under the sanctions law, the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act of 2001, the US Secretary of the Treasury votes against any new loans, credits or debt relief for the Zimbabwean government from international financial institutions. (Shuttershock)

US Republicans propose bill on removal of Zimbabwe sanctions

If the Department of State Policy Provisions Act is passed into law, the US will support Zimbabwe borrowing money from international lenders such as the World Bank

Calvin Ratladi sees beyond the script, conjuring ghosts of land, legacy and loss in ‘Breakfast with Mugabe’

The world through Calvin Ratladi’s eyes

The playwright sees beyond the script, conjuring ghosts of land, legacy and loss in ‘Breakfast with Mugabe’

When the Madiba party lost its parliamentary majority in 2024 it formed a government of national unity. Photo: Delwyn Verasamy

The ANC has lost power, yet is still committed to constitutionalism

Although it no longer has an outright majority, and faces new challenges, the party has not lost its belief in democracy and the rule of law

Robert Mugabe led Zimbabwe after its liberation but became its oppressor. Photo: Archive

Burkina Faso: Revolution, authoritarianism and the crisis of African emancipation politics

If revolutions are to succeed, the people must deliver freedom. They must reject authoritarianism, a small revolutionary elite or a military junta.

Redemption song: Bob Marley on stage during the Viva Zimbabwe independence celebrations at Rufaro Stadium, Salisbury (later Harare), Zimbabwe, on 18 April 1980. Photo: William Campbell/Getty Images

Songs of freedom in a dancehall in Zimbabwe

Bass culture is as old as Zimbabwe itself

Service delivery: The aftermath
of a protest in Diepsloot in
2022. South Africa must avoid
institutionalised violence
against citizens. Photo: Papi
Morake/Gallo Images

Securitising responses to inequality conflict: Beware the Zimbabwe way

Conflict transformation regards clashes as motors of change that keep social structures dynamically responsive to social needs

ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa arrives at  the African National Congress party manifesto launch in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. Photo: Leon Sadiki/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Unlike the government, we must practise what we preach

Unlike ANC governments, we must practise consistent, inclusive solidarity and internationalism

Voters cast their ballots for the Zimbabwean general elections at a polling station in Midlands, Gweru, Zimbabwe on August 23, 2023. (Photo by Mkhululi Thobela/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The wait for a ‘new Zimbabwe’ continues

It is disheartening to see history repeating itself, killing hope for a democratic and just government

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

A campaign lorry, featuring Emmerson Mnangagwa, Zimbabwe’s president, dives onto the field during a Zimbabwe African National Union  Patriotic Front (ZANUPF) rally at the National Stadium in Harare, Zimbabwe.  (Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Zimbabweans should not expect a democratic outcome in elections – Good Governance Africa

Despite this, the research and advocacy nonprofit encouraged voters to make their mark on Wednesday

Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa. Photo: Supplied

Zimbabwe elections are ‘an act of war’

The prevalence of organised violence and torture over the decades can only mean that there are hundreds of thousands of torture victims in the country

Crackdown: Tsitsi Dangarembga has encouraged Zimbabweans to continue protesting. Photo: Hannibal Hanschke/Getty Images

Zimbabwean author wins appeal against her protest conviction

Tsitsi Dangarembga was given a $200 fine and a six-month suspended sentence in September after she held up a placard calling for reform

Zimbabwe’s civil servants such as police and teachers earn less than US$200 a month. Photo: Supplied

Zimbabwe’s middle-class economy ambitions a pipe dream

The state’s ambitions for the country to become a middle-class economy are throttled by blackouts, corruption and structural and policy problems

King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini. Photo: Supplied.

The Zulu kingdom should develop customary law to keep the peace

Developing the common law of amaZulu will help bring about a peaceful resolution to succession and land conflicts

Opposition supporters barricade a street in the central Harare, to protest against the results of Zimbabwes presidential election, on 01 August 2018. (Photo by Wilfred Kajese/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

Citizens expect ‘bloodshed’ ahead of Zim’s 2023 elections

Human rights body says research indicates the polls are viewed as a nightmare instead of an opportunity

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?