by admin | Aug 17, 2023 | News, Uncategorized
The research sought to monitor the deployment of state security apparatus through a quasi-security military organisation called FAZ and law-fare in the 2023 electoral arena, the attendant impact on democracy in Zimbabwe and navigating guidelines for...
by admin | Aug 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Introduction The 3 August 2023 Supreme Court decision which overturned the Bulawayo High Court on 29 July 2023 that disqualified 12 CCC MP candidates from participating in the 2023 elections should be understood at two levels. First, in terms of the role of law fare...
by admin | Jul 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Introduction The latest opinion poll by Afrobarometer/MPOI read together with the poll released by the Elite Africa Research show that the 2023 presidential election is a battle for political and economic transition. From the two polls Zimbabweans across the political...
by admin | Mar 10, 2023 | Uncategorized
Basing on previous elections held in Zimbabwe, the rural constituency has proved to be impregnable by democratic forces in Zimbabwe pursuant to electoral politics following the first election in 1980. This impregnability has been very instrumental as a...
by admin | Feb 22, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) final delimitation report gazetted by President Mnangagwa on the 20th of February 2023 can best be understood as a ZANU PF scheme for maintaining a two-thirds majority in Parliament. Three observations in the ZEC’s final...
by admin | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
The Preliminary Delimitation Report done by the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) and the attendant politics have highlighted three key issues peculiar to competitive authoritarian regimes that need to be identified and resolved ahead of 2023. First is the capture...
by admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Uncategorized
The paper was written and presented by Kudzai Matsika Elections are perhaps the most visible and concrete expression of democracy in a democratic society. They are the means through which the governed choose the governors. As Zimbabwe approaches the August 2023...
by admin | Nov 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
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by admin | Oct 25, 2022 | Uncategorized
This report presents findings and discussions on the post-Mugabe authoritarian consolidation policy in Zimbabwe, paying attention to the closure of the civic space as one of the key strategies implemented to prevent the repeat of the Zambian precedent in Zimbabwe....
by admin | Sep 24, 2022 | Uncategorized
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