Don't Write Mugabe Off
The Zimbabwean president is a past master at orchestrating the political process and playing to vested interests.
The Zimbabwean president is a past master at orchestrating the political process and playing to vested interests.
A one-time admirer of Robert Mugabe reflects on the harm the president has inflicted on Zimbabwe – and what can be done to reverse the damage.
Even if Robert Mugabe steps aside, unpicking the damage done to Zimbabwe’s political fabric will be a complex task.
Government needs to launch comprehensive overhaul of agriculture if production is to be increased.
Cancer claims nationalist who was first to articulate the notion of black majority rule in Rhodesia, and the catalyst for independence struggle.
With their experience of western misrule, Africans appear sceptical that the West will now do the right thing – in Zimbabwe or elsewhere on the continent.
In the wake of the election, some African leaders will feel they no longer have any obligation to increase democratic space.
Unfair elections in Zimbabwe may damage the reputations of southern African states that look the other way.
MDC’s decision to contest the elections was one of the hardest it has had to make.
Government’s politicisation of healthcare hampers work of malaria control workers at every turn.