Zimbabwe Political Context: February 2019 Introduction: The 2019 Protests [The full pdf report can be downloaded here.] Since the November 2017 military coup, Zimbabwean politics was once again plunged into a legitimacy crisis, a situation exacerbated by the contestations over the July 2018 Harmonised election results, and the violence that followed on 1 August. Notwithstanding the […]
Wed, February 20 2019 » Human rights, Reports, Zimbabwe Review » No Comments
By Brian Raftopoulos Since the end of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) in 2013, a SADC facilitated settlement that sought to move Zimbabwe out of the legitimacy crisis of the widely discredited elections of 2008, Mugabe’s Zanu PF has been battling to find ways to re-engage Western Governments and the international financial institutions based on […]
Sun, November 13 2016 » Global Political Agreement, Human rights, Zimbabwe Review » No Comments
This week marks two years since the disappearance, under suspicious circumstances of fellow human rights activist and stalwart campaigner for peace and justice in Zimbabwe, Mr Paul Chizuze. We remember with gratitude the values you stood for, the decades you committed to the pursuit of democracy, peace and justice in your country. We are still looking for […]
Fri, February 7 2014 » Human rights » No Comments
This week marks exactly one year since the disappearance , under suspicious circumstances of fellow human rights activist and stalwart campaigner for peace and justice in Zimbabwe, Mr Paul Chizuze. We remember with gratitude the values you stood for, the decades you committed to the pursuit of democracy, peace and justice in your country. We […]
Mon, February 11 2013 » Human rights, Press Releases » No Comments
by Marc Epprecht – Dept. of Global Development Studies and Dept. of History, Queens University, Canada Two flags fly side by side over the corner of a quiet tree-lined street and a busy thoroughfare in one of Harare’s inner northern suburbs. There is the red, gold, black and green of Zimbabwe‘s national standard (let‘s not […]
Thu, June 21 2012 » Constitution, Human rights, Zimbabwe Review » 1 Comment
