Author: rethinkingzim
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Zimbabwe has a new Constitution, but disputes over the land provisions continue — by Ian Scoones
On March 16th, Zimbabweans voted on a new Constitution in a national referendum. The voting was largely peaceful, and the turnout higher than expected, with ... -
Zimbabwe: The end of power sharing, the return of brute power – By Timothy Scarnecchia
This past weekend’s referendum in Zimbabwe marks an important transition away from the 2009 Government of National Unity (GNU) formed in the aftermath of the violent ... -
Ethnic politics on the Zimbabwean campaign trail: do voters really care? – By Marko Phiri
Since independence in 1980, there appears to have been an ingrained political psyche peculiar to Zimbabwe’s Matebeleland region, where the political landscape has been painted in ethnic colours. ... -
Class and rural differentiation after land reform in Zimbabwe and Two New Land Reform books– by Ian Scoones
A new paper in the Journal of Agrarian Change by the team that wrote the Zimbabwe’s Land Reform book examines the processes of rural differentiation that ... -
Mugabe Pushing Zimbabweans to the Brink? – By Marko Phiri
In Zimbabwe, serious questions are being asked as to whether President Robert Mugabe is bent on stirring the country back to the political chaos of 2008 ... -
Zimbabwe’s Save Valley Conservancy, Indigenisation and ‘The Lie of the Land’ — by Takura Zhangazha
On the surface of it, it would appear that the political dispute over the Save Valley Conservancy in South Eastern Zimbabwe is yet another story of ... -
Southern African Implications of The Marikana Lonmin Mineworkers Shooting Tragedy — by Takura Zhangazha
The tragic and fatal shooting of 34 mineworkers in South Africa has sadly brought back memories of the violence of the apartheid years. And because memories ... -
A media glasnost for Zimbabwe coverage? — by Ian Scoones
The international media has had an appalling record of balanced reporting on Zimbabwe over the last 12 years. A single narrative, repeating the myths we attempted ... -
Zimbabwe at 32 – Tracing the Fading Democratic Value of National Leadership: Notes on 32 Years of Zimbabwe’s Independence — by Tabani Moyo
The following originally appeared on the Zimbabwe Committee of the Peoples Charter blog on April 12, 2012. There are three papers in all, as the preface ... -
“It’s our time to define our own destiny” Notes on Zimbabwean Independence Part II — by Clever Bere
The following originally appeared on the Zimbabwe Committee of the Peoples Charter blog on April 12, 2012. There are three papers in all, as the preface ...
