A credible election requires a verifiable and auditable paper trail to evidence that every vote counted and the election result was accurate. In the event of inaccuracies, such paper trail…
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Last week POTRAZ and the Ministry of ICT and Cyber Security announced an almost 60% reduction in out-of-bundle mobile data. This was welcomed as a progressive move that would promote…
In the weeks leading up to and following Zimbabwe’s disputed 2013 election, Zimbabweans were hit by significant Internet-based attacks. Because the incident was not widely reported, it did not gain…
Synopsis This paper attempts to identify the key issues that made the Movement for Democratic Change led by the late Morgan Tsvangirai (MDC-T) a weak political party. Although the time...
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Introduction In the past few years, Zimbabwe has been going through a series of political, economic, and social changes that have transformed its systems of governance. Among the most significant...
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Introduction The title of this article is motivated by Walter Nyamukondiwa who wrote a story with the heading ‘Child Sexual Offenders should rot in jail’ for The Herald Friday 1…
The 2013 Constitution provides for the overall framework for the conduct of elections in Zimbabwe, which must be managed by an independent Zimbabwe Election Commission that is subject to the...
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Summary This is a critical time in Zimbabwe, as the country prepares for upcoming elections in July 2018. These are the first elections since Robert Mugabe’s resignation last November, and...
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There seems to be no hurry in Africa – hakuna matata. As Africans, more so as Zimbabweans, we have taken the phrase ‘there is no hurry in Africa’ to heart….
Zimbabwe post-November 2017 finds itself in a somewhat messy political space transitioning from a murky mix of heavily personalised and discretionary patrimonial system with some semblance of competitive politics to…