The state and politics in Zimbabwe by Ibbo Mandaza INTRODUCTION This paper is a brief synopsis based on my two earlier works: – Zimbabwe: The Political Economy of Transition, 1980 – 86 (1986), particularly the ‘‘Introduction’’ and Chapter 1 : ‘‘The State in Post – White Settler Colonial Situation’’ (p.2174). – The Political Economy of the…
International Relations Arena: A Ripe Domain for Zimbabwe’s Non-State Actors (NSAs) by Trevor Maisiri Introduction Whereas Zimbabwe’s international relations, under Mugabe, was underpinned by isolationism and a distinct form of populistic nationalism, Mnangagwa’s era has emerged with a neoliberal approach and an attempt at pragmatism. At the center of the new administration’s international relations approach…
The Prospects for Social Cohesion, Healing and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe: Putting the NPRC to task Webster Zambara (PhD), Institute for Justice and Reconciliation, Cape Town Abstract Forty years after independence from Britain, Zimbabwe is burdened by a history of violence and trauma whose effects continue to impede on efforts to build a socially cohesive and reconciled…
