The Seven Year Itch: Parliament, Power and the Road to 2030

The Seven Year Itch: Parliament, Power and the Road to 2030

Zimbabwe is once again in the midst of constitutional surgery. Cabinet has approved a package of amendments that would alter the way executive power is acquired and exercised.  

Zimbabwe’s watershed constitutional moment

Zimbabwe’s watershed constitutional moment

‘We will have no-one to blame if we stand idly in quietude whilst the country’s constitution is mutilated’

It’s easier to mourn you, Cde Bombshell Geza, than to heed your call to stand up for ourselves!

It’s easier to mourn you, Cde Bombshell Geza, than to heed your call to stand up for ourselves!

Truth carries a light far too blinding for a nation comfortable in the shadows.

Indeed, democracy is expensive, Mr. Mangwana — but it is a price Zimbabweans already paid for with their blood

Indeed, democracy is expensive, Mr. Mangwana — but it is a price Zimbabweans already paid for with their blood

When the unjustifiable is dressed up as logic, it becomes an insult rather than an argument.

If Mnangagwa’s term extension is truly by popular demand, why fear a national referendum?

If Mnangagwa’s term extension is truly by popular demand, why fear a national referendum?

It is remarkably easy to deceive oneself regarding one’s own importance and popularity.

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The Seven Year Itch: Parliament, Power and the Road to 2030

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It’s easier to mourn you, Cde Bombshell Geza, than to heed your call to stand up for ourselves!

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