Is there an alternative to elections?

Yours truly has just returned from Kampala, Uganda, where a group of us was discussing with COMESA’s Committee of Elders issues relating to possible elections in...

Urban boreholes sink MDC-T political fortunes

My wife is among vote-eligible millions habitually contemptuous of Zimbabwe’s poisoned electoral system. Her scepticism of...

We must invest in education

When I was going to school, my mother was virtually a single mom, trying to raise...

Playing politics with military history

As Zimbabwe heads towards elections in 2013, Zanu (PF) is once again looking to the country’s...

A growing evidence base: yet more inconvenient truths

Last week in the latest of the Sokwanele land debate contributions, Dale Doré used his...

Elections in March: the pitfalls

Zimbabwe is within four months of harmonised elections, should President Robert Mugabe and his Zanu (PF)...

Zanu (PF)’s bloody branding strategy

I hear that Zanu (PF) has come up with an unusual method of branding its supporters,...

Peace for free & fair elections

Both President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai are consistently preaching the gospel of non-violence...

Come, honey bee!

In past ages conquered people were conquered. They stayed quiet. They had no choice. After the...

Two new books on Zimbabwe’s land reform

This month sees the publication of two, long-awaited, books on Zimbabwe’s land reform. Both are excellent....

Small farms, big farms

There is a classic debate in agricultural economics and development policy about the relative efficiencies of...

Farming under contract

Contract farming is all the rage in Zimbabwe at the moment. Indeed, more generally across...

Fighting the fly: drivers of disease in the Zambezi valley

The battle against the tsetse fly in the Zambezi valley is a long and continuing one....

Geographies of violence

Lloyd Sachikonye has written several powerful articles and books on violence in Zimbabwe. His book,

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