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Friday, 03 May 2013 10:35
HARARE - We join the rest of the world in celebrating the World Press Freedom Day. Indeed, Zimbabwean journalists have every reason to celebrate but a celebration which could have been sweeter had our government been consistent in implementing reforms that...Read More
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News » Fungai Kwaramba, Staff Writer
Wednesday, 24 April 2013 10:57
HARARE - Violent vigilante groups such as Chipangano exist with the approval of the feared military establishment in the country, according to think tank group Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI). In a research paper released yesterday titled Security Sector Factor in Zimbabwe’s...Read More
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Wednesday, 24 April 2013 10:37
HARARE - As the country struggles to extricate itself from over 30 years of Zanu PF’s dictatorship which is associated with gross human rights violations, a critical analysis of the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) policy on national healing is imperative....Read More
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Thursday, 04 April 2013 11:23
HARARE - When finance minister Tendai Biti announced that the inclusive government had resolved to increase duty on fuel to raise funds for the referendum and harmonised elections, the groaning voices of the poor become louder than ever before. From someone...Read More
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Monday, 18 March 2013 10:06
HARARE - Bleak House starts with a description of a thick fog that has engulfed London. The fog image is then used by Dickens to portray an interminable and ruinous legal case, that of Jarndyce v Jarndyce: “The raw afternoon is...Read More
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Tuesday, 05 March 2013 10:20
HARARE - If the youths are to avoid curses of posterity and being branded generational failures, it is time they should embrace a democratic leader. Democracy casts a mirror on human rights, equality, constitutionalism, transparency and accountability among young leaders. Since...Read More
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Thursday, 21 February 2013 09:53
HARARE - Civil society in Zimbabwe is under threat of infiltration by State security agents and has no immediate solution because of deep divisions and a lack of leadership, according to a recent report. A report by the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute...Read More
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Tuesday, 08 January 2013 11:11
HARARE - Since 2009, Zimbabwe has been making half-hearted attempts at democratisation following a disputed election the previous year. The piecemeal reforms so far are attributable primarily to the dearth of political will and lack of financial resources. Of the political...Read More
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Sunday, 06 January 2013 13:11
HARARE - The subsistence of political transitions are marked by political infighting, partisan positions and attempts to revert back to the old authoritarian rule especially if the undemocratic elements within the elite power arrangements read that a full scale democratic norm...Read More
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Friday, 14 December 2012 09:41
HARARE - The continued crackdown on NGOs risks costing the GNU’s legitimacy and more. Yesterday’s raid on ZimRights offices in Harare and the subsequent arrest of pro-democracy workers is plain deplorable. Over the past few days, several other NGO leaders have...Read More
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Monday, 10 December 2012 10:04
HARARE - Recent pronouncements that the MDC led by Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is considering ditching the traditional democratic modus operandi of going for primary polls leaves a lot to be desired. For a party that has purported to represent ethos...Read More
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Sunday, 25 November 2012 10:07
HARARE - Southern academics and policy-makers from the North have touted South Africa as an important case study to probe African understandings of democracy. The view that Africans perceive democracy simply in liberal and procedural terms (minimalist or thin approach), postulating...Read More
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Sunday, 04 November 2012 14:09
HARARE - The interplay between media and democracy is critical in trying to create and foster political openness and accountable governance especially in transitional societies struggling with entrenched authoritarianism such as Zimbabwe. At this political juncture in the democratic process, Zimbabwe...Read More
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Tuesday, 04 September 2012 13:06
HARARE - The constitution-making process has been a shambles from beginning to end, if ever it will end with an acceptable document. From the beginning, the process was chaotic, manipulated and at times, characterised by incidents of violence. The outcome...Read More
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