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Reports of Zanu-PF defeat in 2023 polls are tad premature

SEVERAL Zimbabwe commentators have interpreted recent by-elections as raising the possibility that Zanu-PF's 42-year-long grip on power is loosening and, come the 2023 general elections, opposition leader Nelson Chamisa's Citizens' Coaliti…

Published: 16 Apr 2022 at 08:34hrs | 17 | by Derek Matyszak

Zimbabwe slides into new authoritarianism

The assessment of Zimbabwe's "Second Republic" under President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been overshadowed by the violence of August 1 2018 and mid-January 2019. On both occasions, Zimbabwe's military intervened to suppress violent protests, …

Published: 15 Mar 2019 at 17:10hrs | 2 | by Derek Matyszak

Chamisa and the cost of election propaganda

An opinion poll conducted just a month before the election by Afro Barometer gave Mnangagwa a slim lead. This evidence was brushed aside. The response of Zimbabwe's main opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC)-Alliance, …

Published: 10 Aug 2018 at 07:37hrs | 654 | by Derek Matyszak

Chamisa does succession the Mugabe way

Morgan Tsvangirai inspired many in the fight for democracy in Zimbabwe. Sadly, the most immediate legacy of the late Movement for Democratic Change-Tsvangirai (MDC-T) leader is a predictable and unseemly succession battle from which the yo…

Published: 30 Mar 2018 at 17:53hrs | | by Derek Matyszak

Mnangagwa's permanent friend

THERE may be good reason for the new president's praise for Zimbabwe's former leader.It is not usual for a person who has seized power through a military coup to heap praise upon his deposed predecessor. Zimbabwe's new president, Emmerson …

Published: 02 Feb 2018 at 15:57hrs | 11 | by Derek Matyszak

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Columnist / Derek matyszak

Reports of Zanu-PF defeat in 2023 polls are tad premature

Zimbabwe slides into new authoritarianism

Chamisa and the cost of election propaganda

Chamisa does succession the Mugabe way

Mnangagwa's permanent friend

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