Elections can lead to conflict if they are not free and fair

At least two dozen presidential, national, regional and local elections are held across the African continent each year.The sometimes fierce electoral competition, a history of violence or vot...

SA's scrap of special work permits, Zimbabwe migrants will be exposed

Hundreds of thousands of Zimbabweans have flocked to South Africa to escape economic hardship since the 1990s. The South African government has, since 2010, granted the migrants a special permit to li...

The fantasy that Mnangagwa would fix Zimbabwe is now fully exposed

As of January 18, more than 12 people had died, no less than 78 had suffered gunshot injuries, and at least 240 had been beaten and tortured by the Zimbabwean state. More than 466 had been arbitrarily...