Opinion

News, Opinion Direct presidential election puts Zimbabwe in a club of authoritarian states
‘Direct elections can be, and often are, used to legitimise centralised power’...
News, OpinionChief Justice Luke Malaba was more than the sum of his critics’ claims
‘Much of the criticism directed at him mistakes judicial restraint for executive servility. That is an error’
News, OpinionElliot Pfebve: loss, exile and a legacy of courage
‘He gave Mashonaland Central courage to stand up to tyranny when the cost of doing so was too dear to pay’
News, OpinionWhen brilliance bends to power: the Luke Malaba paradox
‘The retired Chief Justice was an unashamed gatekeeper at the Constitutional Court’
News, OpinionOne-man one-vote: The history of universal adult suffrage in Zimbabwe
‘One-man one-vote is non-negotiable and must - and indeed does - remain intact in Zimbabwe’
News, OpinionIn full: Chief Justice Malaba’s valedictory address at Constitutional Court farewell sitting
‘The judicial career, properly understood, is nothing more and nothing less than a lifelong commitment to the oath’
News, OpinionPaul Tungwarara and daughter: a lesson in elite detachment
‘Nurses, among the most overworked and underpaid professionals in the country, transformed into props in a performance of wealth’
News, OpinionRethinking presidential elections: Why an indirect system may serve Zimbabwe better
‘Zimbabwe's most enduring governance challenge has been the dominance of individuals over institutions’
News, OpinionReg Austin: The white freedom fighter who shaped Zimbabwe’s legal generation
‘A white man who chose the not so easy path of fighting other fellow white men to create a racially equal society’
News, Opinion2 years to rebuild: the opposition’s unexpected opportunity in CAB3
‘For decades, the opposition has pursued the presidency through an electoral system that has consistently worked against it‘
News, OpinionMahomva: Intellectual scaffolding without constitutional foundations
‘The 2013 constitution emerged from the most extensive public consultation in the country’s history, with term limits among its most deliberate safeguards’
News, OpinionZimbabwe’s constitutional debate needs legal precision, not political theatre
‘Does the constitution actually require a referendum for the changes being proposed?’
News, OpinionBilboes and beyond: The deal that reframed Zimbabwe’s gold narrative
‘Getting $600 million from high-quality North American investors is a tremendous endorsement of our strategy’
News, OpinionZimbabwe at 46: Reflections on the struggle to deepen electoral democracy
‘We must confront every idea which keeps us polarised and outward-looking’
News, OpinionConstitution Amendment Bill No. 3: What the economists have not said
‘Nations that fail economically almost always fail institutionally first’
News, OpinionConstitutional amendments public hearings an orchestra of deceit
It’s painful to witness poor people being made advocates for those who are the authors of their misfortune
News, OpinionHow Kenya’s rejected BBI found its way to Zimbabwe
Everything they are doing now is according to a set script
News, OpinionFuel price shocks and the absurdities in Zimbabwe’s economy
‘While the rand and kwacha strengthen and weaken, the ZiG sits there like a portrait on the wall, unmoved by events’
News, OpinionFuel price spike must inspire us to insulate our economy from external shocks
‘Other than tinkering with taxation, we must remain focused on strategic responses in the medium to long term’
News, OpinionAfrica’s forced migration crisis: Why Nkrumah’s call for unity still matters
‘There was a time Africans moved freely without worrying about being labelled asylum seekers or refugees’
News, OpinionZimbabwe’s watershed constitutional moment
‘We will have no-one to blame if we stand idly in quietude whilst the country’s constitution is mutilated’
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