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April 3, 2025 Manase Kudzai Chiweshe, _University of Zimbabwe_ Kirsty Coventry’s rise to political importance as a white woman in a black majority Zimbabwe shows how sport is able to reshape

race and power. May 7, 2024 Frans Viljoen, _University of Pretoria_ While some opposition is to be expected, indications are that the general Zimbabwean public will take the government’s

lead on abolition. January 7, 2024 Lovise Aalen, _Chr. Michelsen Institute_ and Marjoke Oosterom, _Institute of Development Studies_ Africa’s youth are not countering the deepening of

autocratisation across the continent. August 22, 2023 Chipo Dendere, _Wellesley College_ Nelson Chamisa defines himself as a social democrat who believes in providing substantial welfare to

support healthcare and basic education. August 20, 2023 Hazel Cameron, _University of Stirling_ President Emmerson Mnangagwa has not faced official investigation or prosecution over his role

in Operation Gukurahundi – 40 years on. July 12, 2023 Josiah Taru, _Great Zimbabwe University_ He helped found a church with three million followers in 168 countries, a hospital, a

university and several schools. April 20, 2023 Brooks Marmon, _The Ohio State University_ Zanu-PF’s anti-American rhetoric is not only deployed to win friends abroad. As elections approach,

it is also a prominent campaign tactic at home. August 9, 2022 Christopher Isike, _University of Pretoria_ and Tinashe Nyamunda, _University of Pretoria_ Washington must overcome growing

anti-west sentiment on the continent given the development alternative that China offers. July 3, 2022 Blessing-Miles Tendi, _University of Oxford_ Moore did not unearth any treasures in his

research of Mugabe’s legacy. He has not even drawn a map that might lead us to them. June 1, 2022 Gift Dafuleya, _University of Venda_ As Zimbabwe heads for 2023 presidential elections,

there are key things voters should watch out for in the social protection promises made by candidates. March 23, 2022 James Muzondidya, _University of Zimbabwe_ and Munyaradzi Mushonga,

_University of the Free State_ Most citizens feel that it is pointless to vote because it won’t change anything. February 1, 2022 Roger Southall, _University of the Witwatersrand_ The ANC

retains its determination to rule yet lacks the capacity to do so effectively. The only way out of the dilemma is its defeat in an election. August 4, 2020 Gibson Ncube, _University of

Zimbabwe_ Artists are filling the state’s silence by revisiting history so that it can be discussed. July 26, 2020 Gibson Ncube, _University of Zimbabwe_ Sexist slandering has been used not

just to describe Grace Mugabe, but to denigrate any women who aspire to political positions. September 17, 2019 Henning Melber, _University of Pretoria_ It remains to be seen how much longer

the ‘old men syndrome’ will persist in Zimbabwe, Namibia and South Africa, despite growing frustration among the politically powerless. September 6, 2019 David B. Moore, _University of

Johannesburg_ Robert Mugabe’s years of playing one group off against the other to favour himself finally wore too thin in 2017. September 6, 2019 Roger Southall, _University of the

Witwatersrand_ Where should we place Mugabe among the pantheon of African nationalists who led their countries to independence? September 5, 2019 Tapiwa Chagonda, _University of

Johannesburg_ It’s time for a new approach as it becomes increasingly clear that protests won’t topple the Zanu-PF government. June 7, 2019 David B. Moore, _University of Johannesburg_ and

Nqobile Zulu, _University of Johannesburg_ Only psychologists could discern how Dumiso Dabengwa maintained his legendary composure, a necessary trait for an intelligence supremo. March 11,

2019 Tapiwa Chagonda, _University of Johannesburg_ Nelson Chamisa has the opportunity to foster peace, tolerance and democracy within Zimbabwe’s main opposition party.