what future for zimbabwe?: all articles

In the run-up to the elections, a young Zimbabwean writes an open letter to the President to offer an alternative vision for the country. Meanwhile Vivian Pevsner has worked as a researcher in Zimbabwe, and Alice Gozo spent five formative years there in the 1990s. In a wide-ranging dialogue, they discuss the country’s past and future, starting with the tremendous optimism which prevailed 10 years after independence. Yasmina Zaidman also deals in past and future: she writes in memory of Zepheniah Phiri Maseko whose conservation techniques might offer a hopeful path out of the bitter and divisive battles over land.
Monday 2nd February

Zimbabwe: wrong way, right way

A desperate people deserve better than another pro-Mugabe political fix. Here it is
Monday 15th December

Zimbabwe’s war of disappearance

Zimbabweans' very bodies are imprinted with the logic of their rulers' violence 
Tuesday 21st October

Zimbabwe: the death of “quiet diplomacy”

The failure of power-sharing in Zimbabwe is the result of South Africa's own "regime change"
Friday 27th June

The right and wrong fix: Afghan lessons for Zimbabwe

Robert Mugabe’s coronation is the time to start preparing in detail for the aftermath of his regime
Tuesday 24th June

Zimbabwe: a tale of two leaders

A one-man election faces Africa's leaders with a choice - to turn against Robert Mugabe at last
Friday 20th June

Zimbabwe’s election: an African appeal

African civil-society leaders call for a free election process and an end to violence in Zimbabwe

Thursday 19th June

Zimbabwe: the day democracy died

Regime violence has killed the election. A Harare voice looks to the region for hope
Monday 7th April

Zimbabwe's unfolding drama

Robert Mugabe's post-election tactics leave Zimbabweans poised between fear and hope
Monday 31st March

Zimbabwe votes - and waits

People are losing their fear and voting for change even in Robert Mugabe's political strongholds
Monday 25th February

Happy birthday, Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe's president turns 84 with a lavish party in his starving country. Wilf Mbanga, former friend turned exiled editor of "The Zimbabwean", writes to him (archive)
Monday 3rd December

The Commonwealth: punching below weight

The Commonwealth in Kampala failed to live up to its own principles

Tuesday 20th March

Farewell, Robert Mugabe

Zimbabwe’s ruler is a symbol of western as well as African wrongs, says Stephen Chan.
Monday 19th March

Dizzy worms in Zimbabwe

Robert Mugabe’s despotic rule has brought Zimbabwe to its knees. An emergency recovery programme, coordinated by the Commonwealth and made accessible to Zimbabweans at home and abroad, could become a catalyst for change, writes Michael Holman.
Tuesday 12th September

Zimbabwean travails

The people of Robert Mugabe's fiefdom are staggering under a weight of poverty, repression and social collapse. But they keep hope alive, reports Conor O'Loughlin.
Thursday 22nd June

Zimbabwe between past and future

Zimbabwe's ruthless leader Robert Mugabe is sowing the seeds of his regime's demise, says Andrew Meldrum.
Friday 24th March

'The Zimbabwean' in danger

Robert Mugabe's media bullies are trying to stifle free expression about the failings of his regime.
Friday 3rd March

Fear and loathing in Zimbabwe

Robert Mugabe's cronies are worried and his party deep in debt. "The Zimbabwean" reports on a regime rotting from within.
Friday 17th February

Zimbabwe's unending crisis

Chinese friends, emigrating faith-healers, and baton-wielding police are all part of Zimbabwe's slow collapse, reports "The Zimbabwean".
Friday 20th January

Zimbabwe reforms bite government where it hurts

The Zimbabwean reports that while the government extends its disastrous economic reforms, its own power base in the security forces is weakening through discontent and hardship.
Friday 9th December

Zimbabwe needs tolerance and diversity

The senate election and the opposition MDC split are further evidence of Zimbabwe’s meltdown. The HIV/Aids calamity is just one of its symptoms.
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