March 2011

The politics of the government of national unity (GNU) and power sharing in Zimbabwe: Challenges and prospects for democracy

  September 2008 marked a new era in Zimbabwean politics, as a united front between the major political parties enabled the forging of an agreement that laid the foundation for a government of national unity. The unity government has brought hope not only to Zimbabweans but also to the international community for many view it as a purveyor of better moves for the country and its overall standing in the region...

Author(s):   Percyslage Chigora and Tobias Guzura        

March 2011

Real political empowerment or political Gimmick? An experience of women with guns under ZANU PF during the liberation struggle 1972-1980

  During and after the liberation struggle, ZANU PF boasted of having liberated women from the clutches of patriarchy by according women the same status with men in the liberation struggle. The party posed as the liberator of its women folk and mythologized female emancipation upon which it could congratulate itself. These  writers’ will demonstrate in these and other matters that the political...

Author(s):   Dorothy Goredema and Percyslage Chigora