2017 has already seen Zimbabwe’s social movements scaling down efforts to encourage government to act on high unemployment, rampant corruption and upholding with basic human rights due to threats of reprisals.
Farai Chirimumimba articles
Farai Chirimumimba is a Master of Management Sciences in Peacebuilding student at Durban University of Technology. Farai is also undertaking a creative writing course with the Writers Bureau in the United Kingdom. He was born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe. Farai graduated from Midlands State University with a Bachelor of Science in Music and Musicology Honours degree in 2011.
Prior to enrolling at Durban University of Technology he worked for 2 years has a school teacher in Binga district in Zimbabwe. With encouragement from friends and relatives, Farai started an Arts festival in Mashonaland East Province in Zimbabwe. The platform celebrates cultural diversity and encourages youth to engage in the arts in order for them to earn a living thereby involving themselves in practical solutions that eradicate poverty.
Upon completing his Masters degree, Farai hopes to work in projects that contribute towards a prosperous and peaceful Africa where open democracy and good governance encourages acceptable electoral processes that harness practical solutions to eradicate poverty in all its forms.
In his free time, Farai enjoys writing, travelling, likes fishing. He enjoys football and tries very hard to support Arsenal Football Club. Farai lives in Harare where if not busy alternate with his rural home of Murehwa about 70 km North-East of Harare.
Where is Africa’s Youth Vote?
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Zimbabwe’s Peace and Reconciliation Efforts Are Never Too Late
A National Peace and Reconciliation Commission. For a long time, this is what the people of Zimbabwe have been clamoring for in the hope that a convergence would provide the much-needed fillip for forgiveness and healing.
The Lesotho Snap General Elections in Perspective
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Zimbabwe Electoral Reform Plans Are Just a Pipe Dream
Holding highly contestable and controversial elections in which the result has almost invariably been challenged and contested has created conflicts and undermined development in Zimbabwe.
Lessons From the Lesotho Snap General Election Homestretch
The implications of the Lesotho snap general election are hard to exaggerate. They are the clearest example of the need for the regional body SADC to act to fix the political impasse.
The Zimbabwe Diaspora Vote Question
The narrative concerning diaspora vote from government is nothing short of outrageous, selfishness, greed and unbridled individualism which have become the dominant threads in Zimbabwean politics.
The Role of Pre- and Post-Election Art Programs in Peacebuilding
There has been an increase of donations into arts-based programs in conflict zones and programs for persons whose lives have been disrupted by violence.
The Key Role of ICTs in Strengthening African Election Observation
For election observers to effectively discharge their mandate, scholars and analysts are arguing for embracing of appropriate information communication technologies.
Addressing Zimbabwe’s Voter Apathy Challenge
What’s critical at this stage is for the government to take serious steps to resource the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission so that it can effectively carry out its mandate of managing the electoral process.