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Farai Chirimumimba articles

Farai ChirimumimbaFarai Chirimumimba is a journalist based in Zimbabwe. He researches and writes about political and security dynamics in Zimbabwe, drawing from his background in peacebuilding and conflict transformation for sustainable development. As a journalist and researcher, Farai also has special interests on knowledge of technical aspects on governance and electoral issues in Africa. He has been writing for Democracy Chronicles since early 2017. Farai is also a reporter for Spiked Online Media based in Zimbabwe.

In Zimbabwe, Political Reform or Regime Demise?

By Farai Chirimumimba - October 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Political Reform or Regime Demise

President Emmerson Mnangagwa faces mounting difficulties at home and abroad. Zimbabwe is open for business rhetoric is nothing more than a public relations gimmick.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, Zimbabwe

Fearless World Order Under Dictatorship

By Farai Chirimumimba - September 6, 2019 2 Comments

Fearless World Order Under Dictatorship

In the past several years, the world has been shaken by protests caused by the various countries’ ruling-elites and their selfishness. Of course, that isn’t anything new.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Dictatorships, Hong Kong, Worldwide

Revisiting Political Party Funding Disclosure In Zimbabwe

By Farai Chirimumimba - July 22, 2019 Leave a Comment

Revisiting Political Party Funding Disclosure In Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is one of very few democracies in the world that don’t register political parties and regulate private funding of political parties and candidates. Most countries have laws that make it mandatory.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, Worldwide Corruption, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Government’s Top Priority Is Avoiding Mass Protests

By Farai Chirimumimba - June 17, 2019 4 Comments

Zimbabwe Government's Top Priority

Popular Zimbabwean movements seem to understand the difficulty of mobilizing disaffected citizens outside of the channels established by the parties and labour unions that dominate politics.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, Democracy Protests, Political Dissidents, Zimbabwe

Analysis of Tomorrow’s General Election In South Africa

By Farai Chirimumimba - May 7, 2019 1 Comment

General Election In South Africa

It had been difficult to forecast how transformational South Africa’s presidency would be 25 years after independence. When South Africans go to the polls tomorrow, the mood will be very different.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, South Africa

Reflections On The Revolutions In Algeria And Sudan

By Farai Chirimumimba - April 11, 2019 Leave a Comment

Revolutions In Algeria And Sudan

The old men who dominate so many of these countries suddenly look their age, and the distance between the rulers and the vast majorities of their populations born 40 or 50 or 60 years after them has never been greater.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, Algeria, Dictatorships, Middle East, Sudan

Ever-Escalating Political Polarization in Zimbabwe

By Farai Chirimumimba - April 2, 2019 Leave a Comment

Political Polarization in Zimbabwe

We’ve been trapped in a cycle of ever-escalating political polarization in Zimbabwe. As measured by consistent partisan positioning among voters, the split in the Zimbabwe’s electorate has reached the apex. But this is about to end.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, Zimbabwe

The Zimbabwe Coup: One Year Later, a Country Failing to Move On

By Farai Chirimumimba - November 12, 2018 Leave a Comment

The Zimbabwe Coup

Very few details have emerged about the coup, as the government has tried to keep a tight lid on information. What we do know, however, raises a great number of suspicions.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, Robert Mugabe, Worldwide Corruption, Zimbabwe

The Causes of Zimbabwe’s Economic Crisis Are Politically Rooted

By Farai Chirimumimba - October 14, 2018 Leave a Comment

The Causes of Zimbabwe’s Economic Crisis

The economic crisis has its origin in pre-existing pathologies inside the political system over the last three decades so that a true recovery will require much more than wise economic management.

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, Colonialism, Dictatorships, Nepotism, Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Election Dispute: Court Decision Was More Partisan Than Just

By Farai Chirimumimba - August 26, 2018 Leave a Comment

Zimbabwe Election Dispute: Why The ConCourt’s Decision Was More Partisan Than Just

The Zimbabwe ConCourt decision to uphold Mnangagwa’s 30 July 2018 presidential election victory challenged by leading contender, Nelson Chamisa, has led to the question: ‘was the court partisan’?

Filed Under: DC Authors Tagged With: Africa, Zimbabwe

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