Civil Society in Zimbabwe

By Takura Zhangazha A Presentation to the Zimbabwe Democracy Institute Civil Society Think Tank Meeting.  Cde Chairman, I would like to begin by thanking you for inviting me to this key Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI) civil…
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By Blessing Vava The defeat of the opposition in the June 2013 elections was a huge setback in the struggle for democratic change in Zimbabwe.   The result not only left the opposition in disarray, but led to another split which…
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HARARE - Following last week’s protests which rocked the country, from the prison riots, University demonstrations to opposition MDC-T youths protesting, Zimbabwe securocrats are mulling a crackdown on the civil society organisations (CSOs)…
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Civil society, including non-governmental organisations (NGOs), is a highly misunderstood phenomenon further complicated by Zimbabwe’s polarised environment.
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The sudden silence by the people of Zimbabwe in face of prevailing man-made hardships, courtesy of bad governance, is a sure sign of a wrong turn of events in the struggle for democracy.
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There is a tendency to downplay the extent of popular unrest against the Mugabe regime, with political conflict instead portrayed as between the country’s two dominant parties writes Leo Zeilig.
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