Charles Mangongera

Public opinion surveys can be useful planning tools for political strategists and policy makers. This is especially so in well-established democracies where public policy is informed and instructed by citizens’ voices.
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The significance of the Zambian election to many Zimbabweans is not so much its outcome, but the reception that President Robert Mugabe got, which in my view underscored the disdain of many in the region towards the incoming AU chairman who…
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Now that the dust is slowly settling after the political drama we witnessed in Zanu PF leading up to its December congress, it is imperative to fathom deeper into what really transpired and its implications for our national politics.
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The continuation of the country’s political and economic crisis, nine months after the 2013 elections, is a result of the failure by the government of national unity to implement security sector reforms, a leading human rights campaigner…
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Last week I attended a National Endowment for Democracy (NED) roundtable discussion on Africa’s resource curse led by eminent scholar Larry Diamond.
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Mugabe was anxious to get endorsed as the party’s candidate because he is aware of how unpopular he has become in the party. A running thread in all the WikiLeaks cables involving Zanu PF politicians is that they all view Mugabe as a…
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Zimbabwe and South Africa could be headed for another diplomatic furore after Zanu PF strategist and serial political turncoat Jonathan Moyo suggested that facilitator to the Zimbabwe political crisis, President Jacob Zuma could be aiding…
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