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Tinashe L. Chimedza

Tinashe L. Chimedza is an Associate Director at the Institute of Public Affairs in Zimbabwe (IPAZIM).

Politics6 months ago

Erasing History to Silence Resistance: From Moi to Mugabe and De Klerk

There are several reasons why tyrants close the archives of a nation and why those with wealth and power want a nation to “forget and move...
Politics10 months ago

Freedom Fighter or Ruthless Dictator? Unravelling the Tragedy that was Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Admired by Pan-Africanists for his anti-imperialist rhetoric but loathed at home for his authoritarian tendencies, Robert Mugabe was a man full of contradictions. TINASHE L. CHIMEDZA...
Politics11 months ago

Zimbabwe’s Trauma: Impunity, Disappearances and Torture

TINASHE L. CHIMEDZA explores how state-sanctioned violence – a remnant of colonialism and the country’s liberation war – has become normalised in Zimbabwe.
Politics1 year ago

Phantom Surpluses and No Ink for Passports: The Human Cost of Zimbabwe’s Coup

TINASHE L. CHIMEDZA explains why the November 2017 military coup in Zimbabwe and the ouster of Robert Mugabe failed to deliver democracy and sound financial management...
Politics2 years ago

Zimbabwe Dared to Be Free, Then the Military Arrived

What has emerged since that “military-assisted transition” is a Zimbabwe that is now policed by the military. Democratic-constitutional institutions have been subverted and the rule of...

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