Law and Politics

Zimbabwe has regained itself. A newly founded political-economic ideological conceptualisation to infuse and consciously rejuvenate pragmatisation of the economic realities, its foundational needs and demands, to transform, emancipate, empower and economically move Zimbabwe forward against the inherent westernised political-socio-economic order, understood and adopted by most African countries as exemplary in their jurisdictions. Zimbabwe, a country once economically deserted, collapsed, and politically chastised for nearly two decades by unilaterally imposed sanctions, by once the dominate hegemonic powers, the West in dalliance with United States of America, after its land re-distribution programme in the early 2000s, is now on the forefront to debunk the fallacy, whim-worshipping of foreign investors as the only viable factors in progressive developmental initiatives and implementation in Africa, at the expense of indigenous potentials.  The Zimbabwean philosophical theorem...

The state of judicial in Zimbabwe in the post-Mugabe era, which many hailed as a canaanian chapter for the constitutional democratic affairs of the country has attracted public attention, dissecting its role and obligatory contributions towards a Constitutional Democratic Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe is a beautiful African country located at the heart of the southern part of Africa, and a member of Southern Africa Development Community(SADC), with an estimated population of sixteen million citizens. The country gained its independence in 1980. It had its first constitution in 1980, the Zimbabwe 1980 Constitution that was replaced in 2013, by the Zimbabwe Constitution of 2013. Though, Zimbabwe has been established to be a constitutional democracy, it has not escaped controversy around its democracy, constitutionalism and the integrity of its judicial. A State functions through three organs, the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. The judicial serves a central role within the national constituti...

The arrest of Blessed Mhlanga, a Zimbabwean prominent journalist for HStv owned by Alpha Media Holdings, by the Zimbabwe Republic Police(ZRP), on 24 February 2025, on spurious charges of transmission of data with intent to incite public violence or damage to property, for interviewing a rebellious ZANU PF central committee member, Blessed Geza, who on the day of interview condemned ZANU PF led government's failures under the leadership of Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, has been met with public outrage. Most Zimbabweans construed the actions of the State, as intimidation tactics on press freedom, and systemic media harassment. Many reverted to questioning the constitutionality of his arrest under such circumstances, and on the bases aforesaid fictitious accusations.  Blessed Mhlanga is charged in terms of Section 164 Criminal Law (Codification & Reform) Act, and therein accused of transmission of data messages inciting violence or damage to property. The Cyber and Data Protection ...

Amid the rise of calls from the public, social organisations and public representatives, for the president of Zimbabwe, His Excellence Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, nicknamed Cde Trabablas, a wartime name though his military credentials remain questionable, to resign over what some call insatiable political ambitions to remain in power by extending his term in office by another two years to 2030, under the banner of what a fraction of his supporters within the ZANU PF party itself, dubbed as ED2030 or VISION 2030. The extension of the two term limits requires the amending of the Zimbabwe 2013 Constitution to happen. Though constitutionally doable, political experts has called it an illegality since there is no constitutional reason that justifies the amendment of the Constitution to pass. On the 16 of February 2020, the president of Zimbabwe came out on a media briefing, brazenly declaring himself a constitutionalist. A declaration that he has repeated several times, but found no t...

The Democratic Republic of Congo, has been engaged in a silent protracted war with no end in sight. A war that has occasionally resurfaced, and the people of Congo had endured the misery of this war for far too, for it to continue ignored. A lasting peace is needed. This is a crisis rooted in the colonial project, seeded in the decisions of the Berlin Conference that curved Africa boundaries, guided by the imperial objective, to secure and exploit Africa resources in the desire of colonialists occupier countries of that time, who still today harbour keen interest in clandestinely accessing the natural riches of Africa, as evidenced by this ever-ending DRC war. The DRC has experienced two atrocious wars in its life, the First Congo War, and Second Congo War that ended in 2003. War destabilizes a country and creates a vacuum for competing superpowers scrambling for resources to interfere through war of proxies,  in its modernity form, and exploit natural resources out of the victim c...

There has been whirlwind of political rumours in Zimbabwe, of the intention by ZANU PF to extend the term-limit of its leader and current President of the country, ED Mnangagwa beyond year 2028, whilst the Zimbabwe Constitution of 2013, limits the president's terms in office to two, on a five year basis. This two term-limit is stated by Section 95(2)(b), with an exception of 'unless otherwise provided in the Constitution', by the contents of the same paragraph (b). Although, Section 95(2)(b) provide a remedy to its peremptory requirement through an exception, Section 91(2) negates the exception by mentioning that a person is disqualified for election as President or Vice-President if he or she has already held office as President under this Constitution for two terms, whether continuous or not, and for the purpose of this subsection three or more years' service is deemed to be a full term. The success of these provisions, read together, depend on methodology in interpre...

A new political norm is on a rapid rise in Southern Africa politics. A ghost of disputing pronounced election-outcomes within the political spectrum. In the 23 August 2023 elections in Zimbabwe, the Citizens Coalition for Change, a major opposition party denounced and disputed election results as rigged stolen vote, a habitual allegation not new in Zimbabwe political circles. Then, uMkhonto WeSizwe political party in South Africa, threatened the Independent Electoral Commission, an electoral  body with legal action in the 2024 elections, claiming the announced election results deflected from the accurate election outcome due to foreseeable irregularities and vote manipulation. The opposition parties in Mozambique claimed that the October 9, 2024 election results were rigged and refused to accept it, leading to violent clashes, and a court challenge. In Namibia, the biggest opposition party, the Independent Patriots for Change, after losing elections, proclaimed its intention to cha...

Historically, dating back from the period of struggle for independence, Botswana has never been either an ally or regional friend to Zimbabwe, both on party level and national level. Besides its proximity and sharing a border with Zimbabwe, Botswana contributed nothing during Zimbabwe's struggle for independence. It took an observer position, and even went an extra mile of being a hostile neighbour to appease its British handlers. Zimbabwe won independence through the barrel of a gun. Botswana gained its independence in 1966, but their independence came in an exceptional way. The country was handed over to Sir Seretse Khama who was the leader and founder of Botswana Democratic Party at that time. This automatically disqualifies the BDP from a Liberation Movement levels of ZANU PF, ANC, FRELIMO, SWAPO et al, and reduces it to a mere political organisation.This handing-over process was made possible because Botswana was established as a British Protectorate meaning the country was no...

 In the minds and eyes of the ANC leadership, Government of National Unity is a consequence of the African National Congress' failure to obtain majority votes in the past elections as reflected by Gwede Mantashe's words. However, the GNU maybe a consequence of a plan that reached its apex to finally manifest. This is because of the design of the democratic system. Therefore either with or without ANC in leadership the consequence of the plan was ripe for harvest and GNU was its long-term purpose from the beginning. Some would ask, when we talk about the consequence of a plan, whose plan it is and what are the beneficiaries. Definitely not the ordinary people. The plan is founded by those who determine an acceptable democracy through defining it, and the defining of it, as it stands, is not intended to advance democracy's founding principle of politically empowering the electorate and serve the people, but to protect business interests and those interests currently can only ...

 The idea of multiparty in a democracy is destructive in Africa, to say the least. It contradicts the purpose of democracy. Multiparty is generally conceived as a situation whereby political parties can be formed, contest elections and compete for power without restrictions, restraints nor constraints. On the other hand, Historians claim that democracy in its Greek defining foundations is derived from the word demokratia meaning 'rule by the people'. The statement 'rule by the people' though vague, and open to different interpretations, objectively looking, it is indispensable to conclude that the statement stands for a unified people with one purpose, and democracy is the vehicle towards achieving that common purpose in a society composed of multi-ethnicities, tribal belonging  and political leanings. The concept of multiparty in its political formation works against the primary objective of democracy, of giving political power to the people to decide who should rule o...

The Kazan summit in Russia, with participation of 32 countries, 9 member States and 34 countries having officially applied for membership, the BRICS has outgrown its expectation with potential to expand. This an organisation formed as an alternative to the so-called hegemonic rules-based Western aligned system. The significance of Kazan Summit is in the number of participants and States willing to be members of the organisation. Definitely it tells story. Most countries have lost trust with American-led Unipolar-Rules-Based global system and are looking for a better alternative. Russia, China, Brazil, India and South are now providing the alternative through an equitable system of BRICS+ in a peacefully unified Multipolar System functioning under the umbrella of International Law, within the United Nations formula. An end to the policy of Unilateralism, normal exhibited in the colonial behaviour of Western countries Britain, Germany, France, United States et al, in dealing with Interst...