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Solidarity Peace Trust: Resurgent Authoritarianism: The Politics of the January 2019 Violence in Zimbabwe
Sent February 21st 2019
Solidarity Peace Trust: Resurgent Authoritarianism: The Politics of the January 2019 Violence in Zimbabwe Solidarity Peace Trust Zimbabwe Political Context: February 2019 Introduction: The 2019 Protests [The full pdf report can be downloadedhere.] Protestors, Harare, 14 January 2019 (Newsday) Since the November 2017 military coup, Zimbabwean politics was once again plunged into a legitimacy crisis, a situation exacerbated by the contestations over the July 2018 Harmonised election results, and the violence that f...
Solidarity Peace Trust Zimbabwe: The 2018 Elections and their Aftermath
Sent September 30th 2018
Solidarity Peace Trust Zimbabwe: The 2018 Elections and their Aftermath Solidarity Peace Trust [DownloadFull Report(7.4 MB)] Introduction After the coup in November 2017, a central part of the coup leaders strategy was to move beyond the shadow of the coup through an election process that was seen to be peaceful and credible. As the Presidential spokesperson explained it, for ED Mnangagwa and his team July 30 was not about winning votes qua votes, but about securing re-â€engagement and the myriad...
Old Beginnings – The political context of Zimbabwe and a report on Biometric Voter Registration (BVR): A National and Matabeleland Perspective
Sent February 23rd 2018
Old Beginnings – The political context of Zimbabwe and a report on Biometric Voter Registration (BVR): A National and Matabeleland Perspective Solidarity Peace Trust Old Beginnings The political context of Zimbabwe and a report on Biometric Voter Registration (BVR): A National and Matabeleland Perspective [Download theFull Report(PDF 6.4 MB)] Political Context: 2017-â€2018 Introduction: The Trigger of Factional Politics November 2017 witnessed tumultuous ...
Solidarity Peace Trust - The Morning After….
Sent November 22nd 2017
Solidarity Peace Trust - The Morning After…. Solidarity Peace Trust Shari Eppel, Director, Solidarity Peace Trust Harare - the morning after (stevenchikosi.com) As I gaze into the tea leaves at the bottom of my first post-Mugabe cup of tea, I try to divine the future of our nation, Zimbabwe. Last night was sheer euphoria here on the streets of Bulawayo, and of course throughout the nation, as spontaneous crowds gathered to dance and cheer the dictator on his way. His resigna...
Solidarity Peace Trust Zimbabwe - Caught between the Croc and Gucci City
Sent November 22nd 2017
Solidarity Peace Trust Zimbabwe - Caught between the Croc and Gucci City Solidarity Peace Trust Brian Raftopoulos, Director of Research and Advocacy, Solidarity Peace Trust. The last two weeks have witnessed tumultuous events in Zimbabwean politics. After months of factional struggles between the Lacoste faction led by then Vice President Emerson Mnangagwa, also nicknamed the crocodile, and the Generation 40 (G40) faction around President Robert Mugabe and his wife Grace, also known as Gucci Grace, Mugabe fired Mna...
Zimbabwe Bond Notes and Their Possible Long-term Legacy
Sent January 2nd 2017
Zimbabwe Bond Notes and Their Possible Long-term Legacy Solidarity Peace Trust Tinashe Nyamunda analyses the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwes efforts to address the liquidity shortage in the country. [click on image for full view] Zimbabwes export incentive scheme was introduced to encourage exports and address the liquidity crunch in the country. If, for example, tobacco exporters accept bond notes, they receive a five percent incentive in addition to their export earnings. But in a country with a serious shortage and r...
Climb down or pragmatism? : Recent developments in Zimbabwe’s indigenisation policy, 2009 to 2016
Sent December 5th 2016
Climb down or pragmatism? : Recent developments in Zimbabwe’s indigenisation policy, 2009 to 2016 Solidarity Peace Trust by Musiwaro Ndakaripa (International Studies Group, University of the Free State, South Africa) 5 December 2016. Introduction Economic indigenisation has been a recurring theme in post-colonial Zimbabwe.(1) In the early 2000s the Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) government tended to conflate indigenisation with the land quest...
Un(Bond)ing Zimbabwe’s financial confidence: bond notes, people and politics
Sent November 22nd 2016
Un(Bond)ing Zimbabwe’s financial confidence: bond notes, people and politics Solidarity Peace Trust Tinashe Nyamunda looks at Zimbabwes liquidity crunch A political storm is brewing in Zimbabwe over the introduction of some US$75 million worth of bond notes, initially scheduled for the end of October but which the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has delayed to November or even December (as it is unsure of public response). This is sparking protests from different political m...
The Threat of “Normalising” Authoritarian Rule in Zimbabwe
Sent November 14th 2016
The Threat of “Normalising†Authoritarian Rule in Zimbabwe Solidarity Peace Trust By Brian Raftopoulos Since the end of the Global Political Agreement (GPA) in 2013, a SADC facilitated settlement that sought to move Zimbabwe out of the legitimacy crisis of the widely discredited elections of 2008, Mugabes Zanu PF has been battling to find ways to re-engage Western Governments and the international financial institutions based on limited e...
Hoping without Hope: Murambatsvina – Ten Years On
Sent October 8th 2015
Hoping without Hope: Murambatsvina – Ten Years On Solidarity Peace Trust ByUkuthula Trust &Solidarity Peace Trust Bulawayo,6th October 2015 [Full Report: PDF (19 MB)] There is desperation. Its hope without hope. You appear to have a job when in real terms you dont have a job. You get up and dress every day and go to town and see people passing your stand, hoping maybe you will sell something. This report is the fifth in a series by the same authors, tracking the impact of...
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The Solidarity Peace Trust is a non-governmental organisation, registered in South Africa. The Trustees of the Solidarity Peace Trust are church leaders of Southern Africa, who are all committed to human rights, freedom and democracy in their region. The objectives of the Solidarity Peace Trust are to assist individuals, organisations, churches and affiliated organisations in southern Africa, to build solidarity in the pursuit of justice, peace and social equality and equity in Zimbabwe.