​​​​Zimbabwe: A coup by any other name

Friday 1 December, 2017

​The path not taken...iwewe neni...

Thursday 30 November, 2017

Cabinet announced...or fake news?  

Wednesday 29 November, 2017
Ghosts of Gukurahundi…the anti-Mugabe presidency?...High Court ironies…

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Tuesday 28 November

​China vs. Britain?...Super-rich spoilt brats on social media…Trading political freedom for economic growth?...Categorizing coups…

Monday 27 November

​Bated breath...

Saturday 25 November

Conspiracy theories...poisoned ice cream...an inclusive cabinet?...anti-woman blame game pays off....

Friday 24 November

​People are taking their seats...The Croc is to be sworn in during the next few hours...rumours swirling...

Thursday 23 November

Please watch carefully...

Wednesday 22 November

AMHLOPE MAKOROKOTO CONGRATS MOZEL TOV, ZIMBABWE!...

The story begins today...Change is not progress...apologies and analysis...

Tuesday 21 November

The saga continues...SADC, don't even think about it!...Sit-in at Africa Unity Square?...Solomon Mujuru's ghost...Students?...

Shut-down on Wednesday?...​Impeachment set in motion?

Monday 20 November

One war vet says, "Today is D-Day"...​

Sunday 19 November

Fighting fake news whilst playing the waiting game...

Saturday 18 November
Please don't be reading this. Please be at a march to call for Mugabe to go!!!!  Many cities worldwide...

Friday 17 November

Rallies in Harare, London, Jo'burg etc.

#SADCBackoffZim! Please sign the PETITION telling SADC not to interfere in Zimbabwe's affairs.

Throughout the day, you can follow Trevor Ncube's updates: https://twitter.com/TrevorNcube

Thursday 16 November​
Only in Zimbabwe can a bunch of generals with guns be outwitted by geriatrics!  

Wednesday 15 November
Less than 24 hours ago, I received a phone call that there may be a military coup underway in Zimbabwe...  

 

Essay of the Month

Jessica Ramirez goes to the

Johannesburg Solstice Critical Theory Workshop

The short piece excerpted here is from a novel-in-progress provisionally entitled, The Academic Gamble, a take-no-prisoners style satire of global academia which can be humorous at times but often leaves a bitter aftertaste as is the purpose of parody.  The larger work primarily lampoons US elite universities and their professoriate in the context of deepening inequalities brought about by neoliberalism (widespread precarisation of academic labour, deepening socioeconomic divisions between private elite
universities and struggling state universities and inner-city colleges, etc.). The novel is written in the third person and is told from the point of view of multiple characters who often have different opinions on the same events but for the purposes of this excerpt, the story is focalised through the eyes of a naïve young American postgrad and is limited to a few short episodes of her time in South Africa.

         

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Melissa Tandiwe Myambo is an author, academic

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