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Concluding Reflections on Change and Continuity

In: Making Politics in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic

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  • Gorden Moyo

    (Lupane State University)

  • Kirk Helliker

    (Rhodes University)

Abstract

This final chapter revisits the central issue of this book in the context of the preceding thematic-based chapters, namely, change and continuity in relation to the Mugabe and Mnangagwa governments, with a particular focus on what we label as Mnangagwa’s formative project. There is general agreement across the chapters that Zimbabwean scholars must not rush to conclusions about the fundamental character of the Mnangagwa regime, and that unpacking the various dimensions of the Second Republic’s formative project is a worthy analytical endeavour. However, despite the wide-ranging official articulations of this project, the chapters demonstrate that the project has not taken off in any serious manner. Hence, as the chapters show in their own unique way, the project’s limitations are clearly evident. These limitations exist because, currently, the risks of change to power-retention far exceed any risks arising from simply retaining the current political settlement. This raises deep concerns about the space for dissent and mobilisation leading up to the upcoming national elections in 2023. We conclude by arguing that until such time as ordinary Zimbabweans can openly dissent and mobilise against the Zimbabwean government without fear of repression, Mnangagwa’s formative project will remain stalled.

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  • Gorden Moyo & Kirk Helliker, 2023. "Concluding Reflections on Change and Continuity," Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development, in: Gorden Moyo & Kirk Helliker (ed.), Making Politics in Zimbabwe’s Second Republic, pages 263-270, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:aaechp:978-3-031-30129-2_14
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-30129-2_14
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