Tag: matonganyika
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Zanu PF Plays Up Chilling Effect
Click or not: Zanu PF Plays Up Chilling EffectAs Zimbabwe’s election season heats up, President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ruling Zanu-PF is playing up the chilling effect through violence, public incitement of followers, weaponisation of Covid-19 measures and disruption of opposition candidates’ rallies. Under the Mnangagwa administration, Zanu-PF has continued using its control of a precarious economy to endanger, patronise and intimidate citizens. …
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King Mswati III’s Government under Fire for the “Targeted Killing” of People’s Hero Thulani Maseko
Click or not: King Mswati III’s Government under Fire for the “Targeted Killing” of People’s Hero Thulani MasekoThulani Maseko (1 March 1970 – 21 January 2023) was fatally stopped in his tracks as he campaigned for electoral reforms in Eswatini. The assassination has attracted global attention on the extent of repression in Africa’s last absolute monarchy. Calls to hold King Mswati III’s government to account for the “targeted killing” are getting louder. …