Since the early 1990s a growing number of constitution building processes in countries
transitioning from authoritarian rule or recovering from war or severe institutional crisis have …

This book is an initiative of the Unit of Zimbabwean Studies in the Department of Sociology
at Rhodes University in South Africa, of which the lead author (Kirk Helliker) is the Head. The …

The growth and survival of the field of conflict resolution can only be attained if practice is
used to generate theory, rather than a reliance on the current situation where theory …

In recent years, the issue of national reconciliation and transitional justice has become a
subject of varying contention and significance especially in countries emerging from deep …

In Civil Society Narratives of Violence and Shaping the Transitional Justice Agenda in
Zimbabwe, Chenai G. Matshaka shows the shaping of the transitional justice agenda in …

This chapter analyses the emergence, development and role of constitutional and human
rights movements in Zimbabwe, and the alliancing that civil society organisations within …

Pre-colonial and post-colonial Zimbabwe maintained the exogenous English language as
the official language while at the same time recognising and including Shona and Ndebele …

The chapter seeks to demonstrate the need to preserve indigenous knowledge through the
preservation of indigenous languages in Zimbabwe. This is premised on linguistic …

Various violations of the human rights of ordinary people and human rights defenders have
been reported in Zimbabwe since the late 1980s. It is widely acknowledged that such …

This dissertation analyses the relationship between civil society and political leadership
within the context of Zimbabwe's protracted social conflict, particularly through the lens of …