MIdlands State University Institutional RepositoryThe MSUIR digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material.http://cris.library.msu.ac.zw:802024-03-19T07:25:20Z2024-03-19T07:25:20ZA Critique of the 2008 Government of National Unity and Human Rights Protection in ZimbabweCowen DzivaBrian DubeProceed Manatsahttps://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/59632024-03-18T10:38:20Z2013-08-01T00:00:00ZTitle: A Critique of the 2008 Government of National Unity and Human Rights Protection in Zimbabwe
Authors: Cowen Dziva; Brian Dube; Proceed Manatsa
Abstract: The protagonists parties in Zimbabwe, namely ZANU-PF and the two MDC factions agreed on
15 September 2008, to work together to halt political and economic impasse that had crippled the nation in the
new millennium. This agreement (affectionately known as the Global Political Agreement (GPA)) ushered in an
array of hope and paved way for the formation of the Government of National Unity (GNU), which ended on the
29th of June 2013. The GNU receive mixed feelings when it comes to its successes and failures, especially on the
promotion and protection of human rights, which were under-siege prior to the agreement. The calls for peace
and human rights respect by GPA principals during the entire GNU era were worth noting, though not enough;
as there was need for matching action to demonstrate their commitment to the cause. The parties, especially
ZANU PF wielded power and state security institutions but paid lip service to the protection of civil and
political liberties, hence the systematic, direct and indirect violations to notably the right to life, political
participation, freedom of speech, association, assembly and expression at the hands of terror groups and
security forces persisted. Even though the epoch under review witnessed the formation of Media and Human
Rights Commissions, they were hampered by cheap partisan politicking, lack of funds and ambiguous mandates.
This, combined with the lack of progress on institutional and legal reforms, Zimbabweans suffered during the
entire GNU period, and will continue to endure abuse and live in fear of violence every day. This paper calls for
constitutionalism, institutional and security sector reform as the basic and tangible efforts for human rights
protection in Zimbabwe2013-08-01T00:00:00ZCowen DzivaBrian DubeProceed ManatsaNaming, space and power in Noviolet Bulawayo’s We need new Names (2013) and Lawrence Hoba’s ‘The first Trek – The pioneers’ in The Trek and other stories (2009) : Windhoek, Namibia, 18-20 September 2017Elda Hungwehttps://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/59612024-03-18T10:36:09Z2019-03-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Naming, space and power in Noviolet Bulawayo’s We need new Names (2013) and Lawrence Hoba’s ‘The first Trek – The pioneers’ in The Trek and other stories (2009) : Windhoek, Namibia, 18-20 September 2017
Authors: Elda Hungwe
Abstract: This paper examines the relationship between place naming, space and power in Lawrence Hoba’s ‘The First Trek – The Pioneers’ and NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names. I argue that place naming is a concept fraught with exclusionary and inclusionary tendencies and results in the creation of physical, cultural and imaginative borders and boundaries. The ability to include/exclude and create borders and boundaries is chiefly an exercise of power and dominance. These borders and boundaries testify to the fact that space is heterogeneous and unevenly constituted. Political and economic considerations largely influence this unevenness, which chiefly translates into the realm of the social and symbolic given that space is a social construct. Place naming is also reflective of the desire to control, manage and police spaces. In NoViolet Bulawayo’s We Need New Names, I focus on the street names (Mzilikazi Street, Hope Street and Chimurenga Street) and place names such as Paradise, Budapest and Shanghai, which I read as reflecting the racial, class and gender dimensions of spacing in post-colonial Zimbabwe. Bulawayo uses place naming as a trope to reflect the heterogeneous nature of space in post-colonial Zimbabwe and challenges the conventional nationalist myth of sameness and equality. In Lawrence Hoba’s ‘The First Trek - The Pioneers’, I examine how place naming is used as a trope to underscore the racial, class and gender dimensions of the land reform programme executed by the Zimbabwean government in post-2000. I argue that such place naming is largely exclusionary as it marginalises women and the poor.2019-03-01T00:00:00ZElda HungweNegating the Promotion of Human Rights Through “Claw-Back” Clauses in the African Charter on Human and People’s RightsLoveness Mapuvahttps://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/59602024-03-18T10:34:28Z2016-01-01T00:00:00ZTitle: Negating the Promotion of Human Rights Through “Claw-Back” Clauses in the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights
Authors: Loveness Mapuva
Abstract: The phrase ‘claw-back” clause has often been used to refer to those provisions of the African Charter that seek to
minimize or limit some of the rights guaranteed under the Charter. Consequently, the African Charter on Human
and Peoples’ Rights has often been criticized for having an abundance of “claw-back” clauses, thereby
compromising the realization of some human rights. A critical analysis of the criticism leveled against the claw-
back facility in the African Charter is warranted and is evidently clear that the implications of these claw-back
clauses has a debilitating impact on the protection and promotion of human rights on the African continent.
There has been the utilization of the work and efforts of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
to minimize the impact of the claw-back clause on the realization of human rights2016-01-01T00:00:00ZLoveness MapuvaCriteria for Appointments to Specialized Superior Courts: Perspectives from Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.Gift Manyaterahttps://cris.library.msu.ac.zw//handle/11408/59592024-03-18T10:32:16Z2022-01-18T00:00:00ZTitle: Criteria for Appointments to Specialized Superior Courts: Perspectives from Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Authors: Gift Manyatera
Abstract: The paper discusses and evaluates criteria for judicial appointments to specialized superior courts in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe. It contends that processes to be followed when making such appointments, as well the eligibility criteria, are important parameters in the assessment of independence of the judiciary. Lack of specificity in the eligibility criteria leaves room for exercise of unfettered discretion by the appointing authority, usually the political executive in African countries. Specificity and clarity in the legislative frameworks, in terms of both the process and eligibility criteria, on the other hand, is a bulwark against unfettered executive discretion in the making of such appointments, and instils public confidence in prospects for judicial independence.2022-01-18T00:00:00ZGift Manyatera