At some point, we must revisit the claims of gerrymandering since the delimitation exercise *appears* to have delivered nine seats to the opposition and restricted ZANU PF from retaining its two-thirds majority

One predictor of partisan splits is electoral loss. Nobody survives two consecutive losses in the main opposition party and still holds it together MRT: 2002, 2005 NC: 2018, 2023 After the initial loss? Its win or bust thereafter

He certainly did by fielding candidates and losing 16 seats as a result

Entirely supported by any good faith reading of history MRT 'bagging' it in '08 is no rebuttal of him leading, his own faction, MDC-T, with Welshman leading the other He had failed to hold the party together, and failed even further after the next election

Interesting take, though this tweet points to the predictability of partisans in political institutions rather than society wide conceptions of agency & grief Though both, admittedly, signal a demand for accountability

Nothing brings more clarity than the effluxion of time

"It always seems impossible, until it's done." Nelson Mandela

Hello! I have a new post in which I use the experience of completing a thesis to identify the conditions for optimal writing output in high pressure situations. Spoiler: it is a combination of sufficient motivation, a positive mood and sustained momentum. hofisi.blogspot.com/2024/08/thesis…

Motivation is the bridge between feeling a need to write, & actually wanting to do so. It is necessary to streamline your project & acquire the subject matter discipline to avoid going down rabbit holes for newer ideas & perspectives. I explain further at hofisi.blogspot.com

In this week's post, I frame the latest wave of arrests in Zimbabwe as authoritarian legalism, explaining why the state is resorting to excessive policing that nominally complies w court jmts, but substantively undermines the rationale for those rulings. hofisi.blogspot.com/2024/08/circum…

Entirely tragic that episodic demolition of houses continues in Zimbabwe. My forthcoming chapter in the Oxford Handbook on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights draws lessons from Zimbabwe's freedom from arbitrary eviction and property destruction.

Thank you so much to the ANCL-RADC for publishing a blog on my thesis!