Bekezela Gumbo

African transitologist, believer of four key transition enablers in Africa: --youth, internet, consociationalism and Agency.

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

Thank you @zditrust for this recognition. You are indeed a democracy institute. Your influence is unparalleled!

[ZDI @zditrust]

We congratulate our Principal Researcher, Dr Bekezela Gumbo, for graduating with a PhD from the University of Free State.

With his thesis, titled: POWER-SHARING AND POLITICAL STABILITY: CREATING INCLUSIVE GOVERNANCE FOR DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, he makes a contribution to scholarship on governments of national unity (GNUs) in Liberia (2003), Kenya (2008) and Zimbabwe (2009) and their role as institutional engineering mechanism for political stability, inclusion, and socio-economic and human development in sub-Saharan Africa by applying consociational theory and the liberal institutional reform approach to peacebuilding.

The study finds that the cessation of hostilities after GNUs can only mean sustainable political stability when accompanied by the institutionalisation of a strong rule of law, respect for human rights and addressing the socio-economic triggers of political instability. The argument that the inclusion of more conceptual tenets of consociational power-sharing in GNUs increases political stability and socio-economic and human development in post-conflict eras is significant for institutional designers in divided societies and regional and international peace and development players.

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”

Congratulations, my brother and fellow thinker. Your journey is a testament to the power of collaborative intellect and scholarly humility.
May your pen never tire, and your mind never rest. 🖋️📘

[Pedzisai Ruhanya @PedzisaiRuhanya]

University of Johannesburg has appointed me as a Senior Research Associate with the Faculty of Humanities' School of Media and Communication. To my research colleagues; Prof @admire2mare, Dr @trustmatsilele, Dr @bekegumbo, Dr @GadzikwaW, Dr AlexanderRusero, Dr @Hutsuro thank u

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@Thwalimbiza @matigary Ha kkkk this is a very common research methods term brother.

[Pedzisai Ruhanya @PedzisaiRuhanya]

...The position of war veterans and the military must be understood in the context of the liberation entitlement doctrine. This doctrine portrays the ruling ZANU-PF and its liberation war veterans as the sole givers and guarantors of independence...(Gumbo, 2020; Ruhanya, 2020) .

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@nyakshine @zenzele Me: No comment!!

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

Understanding a Securocratic state.

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@BaShonaBaShona @ProfJNMoyo @Mavhure I like this critical decolonial Africa studies stance. But it's important to also acknowledge the reality, Zim universities need lots of shaping up to produce solution holders that can drive vision 2030. Producing mazhanje juices and celebrating such is too low.

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@oczmk @edmnangagwa @ChinamasaPA @TendaiChirau @HonJMuswereJnr @nickmangwana @DrMutambudzi @Jamwanda2 @dhonzamusoro007 @ZANUPF_Official @marapira_farai They should change the post from "chairman" to "chairperson" so that the women empowerment behimd these appointments ring true.

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

Gumbo...that's very deep uncle...

[Lloyd Msipa @LloydMsipa]

In our candid chat Elder Gumbo also waded into the @waltermzembi & @Hon_Kasukuwere matter. @ZANUPF_Official is keen to get selected former members exiled or expelled to write letters as a condition for re-admission.Yours truly included. All have dismissed this conditional re- admission Elder Gumbo speaks to this!

[Lloyd Msipa @LloydMsipa]

In our candid chat Elder Gumbo also waded into the @waltermzembi & @Hon_Kasukuwere matter. @ZANUPF_Official is keen to get selected former members exiled or expelled to write letters as a condition for re-admission.Yours truly included. All have dismissed this conditional re- admission Elder Gumbo speaks to this!

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@InfoMinZW When you let abattoirs rob farmers all offalls, head, and legsof their cattle free of charge ....later on, they make money out of them

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@Potraz_zw @admire2mare @KMutisi @OpenParlyZw @ZBCNewsonline @daddyhope @matigary @TateMavetera @nickmangwana @HeraldZimbabwe Improve download speed...that's where all this fair pricing fails to make us better than SA. The irony lies in the fact that despite our cheap data, we end up losing more time & data due to slow download speeds.

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@BaShonaBaShona @Potraz_zw @KMutisi @OpenParlyZw @ZBCNewsonline @daddyhope @matigary @TateMavetera @nickmangwana @HeraldZimbabwe BaShona you are disappointing us. You can't post things from this kind of source and expect to remain credible as a keyboard warrior a.k.a Murakashi

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

Very interesting. 1) why is Botswana entered twice in this graph? 2. Which one is Botswana? @Potraz_zw ? 3. Zimbabwean data is cheaper @zanupf_patriots, check here

[POTRAZ @Potraz_zw]

A graphical comparison of Mobile Data Prices in the SADC Region shows that Zimbabwe has comparable data prices to other countries in the region @KMutisi
@OpenParlyZw
@ZBCNewsonline
@daddyhope
@matigary
@TateMavetera
@nickmangwana @HeraldZimbabwe

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@zanupf_patriots It seems very true....

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

Can someone please correct page 54 of @MoFA_ZW "provincial investment opportunities" document. 1. Tsholotsho RDC is not Lupane RDC. 2. There is no RDC called Lupane RDC in Zimbabwe.

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@MakoniPfun49690 @SengezoTsh17075 @JobSikhala20707 @ChatuBellamine @DenfordNgadzio1 @dhonzamusoro007 @DubekoSibanda @StaceyDzamara @murisizwizwai2 Are those senators elected by any citizen? Or they are listed by politicians and sent to senate?

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@S_Harudzibwi The car gifting scheme is not random but calculated. It has potential to create a strong force for swaying public perception...

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@msaleh1982 Congratulations. This is indeed an interesting topic.

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@Realbeefactor They are spot-on. The approach has never worked and will not work. But it will water-down the issues and postpone the real nation-building.

[Bekezela Gumbo @bekegumbo]

@dhonzamusoro007 You got it wrong. They said it's 'misrule' will continue.