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.
“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. 🖋️📘
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
...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) .
@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.
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!
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!
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
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.
@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.