Leroy Maisiri – Zimbabwe: Why does the state persist when its outputs are poverty, violence and humiliation

Stolen from: https://mg.co.za/thought-leader/2025-04-22-zimbabwe-why-does-the-state-persist-when-its-outputs-are-poverty-violence-and-humiliation/ As Zimbabwe commemorates 45 years of independence, the spectacle of celebration orchestrated by President Emmerson Mnangagwa in a dilapidated and waterlogged stadium serves as a metaphor for the trajectory of the postcolonial state. The accumulation of…