Award-winning Zimbabwean author Tsitsi Dangarembga, a nominee for this year's Booker Prize, has been arrested in the country's capital. Dangarembga reported her arrest on Twitter.Describing Zimbabwe as a military dictatorship, Mavhinga commented that since taking over from Robert Mugabe in 2017, under the banner of government reforms, Mnangagwa has employed few measures to вЂњimprove peopleвЂ™s lives, rein in on corruption, and show commitment to justice, human rights and respect for the rule of law.вЂќ On the contrary, Mnangagwa has taken advantage of his partyвЂ™s two-thirds parliamentary majority to alter the law and control the judiciary.Tsitsi Dangarembga has been calling for reforms in Zimbabwe. Tsitsi Dangarembga, a 61-year-old figure of African feminismand award-winning novelist, was arrested on Friday, July 31 around midday by agroup of armed police officers while she was participating in ananti-corruption demonstration in Borrowdale, a suburb of the Zimbabweancapital. State seizure of human rights lawyer Siphosami MalungaвЂ™s land and the arrest of civil society activist Tsitsi Dangarembga are recent examples, he added.Ms. Particularly, he reported that under the leadership of President Emmerson Mnangagwa, the ruling party (ZANU-PF) utilizes abduction, kidnapping, invasion of property, arbitrary arrests, and torture to squash dissent. In giving an overview of the recent political and economic climate in Zimbabwe, Mavhinga began by noting an increase in targeted abuse against government critics such as human rights lawyers, civil society activists, the opposition party, and independent media.

Regionally, South Africa continues to be вЂњdistracted by internal issuesвЂќ and other вЂњfires,вЂќ the insurgencies in Mozambique and clashes in Eswatini, which have emerged. Since then, the number of abuses has declined, but a вЂњharvest of fearвЂќ remains ahead of the 2023 elections.Pigou stated that ZimbabweвЂ™s economy is вЂњin a terrible condition.вЂќ Despite the modest macroeconomic growth, вЂњthe socio-economic conditions of the vast majority of Zimbabweans are dire as more and more of them are living under the poverty line.вЂќ In other words, the improvement in both the World BankвЂ™s and the International Monetary FundвЂ™s report вЂњdoes not translate into significant improvement in the conditions of ordinary Zimbabweans.вЂќGavin reiterated that вЂњthe seemingly optimistic reports from the international institutions do not reflect a fundamental change in governance.вЂќ Still, only вЂњa small number of elites benefit.вЂќ Gavin commended вЂњZimbabwean human rights activists, independent journalists and lawyers for pushing back on the abuse of the legal system and the courtsвЂќ but saw limits to viable avenues of change. Pigou explained that heightened violence in 20 was a result of crackdowns on protests against human rights violations.

Investors should instead venture into different African countries with partial democracies and conducive business climate until Zimbabwe improves. He recommended the United States show unrelenting support for the citizens of Zimbabwe with continued support for the Young African Leadership Initiative (YALI), establishing online-university education options for them, calculated investment in Zimbabwean agriculture, and by spurring American trade and investment in the country.OвЂ™Hanlon asked whether U.S. вЂњEven though small, they can have an effect,вЂќ he explained.Ward also stressed the importance of cooperation among Western democracies. Acknowledging вЂњscarce areas for maneuver,вЂќ he proposed that members of the South African Development Community (which collectively represents 16 southern African governments from its headquarters in Botswana) play a role in future political-economic plans for Zimbabwe. Responding to these remarks, OвЂ™Hanlon said that Zimbabwe вЂњcan be a bellwether for both good and bad political-economic developments.вЂќWard agreed with previous comments and added that COVID-19 continues to exacerbate the socio-economic conditions of Zimbabweans.

Tsitsi Dangarembga Arrested