Economy Of Zimbabwe Research Articles

The Political Economy of Zimbabwe

The Political Economy of Zimbabwe

African Studies Research in Mozambique

The Centro de Estudos Africanos (Centre of African Studies - henceforth CEA) was founded soon after Mozambique's independence in June 1975. It was set up under the directorship of Aquino de Bragança, who was formerly Secretary to the Conference of Nationalist Organisations in the Portuguese Colonies, that linked together all the lusophone liberation movements during the anti-colonial struggle. From its inception the C.E.A. had two high priorities - a committment to collective research and to studies vhich would te relevant to the needs of Mozambique in its attempt to build a socialist society. The latter was not seen simply in narrow nationalistic terms, but was placed firmly within the regional context. Hence, the first major study carried out was on the political economy of Zimbabwe as a background document to the Geneva talks of 1976.

The prospects for socialist transition in Zimbabwe

This article argues there is no alternative in the short run to the compromise tactics that ZANU(PF) has had to adopt in the few months that it has been in power; but it also seeks to discover whether they will, in the future, become its long run strategy. The movement's guiding principles at this stage of Zimbabwe's struggle have been summed up by Prime Minister Robert Mugabe as ‘Reconciliation, Reconstruction and Resettlement’. At the same time, in its election manifesto, ZANU(PF) set its goals for Zimbabwe's future as ‘to reconstruct Zimbabwe's economy and evolve a socialist pattern in which the country's resources are fully tapped for the common benefit of all the people of Zimbabwe’(emphasis added).