The Labour Movement in Zimbabwe 1. Shinga Mushandi Shinga Qina Msebenzi Qina Workers be Resolute Fight OnThe Labour Movement in Zimbabwe 1. Introduction Crisis in Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe has long been considered a country in crisis. It stands at 1. Human Development Index UNDP 2. Zimbabwes entrenched economic crisis saw inflation peak at 2. Matombo and Sachikonye 2. Attributing the blame for this situation and understanding how such a crisis arose is a complex task worthy of considerable analysis in its own right, but for the sake of this dissertation two concepts will be utilised as representing a duo of malignant forces largely responsible for the problems facing ordinary Zimbabweans. The first is the domestic, political authoritarianism of the Zimbabwean government, a regime headed by President Robert Mugabe and populated by his party Zimbabwe African National Union Patriotic Front ZANU PF. The Mugabe regime gained hegemony over Zimbabwean politics in 1. Global Political Agreement GPA which saw the formation of a power sharing government with the opposition Movement for Democratic Change MDC in 2. Under Mugabes rule, repressive legislation and violence have been used to stymie dissent and oppositional voices, whilst numerous elections have been rigged and the coffers of regime supporters fattened by years of corruption. Equally, the regimes incoherent and frequently capricious economic policies over the three decades since independence have been roundly condemned as precipitating Zimbabwes economic decline Raftopoulos and Phimister 2. It is important to note that the western media portrayal of Mugabe is often sensationalised, attributing him limitless power whilst ignoring the internal power struggles that have long characterised ZANU PF and the consent for his rule apparent within a significant segment of the population Chan 2. Get information, facts, and pictures about Guatemala at Encyclopedia. Make research projects and school reports about Guatemala easy with credible articles from. The most popular dictionary and thesaurus for learners of English. Meanings and definitions of words with pronunciations and translations. We dont host free ads. All advertisements in answers, questions, profile photos, in taglines, a. The database recognizes 1,746,000 software titles and delivers updates for your software including minor upgrades. Nevertheless, with these caveats in mind it remains necessary to consider the political authoritarianism of the Mugabe regime as a malignant force in many ways responsible for the crisis in Zimbabwe. The second force responsible for the privation of the Zimbabwean people is neoliberalism. At the ideological centre of neoliberalism is the idea that the fundamental political good is freedom of the individual, which is best secured through a competitive market society, which in turn is only possible in states that do not interfere in the economy beyond that which is strictly necessary to ensure the second condition Harrison 2. These beliefs have gained hegemony within the governments of the global north, business and importantly within the International Financial Institutions IFIs the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund IMF and the World Trade Organisation WTO. The free market dogmas of neoliberalism have become axiomatic, and this discursive hegemony is evidenced in the policies of governments, the IFIs and the practices of global capital demonstrating neoliberalism as practice Harrison 2. These institutions which together form the neoliberal architecture attempt to recreate the western, free market model across the world, utilising their strength to enforce the neoliberal vision and punish deviance. In Africa, this can be best understood as a process of social engineering, affecting not only the economic sphere but also the state, the states relations with society, and society itself Harrison 2. Privatisation, de regulation, the shrinking of the state and punitive actions against state roguery have created much hardship across Africa, and these neoliberal reforms have arguably entrenched the continents economic inferiority whilst ensuring continued enrichment for northern and southern elites Harvey 2. Political authoritarianism and neoliberalism are responsible for many of the problems facing Zimbabwe, but they must be understood as intrinsically interconnected phenomena whose relationship has altered over time. The 1. 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This period coincided with the rise of a labour and civil society opposition movement. However, largely due to the rise of this political threat, the late 1. Belkin 4 Port Cable Dsl Gateway Router Software there. MDC and its civil society allies. Kak-poluchit-probnuyu-litsenziyu-dlya-aktivatsii-IBM-IMM2-do-redaktsii-Advanced-04.png' alt='Ilo 4 Advanced License Key Trials' title='Ilo 4 Advanced License Key Trials' />The regimes inability to service its debt repayments resulted in economic sanctions and the removal of development aid and IFI loans, culminating in a huge loss of confidence in the Zimbabwean economy and a mass retreat by global capital Chan 2. Yet again both political authoritarianism and neoliberalism were at work in Zimbabwe, but now the disciplinary neoliberalism of the IFIs, western governments and global capital was in force against the regimes transgressions. A truly progressive or emancipatory struggle to end the poverty and repression engendered by political authoritarianism and neoliberalism must therefore aim to oppose both of these malignant forces. Resistance has certainly been evident within Zimbabwe, and the labour movement, organised under the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions ZCTU, has been a conspicuous presence in these struggles, often acting in concert with a broad coalition of civil society actors. By the end of the 1. Movement for Democratic Change MDC, spearheaded by ex ZCTU Secretary General Morgan Tsvangirai. The MDC has risen as a political force throughout the 2. GPA and a power sharing government from 2. At its broadest level therefore, this dissertation seeks to trace the trajectory of the labour movement since independence in 1. Literature Review. Since the late 1. Zimbabwe.   This has made analysis of the labour movement problematic, as polarisation has created fiercely competing perspectives on whom and what constitutes an emancipatory struggle. In response to the threat of the opposition movement, the regime has utilised patriotic history Ranger 2. Ilo 4 Advanced License Key Trials' title='Ilo 4 Advanced License Key Trials' />The Burney Collection, sourced from the British Library, is an archive of newspapers and news pamphlets approximately 1,270 titles gathered by Reverend Charles. Ilo 4 Advanced License Key Trials' title='Ilo 4 Advanced License Key Trials' />ZANU PFs liberation struggle credentials and connecting the Fast Track Land Reform Programme FTLRP to an ongoing struggle against the white imperialists and their domestic supporters namely the MDC and its civil society allies Ranger 2. The Mugabe regime has therefore attempted to divide Zimbabwe into revolutionaries and sell outs Ranger 2. Raftopoulos 2. 00. This polarising rhetoric has been lent some credence by the intellectual analysis emanating from the Nationalist Left NL, who represent one side of a leftist, polarised academic discourse in Zimbabwe Moyo and Yeros 2. The NL has offered support for the radicalised state in Zimbabwe, evidencing a return to radical, redistributive policies in the FTLRP Moyo and Yeros 2. Furthermore, the NL has led a searing critique of the opposition movement, which is argued to be western donor driven and reflective of a neoliberal good governance agenda emphasising political rights and regime change whilst aligning with the neoliberal architecture, thus ensuring the continued repression of the socio economic rights of Zimbabweans Yeros 2. The FTLRP means that this polarisation has not remained rhetorical, but has come to exist in a broad, if not unproblematic, divide between urban and rural Zimbabwe. It must be noted that demands for land reform were driven by the long standing grievances Raftopoulos 2.