Zimbabweans’s forced silence as 2013 constitution faces dismantling

Zimbabwe’s 2013 Constitution, once celebrated as the country’s democratic breakthrough, now stands at risk of gradual dismantling through proposed amendments, selective implementation and political manipulation. Yet the most troubling question is not only what the ruling elite are doing to the Constitution, but why citizens, institutions and opposition forces appear unable or unwilling to mount sustained resistance against its erosion.

When the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No.

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