Zimbabwe

Nehanda Charwe Nyakasikana with fellow fighters and white guards
Features

Nyakasikana — the woman who took on empire

Nyakasikana battled against imperialist forces
07 March 2022
Robert Mugabe—how an anti-colonialist hero became an authoritarian nationalist
The Troublemaker

Britain’s biggest tobacco companies bribed Mugabe

A BBC Panorama investigation has found evidence that suggests one of Britain’s biggest companies paid a bribe to the former Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe.
21 September 2021
Hunger and fear for people who were deported to Zimbabwe
News

Hunger and fear for people who were deported to Zimbabwe

Men deported to Zimbabwe by the Home Office last month are being forced to live on the streets and are in fear of arrest. Yet Priti Patel wants more mass deportations.
26 August 2021
Climate change—voices from the Global South
Features

Climate change—voices from the Global South

Wildfires across southern Europe focused attention on climate change, just as reports showed how Earth is heading for disaster. But the Global South got barely a mention. Socialist Worker spoke to activists in Asia and Africa about how the crisis is affecting the less developed world
22 August 2021
Tory plan to deport Zimbabweans could be a ‘death sentence’
News

Tory plan to deport Zimbabweans could be a ‘death sentence’

The Tories are pressing ahead with more mass deportations.
16 July 2021
Thousands in Oxford call for Rhodes statue to be torn down
News

Thousands in Oxford call for Rhodes statue to be torn down

Around 4,000 people gathered on Tuesday to call for the removal of the statue of the racist and imperialist Cecil Rhodes that fronts Oriel College in central Oxford.
10 June 2020
Coronavirus means ‘survival of richest’ in Global South, say South African shack dwellers
International

Lockdowns lead to police brutality and repression in many African countries

Widespread poverty and lack of public health services make coronavirus a huge threat to people in Africa. But they also face ferocious attacks from state forces
06 April 2020
Strikes and repression spread across the African continent
International

Strikes and repression spread across the African continent

Workers have suffered repression and evictions to try and stop the spread of the virus, but there has also been fightback in the form of strikes.
30 March 2020
Riot police lash out in Zimbabwe
News

Riot police lash out in Zimbabwe

Riot police in Zimbabwe's capital, Harare, fired tear gas and beat demonstrators during a crackdown on opposition supporters last Friday.
20 August 2019
A third of Zimbabweans face a food crisis due to climate change and neoliberalism
International

A third of Zimbabweans face a food crisis due to climate change and neoliberalism

More than five million people in Zimbabwe face hunger or starvation, according to the United Nations (UN).
07 August 2019
Zimbabwe eyewitness - ‘The government has declared war on its citizens’
International

Zimbabwe eyewitness – ‘The government has declared war on its citizens’

Workers and the poor rose up against the government, and they face bitter repression
20 January 2019
Revolt in Zimbabwe against austerity and dictatorship
News

Revolt in Zimbabwe against austerity and dictatorship

Workers and the poor are staying away from work, demonstrating and fighting the police
14 January 2019
International round-up - arrests in Zimbabwe and Palestinian death toll rises
International

International round-up – arrests in Zimbabwe and Palestinian death toll rises

Trade unionists in Zimbabwe, southern Africa, faced repression last week.
16 October 2018
First vote for Zimbabwe after Mugabe
International

Western fears in Zimbabwe

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa’s crackdown on opposition forces is causing jitters among the West and big business
14 August 2018
First vote for Zimbabwe after Mugabe
International

Repression follows the election in Zimbabwe

President Mnangagwa looks to defend his rule by crushing dissent, writes Tomáš Tengely-Evans
07 August 2018
First vote for Zimbabwe after Mugabe
International

First vote for Zimbabwe after Mugabe

Results of the first Zimbabwean presidential election since the fall of dictator Robert Mugabe were expected this week.
31 July 2018
President Mnangagwa tries to woo big business and the white farmers
International

President Mnangagwa tries to woo big business and the white farmers

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa was set to tell the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, this week that the country is “open for business”.
23 January 2018
‘Mugabe’s gone, everyone is singing in the street,’ says Zimbabwean socialist
International

Zimbabwe’s new president promises reforms that will hurt the working class

Zimbabwean president Emmerson Mnangagwa pledged to open up the country to international capital.
26 November 2017
Britain's colonial crimes in Zimbabwe
Features

Britain’s colonial crimes in Zimbabwe

How the crimes of imperialists shaped Zimbabwe's history
26 November 2017
‘Mugabe’s gone, everyone is singing in the street,’ says Zimbabwean socialist
News

‘Mugabe’s gone, everyone is singing in the street,’ says Zimbabwean socialist

Celebrations broke out in the Zimbabwean capital Harare at the news of president Robert Mugabe’s resignation on Tuesday. But the process must go deeper.
21 November 2017
International

Robert Mugabe resigns: can ordinary people now win their own demands?

Zimbabwean president Robert Mugabe resigned on Tuesday after a coup by generals and mobilisations on the streets
21 November 2017
Robert Mugabe—how an anti-colonialist hero became an authoritarian nationalist
International

Robert Mugabe—how an anti-colonialist hero became an authoritarian nationalist

Robert Mugabe has died. Here is his political obituary we wrote in 2017 when he was removed from office.
21 November 2017
Tories’ punishment and privatisation fuels crisis in prisons
Letters

LETTERS: Conditions are dangerous inside ‘grisly Risley’ prison

There have been reports that an explosive device was found inside HM Prison Risley last week.
21 November 2017
Endgame in Zimbabwe as army looks to replace Mugabe with neoliberal ‘hardman’
International

Endgame in Zimbabwe as army looks to replace Mugabe with neoliberal ‘hardman’

Pressure is mounting on Zimbabwe’s president Robert Mugabe after a coup by the army last Wednesday.
19 November 2017