Effects of Factionalism in ZANU-PF: An Appraisal, 1980–2017
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Dylan Yanano Mangani
- Source
- Commonwealth Youth and Development. 16
- Subject
- Politics
Political economy
Political science
Democratic centralism
General Medicine
Nexus (standard)
Front (military)
- Language
- ISSN
- 2663-6549
1727-7140
Literature on the study of Zimbabwean politics tends to emphasise the role played by Robert Mugabe as chief instigator of different political trajectories in Zimbabwe. In a departure from available literature, this paper surfaces other explanations rather than to centre on the Mugabe factor. Because of democratic centralism, the factional dimension of politics within the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) is a case worthy of investigation to understand these political trajectories. With this in mind, the paper seeks to examine the nexus between different political trajectories in Zimbabwe and the emergence of factionalism in ZANU-PF.