This article uses the case of illegal street vending in Harare to explore the interface between urban governance and politics. Drawing on the ideas of urban governance and informal governance, it illustrates how polarisation between the opposition political party Movement for Democratic Change-dominated municipal council and the Zimbabwe African National Union Patr...

Employing the notion of reserve domains of power, this article considers the relationship between the military and democracy focusing on the Egyptian and Zimbabwean experiences. It examines the actions of the Egyptian military and its decision to desist from brutally repressing the protesters during the Arab Spring against Mubarak but doing the opposite against Mor...