Masipula Sithole, associate professor of political science at the University of Zimbabwe in Harare, is the author of Zimbabwe’s Public Eye: Political Essays (1998). He is a founding member of the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA) and is on the editorial board of Agenda, the NCA’s major publication.
				
			
						
													
	
	
	
		
					
				January 2001, Volume 12, Issue 1			
		
		
						
		
					
				The stunning defeat of a draft constitution backed by President Robert Mugabe and the opposition’s unexpectedly strong showing in the June 2000 parliamentary elections may have marked the beginning of the end of ruling-party hegemony in Zimbabwe.
			 
		
		
		
			 
									
	
	
	
		
					
				January 1997, Volume 8, Issue 1			
		
		
						
		
					
				Read the full essay here.