Zimbabwe: Globalisation, Democracy and the African Agenda

LAST week's edited version of this paper presented by South African Ambassador to Zimbabwe, Vusi Mavimbela, discussed democracy making the point that it is imperative to appreciate that the quest of the people to deepen and expand democracy today goes beyond government, parliament and party-political frameworks. In this final instalment Mavimbela argues that the struggle for the pursuit of the African agenda needs the people in all their organised formations.

In a nutshell, by the African agenda I mean the collective pursuit of the people of the continent to deliver themselves from the legacy of colonialism and neo-colonialism with the aim of situating themselves on the global stage as equal and deserving contributors to, as well as beneficiaries of, the achievements of human civilisation.

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