Deeply entrenched clientelism and the politicised military will likely preclude any major political change in Zimbabwe.

Dr Pedzisai Ruhanya is a postdoctoral Research Fellow with the University of Johannesburg's Faculty of Humanities. He is the director of the Harare-ba... sed Zimbabwe Democracy Institute (ZDI). He studied journalism, political science, sociology and Human Rights Law with the Universities of Zimbabwe, Essex (UK) and Westminster (UK). He is a former Hubert Humphrey Fellow on International Human Rights Law with the Universities of Minnesota and New York (USA).
Deeply entrenched clientelism and the politicised military will likely preclude any major political change in Zimbabwe.