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A NYWAY C HINGWETE holds a Masters degree in Population Studies and an Honours degree in Economics from the University of Zimbabwe. She has trained in survey methodology, research analysis and poverty in Africa and currently works for the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town as the Project Manager on the Afrobarometer Project. She has contributed regularly to the Afrobarometer publication database since 2005, and sits on the management committee of the Institute for Democracy, Citizenship and Public Policy in Africa, based at the University of Cape Town.
R ICHMAN K OKERA is a Lecturer in the Department of Psychology at the University of Zimbabwe, and is a former Research Officer at the Mass Public Opinion Institute.
J ONATHAN K UGARAKURIPI is a Research Officer at MPOI. He holds an Honours degree in Psychology from the University of Zimbabwe and has a particular interest in political psychology research.
G REG L ININGTON is a lawyer and lecturer in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. He holds two Masters degrees, one in Constitutional Law (UNISA) and another in Public International Law (London). His research interests include investigating constitutional amendment theories and the interpretation and enforcement of provisions in the Declaration of Rights. He has written a book on Zimbabwes Constitutional Law, as well as articles and book chapters on aspects of constitutional law.
A LOIS M ADHEKENI is a democracy and governance expert who specialises in power politics and governance in southern Africa. He has taught local government courses at the University of Zimbabwe and is currently the co-ordinator of the community development programme of Silveira House Jesuit Social Justice and Development Centre. He holds a PhD in multilevel government law and policy from the University of the Western Cape.
E LDRED V. M ASUNUNGURE is a Political Science and Public Administration graduate of the University of Zimbabwe and Dalhousie University (Canada) and teaches Public Policy and Political Theory courses at both undergraduate and post-graduate levels in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. He has published widely, including editing Defying the Winds of Change: Zimbabwes 2008 Elections (2009) and co-editing Zimbabwe: Mired in Transition (2012). He is the Director of the Harare-based Mass Public Opinion Institute, where he is the Principal Investigator of the Afrobarometer Project.
N ATASHA M ATAIRE has a Masters degree in International Relations from the University of Zimbabwe and is a former teaching assistant at the Department of Political and Administrative Studies. She has experience in elections-related research at an NGO in Harare. Other areas of research include human rights, international political economy and foreign affairs. She is a regular contributor to the Black and White Youth Movement in Africa, an NGO that seeks to elevate African youth regardless of race. She is preparing to embark on her PhD studies in 2021.
L AWRENCE M HANDARA holds a PhD in Peace Studies and is a senior lecturer in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at the University of Zimbabwe. His research covers politics, security and conflict issues. His latest publication, The Great Lakes Region Security Complex: Lessons for the African Solutions for Peace and Security Approach, was published in the Institute of Peace and Security Studies Journal of African-Centred Solutions to Peace and Security.
T ABANI M OYO is the Director of the Media Institute of Southern Africa (MISA) Zimbabwe. Prior to his appointment, he served as MISAs Programmes Officer, doubling as the Branding Manager for the network Regional Office. He has wide experience in the print media, communications and advertising industries. He holds a Masters in Business Adminstration (ESAMI, Tanzania), a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing Management (Chartered Institute of Marketing, London), and is studying towards a DBA at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
S IMANGELE M OYO - NYEDE is a Research Officer with the Mass Public Opinion Institute. She holds an MSc in International Relations and a BSc Honours degree in Political Science, both from the University of Zimbabwe. Her research interests include womens rights and governance.
A SHTON M URWIRA holds a Phd in Peacebuilding (Durban University of Technology), and an MSc in International Relations and a BSc Honours in Political Science from the University of Zimbabwe, where he is a lecturer in the Department of Political and Administrative Studies at UZ. He lectures in courses that include Comparative Politics, International Relations and Foreign Policy. His research interests are in peace and conflict, international relations, and governance.
S TEPHEN N DOMA is a researcher based in Harare. He has an MA in Public Administration and a BSc Honours in Politics and Administration from the University of Zimbabwe. He is currently employed as Principal Researcher at the Mass Public Opinion Institute where he has managed a series of projects commissioned by the Afrobarometer Network. His strength lies in research planning, execution, data analysis and dissemination of research findings
N HLANHLA N GWENYA is currently the Media Manager for OSISA and was the Director of MISA Zimbabwe until 2017, following a decade at the Media Monitoring Project Zimbabwe. He holds an MA in International Development Management (University of Bradford, UK), and a BA Honours in Linguistics, an MA in Media and Communications Studies, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Media and Communications Studies, all from the University of Zimbabwe. He is the Chairperson of the privately run online news platform Radio VOP and sits on the Management Committee of the Human Rights NGO Forum.
P EDZISAI R UHANYA is a Senior Lecturer in the Journalism and Media Studies section of the University of Zimbabwes Department of English. He holds a BSc Honours in Sociology from the University of Zimbabwe, an MA in Human Rights from the University of Essex (UK), and a PhD in Media and Democracy from the University of Westminster (UK). He has published articles in peer-reviewed journals on media and democracy, and co- edited, with Professor Sabelo Gatsheni-Ndlovu, The History and Political Transition of Zimbabwe From Mugabe to Mnangagwa (2020).
