OPPOSITION POLITICS, TARGETED SANCTIONS AND THE HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA IN ZIMBABWE
The recent trip to the US by the leadership of the coalition opposition political parties in Zimbabwe has drawn mixed feelings among the politicians, the academics, human rights movement as well as the general populace in the country and beyond. Celebrated lawyer and politician, Tendai Biti, a former Minister of Finance in the inclusive government from 2009 to 2013 and Advocate Nelson Chamisa, Deputy President of the MDC who is also a former Minister in the inclusive government, undertook a trip to the US in the aftermath of the “bloodless” military coup that saw the departure of former President Mugabe from power after nearly four decades in office and the subsequent installation of the former Vice President E. D. Mnangagwa as the new President of the country. Several public figures and experts took to social media and expressed their views regarding the visit by these two opposition leaders. Some viewed the visit with a lot of disdain citing that the oppo...