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James Nyawo, PhD Candidate at Middlesex University, partook in the Transitional Justice Fellowship Program organized jointly by The Hague Institute for Global Justice and The Institute for Justice and Reconciliation from 23 to 27 June 2014.

This year marks 15 years of the MDC’s existence. The party has been the official opposition in Zimbabwe but after suffering four splits over a decade and a half questions about its future arise. Kwangu Liwewe spoke to Morgan Tsvangirai and Tendai Biti, who is now the leader of MDC Renewal.

Zimbabwe is struggling to service its debts. Its Finance Minister, Patrick Chinamasa, says that the public has to be taxed more to help pay current and past debts. Critics however argue that tax hikes now, will kill off what little growth Zimbabwe has.