SPT Report: The Hard Road to Reform

The first independent review of the often turbulent and sometimes violent politics of Zimbabwe's two-year-old inclusive government indicates there has been some progress and positive change. The report by the Solidarity Peace Trust says continued control of the security sector by President Robert Mugabe?s ZANU-PF party has allowed for episodes of intense political turmoil since the inclusive government came to power. But the report, entitled "The Hard Road to Reform," also notes that ZANU-PF has been constrained by the so-called Global Political Agreement, or GPA.

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• Original report: The Hard Road to Reform, Solidarity Peace Trust, Johannesburg, 13 April 2011