Browsing Faculty of Law by Author "Chigwata, Tinashe Calton"
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Decentralization in Africa and the resilience of traditional authorities: Evaluating Zimbabwe’s track record
Chigwata, Tinashe Calton (Regional and Federal Studies, 2015)This paper looks at one of the most important endogenous factors influencing the workings of decentralization in Zimbabwe. Successive waves of formal institutional change that took place during Zimbabwe’s colonial and ... -
Entrenching decentralisation in Africa: A review of the African Charter on the values and principles of decentralisation, local governance and local development
Chigwata, Tinashe Calton; Ziswa, Melissa (The Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 2018)The African Union (AU) adopted the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development (African Charter on Decentralisation) in 2014. The Charter seeks to promote ... -
Entrenching decentralisation in Africa: A review of the African charter on the values and principles of decentralisation, local governance and local development
Chigwata, Tinashe Calton; Ziswa, Melissa (Springer Verlag, 2018)The African Union (AU) adopted the African Charter on the Values and Principles of Decentralisation, Local Governance and Local Development (African Charter on Decentralisation) in 2014. The Charter seeks to promote ... -
Intergovernmental planning and budgeting in Zimbabwe: Learning the lessons of the past
Chigwata, Tinashe Calton; Marumahoko, Sylvester (Commonwealth Journal of Local Governance, 2017)In Zimbabwe, the Prime Minister’s Directives on Decentralisation and Development of 1984 and 1985, together with the Provincial Council and Administration Act 1985, constitute the foundation for postindependence attempts ... -
Local government in the 2013 constitution of Zimbabwe: Defining the boundaries of local autonomy
de Visser, Jaap; Chigwata, Tinashe Calton (Hague Journal on the Rule of Law, 2017-10-06)The 2013 Constitution of Zimbabwe recognises local government as the lowest tier of government in a three tier arrangement. Thus, local government, composed by urban and rural local authorities, now owes its existence ... -
Ministerial directives to local government in Zimbabwe: top-down governance in a decentralized constitution
Chigwata, Tinashe Calton; Muchapondwa, Varaidzo Violet; de Visser, Jaap (Cambridge University Press, 2017)Urban and rural local authorities constitute the lowest tier of Zimbabwe's multilevel system of government. These local governments have a constitutional "right to govern" that must be exercised within the constitutional, ... -
Participatory Budgeting in the City of Kwekwe (Zimbabwe) A perspective on the Issues, Trends and Options
Marumahoko, Sylvester; Chigwata, Tinashe Calton; Nhende, Norman (African Journal of Public Affairs, 2018)Towards the end of 2017, as has been the case every year, the Kwekwe City Council produced a budget outlining its various activities for the 2018 financial year. The unveiling of the 2018 budget was, among other things, ... -
The role of traditional leaders in Zimbabwe: are they still relevant?
Chigwata, Tinashe Calton (University of the Western Cape, 2016)As in many other parts of sub-Saharan Africa, the institution of traditional leadership has always been central to the governance of communities in Zimbabwe. Traditional authorities take various forms and shapes in many ...