Kondo, Tinashe2018-10-222018-10-222018Kondo, T. (2018). Socio-economic rights in post-Mugabe Zimbabwe. ESR Review, 19(2): 2-5.1684-260Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-11739dc733http://hdl.handle.net/10566/4146From 1980 to 2017, Robert Mugabe ruled Zimbabwe through a regime that posed as ‘democratic’ but which for all intents and purposes was a dictatorship. The power of the government stemmed not from the will of the people but its control of the armed forces and intelligence operatives. As a result, human rights abuses were commonplace. Poor governance, coupled with sanctions, led to the collapse of social systems. Poverty and hunger were the order of the day, and many basic socio-economic rights (SERs) could not be realised. In 2017, the military intervened and succeeded in pressurising Mugabe into resigning. His former vice president, Emmerson Mnangagwa, took over as president, promising a raft of changes, including respect for human rights. Against this backdrop, we look at developments in human rights, in particular SERs, since Mugabe’s exit.enESR Review : Economic and Social Rights in South Africa is an Open Access journalRobert MugabeZimbabweHuman rights abusesDictatorshipSocio-economic rights (SERs)Article