A Predictable Tragedy: Robert Mugabe and the Collapse of Zimbabwe

List of Acronyms

A c r o n y m s AAG Affirmative Action Group ACP African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States ACR African Consolidated Resources AGOA Africa’s Growth Opportunities Act AIPPA Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act ANC African National Congress ANZ Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe ARDA Agriculture and Rural Development Authority ART African Resources Trust AU African Union AWC Association of Women’s Clubs BBC British Broadcasting Corporation BSA Broadcasting Services Act CAZ Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe CCJP Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace CFU Commercial Farmers Union CHOGM Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting CHRA Combined Harare Residents Association CIO Central Intelligence Organisation CODESRIA Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa COSATU Congress of South African Trade Unions CRC Constitutional Review Commission CZG Crisis in Zimbabwe Group CZI Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries DARE Dare re Chimurenga (exiled ZANU supreme council in 1970s) DDF District Development Fund 272 Acronyms DRC Democratic Republic of the Congo ECHO European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States ESAP Economic Structural Adjustment Program ESC Electoral Supervisory Commission EU European Union FAO Food and Agriculture Organization (UN) FLS Front-Line State FORUM Forum Party of Zimbabwe (sometimes given as FPZ, also used for Federal Party of Zimbabwe) FRELIMO Mozambique Liberation Front GALZ Gays and Lesbians of Zimbabwe GAPWUZ General Agriculture and Plantation Workers Union of Zimbabwe GMB Grain Marketing Board GNU Government of National Unity GPA General Political Agreement ICFU Indigenous Commercial Farmers Union ICG International Crisis Group IDBC Indigenous Business Development Centre IJAZ Independent Journalists Association of Zimbabwe ILO International Labour Organization IMC Interministerial Committee IMF International Monetary Fund IRIN Integrated Regional Information Networks ISO International Socialist Organisation JAG Justice for Agriculture JOC Joint Operations Command JSC Judicial Service Commission LCHR Lawyers Committee for Human Rights LOMA Law and Order Maintenance Act LRF Legal Resources Foundation MDC Movement for Democratic Change MIC Media and Information Commission MISA Media Institute of Southern Africa MMD Movement for Multiparty Democracy MMPZ Media Monitoring Project of Zimbabwe MMT Mass Media Trust MOU Memorandum of Understanding NANGO National Association of Non-Governmental Organisations NCA National Constitutional Assembly NDP National Democratic Party Acronyms 273 NEC National Executive Council NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGO Nongovernmental organization NIECZ National Investment and Empowerment Company of Zimbabwe NOCZIM National Oil Company of Zimbabwe NRZ National Railways of Zimbabwe OAU Organization of African Unity OPDS Organ on Politics, Defence and Security PAC Pan Africanist Congress PCC People’s Constitutional Convention PF Patriotic Front POSA Public Order and Security Act PTC Zimbabwe Posts and Telecommunications Corporation RBZ Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe RENAMO Mozambique National Resistance (Resistência Nacional Moçambicana) RF Rhodesian Front SABC South African Broadcasting Corporation SACP South African Communist Party SADC Southern African Development Community SADCC Southern African Development Co-ordination Conference SAMDEF Southern Africa Media Development Fund SAPES Southern Africa Political Economy Series SAPPHO Southern Africa Printing and Publishing House SARIPS Southern African Regional Institute for Policy Studies SDF Social Development Fund SRC Students’ Representative Council UANC United African National Council UDI Unilateral Declaration of Independence UN United Nations UNDP United Nations Development Programme UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UP United Parties UPM United People’s Movement UPP United People’s Party UZ University of Zimbabwe VOP Voice of the People WFP World Food Programme WTO World Trade Organization ZANLA Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army 274 Acronyms ZANU Zimbabwe African National Union ZAPU Zimbabwe African People’s Union ZBC Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation ZCC Zimbabwe Council of Churches ZCTU Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions ZDF Zimbabwe Defence Forces ZDI Zimbabwe Defence Industries ZEC Zimbabwe Electoral Commission ZESA Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority ZESN Zimbabwe Election Support Network ZFU Zimbabwe Farmers Union ZIANA Zimbabwe Inter-Africa News Agency ZIMASCO Zimbabwe Mining and Smelting Company ZIMPREST Zimbabwe Programme for Economic and Social Transformation ZIMRIGHTS Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (sometimes ZimRights) ZIPA Zimbabwe People’s Army ZIPAM Zimbabwe Institute of Public Administration and Management ZIPRA Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army ZISCO Zimbabwe Iron and Steel Company ZLHR Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights ZLP Zimbabwe Liberators’ Platform ZNA Zimbabwe National Army ZNCC Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce ZNLWVA Zimbabwe National Liberation War Veterans Association ZRP Zimbabwe Republic Police ZTA Zimbabwe Tobacco Association ZUD Zimbabwe Union of Democrats ZUJ Zimbabwe Union of Journalists ZUM Zimbabwe Unity Movement Major Newspapers and Cities of Publication Herald, Sunday Mail, Daily News...