A critical analysis of decentralization in Zimbabwe: focus on the position and role of a Provincial Governor

• Main Author: Chigwata, Tinashe
• Other Authors: de Visser, Jaap
• Language: en
• Published: University of the Western Cape 2014
• Subjects: Zimbabwe local government; Provincial governor; Decentralization; Devolution; Autonomy; Local accountability; Representative democracy; Local empowerment; Provinces; Reforms
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11394/2627

Magister Philosophiae - MPhil === Provincial governors constituted an important part of the decentralization package unveiled in Zimbabwe in 1984 and 1985. The President appoints provincial governors among other duties, to coordinate development planning and implementation at the provincial level. This paper seeks to examine the appointment and role of a provincial governor and in that way establish the extent to which such appointment and role hinder or enhance representative and participatory democracy, accountability, devolution and empowerment, as ideals of decentralization. This contribution examines provincial governance in Zimbabwe as part of the local government system. === South Africa