Ronald Chipaike
Biographic Data
| ID | 146498 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ronald Chipaike |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ronald |
| FAMILY NAME | Chipaike |
| SIGNATURE | CHIPAIKE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bindura University of Science Education |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7722-7383 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 9 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
African Digital Authoritarianism and China’s Role
Chipaike, Chinyonga and William discuss the various technologies being deployed by African governments to control and police their publics. These include radio jamming, face recognition and telecommunications surveillance supplied by a variety of Chinese companies such as Huawei and Hikvision, among others. With such technology in the hands of leaders whose penchant for authoritarian governance is clear, the implications for civil liberties have …
Chinese covid diplomacy in Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only become a humanitarian issue but a geopolitical and geostrategic one as well. Informed by a soft power perspective and utilising a mainly qualitative-narrative analysis approach, this paper analyses China’s medical assistance to African states in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zimbabwe is used as a case study. The study establishes that China’s medical assistance to African countries did not start in the C…
Kwame Nkrumah’s Intervention in the 1960s Congo Crisis
Utilizing archival materials and existing literature, the article examines the contending rationales motivating Nkrumah’s decision to support the UN mission in the Congo during the 1960s political crisis. Existing scholarship, to date, appreciates Nkrumah’s involvement from the perspectives of African camaraderie, anti-imperial mawkishness, and regional leadership. However, beyond these elucidations, the optimal focus should be driven by Pan-Afri…
Sustainable Conflict Resolution through Community Based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash) Planning in Fragile and Conflict Situations
The study examines the nature of disputes, which are prevalent in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programming and suggests possible conflict management and resolution mechanisms. An online web-based survey, hosted on the popular Survey Monkey platform, was conducted through the Somalia WASH Cluster to 40 'active' member organisations. A response rate of 73% was achieved. Thematic analysis was conducted using NVivo 12. The type of conflicts i…
Chinese Construction Companies and the Question of Labour Rights in Zimbabwe
This paper focuses on the question of labour rights in Chinese construction companies in Zimbabwe. Utilizing data collected from two companies through interviews with mainly artisans, the study established general discontentment with conditions of work in these companies by local workers. Concerns were raised over lack of adequate protective equipment/clothing, low salaries and poor communication systems among others. The government of Zimbabwe w…
African Move to Withdraw from the ICC
Africa’s relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been strained over the past few years. Threats by a number of African states to withdraw from the ICC’s jurisdiction have marked a crescendo in the strained relationship. This study looks at the issues surrounding the proposed or threatened mass withdrawal by African countries and the implications for peace and justice in the African continent. Utilising interviews with a cross…
Chinese Engagement of Zimbabwe and the Limits of Elite Agency
This article contends that Zimbabwe's agency in its engagement with China has been limited and at best circumscribed. This owes to factors such as indifference by state authorities to cooperation with civil society actors in negotiating with Chinese actors, the desperation of the The Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front regime in the face of isolation by erstwhile partners as well as the opacity and secrecy that characterizes signifi…
A Challenge to Conventional Wisdom
This article makes the point that African states with significant strategic resources and democratic governance systems bargain better in economic and development assistance engagements with China and other partners. In democratic African states, non-state actors play critical complementary roles to the state, leading to multi-faceted forms of African agency. For non-democratic states, a significant limiting factor in their agency is the lack of …
Impediments besetting the negotiations for a comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and East and Southern Africa (2007–2014)
Several African, Caribbean and Pacific countries are currently negotiating World Trade Organization (WTO)-compatible reciprocal economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU), agreements intended to supersede the one-sided trade preferences of the Lomé Convention. This study focuses on impediments which have bedevilled the EU–East and Southern Africa (ESA) negotiations for a transition from an interim EPA to a comprehensive E…
Chinese Engagement of Zimbabwe and the Limits of Elite Agency
This article contends that Zimbabwe's agency in its engagement with China has been limited and at best circumscribed. This owes to factors such as indifference by state authorities to cooperation with civil society actors in negotiating with Chinese actors, the desperation of the The Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front regime in the face of isolation by erstwhile partners as well as the opacity and secrecy that characterizes signifi…
A Challenge to Conventional Wisdom
This article makes the point that African states with significant strategic resources and democratic governance systems bargain better in economic and development assistance engagements with China and other partners. In democratic African states, non-state actors play critical complementary roles to the state, leading to multi-faceted forms of African agency. For non-democratic states, a significant limiting factor in their agency is the lack of …
Chinese Construction Companies and the Question of Labour Rights in Zimbabwe
This paper focuses on the question of labour rights in Chinese construction companies in Zimbabwe. Utilizing data collected from two companies through interviews with mainly artisans, the study established general discontentment with conditions of work in these companies by local workers. Concerns were raised over lack of adequate protective equipment/clothing, low salaries and poor communication systems among others. The government of Zimbabwe w…
Sustainable Conflict Resolution through Community Based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash) Planning in Fragile and Conflict Situations
The study examines the nature of disputes, which are prevalent in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programming and suggests possible conflict management and resolution mechanisms. An online web-based survey, hosted on the popular Survey Monkey platform, was conducted through the Somalia WASH Cluster to 40 'active' member organisations. A response rate of 73% was achieved. Thematic analysis was conducted using NVivo 12. The type of conflicts i…
Impediments besetting the negotiations for a comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and East and Southern Africa (2007–2014)
Several African, Caribbean and Pacific countries are currently negotiating World Trade Organization (WTO)-compatible reciprocal economic partnership agreements (EPAs) with the European Union (EU), agreements intended to supersede the one-sided trade preferences of the Lomé Convention. This study focuses on impediments which have bedevilled the EU–East and Southern Africa (ESA) negotiations for a transition from an interim EPA to a comprehensive E…
A Challenge to Conventional Wisdom
This article makes the point that African states with significant strategic resources and democratic governance systems bargain better in economic and development assistance engagements with China and other partners. In democratic African states, non-state actors play critical complementary roles to the state, leading to multi-faceted forms of African agency. For non-democratic states, a significant limiting factor in their agency is the lack of …
African Move to Withdraw from the ICC
Africa’s relationship with the International Criminal Court (ICC) has been strained over the past few years. Threats by a number of African states to withdraw from the ICC’s jurisdiction have marked a crescendo in the strained relationship. This study looks at the issues surrounding the proposed or threatened mass withdrawal by African countries and the implications for peace and justice in the African continent. Utilising interviews with a cross…
Chinese Engagement of Zimbabwe and the Limits of Elite Agency
This article contends that Zimbabwe's agency in its engagement with China has been limited and at best circumscribed. This owes to factors such as indifference by state authorities to cooperation with civil society actors in negotiating with Chinese actors, the desperation of the The Zimbabwe African National Union - Patriotic Front regime in the face of isolation by erstwhile partners as well as the opacity and secrecy that characterizes signifi…
Chinese Construction Companies and the Question of Labour Rights in Zimbabwe
This paper focuses on the question of labour rights in Chinese construction companies in Zimbabwe. Utilizing data collected from two companies through interviews with mainly artisans, the study established general discontentment with conditions of work in these companies by local workers. Concerns were raised over lack of adequate protective equipment/clothing, low salaries and poor communication systems among others. The government of Zimbabwe w…
Sustainable Conflict Resolution through Community Based Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (Wash) Planning in Fragile and Conflict Situations
The study examines the nature of disputes, which are prevalent in water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programming and suggests possible conflict management and resolution mechanisms. An online web-based survey, hosted on the popular Survey Monkey platform, was conducted through the Somalia WASH Cluster to 40 'active' member organisations. A response rate of 73% was achieved. Thematic analysis was conducted using NVivo 12. The type of conflicts i…
Chinese covid diplomacy in Africa
The COVID-19 pandemic has not only become a humanitarian issue but a geopolitical and geostrategic one as well. Informed by a soft power perspective and utilising a mainly qualitative-narrative analysis approach, this paper analyses China’s medical assistance to African states in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Zimbabwe is used as a case study. The study establishes that China’s medical assistance to African countries did not start in the C…
Kwame Nkrumah’s Intervention in the 1960s Congo Crisis
Utilizing archival materials and existing literature, the article examines the contending rationales motivating Nkrumah’s decision to support the UN mission in the Congo during the 1960s political crisis. Existing scholarship, to date, appreciates Nkrumah’s involvement from the perspectives of African camaraderie, anti-imperial mawkishness, and regional leadership. However, beyond these elucidations, the optimal focus should be driven by Pan-Afri…
African Digital Authoritarianism and China’s Role
Chipaike, Chinyonga and William discuss the various technologies being deployed by African governments to control and police their publics. These include radio jamming, face recognition and telecommunications surveillance supplied by a variety of Chinese companies such as Huawei and Hikvision, among others. With such technology in the hands of leaders whose penchant for authoritarian governance is clear, the implications for civil liberties have …
Political science (8 works) · Law (6 works) · Economics (5 works) · International Development and Aid (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Politics (4 works) · Business (3 works) · China (3 works) · Economic growth (3 works)