ABSTRACT This article examines efforts made by the Movement for Democratic Change Alliance to bring about regime change through nonviolent economic warfare including its subsequent failure. The 30 July 2018 harmonised elections in Zimbabwe led to a victory by Emmerson Mnangagwa but it was disputed by Nelson Chamisa. Since August 2018, the political opposition led by Chamisa sought to make the country ungovernable by waging a nonviolent economic war nicknamed Kuzvidira jecha (pouring sand) against the Mnangagwa administration. This was punctuated by price hikes, fluctuation of the local currency, artificial food stuff price hikes and fuel shortages which caused serious challenges for most Zimbabweans. This was primarily intended to bring about regime change via public unrest against the Mnangagwa regime. On the contrary, the anticipated public uproar failed to foster regime change in Zimbabwe despite widespread adverse socio-economic effects. This led to the nonviolent participants resorting to violent tactics instead of adhering to nonviolence. Consequently, it was the failure to adhere to nonviolent principles by opposition advocates which forced the Mnangagwa regime to deploy its own instruments of violence in an effort to protect lives and property.

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通过非暴力经济战推动政权更迭：后穆加贝时代，2017-2019

摘要 本文考察了民主变革运动联盟为通过非暴力经济战实现政权更迭所做的努力，包括其随后的失败。2018 年 7 月 30 日津巴布韦的统一选举导致埃默森·姆南加古瓦（Emmerson Mnangagwa）获胜，但遭到纳尔逊·查米萨（Nelson Chamisa）的质疑。自 2018 年 8 月以来，由查米萨领导的政治反对派试图通过对姆南加古瓦政府发动一场绰号为 Kuzvidira jecha（倒沙）的非暴力经济战争，使该国无法治理。价格上涨、当地货币波动、人工食品价格上涨和燃料短缺给大多数津巴布韦人带来了严峻挑战。这主要是为了通过公众对姆南加古瓦政权的动乱来实现政权更迭。相反，尽管存在广泛的不利社会经济影响，但预期的公众骚动未能促进津巴布韦的政权更迭。这导致非暴力参与者诉诸暴力策略，而不是坚持非暴力。因此，正是反对派倡导者未能遵守非暴力原则，迫使姆南加古瓦政权部署自己的暴力工具以保护生命和财产。