Three years after the November 2017 coup in Zimbabwe and the installation of Emmerson Mnangagwa as ruling party and state president, there is growing scholarly interest in identifying the character of the post-coup regime, particularly in comparison to the 37-year reign of Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF. So far, there are continuities and changes, with increasing concerns about a qualitative shift in the militarization of Zimbabwean state and society under Mnangagwa and the further closing down of civil society space. Perhaps more so than during the first two years of post-coup Zimbabwe, this has become abundantly clear during the Covid-19 pandemic lockdown.

在2017年11月在津巴布韦发生政变以及埃默森·曼纳格格瓦（Emmerson Mnangagwa）担任执政党和国家总统之后的三年后，人们对确定政变后政权的性格越来越感兴趣，特别是与罗伯特·穆加贝（Robert Mugabe）执政37年相比ZANU-PF。迄今为止，存在着连续性和变化，人们越来越担心在曼南格格瓦（Mangagwa）时期津巴布韦国家和社会的军事化的质变，以及民间社会空间的进一步关闭。也许比政变后津巴布韦的头两年要重要得多，但在Covid-19大流行封锁期间，这一点已经变得十分明显。