| The role of traditional leaders in Zimbabwe: Are they still relevant? T Chigwata Law, democracy & development 20 (1), 69-90, 2016 | 117 | 2016 |
| Civic protests and local government in South Africa TC Chigwata, M O’Donovan, DM Powell The Civic Protests Barometer: 2007-2016 2, 2017 | 35 | 2017 |
| Local government in the 2013 constitution of Zimbabwe: Defining the boundaries of local autonomy TC Chigwata, J De Visser Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 10, 165-185, 2018 | 31 | 2018 |
| Decentralization in Africa and the resilience of traditional authorities: Evaluating Zimbabwe's track record TC Chigwata Decentralization, Democracy, and Development in Africa, 31-45, 2018 | 23 | 2018 |
| Provincial and Local Government Reform in Zimbabwe: An Analysis of the Law, Policy and Practice TC Chigwata | 20 | 2018 |
| Supervision of local government in Zimbabwe: The travails of mayors TC Chigwata, S Marumahoko, A Madhekeni Law, Democracy & Development 23 (1), 44-67, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
| Operation Clean Audit 2014: Why it failed and what can be learned DM Powell, M O’Donovan, Z Ayele, T Chigwata Cape Town: MLGI, 2014 | 14 | 2014 |
| Participatory budgeting in the City of Kwekwe (Zimbabwe): A perspective on the issues, trends and options S Marumahoko, TC Chigwata, NT Nhede African Journal of Public Affairs 10 (4), 196-211, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
| Ministerial directives to local government in Zimbabwe: top-down governance in a decentralized constitution TC Chigwata, VV Muchapondwa, J de Visser Journal of African Law 61 (1), 41-56, 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Entrenching decentralisation in Africa: a review of the African charter on the values and Principles of decentralisation, local governance and local development TC Chigwata, M Ziswa Hague Journal on the Rule of Law 10, 295-316, 2018 | 11 | 2018 |
| Three years into the implementation of the Zimbabwean Constitution of 2013: Progress, challenges, prospects and lessons TC Chigwata The implementation of modern African constitutions: Challenges and prospects …, 2016 | 9 | 2016 |
| South Africa: Surfing towards centralisation on the Covid-19 wave N Steytler, J de Visser, T Chigwata Comparative Federalism and Covid-19, 336-354, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Real or imagined local autonomy: Experiences from local government in Ethiopia, South Africa and Zimbabwe T Chigwata, J de Visser, Z Ayele Beyond Autonomy, 189-216, 2021 | 8 | 2021 |
| Fiscal decentralization: Constraints to revenue-raising by local government in Zimbabwe TC Chigwata Handbook of research on sub-national governance and development, 218-240, 2017 | 8 | 2017 |
| The implementation of modern African constitutions: Challenges and prospects CM Fombad, NA Inegbedion, TR Maseko, L Abdulrauf, T Chigwata, ... PULP, 2016 | 8 | 2016 |
| Decentralisation and Constitutionalism in Zimbabwe TC Chigwata Decentralization and Constitutionalism in Africa 302, 2019 | 7 | 2019 |
| Devolution Demystified: Emerging Debates and Prospects for Devolution in Zimbabwe: A Discussion Paper TC Chigwata | 7 | 2019 |
| Provincial and Local Government Reform in Zimbabwe: An Analysis of the Law TC Chigwata Policy and Practice, Juta, Cape Town, 2018 | 7 | 2018 |
| The resilience of traditional authorities and decentralization: Evaluating Africa's track-record T Chigwata Regional and Federal Studies 25 (5), 439-453, 2015 | 6 | 2015 |
| Municipalities and COVID-19: A summary and perspective on the national disaster management directions J De Visser, T Chigwata Local Government Bulletin 15 (1), 1, 2020 | 5 | 2020 |
