Year: 2019
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Zim Political Opinion: Source, Recipient and a Return to Class.
Click or not: Zim Political Opinion: Source, Recipient and a Return to Class.By Takura Zhangazha* Acquaintances of mine are in the regular habit of asking me a broad but utterly unanswerable (emotive) question. Every other time we meet up they may ruefully and after a couple of potshots at the current government ask, ‘What is the future of this country?’ I have an answer that I now… …
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The United States Dollar as a Deity in Zimbabwe
Click or not: The United States Dollar as a Deity in ZimbabweBy Takura Zhangazha* The Zimbabwean government recently did the unfathomable, at least according to social media pundits, some civil society organisations, unions and influential urbanites. It arbitrarily and abruptly re-introduced a local currency for all domestic financial transactions. At least at law. As expected there was an immediate outburst of anger on social media, in… …
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Africa in Global Cold War 2.0: A Return to Struggle Consciousness
Click or not: Africa in Global Cold War 2.0: A Return to Struggle ConsciousnessBy Takura Zhangazha* The British daily, the Guardian recently published a story on how Russia has new plans to exert its influence across the African content. All in return for the usual imperial desires such as natural resources, geo-political military strategic positioning and of course loyal allies. I do not think the story made any… …
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On Trying to Be Better at Being Zimbabwean: Eight (8) Brief Points
Click or not: On Trying to Be Better at Being Zimbabwean: Eight (8) Brief PointsBy Takura Zhangazha* I always try and do my best to avoid any accusations of being self-righteous. I do however also always try to learn, in part, from how I grew up. The formal and informal education I received to try and construct a better understanding of my own specific personal settings as well as those… …