Year: 2020
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Zim's Land Compensation Deal: Ahistorical Sanctification of Private Property and Inequality
Click or not: Zim's Land Compensation Deal: Ahistorical Sanctification of Private Property and InequalityBy Takura Zhangazha* The Zimbabwean government in July 2020 signed what it referred to as a Global Compensation Deed (GCD) with ‘former farmers’. The latter being mainly former white commercial farmers as represented by, in the agreement, the Commercial Farmers Union (CFU), Southern African Commercial Farmers Alliance (SACFA-Zimbabwe) and Valuation Consortium (Private) Limited (Valcon). The… …
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Netflixing Perceptions from the Global North to the Global South.
Click or not: Netflixing Perceptions from the Global North to the Global South.By Takura Zhangazha* I would not have thought of it had it not been mentioned by a young comrade in relation to new ways of ‘socializing’ for young urban Zimbabweans. I had asked him how his weekend had been and he casually replied that he had managed to do something called “Netflix and chill.” Now… …
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Rural Education in Covid19 Zimbabwe, Radio as Key.
Click or not: Rural Education in Covid19 Zimbabwe, Radio as Key.By Takura Zhangazha* In recent conversations about the impact of Covid 19 on rural livelihoods with relatives and friends from my rural home in Bikita, we touched upon the important subject of education. The particular subject matter was, as is the conversational norm, initially approached from a generalized angle. With the familiar subject being the… …
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Emerging Temporality, “Ephemeralism” in Zim’s National Consciousness
Click or not: Emerging Temporality, “Ephemeralism” in Zim’s National ConsciousnessBy Takura Zhangazha* It is always going to be a difficult question to answer. The one about how something that effectively represents temporality can evolve into a more regular/cyclical pattern or occurrence. And generally with the same probable results. Almost as a situation in which the immediate suddenly also becomes the future. On repeat. I… …