Author: Takura Zhangazha

  • Contemporary Political and Cultural Entrapment in Zimbabwe.

    By Takura Zhangazha* There are many reasons why political opinions and cultural practices are formed. Both in relation to general society and also individuals. These range from history itself, cultural, religious practices as they shape and influence a given political economy.  With the latter being an encompassing of everything cited above.  But this a universal…

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  • Dilemma of Political Populism in Zimbabwe

    *By Takura Zhangazha Political populism is a well-studied term.  Or at least now it is more ‘googled’ than studied. And it is also no longer as much a contentious issue as it was in the heady days of political ideological argumentation. It has however generally changed formats historically across the globe.  Especially after the end of the…

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  • #Kenya #Zimbabwe and the Disputability of Elections

      I have been keenly following the Kenyan 2022 election court case. Mainly because as a Zimbabwean I have to reflect on electoral result disputes as they occur in my own country.  As it turns out the Supreme Court of Kenya has decided, at law, that William Ruto is the duly elected president of Kenya.…

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  • Pensions, Gas/ Oil in Muzarabani

     By Takura Zhangazha * I once posted a tweet on how Muzarabani would never be the same again. With the benefit of hindsight, I was one third correct and two thirds wrong.   The one third is based on the fact that there would be and is exploration of gas in the Zambezi valley that will…

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