Author: Takura Zhangazha
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An Overview of Zimbabwe’s Rural Political Economy 2022
Click or not: An Overview of Zimbabwe’s Rural Political Economy 2022By Takura Zhangazha* Many years ago my brother and I had a discussion on the meaning of the ‘rural’ in Zimbabwe. The discussion focused on how we could balance the fact that we were originally from there via our parents and how in the moment we had to confront the reality of success as being… …
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Individual Life Experience as National Consciousness in Zimbabwe.
Click or not: Individual Life Experience as National Consciousness in Zimbabwe.By Takura Zhangazha* Our Zimbabwean national consciousness is a debate we continuously need to engage and debate upon. Even if a decent number of us may consider it relatively abstract. But it must be had all the same. With the key question being “What really informs contemporary Zimbabwean national consciousness?” By way of history, generational… …
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The Trouble With Local Government in Zimbabwe
Click or not: The Trouble With Local Government in ZimbabweBy Takura Zhangazha* The architecture and administration of local government (also referred to as city/town/municipal/ rural district councils) is very interesting in Zimbabwe. From varying perspectives. These are namely historical (also colonial and therefore psycho-social), economic, legal and political/electoral. Historical or colonial because local government finds its contemporary structure still being informed by the intentions… …
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Zimbabwe Mainstream Media, Journalism in Context and in Trouble.
Click or not: Zimbabwe Mainstream Media, Journalism in Context and in Trouble.Takura Zhangazha gave this presentation to the Annual Media Stakeholders Conference on November 2, 2018. Held at Sapes Trust in Harare, the event was organized by the Media Alliance of Zimbabwe. Colleagues, cdes and friends, I have been asked to discuss, albeit briefly, strategic issues of the media in Zimbabwe, going forward. I am not… …