Author: Takura Zhangazha
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The Undying Importance of Workers Committees’ in Zimbabwe.
Click or not: The Undying Importance of Workers Committees’ in Zimbabwe.By Takura Zhangazha* With high levels of unemployment in the formal sector in Zimbabwe it is relatively given that formal trade unionism and workers rights activism is on the decline. Yes we still have trade unions such as the brave Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and its affiliates. But it is only to be… …
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A Structured Crisis in Zimbabwe Local Government
Click or not: A Structured Crisis in Zimbabwe Local GovernmentBy Takura Zhangazha* There have been a number of very curious and politicized debates about the status of Zimbabwe’s local government in recent weeks. Not least because of the Cheda Commission of Inquiry into what has been happening with the City of Harare’s financial and other transactions. More recently there was a media publicized allegation… …
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Zimbabwe Opposition Has Lost Its Organic/Peoples’ History
Click or not: Zimbabwe Opposition Has Lost Its Organic/Peoples’ HistoryBy Takura Zhangazha* Recently a senior and experienced teacher from a rural area told me of his political disappointment in what remains of Zimbabwe’s mainstream opposition political party in its original but now various forms. We have known each other since the late 1990s. He said, within this current Zimbabwean political context, it turns out… …
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Zimbabwe and SADC: Reflections of an African
Click or not: Zimbabwe and SADC: Reflections of an AfricanBy Takura Zhangazha* I am a Southern African Development Community (SADC) aficionado. I believe in it. Always. This started when my father cried when Samora Machel died. Young as I was, it was not easy to wish the emotions away as we also listened to songs from the then Runn family about how we were… …