Category: Human Rights

  • A Structured Crisis in Zimbabwe Local Government

    By 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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  • Aftermath UEFA 2024: Spain, Europe, Africa and the Graveyard Mediterranean Sea.

    By Takura Zhangazha* The UEFA 2024 tournament recently held in Germany is now over. The Kingdom of Spain (Espana) are the new European champions.  They won it in what many sports pundits referred to as an admirable and entertaining style, not only against their eventual finalist rivals England but generally throughout the tournament.  Most colleagues…

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  • The Political Economy of Zimbabwe's 2024 Drought

    So it is now official. Zimbabwe is faced with a national state of disaster because, like a significant number of countries in Southern Africa we will have an El Nino induced drought.  The current President ED Mnangagwa made an executive announcement this week to the same effect.  Essentially outlining that this is no small matter…

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  • In Solidarity with the People of #Palestine from #Zimbabwe.

    By Takura Zhangazha* There are many internal and internationalized conflicts currently going on in the world.  They are “internationalized” mainly because there are global powers interests in them.  The latter can be for historical, economic or holistic geo-political reasons. In the last twenty years global conflicts have allegedly been linked to mineral wealth (oil, lithium,…

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