Category: Politics
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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… …
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South Africa's EFF and Emerging Trends in Africa’s Opposition Politics
Click or not: South Africa's EFF and Emerging Trends in Africa’s Opposition PoliticsBy Takura Zhangazha* South Africa’s charismatic and young opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) recently held a somewhat unique and shocking press conference. In it, their leader Julius Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu appeared side by side in order to announce the resignation of the latter. Shivambu also in the same press conference… …
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Explaining the Fluidity of Young Zimbabwean Political Minds
Click or not: Explaining the Fluidity of Young Zimbabwean Political MindsBy Takura Zhangazha* When persons of my age, not necessarily generation, were growing up in the 1990s, we knew the importance of the library. In most cases, it was considered a sort of sanctuary and serious space for either studying for examinations or alternatively a place to escape whatever issues were happening at home or… …
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Joe Biden's Departure and Africa
Click or not: Joe Biden's Departure and AfricaI hold no brief for the politics of the United States of America (USA). Though I always have a keen interest in what transpires there politically. This is mainly because of that country’s cultural hegemony not only in Africa but also across the rest of the world. It is an empire since the end of… …