Category: Theory
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A Journey Through Zimbabwe’s Political Consciousness
Click or not: A Journey Through Zimbabwe’s Political ConsciousnessBy Takura Zhangazha* Most of us as Zimbabweans do not examine the trajectory of our contemporary but also individual national consciousness. For example we do not really ask, what shapes our individual political opinions? Is it the school we went to? The churches we attended or the political processes that we witnessed or experienced? Let… …
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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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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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Writing on Class and Class Struggle in #Zimbabwe
Click or not: Writing on Class and Class Struggle in #ZimbabweBy Takura Zhangazha* I once took a flight to South Africa from what was then referred to as Harare International Airport around 2013. As always, I was used to flying in and out of that country because there is a morning flight and an evening one that made one able to meet and do the… …