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  • “Good friends we had. Good Friends we lost…Along the way” The Zimbabwean Struggle for Democracy continues.

    By Takura Zhangazha* When analyzing the post 90s struggles for democratization in Zimbabwe and where the country finds itself now, Bob Marley’s song ‘No Woman No Cry’ has lyrics that may aptly relate to our contemporary circumstances. There are three particular lines in the song that capture the status of this same said struggle today.…

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  • “Corruption, Ethics and Professionalism in the Media: The way forward.

     A presentation to the Zimbabwe Union of Journalists (ZUJ) and Zimbabwe National Editors Forum (ZINEF), Round Table Discussion Tuesday, April 30, 2013, Quill Club, New Ambassador Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe. By Takura Zhangazha (Executive Director,  Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe (VMCZ)) Mr Secretary General and Mr Chairman, Let me begin by thanking the Zimbabwe Union of…

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  • Primary Elections in Zimbabwe: Democracy within Parties and its Pitfalls

    Primary Elections in Zimbabwe: Democracy within Parties and its Pitfalls. By Takura Zhangazha.* A presentation to a Public Meeting organized by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI) Thursday 25  April 2013, New Ambassador Hotel, Harare, Zimbabwe. Good evening colleagues, comrades and friends. Mr. Chairman, The topic I have been asked to be a joint panelist…

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  • Zimbabwean Media, Elections and Democracy

    A brief presentation to the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) Discussion Forum by Takura Zhangazha (Executive Director, Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe) Wednesday 24 April 2013, Trust Towers, Harare, Zimbabwe. Let me begin by thanking the editorial staff of the Associated Newspapers of Zimbabwe (ANZ) Group for inviting the Voluntary Media Council of Zimbabwe to…

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