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By Takura Zhangazha* When Zimbabwe’s largest post-independence opposition party the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) was launched in September 1999 it was as popular as it was organic. Stemming from the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) it was a party defined initially by pro-poor and centre left (social democratic) ideological leanings.  It was however also… …

By Takura Zhangazha* The last two years, 2020 and 2021 have been almost dystopian.  Not only for us here in Zimbabwe but also globally due to the effects of the Covid 19 pandemic which in its various mutations, still remains with us.  Having lost so many lives we can be forgiven for, at some point,… …

By Takura Zhangazha* The calendar year 2021 should have taught the world in general and Zimbabweans in particular a great many new lessons about our shared common destiny as humanity.  Not least because the Covid 19 pandemic did not relent and emerged with various political, social, economic and technological end effects that we are still… …

 By Takura Zhangazha* In the middle of this year I got what I now refer to as a present of privilege.  It was a yet to be fully published book by David Moore titled, “ Mugabe’s Legacy: Coups, Conspiracies and the Conceits of Power in Zimbabwe.”   I was lucky enough to get the book not… …