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Prisoners of Our Own Ambitions: Zimbabwean Lifestyles and Complexes.
Click or not: Prisoners of Our Own Ambitions: Zimbabwean Lifestyles and Complexes.By Takura Zhangazha* I have made the occasional attempt at being a motivational speaker. And I admit in all these attempts I have never really been recognized as being good at it. Mainly because I know I do not fit into the mainstream fashion of what it means to be as motivational as expected. Especially… …
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Education is Still Key for All Young Zimbabweans
Click or not: Education is Still Key for All Young ZimbabweansBy Takura Zhangazha* This week a young Zimbabwean comrade asked for some advice. He had just collected his very decent Advanced Level (A Level) results but appeared disappointed. I asked him why he was not happy. He explained that he expected to do better. I smiled and replied to do better for who? As expected… …
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Emerging Politics of Zim's Latest Constitutional Amendment
Click or not: Emerging Politics of Zim's Latest Constitutional AmendmentBy Takura Zhangazha* The Parliament of Zimbabwe is in the process of amending Zimbabwe’s national constitution a second time in as many years. At the time of writing the Constitutional Amendment Bill number 2 is headed for Senate after having been agreed to by way of a required two thirds majority vote in the National… …
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Querying the Inevitability of Neoliberalism in Zimbabwe.
Click or not: Querying the Inevitability of Neoliberalism in Zimbabwe.By Takura Zhangazha* One the most enduring elements of contemporary global capitalism/ neoliberalism has been its ability to re-invent itself. Even as it goes through what many academics, writers and activists have referred to as ‘major crises’. Or even as it changes form to more financialised forms that include those that led to the global… …