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CoronaVirus Outbreak and Africa, Fallacy of Othering Others Already Othered With You
Click or not: CoronaVirus Outbreak and Africa, Fallacy of Othering Others Already Othered With YouBy Takura Zhangazha* How you think of yourself is always about personal standards, values and even assumptions. Most often from the standpoint of comparison with someone else or the ‘other’. This is probably the same when it comes to nationalities, ethnicity and/or racial identity. All probably backed up by extensive academic fields such as anthropology,… …
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‘Eat Quickly, We May Get Arrested’ Remembering ZCTU’s Lovemore Matombo.
Click or not: ‘Eat Quickly, We May Get Arrested’ Remembering ZCTU’s Lovemore Matombo.By Takura Zhangazha* Cde Lovemore Matombo, the former president of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) quietly passed on this week. An organic intellectual and left leaning trade unionist for many years, he had an unassuming aura about his person that never betrayed the immense role he had played in keeping trade unionism afloat… …
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Zim's 2nd Constitutional Amendment: An Exercise in Symbolism and Power.
Click or not: Zim's 2nd Constitutional Amendment: An Exercise in Symbolism and Power.By Takura Zhangazha* The Constitution of Zimbabwe is due to be amended this year. The changes to be made according to the gazette constitutional amendment bill No 2 of 2019 include repealing clauses that allow for presidential running mates, the extension for two more parliaments of the women’s quota system and the new addition of… …
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Anticipating Zimbabwe’s 2020: Four Reasonable Considerations.
Click or not: Anticipating Zimbabwe’s 2020: Four Reasonable Considerations.By Takura Zhangazha* Happy new year, 2020 Comrades. Hope everything that you have individually or collectively planned works out as approximately close to what you intend in the next 12 months. This blog, being my first of the year will be comparatively shorter than most that I put up. Because I am not a prophet,… …