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  • Mugabe + Private Business' New(ish) Interface: Collusion, Carrots and Elections

     *By Takura Zhangazha After a hiatus of at least ten years, Zimbabwe’s government recently had what the state media dubbed an historic interface with business leaders/representatives.  From the follow up media coverage one of the most surprising revelations of this meeting was by President Mugabe. He indirectly disclosed that he was an ardent supporter/follower of…

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  • MDC Alliance: Nostalgia, Spoils and Last Chances

    By Takura Zhangazha* Zimbabwe’s largest opposition party, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC-T) has decided to take a big political risk for the forthcoming 2018 harmonised election.  It has decided to reach out to not only its one time members/leaders who left it in acrimonious circumstances but also other parties and begin a public process…

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  • Africa and Threats of Global Nuclear War: Its Time to Talk Back. This Time Bluntly.

     By Takura Zhangazha* When the first Gulf War occurred in 1990, there was limited satellite television access for many a Southern African, let alone a Zimbabwean.  I was in my last year of primary school at that time and our headmistress, walked into the class with a seriousness that we would only come to understand…

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  • 'Smash, Grab and Profit' Zimbabwe's Local Government Elitist Collusion with Private Capital

     By Takura Zhangazha* The Ministry of Local Government, Public Works and National Housing recently held a national ‘Local Government Investment Conference’ which it conveniently dubbed with a catchy acronym, LOGIC. It was pretty high profile with a brief opening address by Vice President Mphoko and a keynote one by finance minister Patrick Chinamasa. According to…

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