Category: Workers’ Movement
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The Undying Importance of Workers Committees’ in Zimbabwe.
Click or not: The Undying Importance of Workers Committees’ in Zimbabwe.By Takura Zhangazha* With high levels of unemployment in the formal sector in Zimbabwe it is relatively given that formal trade unionism and workers rights activism is on the decline. Yes we still have trade unions such as the brave Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) and its affiliates. But it is only to be… …
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Zimbabwe Opposition Has Lost Its Organic/Peoples’ History
Click or not: Zimbabwe Opposition Has Lost Its Organic/Peoples’ HistoryBy Takura Zhangazha* Recently a senior and experienced teacher from a rural area told me of his political disappointment in what remains of Zimbabwe’s mainstream opposition political party in its original but now various forms. We have known each other since the late 1990s. He said, within this current Zimbabwean political context, it turns out… …
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South Africa's EFF and Emerging Trends in Africa’s Opposition Politics
Click or not: South Africa's EFF and Emerging Trends in Africa’s Opposition PoliticsBy Takura Zhangazha* South Africa’s charismatic and young opposition party, the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) recently held a somewhat unique and shocking press conference. In it, their leader Julius Malema and his deputy Floyd Shivambu appeared side by side in order to announce the resignation of the latter. Shivambu also in the same press conference… …
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Writing on Class and Class Struggle in #Zimbabwe
Click or not: Writing on Class and Class Struggle in #ZimbabweBy Takura Zhangazha* I once took a flight to South Africa from what was then referred to as Harare International Airport around 2013. As always, I was used to flying in and out of that country because there is a morning flight and an evening one that made one able to meet and do the… …