Takura Zhangazha

Takura Zhangazha: "In Zimbabwe we have this primary challenge of either beginning to forget the fact that we are also a class-based society. Both by way of our modern colonial history as well as by way of our many desires to by almost any…
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By Takura Zhangazha I am not sure if there has been some sort of scientific study on this but I will hazard to argue that we Zimbabweans are a highly opinionated people. This is for various reasons. Some of them similar to other…
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Takura Zhangazha: "Many of us with rural roots will invariably remember fireside conversations around an uncle or aunt who instead of going to school would hide in the hills in abstract resistance to the classroom or ‘kwa fata’ as it was…
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By Takura Zhangazha Zimbabwe’s current ruling party Zanu PF is noticeably beginning to exude a specific confidence about how it is running the country. Not necessarily through its own members but those that are at its political and…
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By Takura Zhangazha A struggle cde recently reminded me, via social media, of the importance of libraries. He had tagged me in his own reflections on the importance of Walter Rodney’s epic book “ How Europe Underdeveloped Africa.” …
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By Takura Zhangazha Blessing Miles Tendi’s biography of late national hero Solomon Mujuru, better known by his liberation war nom de guerre Rex Nhongo, is a riveting read. What is more interesting is a different perspective on what…
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By Takura Zhangazha South Africa’s former president Thabo Mbeki recently gave a relatively brief speech on the legacy of the late Robert Mugabe. He was speaking at a memorial service organized by the ruling African National Congress…
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By Takura Zhangazha In other countries this would have been an issue of epic coverage, down to the minutest detail. The media chose instead to follow the story of a long drawn funeral as well as ratchet up an imaginary tiff between…
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By Takura Zhangazha A local weekly, the Sunday Mail newspaper recently carried a very disturbing story on allegations of sexual abuse of female worshippers by well-known clergyman Walter Magaya. Titled, ‘Magaya Bombshell’ the story…
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Takura Zhangazha - The full import of what Facebook is alleged to have done shall be seen via the inquiries that are ongoing or yet to begin in the global north. What that means for us in Africa may be that social media’s mechanics are not…
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