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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA A couple of months ago, at the height of the factional fighting in the ruling Zanu-PF, a small study I carried out while in South Africa led me to conclude that the then Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa, who at the time was politically besieged, was also a “victim” of bad […]
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA Political attitudes are shifting in Zimbabwe. Or, more precisely, they are in that uneasy region where a large and increasing section is not too sure about its views that had been held over time – perhaps over decades.
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA A couple of weeks ago, I attended a seminar at the University of Johannesburg in South Africa running under the theme, “Zimbabwe: The Morning After”, one of those events that you would expect after the heady developments that led to the resignation of former president Robert Mugabe on November 21, […]
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA The high political drama of the past few weeks which climaxed with the resignation of former President Mugabe and his replacement with his former No. 2, Cde Emmerson Mnangagwa, is now behind us. Zimbabweans are looking forward with hope and looking at all indications for a better future under a new […]
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA Racial tensions in South Africa are always high, and occasionally shoot through the roof. It is something that was not cured by the so-called Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) that was part of measures, processes and conditions that brought about South African independence in 1994. A system of racial discrimination against blacks […]
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA PRESIDENT Mugabe is leading a Zimbabwean delegation in South Africa for bilateral talks under the banner of the Bi-National Commission. This is the Second Session of the BNC. President Zuma attended the reverse fixture of the bilateral talks in Harare this time last year.
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA FOR those not familiar with the semiotics and nomenclature of Zimbabwean language and politics, “2008” represents a “time of great suffering” — something between the suffering of God’s people in Biblical times and Shaka Zulu’s “umfecane”.
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA We take the risk of being accused of wishing someone dead, which is unAfrican. Well, fair enough!
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No flowers. No champagne. No party. No music. That was the story of September 11, 2017, the occasion of Zimbabwe’s biggest opposition party as it turned a significant 18 years of age. The year 18 is often celebrated as the legal age of majority, the age of maturity and a juncture at which one is […]
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA THE ruling African National Congress (ANC) is going for its elective congress in December to choose who is going to replace President Jacob Zuma as his term at the helm of the revolutionary party expires – and things are getting interesting here.
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA Congratulations are in order for Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition, MDC-T and the fledgling MDC Alliance!
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First, an anecdote. Many black Zimbabweans, who have travelled across the world and come across white people formerly resident in Zimbabwe before and after Independence, will relate how a typical conversation with these whites evolves. It starts off with how Zimbabwe is a nice country with nice, friendly people. The beautiful countryside, nice hotels,
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA July 31. This date is one man’s unlucky day. His name is Morgan Tsvangirai, leader of the opposition MDC-T party. Four years ago he lost the country’s “harmonised” elections with Zanu-PF sweeping local, parliamentary and presidential elections in a massive reversal for the MDC-T following years of cohabitation in the […]
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA Morgan Tsvangirai is ill. Let’s all pray for him. The opposition MDC-T leader was last year diagnosed with colon cancer and it has taken a toll on his health, wasting away his once bouncing, chubby self.
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MY TURN WITH TICHAONA ZINDOGA Last week a discussion forum was held in Harare featuring prominent youth leaders under the theme, “Zimbabwe: The Task At Hand – A View from Young Professionals”.
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