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To be Black is to be foreign and Othered: Weaponising colonial borders to fracture PanAfrican unity

Doreen Ray Gaura — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 14:17:16 +0000

In South Africa and across the globe, systemic governance failures are being weaponized into rampant anti-Black xenophobia. This calculated ethno-nationalism forces oppressed communities to project their trauma inward, punching sideways at fellow Black migrants. Driven by the enduring architecture of white supremacy, the post-colonial nation-state thrives on this division—proving that until we unite, global anti-Blackness will destroy us all.

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Zimbabwe’s new phase of crass political elitism until 2030 and beyond

Takura Zhangazha — Fri, 10 Jul 2026 11:16:52 +0000

Zimbabwean President Emmerson Mnangagwa has signed sweeping constitutional amendments into law, effectively freezing Zimbabwe’s elections until 2030. Pushed aggressively by the ruling Zanu PF without a public referendum, the controversial changes dismantle direct voting rights, cementing a de facto one-party state. Zimbabwe now enters a volatile era of corrupt elitism, stripping power from citizens and completely isolating the state from its people.

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Blaming migrants ignores the real causes of South Africa’s economic crisis

The Conversation — Wed, 01 Jul 2026 11:21:44 +0000

The economic and social conditions in which anti-migrant sentiment has exploded in South Africa include high joblessness and a collapse of government services.

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South Africa forgetting Biko: Retaining an inferiority complex

Takura Zhangazha — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 09:39:03 +0000

In late 1980s Harare, township kids and exiled freedom fighters jostled in chaotic bread queues. Decades before modern Afrophobia took root, Harare, Lusaka and other African cities stood as a testament to the frontline African solidarity that anchored South Africa’s liberation. Today’s rising Xenophobia is an ahistorical tragedy; South Africa's freedom was forged through a shared, Pan-African struggle.

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IMF’s economic terrorism: Structural adjustment, “Capitalogenic” disease, and the fight to hold the World Bank accountable

Mzalendo Mutemi wa Kiama — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 15:26:36 +0000

From Washington's Structural Adjustment Programs to a Nairobi courtroom — and a June 25 ruling that shielded the IMF even as it kept the case alive — a decades-long battle to make global lenders answer for their choices is entering a new, decisive phase.

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