Student of Development Planning & Local Governance 'A river doesn't stop flowing coz hippos are grazing out of the water'
Harare, Zimbabwe
Joined August 2017
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Empires, holidays, dates (centuries apart), & national vs community identities
Once prominence, preference, politics & past or present grievances come in, SUBJECTIVITIES pile, blurring discussions.
My King & another's maybe different BUT a place's King in history maybe ONE.
Congratulations to Spain for lifting the 2026 FIFA, Soccer World Cup
They saved soccer from the creeping brutish approach that Argentina exhibited
Yes Arg got into the final but how does a holder expect to win without shooting at goal, with hard tackles, and a silent captain?
Balanced urban development reflections is tricky. Prioritising participation leads to political 'noise trap'. Shift to technical-fiscal state capacity attracts an accountability pushback.
Given scale & complexity of needed system repair coproduction isn't enough @gnyamamasimba
I've been updating myself on the migration debate in South Africa. Many strands, triggers, actors, actions ... a typical policy problem, WICKED
Pan-African & geopolitical strands active. Historic & contemporary issues. Race, tribe, & other identity issues too. WHAT THE HECK?
I just realised my interest in football has 'matured'. Apart from dribbles and goals, I am now seeing players as citizens of nations, human beings really, with a home country. The expanded WC is making this all feel very unifying
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Crisis. Complexity. Scarcity.
Markets. Privatisation. Wants.
Abundance. Excess.
Wastefulness. Inequalities.
Manufactured politicisation to manage society and resources for (towards) a few.
How does crisis language steer panicked and unequalising policies & practices?
Today, I found myself explaining to a European research student how Zim's multi-level 'clearance' is no different from the 'rigour' Zimbos manoeuvre to get a visa. It's not gatekeeping but simply public administration, research ethics, and safeguarding researcher/participants.
And then?
I hope the paper reported, the driver was apprehended, and the wheels of justice are now in motion
As a national paper (part of a huge media house), you've so much power. If you haven't done it, then WHO?
A pirate commuter omnibus was captured on camera reversing against oncoming traffic along Robert Mugabe Way in Harare CBD on Friday afternoon, posing a danger to other motorists and pedestrians.
Visit heraldonline.co.zw for more updates
Welcome to this new ACRC role, Prof Tom, CONGRATULATIONS
🎉 We’re excited to welcome @GoodfellowTom to The University of Manchester as our incoming CEO!
Tom is also joining as Professor of Urban Development at the @GlobalDevInst and will take over ACRC’s CEO role from Diana Mitlin in August this year.
ALT Photo of Tom Goodfellow and Diana Mitlin sitting with their laptops in front of an ACRC branded banner.
To dollarise or have a mono-currency? The market sponsored a 2030 term limit. State obliged. Now it's sponsoring scrapping the limit. The 'market' wears suits & gathers in meetings to speak, its not invisible, its political, (mis)leads, succeeds & fails. It demands stability
Does this suggest key parts of African cities have rhythms & real-life dynamics not well known, not formally governed, and therefore not always informing how formal governments (local & national) govern? Are the actors in these spaces & specific sectors connected?
NEW | Kampala: Health, wellbeing and nutrition
More than 60% of Kampala’s 2.3 million residents reside in informal settlements.
Yet despite the city being food-abundant, communities living in these neighbourhoods face significant barriers to accessing nutritious diets.
ALT Graphic card with ACRC logo and text reading: "Working Paper 35 / Kampala: Health, wellbeing and nutrition / Gloria Seruwagi, Henry Bazira, Maria Ssematiko, Jacqueline Kobusingye, Dorcus Kabahinda and Catherine Nakidde"
My research is available on @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication… Was reading the vernacular versions with some interest. Some of the ideas need revisiting not just for Mutoko's black granite but other minerals and non-mineral natural resources given rising concerns
This really needs a relook. At these rates, citizens, not only civil servants, are unable to pay. This makes criminals of law-abiding citizens.
Teachers ground cars as they struggle with ZBC radio licences.... Gov needs to empathise. The US$30 ZBC radio licence fees gazetted a few months ago has pushed the majority of civil servants over the cliff edge. Government workers are inundating The Mirror with complaints that they can't put their cars on the road this third vehicle term because they are failing to raise motor insurance, road and ZBC radio licence in light of their monthly salaries which are smaller than the sum amounts of the fees. Civil servants can hardly afford third party insurance which is the cheapest and the option now is to dispose their cars and this defeats a Government scheme to empower civil servants through free vehicle import duty. One teacher called to ask if it was possible to ground her car and get an exemption from Zinara while she finds a buyer for the car. Standards of living for civil servants, particularly teachers need to be arrested as they are going down every year. Zimnat cheapest insurances for a car is US$290 a year or US$93 a term, ZBC radio licence is US$30 a term and road licence is US$40 a term. Teachers monthly salaries are about US$200 plus a smaller portion in Zig.
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Our captain wasn't in the game throughout. Keeper issues and defensive lapses, too.
Don't blame No. 30 as he never got a chance.
All the best in the next game
Thanks. Downloaded some gor my learning.
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