This episode was recorded with Cde Takudzwa Chiwanza in September 2023 soon after the harmonised elections in Zimbabwe, however, I couldnt publish it owing to circumstances beyond my control. Notwithstanding this, the issues we covered are still relevant today.

Outro music is “Ndega ndega” by Mbuya Madhuve.

Episode image: A ZEC election officer inspects a voter’s name in the voters’ roll during the Zimbabwean harmonised elections at Emakhandeni Secondary School in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, August 23, 2023. REUTERS/KB Mpofu.

Important links

• “The Concepts of Ideology, Hegemony, and Organic Intellectuals in Gramsci’s Marxism”