Edith WeUtonga

Zvazvinoita sooooo

My Zimbo friend Edith and One World Orchestra released this today… have a listen 👍

@alizhieng @MudiwaHood @elonmusk @Starlink 😂😂😂🙌

@MudiwaHood @elonmusk @Starlink They are charging according to locations. Isa chitungwiza unotoona pane ye 5$

How come there is no option of $50 for Zimbabweans as advertised, on my Starlink? @elonmusk @Starlink kindly explain…

Music for the people and the people for music. Zimbabwe musicians Union In collaboration with Nacz Engaging the Mat-South musical practitioners on issues of their welfare in Gwanda.@Zimusicians @MagazineGwanda @ByoArtsFestival @ZacrasOnline @CurateGwanda

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Yesterday l had a lovely conversation with a beautiful soul Edith WeUtonga Katiji @Edithweutonga . Edith is a singer, songwriter and President of the Zimbabwe Musicians Union and the VP of the International Musicians Association. Subscribe to YouTube.com//InConversatio… for #icwtUKSeries and more.

@Shola_timi Thank you!

@WaltJackman @daddyhope Kunaka 🚮🥲

@daddyhope I thought you were also going to mention how beautiful the Airport has been upgraded. It’s really beautiful and amazing. With time more airlines are definitely going to come through.

When I landed at Robert Mugabe International Airport this afternoon, there were only TWO commercial passenger planes at the whole airport. We need to have a family meeting where we must tell each other the truth, we won’t get more air traffic until we fix the terrible politics that has destroyed the economy! Genuine investors are not coming to a country where policies change like the whether, where the currency lost 96% if its value in 22 months, where other products are priced in foreign exchange and other in local currency, where there is a record hyperinflation with the highest inflation rate in the whole world. We won’t get more air traffic unless we tackle corruption, incompetence and the lack of ideas and a vision for the country in government. This government will not take us anywhere unless and until it changes its attitude towards re-defining national interest and putting an end to rampant corruption. Zimbabweans must also change their attitude and mindset because this corruption is also found in councils where a computer is priced at US$4000 (R 76,000) and the Harare City Council wanted to spend US$6 million (R 38 million) on 500 computers. The country is in a depressing state, it is desolate and needing urgent fixing! Zimbabweans are struggling and the government polices are not inviting foreign direct investment, let alone local investment! Nobody trusts this government anymore and many see it as a mafia state because of the levels of corruption and compromised judiciary! Zimbabwe needs Political Stability, an end to Corruption, it needs people in government who have a Vision and are implementing attractive Policies, and the attitude towards national Interest must be redefined and it must change!

In honour of Women’s Month we would like to spotlight Dr. Annabel Banda chair of Horticulture and Crop Production department at @GwandaStateUni. She has a PhD in Ecology and Environment from @ChinhoyiCUT a MSC in Tropical Entomology and BSc in Biological Sciences from @UZimbabwe

@StarfmZimbabwe Nemo nemo. I think the lesson for these guys idols for the CHarambas to claim infringement and have them all removed online. Next time, people will do the right thing!

#FlashbackFriday King Shaddy - Machira Chete

@maxmuvami @daddyhope The whole debate is about duplication of melody, melody melody! not lyrics

@daddyhope It's good, Jah Signal apologized to the Charambaras. @daddyhope & all ZWEs, is it true that the Charambas' songs in question, are taken from the Bible verses? If so, then the Charambas being first, to put the verses to song, NO one else allowed to take verses, to song again &why?

Jah Signal has publicly apologised to the Charambas for sampling their music without their permission after they got two of his songs taken down from YouTube for copyright infringement. After making mistakes, what matters is what you do with the knowledge that you have made a mistake, all human beings make mistakes, but the refusal to accept and acknowledge the mistake is the tragic weakness that bedevils many. I think Jah Signal’s public apology should teach young people that acknowledging your mistake is a powerful thing to do instead of digging in. We live in a society where very few people have the courage and aptitude to understand that apologising is a very powerful thing when they have made mistakes. In that regards, Jah Signal's public apology sets a positive example for young people by demonstrating accountability, humility and genuine remorse. Acknowledging your mistakes and taking full responsibility for them is a powerful act that will helps you in personal growth, repairing relationships after the mistakes are made, and building trust again. Jah Signal’s public apology has promoted a culture where admitting errors is seen as a sign of strength rather than weakness, a much needed moment in a country where being apologetic is often seen as a sign of weakness and is also ridiculed. The Charambas said that they are not going to sue him and that they don’t want any money from the royalties he earned from both songs.

Thank you @zimresnet 🙏😇

Would you be so kind as to help our sister @FionaFey 🙏 She has been fighting cancer for years and the medical bills are piling. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. You can make a donation by following the link below: backabuddy.co.za/champion/proje… Please feel free to reach out to her via DM if you have alternative donation options.

When I relocated back to Zimbabwe in 2003, the ZANUPF Government refused to allow me to practise journalism in Zim because I was working with the BBC. Stuck in Harare, I had two options, to go back to England where I had spent the last 9 years studying and working, or staying put in Harare. I chose to stay, but without a journalism job, I had to make a plan. I became one of the biggest mobile phone suppliers in Zimbabwe, importing mobile phones from London and supplying mobile phone shops and even networks like Econet and NetOne. I used to fly to London three or four times every month, I was loyal to Air Zimbabwe which flew 3 or 4 times a week to London. The route was very productive and financially viable for Air Zimbabwe, but as usual, ZANUPF destroyed not only the airline’s London route’s productivity, it also hired incompetent managers to run the airline. Sometimes Robert Mugabe would just take the plane for his own use and a flight would be cancelled, or a direct flight from Harare to London would be diverted to another destination that he was going to, and we would be downgraded from Business Class to Economy to accommodate the old git. My mobile phone operations required me to be in Manchester or London by appointment because the mobile phone suppliers there were failing to meet demand, so it was a first come first served basis but by appointment. If you missed your slot, you would have to wait in London with screaming customers in Harare waiting. Unlike in other countries where I have done this business, Zimbabwe didn’t have a working banking system which I could use to wire money and get the product send to me without having to fly there. I literally lived on the Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767 planes, the flight crew were now my second family. Today it hurts me to see this airline dead, many families who relied on it for work are starving and our national pride gone. Unlike my path where I relied on adaptability and resourcefulness navigating challenges thrown at me by the ZANUPF regime, not many could manage the complexities of the airline’s disruptions. Many businesses that relied on the existence of the airline folded. I was able to develop a successful mobile phone business in the absence of a stable banking system with the assistance of the airline. My professional path evolved in unexpected ways, but I wouldn’t have made it without Air Zimbabwe. I won a British Government Chevening Scholarship in 2006 which took me back to London to read documentary filmmaking and with that, my journalism career moved from radio to television joining Britain’s ITV News. But not many entrepreneurs had the luxury of winning scholarships and going back to their traditional careers like I did, many collapsed without the services of the airline. I was lucky to be one of the pioneers of this “cross border” mobile phone bulky supplier trade. Econet and other big mobile phone suppliers needed phones to put in their shops, but they were selling in Zim Dollars as mandated by the law, and the central bank couldn’t give them foreign exchange. So people like myself became the middlemen taking the burden of looking for foreign exchange on the streets, selling the product to the big companies in Zim Dollars and going back on the streets again for more forex. We kept Zimbabweans talking thanks to the availability of Air Zimbabwe, sadly that route died years ago. This story is not just about Air Zimbabwe, it is also a message to the youths about a testament to resilience and resourcefulness and overcoming challenges in a complex environment. The intertwining of my business success with the rise and fall of Air Zimbabwe and how crucial the airline was for facilitating my mobile phone business and supporting other entrepreneurs is the reason why we continue calling for change. We have traveled many paths and we know that with the right environment, many will prosper. But meanwhile, keep looking for opportunities created by the mess!

@RaisedonB @taku09 Not all of us are thespians or wordsmiths….its okay cde 😂😂😂

@taku09 🤣🤣 Which part of the world should I go so you can know I have travelled?

Zimbabwe now has a new state of the art stadium to play national matches. Ahoyi maZimbo!!!

@taku09 @RaisedonB 😂😂😂

@RaisedonB You play around with the word state of the art. It shows you haven’t travelled at all

@AtProffM_263 @PhiriTofara 😂😂 mwana anotanga kunzwa kurwadziwa achiri mudiki. Bren dzoshaker shaker

@PhiriTofara 🗣️Ma Roads akazara ma Potholes 🤌

Why don’t we use baby prams in Zimbabwe?😬😬

It’s on today! Join us

There are two types of conversations that are happening in Zimbabwe and in the world, the James Manyika/Strive Masiyiwa type of conversation, and the Emmerson Mnangagwa/Uerbert Angel type of conversation. You have to chose the conversation that you want for your life and your family, many have made those choices already, and they are self evident in their lives. My father taught me to make choices that will outlive me, and that will be celebrated by future generations. Which conversation do you think is meaningful to you and Zimbabwe between these two conversations, and which conversation do you want your kids and yourself to be part of between these two? RETWEET for Strive and James. LIKE for Emmerson and Uerbert

Join us Friday, Sept 29th, for our headline performance at the @intwasa Arts Festival in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. *Venue: National Gallery of Zimbabwe - Bulawayo *Time: 6pm  *Tickets at $10 available in Studio 10 at the National Art Gallery of Zimbabwe - Bulawayo.  #Intwasa23