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@elonmusk It's shocking this coming from Epstein class. There's no genocide in South Africa. There's genocide in Gaza and you won't dare talk about it

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@RexMidzi @BitiTendai @daddyhope @hwendec @ProfMadhuku We cannot apologize to those who helped destroy the opposition, especially as we face the mess of this constitutional amendment.

Unpopular POV : Many Zimbabweans will one day owe @BitiTendai , @daddyhope @hwendec @ProfMadhuku and many others a most sincere apology It will take time but the truth of things that have transpired will come to light

@travisakers Iran said only if there's no direct attack from neighbors. And it looks like US is launching from Bahrain reason why Iran is attacking back

Hours after saying they would no longer attack neighboring countries, Iran has launched a new wave of attacks against Bahrain.

@MJairosi Different opinions are a natural part of life. It's not a crime to hold diverse views, & healthy dialogue requires mutual respect. People should be free to think & discuss, while avoiding harmful generalization or coercion. Let's focus on constructive actions that unite not devid

Separatists. Heaven knows why.

@MacBelts Anko Ged can I please have a mic space is having a glitch irikudonhedza vanhu space

@Chofamba @ProfMadhuku I'm focusing on how language shapes readers perceptions and the overall tone of our exchange. I'm not here to audit or label individuals. If we discuss patterns, let's keep it about general discourse and it's effects using neutral examples.

But you’re lying and trying to reduce my very considered contributions on this platform over many years to emotive vitriol, and I will never let such a baseless ad hominem label slide. I challenge you to capture the pattern of thoughtless emotive attack in my tweets and display them on this thread. Do not lump me with anyone else, but focus on my output and demonstrate your point. If you cannot do so, then you ought to take that back, or admit you’re not engaging in good faith, in which case I’ll regard you accordingly!

It’s interesting to observe the deafening silence by some leaders of the opposition movement on @ProfMadhuku’s violent assault! I thought as champions of democracy and defenders of the basic human rights of Zimbabweans, this prominent violation of a fellow political leader and foremost expert in the very business of the Constitution that we’re all as a nation currently fixated with, you would stand on business and not only express human solidarity, but signal the values and ideals you hold that underpin your cause for a free, democratic Zimbabwe! But alas, expecting basic humanity from people absorbed with their own ambitions seems an expectation too much and too far to attain! Kutokundwawo hunhu naJonso!

@Chofamba @ProfMadhuku I'm okay with having different views, but seeing a pattern of hatred to someone and trying to use it to whatever advantage is not it. You can make your observations without mudding others. I agree on everything except that part and I wish you well.

@ChibotaTapiwa @ProfMadhuku If this observation wasn’t relevant, your response to it wouldn’t be necessary. But you’re drawn here because you’re against the narrative this observation suggests. That is your right, as is mine to make it.

Wishing @ProfMadhuku a speedy recovery. Thank you for being courageous and the friend our constitution can rely on. We need to all break fear, stand and defend our constitution. Zimbabweans we are not cowards and never should we fear to speak out. #DefendConstitution

Powerful message

@hwendec You are such a disgrace next thing they are going to tell you Zimbabwe will be renamed to Zanu pf and consult people. Usaunganidze vanhu kuti uvanyebere your term is coming to an end please do the honorable thing and save yourself from this disgusting act.

Yesterday, the Speaker of Parliament of Zimbabwe gazetted the Constitutional Bill seeking to amend our Constitution. I have gone through the bill, and as an elected member of Parliament, I will today begin consultations with my constituency and the general public. At 6 PM today, I will chair our Constituency Executive Committee meeting, where we will outline a schedule for consultations across the constituency. We have 90 days for this process. In my view, there are three main positions emerging: 1. Those who support the amendments in toto. 2. Those who are against any constitutional changes. 3. Those who see this as an opportunity to push for the inclusion of constitutional reforms that citizens have been demanding in order to level the political playing field.

Bid launched to extend Zimbabwe president's term in office bbc.in/4qsrIEG

@Chofamba Zanu PF openly declares control of the army, police and state. If there's anything to defend, it is not a document but a strategy approach to bargaining under the banner of constitutional defense.

Imagine trying to gaslight a whole nation to believe they have no Constitution! Or that to defend this Constitution from an abusive government is a waste of time! The snake oil salesmen pushing this agenda claim we should defend Zimbabwe instead. How? We know they are not preparing for mass action, because they’re afraid of the consequences! Besides, everyone knows hurumende yemagandanga haidonhedzwe nema demo! Again, how? The only existing route is the next general elections. Elections held under … wait for it … the same Constitution they say does not exist! Make it make sense! So if we agree that none of these people will lead a mass uprising to unseat the Zanu-PF government, and if they insist that the Constitution does not exist, suggesting they will not participate in any elections held under this “non-existent Constitution”, it compels us to consider an alternative, and deeply unsettling scenario: All their efforts are in service to a secret power or financial (or both) deal! This is my logical take on the current arguments being floated in the public domain. So, suspend emotion; suspend personal attacks, and confront the three key points in my very simple take here: 1. There will be no mass uprising 2. Either there’s a contradiction in preparing to contest elections held under a Constitution that you claim does not exist, or because of your claims, you will boycott the next elections, and 3. You’re in service to a secret political and financial deal that has nothing to do with the fate of the people of Zimbabwe.

@Chofamba We know there's no constitution being defended. The Madhuku strategy is the real play, a calculated bargain in the name of defending the constitution. Mugabe's words were spoken, but we ignored them, driven by emotion.

@travisakers Why not capture Putin and free the Ukrainians? This is not about Maduro or people of Venezuela.

For the record, I support the decision to capture and bring Maduro to justice. May Venezuelans once again live in freedom!

@LynneStactia Most voters are primarily motivated by tangible improvements in in living standards and daily life. Symbols or historical debates are secondary and do not by themselves fix concrete problems like jobs, health, security, or corruption.

But what is wrong about what Heende said?

@mafira_kurewa People are tired of fake loyalty to the struggle. By naming or labeling those loyal to Chamisa, that statement risks dividing people because it prescribes what others should believe. Interesting, some who claim to defend the Constitution sanitized that coup.

The burning of the SAPES Centre last night, hours before a press conference by progressives rising to defend the Constitution, was no accident. It was choreography, authored by the same dark architects who have always feared an awakened citizenry. And the irony cuts deep: The Daily News, once bombed and banned for daring to “tell it like it is,” has today carried coverage of that very press conference, whose venue now lies in ashes. History is looping before our eyes, this time in HD. Zimbabwe must not pretend this is new. In 2001, The Daily News printing press was blown apart after a series of threats from then Information Minister, Professor Jonathan Moyo. In the 1980s, homes and bodies in Matabeleland were burned under the banner of Gukurahundi. In 2008, citizens were beaten, raped, and killed for voting the wrong way. The architecture of terror has always been there, only its décor changes. @edmnangagwa, whose fingerprints stain every chapter of that bloodied script, now presides over a state that burns ideas when it cannot debate them. And behind the curtains, the not-so-good professor once the superintending minister during the Daily News bombing, later the loudest critic of repression, now lends his pen to justify it again, as chief author of the constitutional vandalism framework dressed up as a “BBI document.” The torching of Gilbert Mbwende’s home, a member of the Constitutional Defence Forum, on the same night, seals the message: the regime is terrified. Its instinct is fire. Its language is fear. But Zimbabwe has seen this movie before, and this time, it will not end the same way. And to those still loyal to @nelsonchamisa’s convenient evasions. Those who say, “this is not our fight”, that’s ok. The fight against oppression is still a democratic right and privilege. History has a long memory. It will record who stood with the oppressed and who aided the oppressor hiding behind hashtags and scripture while the Constitution burned. The system has panicked, and it will not stop until citizens make it stop. Those who understand what’s at stake will act. The rest will rationalize their silence. Brace.