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I have been arrested. My passport seized. My citizenship stripped. As I write, @HStvNews , @bbmhlanga @olgamuteiwa and @FaithZaba sit in our courts for telling the truth to power. Some of us have already paid. Some of us are paying still. We have no intention of stopping. These past few weeks I saw a glimpse of the Zimbabwe I have dreamed of all my life. I watched the Flag fill our timelines. I watched strangers across class and politics draft submissions to Parliament. I watched ordinary citizens take time off the daily hustle just to be counted. For a brief and beautiful moment, we remembered who we are. Make no mistake. Ian Smith's white minority rule has been replaced by ZANU PF's repressive black minority rule. The fuel cartel. The procurement carnival around Tagwirei, Chivayo and Tungwarara. Wealth that tracks state tenders, not honest markets. We will not be freed by another strongman. We will be freed by strong institutions and an awake citizenry. The nation and the Constitution above party. Country before everything else. Read the full essay 👇 open.substack.com/pub/allthingsz…

VP CHIWENGA 🔥 🔥 🔥 "The times of Moses are no longer here, where money just falls from heaven like manna".

@favouredkuda @LynneStactia Is it not that he has passed that stage?

@LynneStactia I used to think churches make a lot of money until I served in a church finance department. When he was still at AFM, he reportedly did not receive a salary or allowance and survived through his own projects. We often see things differently from the terraces.

🔹Papa will be living large, mingling with Zvigananda , and spending USD$$ like water from a running tap. He will downplay his multi-million-dollar house as a mere heap of mud, meanwhile, you are just a tenant. You are forced to accept ZiG as real money, yet on Sunday, you give your USD to the same Papa , Who is the fool here, you or Papa?

@Mandela176396 @MbuyiseniNdlozi Will SAPS not find other people to work with if Nigerians leave, since you stated SAPS and Nigerians are buddies?

@MbuyiseniNdlozi There is no Xenophobia is South Africa, Dr in my neighborhood (Kempton Park) 🇳🇬Nigerias are selling drugs working with SAPS hence we are saying all illegal foreigners must go deadline - 30 June 2026

Never be scared of dominant public opinion. We have been here many times before with; Abortion, Corporal Punishment, GBV, women’s equality, Homosexuality and tribalism. But logic, justice & the power of truth always wins. Xenophobia will not win! Love, Law & Order will!

Africa Day: How can we celebrate unity while hunting each other? As Africa marks another year of liberation and unity, South Africa’s hostility toward fellow African migrants lays bare a deeper continental crisis - one of failed governance, broken solidarity, and a founding dream at risk of collapse, writes Mbhazima Shilowa. Monday was Africa Day. This day is not just a celebration of liberation history. It is a test of whether Africans still believe in one another when economic hardship, failed governance and social anger collide. Observed annually on 25 May, Africa Day marks the founding of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963 - the body that later evolved into the African Union (AU). It was born at a time when much of Africa was emerging from the brutality of colonialism, racial subjugation, and foreign domination. Across the continent, newly independent states sought to reclaim not only political freedom, but also African dignity, identity, and self-determination. For generations, Africa had been spoken about largely through the language of conquest, extraction, slavery, war and poverty. Africa Day became a declaration that Africans would define themselves, govern themselves and shape their own future. That vision mattered deeply. The spirit of solidarity From Ghana becoming the first sub-Saharan African country to gain independence in 1957, to liberation struggles in Southern Africa decades later, the continent produced extraordinary stories of sacrifice, courage and solidarity. African nations stood with one another in moments of struggle, often despite their own poverty and instability, and in the case of Southern Africa, raids by the apartheid regime that resulted in death of citizens such as those in Mozambique, Lesotho, Botswana, Zambia, Angola and Zimbabwe. It was this spirit of Pan-African solidarity that sustained liberation movements, including South Africa’s own fight against apartheid. Today, much has changed. Africa has produced some of the fastest-growing economies in the world. Its cities are expanding rapidly. Its young population represents enormous human potential. African innovation, entrepreneurship, music, literature, sport, and technology increasingly shape global culture and discourse. Across many countries, democratic institutions - though imperfect - have taken root where authoritarian rule once prevailed. Yet Africa Day also demands honesty. Alongside the progress, there remain stubborn and painful realities - poverty, unemployment, inequality, corruption, weak institutions, political instability, violent conflict and poor governance. Part of Africa’s tragedy is that continental accountability mechanisms, including the much-vaunted African Union’s peer review mechanisms, have too often lacked the political courage and consistency required to hold failing governments accountable before instability, poverty and migration crises spiral out of control. Thus, millions of Africans continue to migrate - legally and illegally - not because they reject their countries, but because they are searching for safety, economic opportunities and dignity. Economic migration within Africa is therefore not an accident, but the human face of governance failure. Nowhere are the tensions arising from these realities more visible than in South Africa. Uncomfortable contradictions Every Africa Day arrives carrying another uncomfortable contradiction. While South Africans celebrate African unity and liberation history, many African migrants in the country continue to live under suspicion, hostility and, at times, violence. That contradiction should trouble all of us. South Africa owes a profound historical debt to the African continent. From Zambia to Tanzania, from Nigeria to Angola and many others, African nations opened their doors to South African exiles during apartheid. They provided shelter, education, military training, diplomatic support and political solidarity when our own country rejected many of its people. But acknowledging that history should not mean dismissing the frustrations of ordinary South Africans. Those frustrations are real. South Africa faces severe pressures from rising unemployment, deepening inequality, poor service delivery, organised crime, corruption and growing public perceptions that the state has lost control of immigration systems and border management, which are prone to corruption. Communities and citizens feel abandoned by institutions meant to protect them. There are legitimate concerns around illegal immigration, abuse of asylum systems and failures of enforcement. Every sovereign country has both the right and the responsibility to regulate who enters its borders and under what conditions. No serious society can function without credible immigration systems and effective law enforcement. Government must therefore act decisively, but lawfully. That means strengthening border management and ensuring that those entering the country comply with immigration processes. It means confronting corruption within immigration and law enforcement systems themselves. It means dealing firmly with criminal syndicates involved in human and drug trafficking, document fraud, and organised crime. It also means implementing and enforcing laws intended to protect vulnerable local enterprises and workers. Crossing a line But equally, crime must be confronted irrespective the perpetrators. A criminal remains a criminal, whether South African or a foreign national. Entire communities cannot be criminalised because individuals commit offences. This is where South Africa risks crossing a dangerous line. Many of those leading anti-immigrant campaigns insist their anger is directed only at “illegal immigrants.” Yet the violence and intimidation frequently target all African and Asian migrants indiscriminately. Zimbabweans, Ethiopians, Somalis, Nigerians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis often become collective targets regardless of their legal status. Mobs shouldn’t be allowed to conduct immigration verification. Once a society normalises targeting people based on nationality, language, accent, or appearance, it unleashes forces that quickly become irrational and uncontrollable. Some voices also argue, correctly, that South African exiles during apartheid generally respected the laws of the countries that hosted them. That point deserves acknowledgement. But there is another important truth often ignored. Those countries maintained law and order through functioning state institutions. Immigration laws and public order regulations were enforced by governments and law enforcement agencies, not by vigilante groups deciding for themselves who belongs and who does not. That distinction matters profoundly. When citizens lose confidence in the state’s ability to enforce the law fairly and consistently, vigilantism inevitably emerges. But vigilantism never remains disciplined for long. It mutates into intimidation, criminality and collective punishment. South Africa must therefore resist two dangerous extremes simultaneously. The first is the denialism that refuses to acknowledge failures in governance, immigration control, and crime prevention. The second is the politics of scapegoating migrants for every social and economic problem confronting society. Both positions ultimately deepen division without solving the underlying crisis. The need for introspection Africa Day should therefore not only be about celebration. It should also be about introspection. It should force African leaders to confront why so many citizens continue to flee hopelessness at home. It should compel governments to build capable institutions, create economic opportunity, secure borders lawfully and restore public trust in the rule of law. It should remind ordinary Africans of something equally important - that our shared future on this continent cannot be built through hatred of one another. South Africa must protect its sovereignty, enforce its laws, and secure its borders. But it must do so constitutionally, rationally and humanely. Because the moment Africans begin hunting fellow Africans in the streets, the dream that gave birth to Africa Day itself begins to unravel. Mbhazima Shilowa is the former premier of Gauteng and former general-secretary of Cosatu. His Twitter/X handle is @Enghumbhini

@bosskimhucci Thought you would start with what you gave

1. Holy Ten gave us Micheal Magz and Saintfloew. 2. Jah Prayzah gave us Baba Harare, Andy Muridzo and Oriyano 3. Bling4 gave us Runna Rulez 4. Macheso gave us Tongai Moyo 5. Mudiwa Hood gave us Stunner 6. Va Winky D gave us…………..?

@stendai_gondwe @enkudheni @Bete263 @KennedyMar33798 @dereckgoto @JumaMwakalobo Did you say anything substantive

1/6 One thing the #CA3 debate keeps confusing people on is the difference between term limits and term length. They are NOT the same thing. A term limit is about how many times someone can hold office. A term length is about how long each term lasts. @enkudheni @Bete263

#dandarostreets The Johanne Marange Apostolic Church has reportedly rejected businessman Wicknell Chivayo’s lavish US$510,000 donation package, which included a 2026 Land Rover Defender and US$250,000 in cash intended for church leader Nimrod Taguta. Senior figures within the sect say the gifts go against the church’s long-standing values of humility, sacrifice and spiritual discipline, insisting the apostolic movement does not embrace material excess or outside influence. Follow our WhatsApp Channel: whatsapp.com/channel/0029Va…

ANC Foreigner KZN spokesperson says people should stop demanding documentation from foreign nationals, arguing that they are not trained to distinguish between legitimate and fraudulent documents.

What an angry youth I think Angel should respond to this guy

Today, Africa day, allow me to celebrate our own, 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗭𝗶𝗺𝗯𝗮𝗯𝘄𝗲 Prof. Christopher J. Chetsanga, 90 years, (PhD Univ. of Toronto, 1969; postdoc fellow, Harvard Univ., 1969-72) is prof. of Biochemistry at the Univ. of Zimbabwe, Harare since 1983, a prominent Zimbabwean scientist who is a member of the African Academy of Sciences and The World Academy of Sciences. Prof. Chetsanga has discovered two enzymes involved in the repair of damaged DNA: (𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒘𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒊𝒕 ) firstly, formamidopyrimidine DNA glycosylase, which removes damaged 7-methylguanine from DNA (1979) and secondly, purine imidazole-ring cyclase, which re-closes imidazole rings of guanine and adenine damaged by x-irradiation (1985). Professor Chetsanga is a UNESCO Gold Medal Award winner and former UNESCO Executive Board member among others

WATCH | Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi says government did not intervene when marches were provincial, but is now engaging as they have become national and include elements of violence.

@zibuseman @AfrikParliament Morning Commanders

📢 Breaking News We just had a very serious conversation with Pan African Parliament Secretary (Lindiwe Khumalo) and Staff. They know our agenda, they have been warned. @AfrikParliament has promised to take our issues further, meaning they will put it on the Parliament agenda.

That literature we call Afrikan. ojs.sabinet.co.za/index.php/indi…

@nickmangwana What solutions have been proffered so far by the universities?

"I urge our institutions of higher learning, research centres, and innovators to continue developing home-grown solutions that respond to Africa's unique challenges. The future of our continent depends on our ability to harness African knowledge, resources, and ingenuity. This is in keeping with our enduring philosophy, ' African solutions to African problems."H.E @edmnangagwa

4. Now here is the single most important detail of this entire event. Every gift - every dollar, every cow, every plot of land - was denominated in US dollars. Not ZiG. Not RTGS. Not bond notes. The Finance PS, who sits in rooms debating ZiG stability targets, gave his gift in USD. ZiG is for the governed. USD is for the governors. This is now public record. To understand why this matters: Zimbabwe introduced ZiG in April 2024 as its sixth attempt at a stable local currency since 2008. The government has aggressively pushed ZiG adoption – threatening traders who refuse it, arresting vendors who price in USD. The man enforcing that policy attended a wedding where nobody used it.

On this Africa Day, I celebrate our continent with pride but also deep concern. South Africa must address illegal immigration lawfully & responsibly, but violence and xenophobia against fellow Africans can never be the answer. I am deeply troubled by how easily we now scream “Abahambe” at fellow Africans. We cannot build Africa by hating Africans. Let us protect both our sovereignty and our humanity. Today it is “them.” Tomorrow it may be anyone who is seen as different, unwanted or inconvenient. We cannot build Africa by humiliating Africans. South Africa must protect its borders without losing its humanity. Africa must stand together against both illegal immigration and xenophobia. 🌍 #AfricaDay #NoToIllegalImmigrantion #NoToXenophobia #AfricanUnity #Ubuntu #OneAfrica

Mari haipedze chibharanzi Asi chibharanzi chopedza mari !! A whole CEO 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ @Hardrockfcfans akomana touya sei kuma ground enyu kana leadership ye team ichidaiso ko ma fans anozodii ??

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1. Linda Masarira has passed on today at 43. May she rest. But history must be recorded honestly. A thread on the public record, her own words, her own actions. 🧵 2. THE MOTHLANTE COMMISSION (2018) As MDC-T spokesperson, Masarira testified before the Motlanthe Commission into the August 1 killings and used the platform to accuse the MDC Alliance of training its members to "engage in warfare" backed by the West. Her own party's official, Obert Gutu, later publicly distanced MDC-T from her claims. Even her colleagues would not stand behind it. 3. SERBIAN TRAINING AND ARSON (November 2018) When fires broke out at Siyaso Market, Mpilo Hospital, and elsewhere, Masarira took to Twitter to claim MDC Alliance cadres had been trained by Serbians in southern African countries and were behind the fires. Jacob Mafume (MDC-A): 'She is hallucinating and has probably taken dangerous drugs.' Obert Gutu (her own MDC-T): the party has 'no concrete information' and would hold no one responsible. She was abandoned by all sides but the accusation was already out there. 4. FARIRAI GUMBONZVANDA AND MALDIVES ARRESTS (May 2019) In May 2019, 7 civic activists were arrested at RG Mugabe International Airport returning from a Centre for Applied Nonviolent Action and Strategies (CANVAS) workshop in the Maldives. Among them: Farirai Gumbonzvanda, daughter of Nyaradzai Gumbonzvanda, then head of UNIFEM/UN Women Africa. Farirai was a girls' rights defender with the Rozaria Memorial Trust. Their charge sheets literally cited attendance at a workshop on peaceful resistance as subversion. They were held at Chikurubi Maximum. Masarira's sustained framing of civic activists as Western-funded saboteurs gave the state's narrative oxygen. Words have consequences. 5. TAKUDZWA NGADZIORE'S ABDUCTION (November 2023) When CCC MP Takudzwa Ngadziore was grabbed by armed men on camera, on Facebook Live, tortured and dumped naked in Mazoe, Masarira's response was to suggest it was staged to embarrass Zimbabwe ahead of a SADC summit. 'Is it a coincidence that these abductions always happen before a regional meeting?' ZimLive subsequently unmasked the abductors: Nicholas 'Big Daddy' Kajese, CIO agent, Harare Central. Abraham Pasi. Both members of the 'Ferret Team' commanded by CIO Director Internal Ishmael Mada. She owed Ngadziore an apology she never gave. 6. JACOB NGARIVHUME AND THE US$300,000 SMEAR (2020) When Ngarivhume and others were organising the 2020 anti-corruption protests, Masarira went to the state-controlled Herald and told them Ngarivhume had received US$300,000 from American sources. Ngarivhume noted this publicly today. He and his wife had supported Masarira's family during her own imprisonment. She repaid that solidarity by feeding state propaganda against him in a newspaper used to justify his arrest. 7. The tragedy of Linda Masarira is that she was genuinely brave once, 84 days in Chikurubi, hunger strikes, fighting for women prisoners to have sanitary pads. That record is real. But the record also shows that, after a certain point, she turned those same rhetorical skills against the people still in the fight. That is also part of the record. May she rest.