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@Jamwanda2 @zenzele @rtapfumaneyi This is good . Well done @Jamwanda2 for championing this worth cause. Journalism shall not die with folks like you in high offices

THANK YOU GOVERNMENT OF ZIMBABWE: Through the Chief Secretary to the President and Cabinet, I formally thank His Excellency the President, Dr ED Mnangagwa, and his Government for facilitating two Comrades: @zenzele and @rtapfumaneyi, do their work of recording the wartime experiences of our Freedom Fighters. Until now, the two comrades were using own sparse resources to do the work. Now Government has weighed in by giving them two brand new off-roaders so their work gets expanded and becomes much lighter. Thank you Comrades!!!!👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

@MaxStephensTele Sent a direct message

@NcubeXolisani Hi Xolisansi, I am a reporter from the Daily Telegraph, could I DM you about a story please? My no is +44 0 7711785136

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@mr_nyoni_d @InfoMinZW @restmutore @edmnangagwa @Jamwanda2 For years people complain that the president loves to use foreign currency and for once he has shown confidence and exmplery leadership to use our local currency. I strongly believe this is a confidence builder..

@NcubeXolisani @InfoMinZW @restmutore @edmnangagwa @Jamwanda2 Its a skit. Izvo zvinoshanda only if he is a respectable person. Dai ari Frets or madam boss pamwe zvaisha. Ava vakuru vave kutorwadza kana kuona. He can't influence any positive perception because he himself is an excellent example of a bad person.

During the tour, His Excellency President @edmnangagwa purchased a few groceries in Spar and paid using the newly upgraded ZiG notes. #Vision2030

@TembaMliswa @BaShonaBaShona He is now eligible to vote. Kindly get him registered to vote

Today is a special day for my first born son, Tanatsa Daniel Mliswa, who has turned 18. Happy Birthday Shumba, wishing you many more years of growth and success.

@Jamwanda2 Probably you included. It's naive to assume that all of us we treat VOP as an enemy...to many, it was a platform to advance democracy. More so, even the state used John on many platforms forgetting his ties to colonial power. We moved on from the war mentality to prosperity.

BEWARE OF FALSE HEROES: CASE THREE AND LAST. A day ago, we celebrated the so-called Valentine Day, a day dedicated to lovers, always imaged as red/gossamer. Where I come from, the colour red does not depict love; it is a gory colour of death. Where I come from too, Valentine, is not a name I normally associate with indigenous naming traditions and practices. Where I come from, names are verbal nouns, within which action is always embedded, in keeping with our fame as a DOING CULTURE. A producing culture. A commemorative culture, for better and for worse. When I shot out of my late mother’s womb, to utter my first cry which announced my arrival in this world, the happy Family gathered and named me KUDZANAI, which roughly translates to RESPECT ONE ANOTHER. The doing word was “kudza-“, and the exhortation was “-NAI”, making my name a verbal noun. All Shona names follow that naming traditions: In my compound, I have RUKUDZO, KOMBORERO, MAKANAKAISHE, MUKUDZEI, IVAINASHE and NYEPAI, all of them verbal nouns. That how we NAME in order to OWN. I have always had a problem with this Valentine thing, through which we are inserted into western celebratory and commemorative traditions as if we never loved before the first white man, acting on both conscience and Christian goodness, reached our land! Except the word RUDO/KUDA predates these so-called white do-gooders, meaning we had a word for the practice which enabled processes by which life reproduced itself. As if to punish us for kowtowing to this alien malpractice in the name of one Italian called VALENTINE, our former Prime Minister was called from this life on the same day, in what appeared to be a deep, holy tribute to what he loved most! I waited to see who would emerge a bitter hero: COUNT VALENTINE or MORGEN TSVANGIRAI, our late Prime Minister. On balance, COUNT VALENTINE lost to SAVE, something which should make me thrice happy as a Vuheran, a Zimbabwean and an African. Except he did not prevail in contradistinction to COUNT VALENTINE; rather, he prevailed for the role and values he personified as a politician embedded within our body-politic. There was a spirited attempt to re-issue him as a political paragon, a visionary. Save ndisekuru vangu; I joined the MDC-T throng to bury him in HUMANIKWA in Buhera. But his role as a political actor and leader was far from exemplary. He took a firm stance against the national Interest and agreed to be instrumentalized by the West against reclamation of his heritage: the land. I am not talking about his role as an activist for democracy as he understood it, although we can also debate that. I am talking about the politics which saw him become the darling of erstwhile settler colonial white farmers, against whom the Land Reform became necessary. Nothing summarised this more than that fateful day white settlers signed a fat cheque in MUTORASHANGA to fund his MDC as their black-led vehicle for opposing land reforms, themselves the new phase in our national anti-colonial struggle. Read against that sombre and chequered backdrop, the memorial paeans composed for Morgan Tsvangirai will always read gratuitously deceitful, nay a robust effrontery to the being, values and memory of our Nation. Often, wafawanaka is best realized through silent tribute, especially when times may be too soon for honest appraisal!

BEWARE OF FALSE HEROES! To keen watchers of Zimbabwean politics, the few weeks which have gone by have been quite unsettling. There was a concerted attempt to use death to re-polish out and out quislings of imperialism in our past, all of them cleaned and scoured from our midst by natural expiry. I have agonized to conceive this tweet which looks inhumane and bereft of milk of human kindness. Even Shona says, afa anaka, the only issue being that this adage works well if the bad dead are quietly left to depart from us. Where some narrow interests try to turn the bad dead into false models for our children, then one’s conscience and sense of responsibility gets aroused, in which case hard truths might have to be made publicly. We lost businessman Mawere recently; he was a college mate in the early 1980s. We shared a life, an age. That apart, he committed a very serious offense against this Nation in his life as a businessman whose rise had been facilitated by both the ruling party and Government. In line with his Policy of indigenizing the Economy, the late RG Mugabe ran into a situation in which previous owners of Mashava and Shabani mines wanted out. But on ideological grounds, the previous owners did not want to sell those two asbestos mines to the Zimbabwe Government. Time was running out for the transaction. In desperation, the Zim Government delegation looked around for a Zimbabwean who could be used as proxy in the transaction. The closest we had was Mawere then with IFC in the US; he was approached and he agreed to become the proxy. That is how SMM was born, with Mawere as the face of it. Coincidentally, Mawere’s term with IFC was also coming to an end. He came back home to run SMM, with Party and Govt behind. He did a lot more. He consolidated his hold under very controversial terms, leading to a conflict situation with his godfather who felt elbowed out. Worse, he created a maze of offshore companies, primarily in South Africa to which he sold Zimbabwean asbestos at beaten down prices, thus prejudicing the State both by way of due taxes and dividend. More infractions followed: proceeds from transfer-priced sales were never repatriated to Zimbabwe, itself the domicile of SMM. These were kept offshore, principally in SA. The prejudice to Zimbabwe was huge and litigation was put in train. This is how Mawere became a fugitive. Fast-forward to his death: we get paeans and encomiums by way of dirges and epitaphs in respect of a character who did such huge harm to this Nation. He gets undeserved appellations like “business mogul”, “shrewd businessman”, etc, etc! Death and ignorance polishes all his heinous misdeeds against this Nation and sheer villainy and knavery is reissued anew as virtue and keen business acumen. Tisadaro weduwee!!! Case Number Two:

@Jamwanda2 The beauty of democracy, liberties and freedom. What you regard as heroes to some of us we look at them as advocates of the devil. Let no one prefect the young journalists who saw John as a father in the media fraternity. Opened doors which were closed by those in power

My reliable sources tell me things are not looking good for Tungwarara as ED questioned his recent outbursts that caused friction within Zanu PF @KandishayaTaura @KMutisi @enkudheni

@mawarirej I partially agree with you although I feel Jalai did his best unlike murwira. HADEBE I think was not positioned properly. We definitely need Lunga and Teenage going back to play as CB.

Now that emotions have died down, we can reflect on our game against Egypt. I believe it was a valiant effort full of purpose and courage. We lost, not because we lacked the spirit to fight, no! We lost because of inexperience. We also lost because 2 of the players we played in the starting 11 didn’t come to the party. I feel Murwira and Jalai, on the basis of their showing, didn’t deserve to start. The same can be said about Captain Nakamba. We however, saw benefits of having a coach who believes in his style of play, a coach confident enough to select players suited to his play. Jonah Fabisch and Munengami were a revelation. The way Jonah commanded the midfield was refreshing. He reminded me of how cool and confident on the ball Ronald Gidiza Sibanda was in the middle of the park. If only Jonah could add Gidiza's range of passing in his repertoire then we have a world class player in our hands. I still believe we can win against Angola if we play with the same determination we showed against Egypt. We only need to make 2 or 3 changes to our starting eleven, especially starting Devine Lunga on the left back position, play Mudimu as a defensive midfielder dropping Nakamba then replace Murwira with a proper right back. Otherwise the defeat to Egypt isn't the worst result because we showed a lot of good things we can build on to come out of this group. If Egypt defeats South Africa and we win against Angola then we stand a very good chance to progress. We will have our destiny in our hands when we play SA.

@KMutisi He is just afraid of losing the constituency. He has done nothinh for the Murehwa people and someone associated to Tagwirei seem.to.be making inroads and he is now panicking kkkkk he must focus on delivery and people

Minister Garwe brings an interesting argument… But I TOTALLY disagree with the premise of his argument. Modern politics NEEDS money… so much that the political success or failure of politicians & political parties can be predicted by simply looking at their ability to MOBILISE CAMPAIGN FUNDS. Do hampers/handouts end poverty?? Definitely NOT! Food hampers are SHORT TERM relief for families. Once a family receives a food hamper, they now have extra money to do other things. A family that received a Christmas food hamper may now use their budgeted food allowance for school fees or other needs in January. In most cases, these are GIFTS, it doesn’t mean those families would starve to death if they don’t get the hampers. Private companies and individuals have always practiced philanthropy during Christmatide, however if done by politicians people tend to see it as “buying support.” Jesus on philanthropy & the poor??? Jesus encouraged his followers to be CHEERFUL GIVERS. In fact, he cautioned against giving with NEFARIOUS expectations. In many ways, Jesus was a PRACTICAL LEADER. When he saw that the people listening to his teachings were hungry, he gave them FOOD. He didn’t give them a fishing line, he gave them FISH. Political GIFTS??? Are they vote buying??? In a system where the SECRET BALLOT is the order of the game, a political gift WILL NEVER directly translate to political support. There is a lot of empirical evidence that political gifts are not equivalent to vote buying. It’s even worse in a country where the people are literate. However, these gifts are still necessary because they portray the GIVING POLITICIAN as a caring human being who is willing to share the little he has with others. People understand that food hampers won’t permanently end their financial problems but they appreciate a politician who has the heart of GIVING. What would I say to a politician who has money to spend on philanthropy?? Strike a balance between short term solutions and long term solutions. For instance, spend 25% of your budget on Food Hampers & 75% on things like classroom blocks, computer labs, clinics, hospital equipment, boreholes etc. We have seen GREAT EXAMPLES from folks like Dr Tagwirei, Scott Sakupwanya @HonSakupwanyaK, & @UebertAngel @wicknellchivayo. They give both short term and long term solutions. Dr Tagwirei is funding the drilling of solar powered boreholes & the construction of clinics in many areas of the country. He also provides FREE healthcare services at @ArundelHospital. He has built houses for a number of Zimbabweans & pays school fees for thousands of students in Zimbabwe. Final Word We shouldn’t discourage politicians and other Zimbabweans from giving, we should actually applaud them for doing so. Even @nelsonchamisa distributes some food hampers to the elderly every year, it’s a good thing! We should however teach Zimbabweans that a useful politician comes with IDEAS & POLICIES that create long term wealth and comfort for a large number of people in the country.

@ChidzaSachidza1 @gama_stanley @mawarirej Remember 2003 debacle and how the team rose from the ashes to win leagues?

@NcubeXolisani @gama_stanley @mawarirej What history. Don’t pull facts from dark spaces. What history are you on about

You were Caps United, hameno kuti maveScotland here? Dembare siyai, ndeyedu iyi. Taibva naye Dr Murewa kuUZ tiripamusoro pebhazi kungonosapota Dembare bedzi. Haina kwainoenda, Chazunguza mutunhu unemago.

@ChidzaSachidza1 @gama_stanley @mawarirej Watch the space, Next season Dembare will be difficult to beat. History has it like that

@NcubeXolisani @gama_stanley @mawarirej Nonsense wena

@mawarirej Without Dembare is the same as zimbabwe Without Zambezi river.

Taurai zvenyu homeboy

@gama_stanley @mawarirej Dembare is a national team. Without it hakuna PSL.

@mawarirej Cool down babamudiki. Dynamos survive coz of the fraudulent point they got against Ngezi. Actually referees have made sure Dynamos will survive. Check facts - this season 3 referees or 2 have been suspended for influencing matches in favours of dynamos

@gama_stanley @Chakariboy @Mavhure Hasha dze Liverpool dzakaipa mukoma.

In the local Premiership today, I’m praying for wins for Yadah, Bikita and FC Platinum. Whatever happens after that hameno. Pachachemwa, pachafarwa. That’s why football is the most beautiful sport in the World. By the way I didn’t say anything about Dynamos. @Chakariboy @Mavhure

@gama_stanley @TembaMliswa Ahhh musadero godfather it must survive so that the land of Tongogara shines on the map

My home team, Shurugwi FC has been promoted to Division One. I hope my homeboys like Kuda Tagwirei, @TembaMliswa and many other successful businesspeople will support our boys to gain promotion to the Premier League.

@nickmangwana Today is the sabbath of the lord, time to seek God's intervention and seek his mercies.

If you are not here among these, where are you? #ZimSanctionsMustGo

A pic worth 1000 words....reqind three months, something had to give and it gave.

Politics is about tactics, patience pays finally KT is in central committee and eventually he will be in the politburo @ZiyambiZ @ChronicleZim @BaShonaBaShona