Mawoneke II

@MedaGlen @Mathuthu @Mathuthu is goated. Usamuenzanisa neuyo anotsvaga mbiri taking stories dug up by others and posting them as his

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South African diplomacy is sophisticated business, light years more mature than Zimbabwe’s. Ramaphosa came to Zimbabwe to warn Mnangagwa of an uncertain future if he goes ahead with his plan to extend his term. What they do with that information is their problem

@Luhlelo22 @Nkoskhodola_23 Zuid Afrikanse Republic

I’m tired of pretending...what does “ZAR” actually mean? Zouth African Rands 😔...?

@its_hot_o Your analysis was solid.

Does InfraCo sponsor your show or something? With respect, this is the least objective analysis I have seen from you lot.

@adv_fulcrum Who cares what the middle class thinks

There are two things that are not going to work, and the sooner people realise that, the better for all of us. They are: 1. Accusing Chamisa of being bribed by ZANU PF without tangible evidence to support such allegations. Such claims may occupy us on Twitter, but the ordinary person has no time for them. 2. Gaslighting the anti‑2030ists because of truly questionable political decisions they made in the past. The middle class sees in them at least a pushback against 2030 that is not coming from other quarters. Zimbabweans are living in different bubbles, and each believes that their immediate environment is all there is to consider. That’s self‑deception, and that’s our current problem. What we need now is leadership — not a single person — that unites these two classes, because both are opposed to ZANU PF and to its many unruly and unworthy shenanigans. Such leadership must also reach out to the disgruntled within ZANU PF, including war veterans and the army. Those are also truly opposed to the current ZANU PF. That is what will give us a breakthrough. The idea that we must, through divisive and invective language, win debates in pubs and on social media is what has emboldened ZANU PF to continue on its ruinous path. “Throw them a bone and they’ll maul each other to death”. If we stay in that cocoon, we are guaranteed to die in our situation. Don’t be misled by the illusion of perspective.

@Louis_wacho1 Women have no pure intentions anymore

So my card declined last week by Nando’s and this lady offered to pay for my meal. Felt I owed her and took her number so I could repay her. After we started chatting on WA she offered to pay for my rent and I agreed. Today she came and wants to sleep with me. Ladies 🚮

@matinyarare There was a model which worked. Instead of centralising licensing to Zinara, give it back to Councils.Make sure Councils use all the licence fees on fixing roads. You will an instant improvement

𝗛𝗢𝗪 𝗗𝗢𝗘𝗦 𝗭𝗜𝗠𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗪𝗘 𝗙𝗜𝗫 𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗥𝗢𝗔𝗗𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗜𝗡𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗨𝗖𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘? We are being left behind by most of Africa so how do we change our situation? Will $20 - $100/driver per month fix the situation?

@tawandan1 What happens if the incumbent "wins" the election and before the new term reaches 3yrs he dissolves Parliament again, calls a general election and "wins" again for another term

Seeing the controversy generated by the proposed constitutional amendments, is it not time to consider a less divisive way forward that will allow a reset? The President could dissolve Parliament in terms of Section 158 as read with S143 of the Constitution and call for Parliamentary and Presidential elections before August 2026. No one is disqualified from contesting. The time served since August 2023 is less than 3 years and is thus not a term. Therefore, the incumbents will be entitled to contest without violating the Constitution. And the Constitution will be saved.

@advocatemahere Fair point.Part of the reason why law students can't afford a mushika shika is because of a regulatory body that views it's mandate as to gatekeep the profession for lawyers of old

🔸Nowadays, a law student can’t even afford mari yekukwira mushika-shika. Anotofamba ne2 x shoes. We need new leaders.🇿🇼

@CrimeWatchZW The other day pple were sympathizing with someone cooking sadza at the centre of town.

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@charlin_hiram @Shingie99623251 @KingJayZim There is no law that prohibits you from having CCTV in your house or a dashcam in your car

@Shingie99623251 @KingJayZim this is very terrible advice😂Its just adding another crime on top

“The court heard that the first incident occurred in November 2022 when the 24-year-old student received a WhatsApp message from Manyika, asking her to come to Old Mutual Gardens to assist with packing banners. Upon her arrival, she went to the basement, where the banners were stored. After completing the task, Manyika lured the student to his office, locked the door, and sexually assaulted her by pushing her onto a table and raping her. Two years later: The second incident took place on June 19, 2024, when Manyika contacted the complainant again.  This time, they met at Ashbrittle Shops, where Manyika, who also oversees the Old Mutual Scholarship programme, invited the complainant into his car. He then engaged in sexual intercourse with her against her will.” The Herald.

@baba_nyenyedzi Exactly!!

The real tragedy in Harare’s CBD is that bylaws still obstruct the formal conversion of buildings to residential use and make genuine city living difficult, yet the city fathers are remarkably accommodating of vendors and hawkers who effectively live and work on the streets. Many of these vendors only go home on weekends.

@TreasureBasopo @Chris_cd_ @CityParkingHre We are poor too,but do we go and cook sadza in the centre of town.Laws are laws.Personal circumstances don't justify breaking laws.

Despicable as is regrettable! The trendy man who was captured making Sadza in Harare has been tracked down by authorities so that he can receive a severe punishment for seeking to make an honest living in a country reeked by unemployment and kleptomania. This followed a stern warning by the City’s Mayor Jacob Mafume @JMafume who promised to clampdown on vendors in general and this gentleman in particular. It’s regrettable that the poor have become cheap punching bags for the rich, easy targets unworthy to be listened to, and protected by laws and policies. I hope this detestable act has fixed potholes in Harare, housing crisis, unemployment and rampant poverty! Shame on ZANU PF and The City of Harare !

@daddyhope I guess it's impossible to make a point without throwing in the "someone asked me""I was speaking to a top chakuti chakuti who said .....“.

These are the before and after video images of the compound of the assassinated Iranian Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Khamenei. What this teaches us, especially in Africa, is that no one is safe if the superpowers decide they want you, and that the intelligence services of many countries are heavily infiltrated. People who are trusted and believed to be loyal are often working for other interests. One of the key reasons is that they are badly paid and poorly motivated. If a superpower comes, as America did in Venezuela, and offers millions in exchange for information, that transaction becomes very easy because many of these officials live in abject poverty. Suddenly, the opportunity of a massive payday and long-term security not just for themselves but for their children and grandchildren becomes more attractive than all the ideological rhetoric that dictatorships throw around. Loyalty weakens when survival and wealth are placed on the table. In the case of my country, Zimbabwe, the security services are heavily compromised due to corruption and incompetence. There are even instances where fake intelligence reports are written to please political superiors. If America can do this to Iran, which had solid intelligence services and significant regional power, I shudder to think what it could do to small African republics like Zimbabwe, where institutions are weaker and more porous. Someone asked me whether there is any reason for dictatorships, especially in Zimbabwe, to worry after seeing what has happened in Iran. I think the only issue that would attract serious American attention to Zimbabwe is the question of the unpaid compensation due to former white farmers. President Emmerson Mnangagwa made a massive political blunder by publicly promising to pay that compensation. That commitment created a formal obligation that can be internationalised and politicised. Zimbabwe is not a strategic prize that Washington desperately wants. It has rare minerals and rare earth deposits, but not at a scale that would automatically trigger escalation. However, the unresolved issue of compensation, which Mnangagwa voluntarily placed on the table, could easily be linked to broader governance concerns, including his controversial constitutional extension. In the event that America wanted to exert pressure, it would have a plausible issue to cite, even though such a scenario still appears far-fetched at this stage. There are deep divisions within Zimbabwean society, largely because the regime has failed to unite citizens around shared national goals and common causes. It is difficult to build unity when public health services have collapsed, when there is no reliable access to clean drinking water, when unemployment is widespread, and when poverty and hardship are visible everywhere you go. These conditions weaken the social fabric of a nation. They create vulnerability. A country struggling with economic collapse, institutional decay and public frustration becomes easier to penetrate, influence and manipulate by foreign powers. When citizens lose trust in their own institutions, external actors find openings. That has long been one of the downsides of many African regimes that prioritise political survival over governance and service delivery. When governance fails, legitimacy erodes. And in a situation where a superpower decides it wants to pressure or remove a regime in Africa, the justifications, leverage points and entry pathways are often numerous, whether framed around human rights, corruption, economic mismanagement or unresolved international obligations. Strong institutions, accountable leadership and functional public services are not luxuries. They are the first line of national security. Many people who live under dictatorships are content with authoritarian rule when the state reliably delivers basic public goods and maintains economic stability, because what matters most to many citizens is their daily livelihood rather than abstract political freedoms. That is why regimes that succeed in providing secure jobs, affordable daily necessities, functioning services and improvement in living standards can retain a degree of popular acceptance even without democratic rights. In the case of Iran, there are clear signs that public support has weakened not primarily because of foreign pressure but because the regime has been unable to uphold the social contract which required it to deliver economic stability, basic services and a rising standard of living. In late 2025 and early 2026, widespread protests erupted across all 31 of Iran’s provinces over high inflation, a collapsing currency, rising food prices and deteriorating living conditions, drawing in workers, students, pensioners, teachers and professionals alike, a much broader cross-section of society than earlier protests. The demonstrations reflect frustrations rooted in long-term economic mismanagement, corruption and declining living standards, as many Iranians feel the state is failing to provide for their basic needs. The same dynamic can be observed in many African countries, including Zimbabwe, where a long period of economic decline, institutional decay and failing public services has eroded citizens’ faith in the state. When health systems collapse, water supplies are unreliable, jobs are scarce and hardship is widespread, people focus first on survival. Those conditions do not unify society, they fragment it, as individuals and groups compete for limited resources and effective governance is replaced by personal networks and patronage. Societies like Iran and Zimbabwe have become deeply divided not simply because of their political systems, but because governments have sacrificed the everyday needs of their citizens on the altar of ideology, regional ambition or personal aggrandisement, leaving ordinary people to shoulder the consequences. When such a failure persists, the social contract, the implicit agreement that citizens forego certain freedoms in exchange for security and basic goods breaks down, making populations more restive and more receptive to alternative sources of power or influence. The regime in Harare is fortunate that there is currently no organised and effective opposition capable of mobilising and sustaining mass protests against it. In the absence of coordinated leadership, widespread public frustration does not easily translate into structured resistance. That gives the authorities a measure of comfort. They can sleep, but only with one eye open. History shows that regimes appear stable until the moment citizens are successfully mobilised and remain on the streets in sustained numbers. The decisive factor is not anger alone, but organisation, discipline and endurance. The day someone is able to mobilise people at scale and keep them mobilised, the political landscape would fundamentally change. That could signal the beginning of the end for the regime, or at least for a faction within it, particularly if such mobilisation were backed or quietly supported by elements within the military or security establishment. When states respond to internal unrest with lethal force against their own citizens, they weaken their own legitimacy. The use of excessive force does not just inflame domestic anger, it also creates grounds for international scrutiny and pressure. Civilian deaths in moments of political crisis often become the moral and diplomatic trigger for external actors to justify sanctions, intervention or other forms of action. Ultimately, the greatest protection for any government is not repression, but legitimacy rooted in performance, accountability and the consent of its people. A regime does not fall because superpowers are powerful, it falls because it failed its own people first. While regimes such as the Zimbabwean government routinely point fingers at opposition activists, journalists and opposition politicians, accusing them of being Western puppets, the uncomfortable reality is often far more complex. Those who shout the loudest about foreign interference are sometimes the very people who engage foreign governments quietly, negotiating, lobbying and socialising in private while preaching sovereignty in public. The loud accusations directed at activists and journalists frequently serve as political theatre and cover, designed to divert attention from what is happening within the corridors of power. It is easier to brand critics as agents of the West than to explain private dealings, undisclosed meetings and selective alliances that take place behind closed doors. Regimes that claim to be under constant foreign siege often operate within global financial systems, send their families abroad, seek diplomatic recognition from the same Western capitals they publicly condemn and maintain economic relationships that contradict their rhetoric. The Iranian system, like many entrenched power structures around the world, has long faced infiltration, internal rivalries and external pressure. The same can be said of the political establishment in Harare and in other capitals. The more centralised and opaque a system becomes, the more vulnerable it is to internal compromise. The real question is not simply whether infiltration exists. The real question is who benefits from it, who is manipulating whom, and what strategic interests are ultimately being served. It is widely reported and privately acknowledged in many circles that Zimbabwe’s intelligence services are in a weakened state at the moment. Beyond concerns about infiltration, there are persistent allegations of low morale, internal factionalism and frustration over leadership style and corruption within the system. Many of these issues rarely receive sustained public scrutiny, partly because journalists often face significant legal and political risks when attempting to report on the internal condition of intelligence institutions. As a result, much of what is discussed remains in private briefings and quiet conversations rather than in the public domain. An intelligence structure affected by demoralisation, corruption and internal mistrust becomes vulnerable. Institutional weakness creates openings. In such an environment, if a powerful external actor were ever to target the regime in Harare, the existence of internal fractures and low cohesion would significantly reduce the system’s resilience. The strength of any intelligence service ultimately depends not only on technical capability, but on morale, professionalism, discipline and integrity. When those foundations erode, the entire structure becomes easier to penetrate, manipulate and destabilise. Just like Iran, even if a regime change were to happen today in Zimbabwe, there is no legitimate, well organised and clean alternative ready to replace what would have been removed. Today, the real opposition to Emmerson Mnangagwa is General Constantino Chiwenga, who has been part of this regime from its inception and was central to the 2017 military intervention that brought it into power. In Iran, the most prominent alternative being projected is Reza Pahlavi, the American based son of the former Shah (King), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, who was overthrown by the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Shah’s rule was corrupt, repressive and brutal, many of the same traits associated with the current clerical regime. Yet his son is now being positioned by external actors as the face of a possible post regime Iran. What we also learn is that having the support of China, Russia or any other country does not guarantee protection if the United States decides to target you. Alliances and diplomatic backing may offer political cover, but they do not automatically deter a determined superpower.

@mawarirej Intelligent beyond belief. Simply amazing!

This man is brilliant. He is not just a patriot, a decorated soldier or a nationalist, he is also an intellectual, a very versatile mind quick to grasp things. If we want Zimbabwe to work, let's use his discipline and commitment to making things done for the people. He is the best person to restore dignity to our people by making our economy work again. He has the capability to arrest the thievery that has been promoted and amplified by the Korokoza and Mushika-shika approach to governance which is the hallmark of @edmnangagwa's administration. #2027EDAnengeAsipo #Ngazvitenderere

@PhiriTofara @Madzidady Kana usina kunakidzwa nezvekwako izvo.Who cares

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@Jamwanda2 Pple will always feel what they feel about the departed.It can't be imposed.One day a story will be told about a man who thought he was wiser than he was, served and betrayed two masters,beat up his wife,fathered an Olympian but ultimately lost it all

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:

@andrea_hoxbucks @CliveMasarakufa They have failed to adapt.There is more money circulating in the informal market. They should have plugged in their companies there.

In the past 24 months, ❌Standard Charted existed the Zim market ❌Lafarge (Holcim) exited the Zim market ❌Deloitte exited the Zim market ❌Didn't PwC also leave? ❌Choppies gone ❌Nampak is packing right now (pun intended) Also, in the past 24 months 👨‍🦽Truworths has gone under corporate rescue 👨‍🦽Metro Peach is under corporate rescue 👨‍🦽Bindura Nickel Corporation the same 👨‍🦽Khayah cement 👨‍🦽Ohh Beta Holdings The list obviously longer than this, but I think the point is clear. Has management of the companies suddenly become incompetent, or failed to read the room or to adapt as we often claim here on social media, or its way bigger a problem than that?

@loiceMututuvar1 Times and events change but pple never change at all.She is cheating.When she was fighting you she was not.The moment she had no energy to fight you she had already left

@tabanimcgucci Very smart this one.Intelligent beyond belief

We have to be honest about this guy