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makonya lloyd
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ZIMBABWEAN sprinter Tapiwanashe Makarawu failed in his bid for a global medal yesterday, finishing seventh in the men’s 200m final at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.>tinyurl.com/2rbdxpcv













I don’t know if the Zimbabwean Embassy in London is aware of, or involved in this case at all - they don’t seem to be on X, @InfoMinZW, @nickmangwana, @dhonzamusoro007. The young boy who was racially assaulted in the videos that have gone viral on social media is Zimbabwean, from my hometown, Mutare. He only arrived in the UK last December and you can imagine how traumatised he must be to experience such vile treatment. Having grown up in a country where he would not have experienced racism of any sort, the depth of the trauma he has suffered from this dehumanisation is unimaginable. To @PeteVowles @UKinZimbabwe, the UK has a long history of intervening in Zimbabwe to call out human rights abuses and at some point, especially under Tony Blair, this constituted a moral crusade that projected western countries, former colonisers who by the act of colonisation negated African humanity, as morally superior teachers of human rights to erring former colonies. That led former South African President Thabo Mbeki @TMFoundation_ to retort in an article titled ‘We Will Reject This Upside Down View of Africa’, around the time of Zimbabwe’s fallout with the Commonwealth. But it seems now that Africans should be calling out Britain and other western nations to respect human rights in the very basic sense of acknowledging our humanity. The racial bullying of this young Zimbabwean lad comes in a week when the longest serving female black MP in Britain, @HackneyAbbott was racially abused by a white male donor of the ruling Tory party, and it took the Prime Minister an inordinate period of time to call out the racism. Other white male members of the government went on record to endorse the donor’s non-apology, telling people to move on. Diane herself was denied the opportunity in the House of Commons to address the Prime Minister on her own abuse! These are seriously disturbing developments, and these incidents aren’t random happenstances, they’re quite common in Britain, and they need to be confronted. Our government needs to stand up for its people wherever they are, and it would reassure the very significant community of Zimbabweans in the UK to hear from the Zimbabwean Embassy and know that they’re engaged with this issue. It’s reassuring that @Cumbriapolice have swiftly moved to make arrests and one also hopes that St John Henry Newman school and the community work to stamp out the vile racist culture that’s inspiring kids to act in this hateful manner.


UK Police Arrest Teenager Caught Assaulting Black Boy In Viral Video The Cumbria Police in the United Kingdom have confirmed the arrest of a white teenage boy who was captured in a viral video assaulting a black schoolboy in Carlisle. The incident was said to have happened at St John Henry Newman Catholic School in Carlisle. In the video, the white teen hit the black schoolboy and ordered him to kiss his shoes. In a statement posted on its Facebook page on Saturday, the Cumbria Police wrote, "We can confirm officers have arrested a teenage boy in relation to a report of a hate incident involving a boy being assaulted in Carlisle. "Officers are aware of images relating to this incident being circulated online and concerns in the community over the incident. "As an arrest has been made, we would urge people not to share the video further so as not to impede any legal proceedings or to identify any of the children involved." PUNCH Online reported in September 2023 how a video showing a moment when a female sports official decided to skip a black girl, who was among medalists at a Irish tournament. Gymnastics Ireland was reported to have issued a public apology for the incident, after the girl's parents claimed the alleged snub was motivated by racism. Credit: Facebook| Cumbria Police, X|Oluomoofderby









Local traditional leader Chief Mugabe says it is important that indigenous preservation efforts are being respected and fused with new scientific methods. He thanks the US Embassy for the support and calls for greater funding to preserve this world heritage site.















