Hopewell Chin’ono
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Award winning International Journalist| Film Maker | 2 Time African Journalist of The Year | Africa Leadership FellowI Nieman Fellow| hopewell2 @post .harvard.edu
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I have just appeared on Al-Jazeera, where I discussed the struggles faced by journalists in Zimbabwe and how the repressive environment, coupled with the abuse of state institutions, fosters corruption.
I also highlighted the irony of Zimbabwe, which alongside Nigeria, was the…
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The complications of marrying black when in the Royal Family, how the British press haunted Prince Harry and his wife Meghan.
He speaks about how he was let down by his own family, something he was not allowed to say too.
Press thugs like
@piersmorgan
continue to insult them.
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In any normal country this video would be the leading item on all news stations & newspapers, and it would cause emergency debate in parliament tomorrow morning, but not in Zimbabwe.
This South African minister is right, Zimbabwe has become an embarrassment due to ZANUPF LOOTING
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@elonmusk
@StephenKing
Good morning
@elonmusk
For a lot of journalists in Africa, verification has helped us to not fall victim to State tactics to use our names to spread propaganda.
I have been to jail 3 times inside 6 months for exposing corruption.
Few African journalists will afford the US$20.
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1. I have just been awarded the International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in Doha, Qatar.
I received the award from the Emir (King) of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in the presence of the United Nations
@UN
Special Advocate for the Prevention of Corruption.
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A powerful speech by the Head-boy of the affluent Heritage School.
He talks about how his family hit economic hard times, and had to move to Epworth sharing 2 rooms.
He sleeps on the sofa chair, and used a Kombi, but didn’t let that deter him.
He became the head boy regardless.
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The South African celebrity ZANUPF couldn’t buy.
Let us remember him with a RETWEET!
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African dictators are ridiculously hilarious.
President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda came with his personal armored toilet for President William Ruto’s inauguration🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Find me a good music producer, we must sing AGAINST LOOTERS and sing them out of town!😂😂😂😂
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Oliver Mtukudzi told me that music must touch the heart and soul, and it must heal the pain of the listener.
He said that if it doesn’t do that, it is just a composition.
Using that definition, I introduce to you the greatest Zim dancehall artist of all time.
The G.O.A.T.
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Excuse me today whilst I thank the almighty for giving me another year.
I want my birthday to have meaning, so I will dedicate my 52nd birthday as the year of delivery!
I had good parents, they taught me to give and share.
I hope to share my time!
I will be back on Monday.
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Good morning Zimbabweans
This is what our Kenyan cousins are doing with their country.
If you register to vote & actually vote, YOU could also help Zimbabwe get there in a very short period of time.
Remember that Kenya was our poorer cousin, today it is 5 times bigger than us.
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This video has made many people cry after watching it.
It shows a South African man meeting a Zimbabwean trader selling eggs and peanuts in Johannesburg.
She has her baby on the back whilst she trades in the streets of Johannesburg.
The man gave her R800 and asked her to go…
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@elonmusk
So if anyone with $8 can get verified, how are you going to distinguish those that need it for security and authenticity from those that need it for vanity?
I thought verification was done because of what someone does not because they can afford it.
No more authenticity right?
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1. Today I addressed the
@GenevaSummit
for Human Rights and Democracy in Switzerland.
I chose as I always do to stick to facts and figures regarding the Zimbabwean economic crisis.
I explained that it was a product of grand corruption, LOOTING and PLUNDER by ZANUPF elites!
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My advice to young Zimbabwean people from the bottom of my heart speaking from experience is that if you can leave the country, PLEASE LEAVE NOW!
Don’t waste your youthful days doing nothing when people of your age are progressing elsewhere.
I left Zimbabwe at 23 in 1994 and…
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Good evening Mr Mugabe.
I might have had my issues with the old man, but you I respect.
You are principled.
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I have just spoken to outgoing Norton Member of Parliament
@TembaMliswa
He has confirmed that he lost the election to CCC’s Richard Tsvangirai
@RTsvangirayi
He told me that he has conceded.
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Guess who is in the house?
Brother
@HEBobiwine
He passes his regards to all progressive Zimbabwean citizens!
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The Zimbabwean town of Masvingo has elected a 25 year old lady as its next Mayor.
Shantel Yeukai Chiwara is a bank teller by profession.
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@TapiwaByNature
My friend, Hopewell lives in a US$600k home, drives a Jag, Mercedes & Range Rover, has an award winning career, has a holiday home in SA, has a pension and international medical aid, doesn’t rely on ZESA or ZINWA, ALL his family members have homes and kids are in work.
Goodnight
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I am saddened to hear that South African rap star
@akaworldwide
has been shot dead this evening in Durban, South Africa.
AKA spoke out against the repression in Zimbabwe after the arrest of Jacob Ngarivhume & myself in July 2020 & he popularized the
#ZimLivesMatter
hashtag.
RIP
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@MbalulaFikile
You don’t want to support a coup in Gabon but you supported one in Zimbabwe.
What a joke!
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Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Ugandan Military paratroopers as seen on Uganda’s independence celebrations on October 9, 2022.
Kenyans must be very afraid, because this is the army whose former commander, the President’s son, threatened to invade Nairobi!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
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When
@nelsonchamisa
became Minister of ICT, a mobile phone SIM card was US$200 in Zimbabwe due to the incompetence and looting of ZANUPF.
It took Chamisa less than a month to bring the price of a SIM card to first US$1 then to 50 cents.
He did this when sanctions were in place.
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They offered him money to wear the scarf, and he refused twice!
The youthful ZANUPF councilor and Deputy Minister were so upset at the rejection, one of them mumbled, “Hatidye sadza kumba kwaMai vake.”
Safe travels
@burnaboy
, you are not a fool like the washed up boxer!
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Hear we go, the second part of the Al Jazeera
@AJEnglish
4 part documentary film series investigation by it’s
@AJIunit
is now here.
RETWEET for others to see!
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Zimbabwean public intellectual Dr Alex Magaisa
@Wamagaisa
has died.
He suffered a cardiac arrest this morning at Margate Hospital at 10 am.
Family contacts
Levy Magaisa +263773596424
Esteri Magaisa +263772211731
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The police have come to arrest me! Let everyone know!
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Congratulations to Zimbabwe’s dancehall artist, Winky D for winning the Best African Dancehall Entertainer of the Year award at the Jamaican 40th International Reggae and World Music Awards.
Bounty Killer, Beanie Man, Marcia Griffiths, Freddie MacGregor and Beres Hammond were…
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Today I turn 50 and I celebrate.
I do so with a mixture of joy and sadness knowing that whilst I have all that I need;
Many 50 year olds have NEVER owned a home, or held a decent job, many 50 years olds are dying without Hospital care.
I am grateful for the gift of life!🧎🏿♂️🧎🏿♂️🙏🏿
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I am back from 19 days of incarceration at Chikurubi Prison after
@PoliceZimbabwe
LIED in court that I had tweeted about a child being killed by one of their officers.
My arrest was arbitrary.
The charge was anchored by a law that DOESN’T exist.
Thank you ALL for the solidarity!
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These are 2 fine great Zimbabwean musicians of their generation.
They play different genres, we should support and cheer them on as individual musicians.
There is no need to pit one against the other.
There are good as they are, and we are blessed to have them in our time!
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The Head of the SADC Election Observer Team, Dr Nevers Mumba submitted the final SADC report to the SADC Troika chair, President Hakainde Hichilema.
Dr Nevers Mumba talks in depth here about the whole process.
RETWEET
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More than ten doctors wrote to me this morning correctly expressing their legitimate anger at what happened to one of their colleagues yesterday in Manicaland.
This is Dr Mthabisi Nembaware.
He was involved in a road traffic accident yesterday, he was coming from a rural…
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This wine brand called Kumusha is made by a Zimbabwean called
@tnashenyamudoka
.
Imagine if ALL Zimbabweans who see this tweet would repost it to give Tinashe’s wine brand more visibility as we head towards Christmas.
Imagine each time you see Kumusha you would repost it,…
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1. International news network, Aljazeera will be broadcasting mind-blowing documentary films in March showing astonishing looting, plunder and laundering in Zimbabwe.
The ZANUPF crooks and their surrogates were filmed undercover for 2 years, as they spoke about how they do it!
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This is my favorite Zimbabwean MP.
He took Government to court for borrowing US$1.4 billion from Afrexim Bank without parliamentary approval and won.
He is taking
@ZECzim
to court for refusing to release Voters Roll.
He is the only MP who didn’t take the US$40000.
Well done👏🏿
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@elonmusk
You created a Fake News crisis in Africa with your verification system.
State propaganda trolls now have verification checks and citizens are now confused.
I hope you will also accept that it is a problem that will fuel Fake News and State propaganda that needs to be fixed.
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Thanks to my legal team of Beatrice Mtetwa,
@DougColtart
, Gift Mtisi assisted by Chris Mhike &
@ZLHRLawyers
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I would like to thank all citizens local & beyond who stood with me during my political persecution.
Each time I am persecuted, my drive against corruption is renewed!
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Yesterday many celebrities, political elites and guess what, British royalty went out to the premier of Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’ film in Jamaica.
What caught my eye was the presence of a British Prince, Harry Windsor and his wife Meghan.
When Zimbabwe became independent in…
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The police took me to my home on the 20th of July, the 1st day of my arrest.
The world &myself knew exactly why I had been arrested by Mnangagwa’s regime.
The police who were taking orders on the phone to persecute me also knew the reason why they were doing it, I exposed looting
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We are fighting for this to be possible in Zimbabwe.
How do you have a romantic bath with your spouse when the Government has looted millions meant for water pumps, and when you can’t afford a decent apartment?
In other countries people of your age are living their best lives!
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A friend wants to bring a car they bought in England for US$12,000.
Guess what the customs duty is? $12,143.20.
Total landed cost; US$24,143
Duty is meant to protect local car manufacturers.
Zimbabwe has no car manufacturing industry to protect!
So why punish citizens like this?
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We were told that Dr Alex Magaisa bought groceries for every family in his village.
He paid schools fees for many kids who today are in boarding, villagers don’t know what they will do next term.
He provided if there was a funeral not only in his village, but surrounding areas!
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I urge Zimbabwean elites to be careful about how you engage with South Africans on social media.
It is poor Zimbabweans who will suffer retaliation for the things you say here.
Improve your arguments by focusing on the root cause of this crisis, which is ZANUPF’s corruption!
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ZANUPF is selling out the country plundering and smuggling our minerals with its white friends and crooked blacks, and hiding the money in Dubai.
Look at how Dubai keeps developing and Zimbabwe looks like a 1920s town.
Dubai Harare
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Vanoba...
Vanoba, Vanoba, Vanoba;
The Shona Version👇🏿
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This post is for my young followers who couldn’t make it to
@burnaboy
’s show.
Please those who could afford to go, post your pictures and videos in the comments section for those who couldn’t go to see and be with you in spirit!
Thank you!
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Today I had a special person to wish me a happy Christmas.
On his way to see his father who is Zimbabwe’s political prisoner and opposition MP
@JobSikhala1
, Fidel asked his family to pass through my home to wish me a Merry Christmas.
I was so moved by his gesture.
#FreeWiwa
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They killed Moreblessing Ali.
Her body was found in a well in Nyatsime.
And they wonder why Zimbabweans say they are worse than Ian Smith!
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From Henrieta Rushwaya’s conversation with Angel, we now know that they use private jets to pick up Gold as part of their smuggling ring.
We know that she uses Reserve Bank’s Fidelity facility.
We know that she launders money this way!
You now know why I was arrested in 2020.
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Ama 2k, do you want a blast from the past today in our series of how Zimbabwe used to be like before ZANUPF destroyed everything?
If it is a Yes show by Retweeting, kana mabho just Like.
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A very powerful speech by this courageous young lady.
When those with courage speak, let us amplify their their voices through a simple RETWEET!
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My dear South African brothers and sisters, I have arrived to join you to start a new life here.
Since your ruling party ANC supports tyranny in our country, I am sure it knows that it now has a moral obligation to look after us.
Let me know where the good drinking holes are, I…
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1. I expected doctors to step in and help but they haven’t.
Dr
@PhophiRamathuba
was clear that Zimbabweans will get emergency care including giving birth.
What she was referring to is ELECTIVE care.
It means care that is planned in advance.
That is what she meant.
Facts matter!
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@KMbappe
You will be bigger than Messi if you continue at your current rate.
This is not an emotional statement, the statistics are the ones saying so!
You have achieved more at 23 than Messi did at that age.
Well done, your place is already there in the football greats hall of fame!
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My father once said to me that the problem with Zimbabweans is if there is no tap water, they drill a borehole, no electricity, they buy a generator, no jobs, they go to South Africa.
They don’t robustly question and demand the problems fixed by confronting the problem makers!
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Off to Switzerland .
Timeline will be quiet until tomorrow afternoon!
Good evening.
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I have just left Chikurubi Maximum prison where I had gone to visit Zimbabwe’s political prisoner, former member of parliament and lawyer, Job Sikhala.
He has been in prison for 446 days without bail although Zimbabwe’s constitution entitles him to get bail.
He has no conviction…
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1. It is embarrassing that in Zimbabwe a show was stopped becoz the biggest reggae dancehall artist started singing a song about Corruption!
Yet in the same country Gold smugglers and money launderers are scot free facilitating the looting of public funds hurting ordinary folk!
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I have read the story of a truck driver who saved lives at yesterday’s tragic bus & truck accident on Mutare Road.
Sirizani Butau is the definition of a real Zimbabwean hero.
He should walk into any private health facility and be treated for his wounds sustained whilst helping.
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Your boy has won a massive global award, but I can’t talk about it until the day it is presented.
Good always prevails over evil!
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What a powerful and moving address by Gift Ostallos Siziba
@Cde_Ostallos
at the Barack Obama Foundation.
He says his mother was a maid, his father a gardener, yet through hard work and the Joshua Nkomo scholarship funded by Strive Masiyiwa, he triumphed.
We done Ostallos👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
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This interview of Zimbabwe's Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa is painful to watch.
At least the world gets to experience our ruling political elites without intermediaries involved.
This is our daily life in Zimbabwe.
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My dear followers can you give some love to Mai Nkomo in the house.
Olinda Chapel-Nkomo in the house!
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It would be ungrateful for me and Zimbabweans not to thank
@peterndoro
,
@Sophie_Mokoena
and the whole
@SABCNews
team!
Without you, our story would have been buried in ZANUPF propaganda, lies and cheap spin!
Daily you have been telling the Zimbabwean story, thank you for that!
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Zimbabwean dancehall king Winky D had been nominated for an award in America in the same category with dancehall legend, Buju Banton!
Winky D’s music has been banned on all radio stations in Zimbabwe after exposing corrupt rule and speaking out against repression in Zimbabwe!…
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I am glad that the son of Zimbabwe’s political prisoner,
@JobSikhala1
is running for parliament.
This is a powerful statement that imprisoning his father will not imprison his father’s work.
His father is in prison for fighting for his people!
All the very best to Job Junior.
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Dear
@PearlThusi
@TheeSonia
and
@sellomkn
Please meet Zimbabwe’s biggest dancehall musician, Winky D
@winkydonline
The Zimbabwean regime that you are supporting in exchange for money has banned his music from ALL radio stations, and from the only terrestrial TV station in…
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His name is Fidel Castro Sikhala.
Yesterday he won a lot of academic prizes.
His dad is a political prisoner & opposition Member of Parliament in jail without trial for over 165 days.
His mother asked me to share this pic & thank all Zimbabweans who donated towards Fidel’s fees
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So today a Zimbabwean police-man arrested a suspected burglar/thief in Hatfield, they now needed to go to the police station together with the thief’s loot.
The drama started when both the police officer and his suspect had to wait for public transport to go to the police…
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I have been awarded the Greenfield People Journalism Prize for Africa.
It is a public service journalism award that recognizes outstanding journalists in Africa, whose work have resulted in positive change, and impact in society.
I won it jointly with
@DavidHundeyin
#DemLoot
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I Declare the 15th of June 2020 as the National Anti-Looting Day!
RETWEET if you agree with me!!!
#ObadiahMoyoMustGo
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Magnificent Honda, one owner, lady driven, full service history!
US$9,400 or swap with a laptop!
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Sad to hear the tragic and untimely passing of dancehall artist Soul Jah Love.
May his soul Rest In Peace!
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Just like that, he is gone!
Zimbabweans will forever remember you for the solid support & solidarity that you gave them at a time when Zimbabwean music stars were quiet or chose to support the corrupt & brutal regime that continues to make life hell on earth for its citizens.
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Whilst President Mnangagwa gave Zimbabwean traditional Chiefs brand new cars today after having given them brand new cars again in 2018, in Limpopo South Africa their Government gave a rural community 66 ambulances.
This speaks to priorities, it is not sanctions
@MbalulaFikile
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On the left is Germany newspaper
@rheinpfalz
with a headline “The Virus from Africa is with us.”
On the right is a Spanish newspaper
@TribunaAlbacete
with a cartoon saying black South Africans are coming to Europe on a boat with Omicron Covid-19 variant.
This is racism in 2021!
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As is quite evident today on social media, millions of Zimbabweans are pained at AKA’s assassination because he stood with us in our difficult times.
May his Soul Rest in Peace🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
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Julius Malema was kicked out of the ANC and insulted to go and form his own party, he took the advice and did just that.
This is the current situation at South Africa’s FNB stadium as
@Julius_S_Malema
and his supporters celebrate 10 years of EFF’s existence!
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1. Today I was invited to meet with the
@commonwealthsec
visiting team to Zimbabwe led by Professor Luis Franceschi
@lgfranceschi
I started by telling them that my life was turned around through a 2 year Commonwealth Visa that allowed me and many others to work in Britain.
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The leader of the ZANUPF thugs who killed opposition CCC supporter Tinashe Chitsunge today is called Courage Kutira
@PoliceZimbabwe
Make him famous by RETWEETING until he is arrested together with his fellow political thugs.
He declared that the Zimbabwe police won’t arrested…
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I was on
@SABCNews
talking about the tragic state of affairs in the public health sector in Zimbabwe.
I said that the Zimbabwean Government is the one that breached ethics by failing to honor the oath of office it took that requires it to provide healthcare to ALL citizens!
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My interview on
@cnni
explaining that the current Zimbabwean election is a step from the gutter into the sewer.
Not even by Robert Mugabe’s very low standard was such an embarrassing election delivered.
I explain the accompanying disasters that always follow disputed…
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Yesterday ZANUPF MP candidate for Chinhoyi Thomas Chidzomba locked the borehole he drilled after losing to CCC’s Leslie Mhangwa.
As if that was not enough, he came back after some thought and dismantled the equipment for the borehole.
Such people should never be seen anywhere…
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2. I spoke about how the ZANUPF elites plunder & smuggle Gold worth over US$100 million a month, yet they have failed to build a single maternity theater at Zimbabwe’s biggest hospital in 42 years.
2500 pregnant Zimbabwean women die annually.
A theater costs US$37,000 to build.
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Congratulations to Zimbabwean young political leader Ostallos Siziba
@Cde_Ostallos
who is speaking today at the Democracy Forum with former American President
@BarackObama
Ostallos is the Deputy Spokesman of Zimbabwe’s main opposition party,
@CCCZimbabwe
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This new Wink D song called Ibotso is slapping harder than any stuff produced in 2022.
It is a collaboration with Holy 10.
The song talks about looters who steal public funds using political power, and use the police for brutality with the help of spies.
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