Entitled Aesthete

Here I am, a bundle of past recollections and future dreams, knotted up in a reasonably attractive bundle of flesh.
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[Entitled Aesthete @263Hippie]

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[Arsenal @Arsenal]

Happy Father's Day, Gooners ❤️

[𐌁𐌉Ᏽ 𐌕𐌉𐌌𐌉 @OrevaZSN]

Why do some people lose all spatial awareness in public spaces? Why is your trolley parked sideways, blocking the entire aisle? Why are you standing in the middle of the doorway like it's your first time on earth? And why are you blasting loud music on a public bus???

[Mehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan]

They were killed while invading a foreign country. They were killed while occupying foreign soil.

Stop with the gaslighting!

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

President Obama has a unique way of ROASTING Donald Trump without mentioning him by name, and it drives Trump nuts.

He just did it again, this time in front of every living president.

Watch this. 🔥

[Nze @nzemmili]

That generation wore afros, rocked all sorts of fancy hairstyles, then grew up, went bald, and started hating young people with hair.

Coupled with their religious psychosis, we suffered at their hands.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

My dear brother, I do not know how old you are, but let us not rewrite history. Let us confront our history honestly and accept both the good and the bad that comes with it.

Mozambicans and Malawians were ridiculed in Zimbabwe. Even Zambians were mocked. If someone wanted to dismiss another person as poor, they would say, “Do not give me your kwachas.” Mozambicans were called derogatory names such as “Kalusha.” These things happened. We cannot pretend they did not.

What we must do is acknowledge that such behaviour was wrong and learn from it. This is not a uniquely Zimbabwean story. It is a history that runs across much of Africa.

The Nigerians who are victims of xenophobia in South Africa today also have chapters in their own history. In 1983, under President Shehu Shagari, hundreds of thousands of Ghanaians were expelled from Nigeria during the infamous “Ghana Must Go” campaign. That painful episode remains one of the most remembered examples of anti-immigrant sentiment on the continent.

Africa’s past is full of such uncomfortable truths. Let us not sanitise them. Let us acknowledge them, learn from them, and ensure that future generations do not repeat the same mistakes.

I was once invited for lunch by Graça Machel, the widow of President Nelson Mandela, at her home in Johannesburg. During our conversation, her son spoke very emotionally about his experiences growing up and how he was ridiculed for being Mozambican while attending one of Zimbabwe’s most prestigious schools, St George’s College.

These things did happen. They are part of our history, however uncomfortable they may be. Acknowledging them is not about blaming an entire nation, but about recognising past wrongs so that we can learn from them and build a more tolerant and humane society.

[David Coltart @DavidColtart]

Mark this tweet #Zimbabweans. One day we will reverse all the undemocratic amendments to our beloved 2013 Constitution.

In future the only amendments to it will be those which enhance it - which build on its foundations- not those which undermine its very foundations.

When this will happen I can’t say but it will happen just as firmly as the end of white minority rule, the crashing down of the Berlin Wall, and all other events in history when tyranny ends.

As Barack Obama noted yesterday

“The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.”

Obama noted that although the phrase is often associated with Martin Luther King Jr., it actually originated with a Boston abolitionist preacher, Reverend Theodore Parker, in a sermon delivered more than 170 years ago.

Obama explained that Parker preached these words in the dark period following the Compromise of 1850, when the anti-slavery movement seemed to be losing ground and fugitive slaves were being returned to bondage. Parker acknowledged that justice often appeared absent in the world, but expressed faith that history ultimately bends toward justice.

The fuller quotation Rev Parker used was:

“I do not pretend to understand the moral universe. The arc is a long one. My eye reaches but little ways. I cannot calculate the curve and complete the figure by the experience of sight. I can divine it by conscience. But from what I see, I am sure it bends toward justice.”

So too in Zimbabwe. Ultimately there will be justice and the rule of violent, cruel, corrupt and unprincipled men will end.

[Kuziva 🇿🇼 @mdhara_Kuzz]

In Harare, we now have a predicament where traffic cameras are working, but the traffic lights they are meant to be monitoring are not functioning.

[Stanley Cohen @StanleyCohenLaw]

As the world closes in on you, Israel, it's not because you are Jews but a country of war criminals who hold themselves out as above all international law and norms and common decency. For generations, you have played the victim card while victimizing all others.

[Entitled Aesthete @263Hippie]

Rotten .. kuora chaiko

[𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐙𝐖 @CrimeWatchZW]

Hi, I would like to know the purpose of buying temporary number plates for a vehicle before leaving the port of entry. The reason I am asking is because the ZRP officers told me that these temporary number plates are not recognised, yet we are required to buy them and they are issued with a validity period of 14 days.

I imported a vehicle from Japan and, after completing all the necessary paperwork at Kariba Border Post, I was instructed to buy temporary number plates for the vehicle. I complied and purchased the temporary number plates, which were valid for 14 days.

I drove to Harare that same evening and arrived home at around 3:00 a.m. The following morning, while on my way to VTS to have my vehicle cleared and obtain a Certificate of Location, which had not been completed at the border post, I was stopped by a police officer.

This happened on Tuesday, 9 June 2026, at approximately 8:10 a.m. along Simon Mazorodze Avenue, just after Chicken Slice, near what I believe is Birmingham Road. The officer who stopped me impounded my vehicle, stating that it had no number plates. I explained that I had temporary number plates that had been issued at Kariba Border Post the previous day and were still valid. I showed him the temporary number plates, but he said they were of no use and refused to accept my explanation.

I was escorted to Mbare Police Station, where my vehicle was impounded. I asked to see the Officer-in-Charge of Traffic, but she was not available. I was then attended to by the Assistant Officer-in-Charge, who listened to my explanation, examined my documents, and instructed that my vehicle be released. He was very understanding and appeared satisfied that my documents were in order.

However, while I was waiting for the paperwork to be completed, the Officer-in-Charge arrived. She asked why I was waiting at the charge office, and I explained what had happened. She immediately stated that my vehicle had to remain impounded. I showed her my documents, but she refused to listen and called the Assistant Officer-in-Charge who had authorised my release, instructing him that the vehicle should remain impounded.

After further discussion, she informed me that I had to pay a fine for failure to register the vehicle. Having no other option, I paid the USD 30 fine.

My concern is that I was fined for failure to register my vehicle despite being in possession of valid temporary number plates that had been issued less than 24 hours earlier and still had 13 days remaining before expiry.

I would therefore like an explanation of the purpose of temporary number plates. If they are issued and valid for 14 days, why are motorists required to purchase them if ZRP officers do not recognise them? If the temporary number plates are legally valid, why was my vehicle impounded and why was I fined for failure to register the vehicle while displaying those valid temporary plates?

@PoliceZimbabwe

[RT @RT_com]

I can't criticize Israel but they can shoot babies — Bill Burr

[PhilGood @philgood095]

@lazyGoats They no longer respond in their DMs Facebook and X like they used to do. Kushandisa ecocash dzangove nharo

[is tat Tinashe? @lazyGoats]

@EcoCashZW @econetzimbabwe @EcoCashHoldings I am an EcoCash user and have been using the service for as long as I can remember. Recently, I relocated outside the country and rely heavily on my EcoCash virtual card (VCN) for essential online payments.

However, I am now facing a deeply frustrating and unacceptable situation. Funds were deducted from my card without my authorization. I contacted Apple regarding the unauthorized charge, and they processed a refund. Yet, more than a week later, the refunded amount has still not been credited back to my EcoCash account.

This money is not a luxury—it is critical. It is my transport fare to return home. I am currently in Pretoria, and the situation here is unsafe. I urgently need to return to Zimbabwe, yet EcoCash is effectively withholding the funds I need to do so.

I have made every possible effort to resolve this. I call EcoCash daily, but the 114 line often does not go through. I even had someone in Zimbabwe call on my behalf, only for them to wait over 30 minutes before reaching a representative—who was dismissive, unhelpful, and unprofessional. After explaining my situation in full, I was told to visit an EcoCash shop. This response is completely unreasonable, as I am outside the country and cannot physically access any Econet branch.

I was then directed to use WhatsApp support, despite already having spent a week contacting them via WhatsApp and email with no meaningful response.

The WhatsApp support has been equally ineffective. I have submitted all required proof—screenshots, transaction records, and card details—yet I am being told that my withdrawal cannot be processed because the refunded amount does not exactly match the original deduction. This discrepancy exists because EcoCash adds additional charges (for example, a $60 payment becomes $72). Now I am being denied access to my own money because of EcoCash’s own fee structure.

To make matters worse, I am being told to ask Apple to write a letter confirming that the refunded money belongs to me. This request is entirely unreasonable and illogical. It is equivalent to being asked to obtain irrelevant third-party validation for funds that are already clearly mine and have already been refunded.

For over a week, I have received the same repetitive responses from EcoCash support, with no progress whatsoever. The same questions are asked daily, despite already being answered multiple times. There is no accountability, no urgency, and no resolution.

Why is this happening? Why are customers being treated this way?

Strive, this is unacceptable. EcoCash, you can and must do better than this.

Because of this failure, I have been stranded in South Africa, fearing for my safety, with no reliable access to food, accommodation, or transport. Each additional day I am forced to stay here costs me money for accommodation, food, and survival. I am unable to work, unable to travel, and unable to return home—all while EcoCash holds funds that rightfully belong to me.

Time is money. Every day this issue remains unresolved results in further financial loss and emotional distress.

If this matter is not resolved immediately, I will be pursuing legal action. I will seek full compensation for the financial losses, distress, and hardship caused by EcoCash’s negligence and failure to provide basic customer support.

@StriveMasiyiwa5
@EcoCashHoldings
@HardyPemhiwa
@DouglasMboweni
@RChimanikire
@econet

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

This video really broke my heart. It is painful to watch, yet it reflects the reality of life for many ordinary Zimbabweans.
The woman in the video is Zimbabwe’s Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Tatenda Mavetera, who is also a Member of Parliament.

She is presiding over a dispute involving just US$300 that was allegedly meant to be passed on to someone else. What is striking is not the dispute itself, but the fact that this amount has become the centrepiece of a community gathering, with scores of people waiting anxiously because that money matters so much to them.

Forty years ago, a Zimbabwean civil servant could earn around US$300 a month. Today, an entire community can be consumed by a dispute over that same amount.

But the US$300 is not the real story.

The real story is that people need money for hospital bills, food, clothing, school fees, transport, and countless other necessities. They are struggling to meet basic needs. That is why this issue has attracted such attention.

At the centre of a community discussion being adjudicated by a Cabinet minister is an amount of money that can disappear in a single evening at a restaurant in London or Johannesburg.
Yet for the people gathered here, that money means everything.

This is what poverty looks like. This is what economic failure looks like. It is not measured by the luxury cars driven by a small elite, or by the mansions built in affluent suburbs. It is not hidden by people drilling private boreholes because public water systems no longer function, or installing solar systems because the national electricity supply is unreliable. Those are symptoms of dysfunction in themselves.

The real measure of a country is the condition of the average citizen.
And the average Zimbabwean is struggling.

When people ask why Zimbabweans leave their country in such large numbers, this video provides part of the answer. They are not running away from Zimbabwe. They are running away from poverty, hardship, and the daily struggle to survive.

Imagine the British Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, or South Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, having to preside over a public dispute involving the equivalent of R5,800 or £220. It would be almost unimaginable. Yet in Zimbabwe, such a matter can become the focal point of an entire community.

As Africans, we must be honest with ourselves. We cannot measure progress by the lifestyles of a tiny elite while the majority live in deprivation. A country is not successful because a few people drive expensive cars, travel abroad, or live comfortably. A country succeeds when ordinary people can afford food, healthcare, education, housing, and a dignified life.

I might drive a nice car. I might own a beautiful home. I might travel the world and enjoy privileges that many can only dream of. But none of that says anything meaningful about the health of my country if the average child goes to bed hungry.

The success of a nation is not measured by the wealth of its elite. It is measured by the wellbeing of its ordinary people.
And that is the conversation Zimbabweans, and Africans more broadly, need to have.

Other nations beyond Zimbabwe, beyond our continent, and people of other races will not respect us. Even if I turn up to a meeting in Harare driving a Bugatti or a Lamborghini to meet an investor from London, they will have a very dim view not only of my country, but of me as well.

Driving a Lamborghini on pothole-ridden roads, they will look down on me as an individual and on my country as a nation. Nobody with genuine pride can honestly believe they are doing well when the average person is going to bed on an empty stomach.

[Entitled Aesthete @263Hippie]

A parking spot makes more per hour than the majority of Zimbabweans 🥺🥺🥺 kutonga kwaro

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

*Ahem*

[Jack Bhawa @josechingamuka]

Yes, we cannot afford maids.

But also, Zimbabwean companies cannot afford us.

The Zimbabwean labour market is modern day slavery because no one is earning what they should be!

[Senator Rand Paul @SenRandPaul]

A reminder that the Constitution was not written to restrain the citizens' behavior.

It was written to restrain the government's behavior.

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

English journalists: "Mikel Arteta and set pieces are ruining football."

Same English journalists when England rely on another set piece goal: "Thomas Tuchel perfectly exploiting the small margins. Great coaching."