Zimbabwe is a very difficult place to live if you are just an ordinary citizen trying to get on with your life.
Yesterday, a young man got in touch with me seeking financial assistance to travel to Zimbabwe because he had lost his father. I helped him, and his bus left Johannesburg at 5 p.m. It travelled all the way to Zimbabwe and got to the border in the morning, where it was cleared. It then continued its journey into Zimbabwe.
When the bus got to Bubi, ZIMRA officials, who are Zimbabwe’s customs officials, sent it all the way back to the border for another search.
As I write this, that bus is back at the border. This young man left Johannesburg yesterday at 5 p.m., and it is now past 6 p.m. the following day. He had already done more than half of his journey from Johannesburg, only to be forced back.
I honestly do not understand why our government makes life so painful and difficult for ordinary people. It is cruel, painful, and heartbreaking.
This is one of the reasons many young Zimbabweans do not want to return home when they complete their studies. If you are not part of the political elite circle, life can be incredibly difficult. Even those who are trying to live by the book and simply live normal lives are subjected to unnecessary hardship.
It is heartbreaking. It is sad. The once respected Zimbabwe has become a mafia state.
Read the full piece here — The $20 Million Wedding, the Leaked Audio and Tagwirei’s Political Ambition:
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Read it. Share it. Then act. #Zimbabwe#CAB3
The Guptas' Sun City wedding accidentally exposed their capture of South Africa. Tagwirei's $20 million wedding deliberately displayed his of Zimbabwe.
I once had lunch with Kudakwashe Tagwirei. We served briefly together on the Presidential Advisory Council(PAC). It emerged before my resignation that he had more access to President Mnangagwa than the entire PAC put together.
The leaked audio — the grandiose claim : “I am the next president” — cannot be authenticated. But authenticity is the wrong test. The right test is whether the claims map onto documented behaviour.
Consider the record: a reported 30% stake behind CBZ, Zimbabwe’s biggest bank. US$1.28 billion through Command Agriculture without open tender. US$1.6 billion paid for Kuvimba to undisclosed individuals the authorities refuse to name. Chairmanship of the land tenure programme. Co-option into the ZANU-PF Central Committee, lubricated by US$21 million in vehicles. Standing beside the President when Ramaphosa visited Precabe Farm.
Banking. Mining. Land. The party machine. Proximity to the presidency. None of it requires the tape to be real.
The keystone is CAB3, which Parliament may pass THIS WEEK. It abolishes your right to elect your own President and hands that choice to a Parliament ZANU-PF controls. A man who could never win a national vote would not need one.
South Africa’s capture was eventually exposed by a free press and the Zondo Commission. CAB3 would entrench Zimbabwe’s — writing the workaround into the constitution itself.
The electorate is the last institution standing between a businessman and a captured presidency.
This is not how we build a vibrant and compassionate society.
Full piece in the first reply 👇
🟥 Takunda Mhuka has been in detention since April.
Bail was granted today: $100 USD.
We continue to demand his full freedom and stand in solidarity with @EmmanuelSitima7 , who is yet to be granted bail. Bail is a human right!
#JusticeForTakunda#FreeTakunda#FreeSitima
State capture doesn't announce itself.
Until it throws a $20 million wedding.
My latest on AllThingsZimbabwe — the Tagwirei agenda, CAB3, and the Gupta warning Zimbabwe cannot afford to ignore. Read my analysis and call to action 👇🏿
https://t.co/q8hQ4JRVtz
#Zimbabwe#CAB3 #Tagwirei
🟥 As women, we are well represented in parliament by Hon. @gladyshlatywayo!
We all saw what happened to @DougColtart, and we hear the speaker of parliament asking, "Do you have proof?"
Zviriko here izvozvo nhaimi? #2030Musipo#RejectCAB3#NoTo2030❌
@AZUZU99654232 Munhu anofanigwa kusungigwa kana dohwe chairo ndokunge akariba. There is absolutely nothing stupid about it. If pickpockets should be arrested then theft of tonnes of beans is “grand larceny” in comparison
ZANU PF is busy buying votes for CAB3. They are dishing out US$10,000 cash per MP through Chief Whip Pupurai Togarepi’s office, plus 3 tonnes of rice each. MPs are rushing back to Harare tonight to collect the loot.This is the price they are putting on our Constitution and our
A battle of pictures! Precabe vs Mutasa pics, only seasoned politicians can interpret.
It was a sad funeral send off of the late Mrs Chimhini, yet to some it was a factional parade.
Col Baloyi, VP Chiwenga, Rtd Gen Sanyatwe, David Chimhini (Former MDC senator) & Rtd Gen Rugeje
Instead of him fighting CAB3... he is busy fighting people who realize that he is being used by ZanuPF.... What stopped you from doing rallies against CAB3....yapera dzakuda relevance
Mr Chivayo is the busiest businessman in the world.
Harare, Dare Salam, Nairobi, Johannesburg, Gaborone, Milan & Dubai all in 9 days.
This specific, hyper-accelerated flight path belongs to a very particular archetype: a high-stakes regional proxy, political broker, and capital-flight specialist.
If this doesn’t raise any eyebrows then you clearly have a VERY low IQ