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over 2 years ago

Zimbabwe has a political prisoner called Job “Wiwa” Sikhala who has been in jail in what is called pre-trial detention for almost TWO YEARS! This morning he woke up to go to court to hear the verdict of one of his long trials, trials that have become a legal charade defined by repressive politics and not the rule of law. As Job left Chikurubi prison this morning, he was wearing leg irons and handcuffs as if he is a murder suspect, yet all he has ever done was call for a better country for all, one that gives ordinary citizens a dignified opportunity to life. Job was a student leader in the 1990s, he became an opposition Member of Parliament and a legal practitioner opposed to corrupt rule and the abuse of political power. This picture below is a true reflection of how Job Sikhala and many other Zimbabwean prisoners are living in Africa’s worst prison, Chikurubi Maximum Prison. They have no running water, their open toilet is next to where they sleep with no running water, there are no showers, they get water in buckets once a day when water is available. The food they eat is only fit for animal consumption and not human beings, I know this because I was jailed at this prison three times inside six months for practising journalism. I upset Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANUPF political party elites when I exposed how they were stealing public funds, plundering the country’s natural resources and abusing state institutions. On two of those three occasions I shared a cell with Job Sikhala, a man with unshakeable political consciousness and love for his people and country. Job Sikhala is being punished for speaking out against the murder of his client, Moreblessing Ali, calling out corruption and the regime is even using laws that don’t exist in Zimbabwe’s constitution to do this. More importantly, the regime is extremely terrified of Job Sikhala’s ability to galvanise young people and his fearless approach to politics. Instead of running the country well so that people like Job Sikhala are not a factor, the regime chose to detain him. He has been arrested 67 times without a single conviction, his journey personifies what Zimbabwe needs, fearless citizens opposed to corrupt rule and abuse of political power. Job should be at the top of every sane and decent Zimbabwean’s mind because he is in jail for speaking out for all of us and not just himself or his family. His kids struggle and suffer living from hand to mouth through sporadic public donations, his wife is looking after 11 children without a father to support them both financially and emotionally for almost two years. Job Sikhala's suffering and persecution highlights broader and deeper issues in Zimbabwe about political repression, legal injustices, and harsh prison conditions in Zimbabwe. International attention and pressure is crucial in ensuring not only fair trials, but the respect for human rights, the right to speak against corruption as enshrined in Zimbabwe’s constitution and as I said earlier, improvements in the conditions at Chikurubi Maximum Prison. Today as the world awaits Job Sikhala’s fate which will be delivered sometime today by what the world knows already to be a captured and unprofessional judiciary, his suffering underscores the importance of upholding democratic principles and the rule of law. If Job Sikhala is not released from prison today, Zimbabweans must stand with his family and the opposition political actors must think about better ways that will ensure that we are all safe from political persecution, corrupt rule, abuse of state institutions, plunder of the country’s natural resources and the looting of public funds. Pretending that Zimbabwe is a democracy when you are having your MPs illegally recalled from parliament will become an act of active participation in the corruptness of this regime. Zimbabwe needs more Job Sikhalas, men and women who don’t fold when faced with an evil regime! Job Sikhala is a Zimbabwean HERO!

daddyhope's tweet photo. Zimbabwe has a political prisoner called Job “Wiwa” Sikhala who has been in jail in what is called pre-trial detention for almost TWO YEARS!

This morning he woke up to go to court to hear the verdict of one of his long trials, trials that have become a legal charade defined by repressive politics and not the rule of law.

As Job left Chikurubi prison this morning, he was wearing leg irons and handcuffs as if he is a murder suspect, yet all he has ever done was call for a better country for all, one that gives ordinary citizens a dignified opportunity to life.

Job was a student leader in the 1990s, he became an opposition Member of Parliament and a legal practitioner opposed to corrupt rule and the abuse of political power.

This picture below is a true reflection of how Job Sikhala and many other Zimbabwean prisoners are living in Africa’s worst prison, Chikurubi Maximum Prison.
They have no running water, their open toilet is next to where they sleep with no running water, there are no showers, they get water in buckets once a day when water is available.

The food they eat is only fit for animal consumption and not human beings, I know this because I was jailed at this prison three times inside six months for practising journalism.
I upset Zimbabwe’s ruling ZANUPF political party elites when I exposed how they were stealing public funds, plundering the country’s natural resources and abusing state institutions.

On two of those three occasions I shared a cell with Job Sikhala, a man with unshakeable political consciousness and love for his people and country.

Job Sikhala is being punished for speaking out against the murder of his client, Moreblessing Ali, calling out corruption and the regime is even using laws that don’t exist in Zimbabwe’s constitution to do this.
More importantly, the regime is extremely terrified of Job Sikhala’s ability to galvanise young people and his fearless approach to politics.

Instead of running the country well so that people like Job Sikhala are not a factor, the regime chose to detain him.

He has been arrested 67 times without a single conviction, his journey personifies what Zimbabwe needs, fearless citizens opposed to corrupt rule and abuse of political power.

Job should be at the top of every sane and decent Zimbabwean’s mind because he is in jail for speaking out for all of us and not just himself or his family.

His kids struggle and suffer living from hand to mouth through sporadic public donations, his wife is looking after 11 children without a father to support them both financially and emotionally for almost two years.

Job Sikhala's suffering and persecution highlights broader and deeper issues in Zimbabwe about political repression, legal injustices, and harsh prison conditions in Zimbabwe.

International attention and pressure is crucial in ensuring not only fair trials, but the respect for human rights, the right to speak against corruption as enshrined in Zimbabwe’s constitution and as I said earlier, improvements in the conditions at Chikurubi Maximum Prison.

Today as the world awaits Job Sikhala’s fate which will be delivered sometime today by what the world knows already to be a captured and unprofessional judiciary, his suffering underscores the importance of upholding democratic principles and the rule of law.

If Job Sikhala is not released from prison today, Zimbabweans must stand with his family and the opposition political actors must think about better ways that will ensure that we are all safe from political persecution, corrupt rule, abuse of state institutions, plunder of the country’s natural resources and the looting of public funds.

Pretending that Zimbabwe is a democracy when you are having your MPs illegally recalled from parliament will become an act of active participation in the corruptness of this regime.

Zimbabwe needs more Job Sikhalas, men and women who don’t fold when faced with an evil regime!

Job Sikhala is a Zimbabwean HERO!

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CafeDe25233 retweeted

over 2 years ago

@baba_nyenyedzi You and those supporting your assertion deliberately missed this clear line so just you could argue; “The term "economist" is associated with individuals who specialise in contemporary economic analysis, policy and theory.” Is specialising not practising?🤣🤣🤣

over 2 years ago

@Cde_Ostallos @daddyhope Gift listen to the people..what they put forward, seemingly you,need help stretch out your 🖐, your party is full of lawyers not strategists..let us help..you will be surprised if you do ask for help..sikhona ndoda..

CafeDe25233 retweeted

over 2 years ago

When young people are being excited by criminals like Wicknell who are stealing public funds, this is the outcome of such looting of public funds! You will be cheering on the people that will eventually lead you to the grave. In any normal country, the first port of call in an accident is public healthcare, then you can move to private if you have the money unless if you have health insurance. This is because emergencies are not planned, hence Government services should always be on standby when needed. If you are injured today and taken to a private hospital, they will first ask for your medical insurance or cash, that is just how it works. They are doing this because there are ZANUPF politicians who have used these services and refused to pay, or deliberately don’t pay on time. The important question should be; Why would someone die for lack of a suitable ambulance in a country where citizens are paying taxes daily? Mars is not the problem, the problem is the ZANUPF Government that has refused to fix the healthcare system. I don’t think that blaming a private medical company for Government failures is the right thing. Why did Garry need to go to Harare? It is because Masvingo provincial hospital is dilapidated to a point of not even having a High Blood Pressure checking machine at some point. Next time you see crooks like Wicknell doling money on social media, remember that you are seeing the authors of this healthcare crisis! After burying my brother last week I warned that there will be many more such unfortunate deaths unless something is done about it. Many more will die until everyone reading this post starts taking our fight against corruption seriously! Don’t wait to get angry when you lose your loved once, get angry now because you could be the next victim!

daddyhope's tweet photo. When young people are being excited by criminals like Wicknell who are stealing public funds, this is the outcome of such looting of public funds!
You will be cheering on the people that will eventually lead you to the grave.

In any normal country, the first port of call in an accident is public healthcare, then you can move to private if you have the money unless if you have health insurance.
This is because emergencies are not planned, hence Government services should always be on standby when needed.

If you are injured today and taken to a private hospital, they will first ask for your medical insurance or cash, that is just how it works.

They are doing this because there are ZANUPF politicians who have used these services and refused to pay, or deliberately don’t pay on time.

The important question should be;
Why would someone die for lack of a suitable ambulance in a country where citizens are paying taxes daily?

Mars is not the problem, the problem is the ZANUPF Government that has refused to fix the healthcare system.

I don’t think that blaming a private medical company for Government failures is the right thing.

Why did Garry need to go to Harare?

It is because Masvingo provincial hospital is dilapidated to a point of not even having a High Blood Pressure checking machine at some point.

Next time you see crooks like Wicknell doling money on social media, remember that you are seeing the authors of this healthcare crisis!

After burying my brother last week I warned that there will be many more such unfortunate deaths unless something is done about it.

Many more will die until everyone reading this post starts taking our fight against corruption seriously!

Don’t wait to get angry when you lose your loved once, get angry now because you could be the next victim!

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CafeDe25233 retweeted

almost 3 years ago

Many have asked my view on the CCC parliamentary boycott today. Now that it has happened and it is now part of our history, I can comment without prejudice. My view on the boycott is that it is CCC’s right if it collectively chose to stay away from parliament. But every decision and even right has to be strategic and it must have an end game instead of just being petulant or emotional. The great Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu said; “It is the unemotional, reserved, calm, detached warrior who wins, not the hothead seeking vengeance.” Don’t respond to issues out of an emotional reflex, know your enemy and plan properly. CCC must calculate its strength and be aware of the things within its control and grasp, and more importantly it must calculate risk associated with taking certain actions. Emmerson Mnangagwa went after Chamisa’s MDCA and destroyed it using State apparatus because he felt humiliated, he went after them because he could. Today he suffered similar humiliation addressing only his ZANUPF parliamentarians in front of diplomats. If I were CCC, I would calculate the risk associated with a backlash, and whether I had the tools to fight back if confronted in this particular battle of a long term war. Mnangagwa’s actions are predictable, he will more likely dock the salaries and allowances of CCC MPs. He will also move to stop the disbursement of their Political Parties Act funds. The risk of CCC MPs losing their allowances is associated with creating cracks in the party, some who used their money for campaigns will feel that they need a return and not to continue losing money. There are CCC MPs who don’t have jobs and some who have never worked their whole life, parliament is their job and or career. If they disobey Chamisa, they risk a Recall, but such a move will tempt Mnangagwa into instructing the speaker of parliament from blocking such a Recall, once that happens such an MP is lost. Mnangagwa will immediately pamper them with an eye on his much needed 2/3 majority as he did with Mwonzora and his MPs. The second issue is of the Political Parties Act funding, the risk associated with that is it will be stopped, and this will financially cripple CCC as a political party. These two risks associated with boycotting parliament can be appealed in courts of law, but we all know from history that the courts of law are on whose side politically. One would be correct to argue that Mnangagwa has no such power as with many other things that his regime has done including jailing Job Sikhala without bail, but Mnangagwa and his team don’t care about what the world thinks of them when it comes to their self preservation. The key question is that if this happened, was the boycott worth it? Did the boycott contribute towards any new awareness around what we already know that the election was shambolic. The third and most fundamental question is whether Chamisa and CCC have any options available to fight back since we know that courts are not an option? So this is how I saw today’s boycott! If the boycott has an end game, it was worth it. If it was a leadership collective decision and if the MPs are prepared to stand with their leader if their livelihood is threatened, then it was worth it. If Chamisa has the means to fight back if Mnangagwa moves in as he did in 2018, then it was worth it again. But if he doesn’t have those pertinent things, then it was an empty gesture that might be used to come after him and his party Lastly, Sun Tzu suggests that knowing your risks is not enough to ensure your success. Knowledge of the processes that may create the risks is also crucial for success. Considering risks in a vacuum is only half a solution. He said; “If you know the enemy & know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

daddyhope's tweet photo. Many have asked my view on the CCC parliamentary boycott today.
Now that it has happened and it is now part of our history, I can comment without prejudice.

My view on the boycott is that it is CCC’s right if it collectively chose to stay away from parliament.
But every decision and even right has to be strategic and it must have an end game instead of just being petulant or emotional.

The great Chinese military strategist Sun Tzu said;
“It is the unemotional, reserved, calm, detached warrior who wins, not the hothead seeking vengeance.”

Don’t respond to issues out of an emotional reflex, know your enemy and plan properly.

CCC must calculate its strength and be aware of the things within its control and grasp, and more importantly it must calculate risk associated with taking certain actions.

Emmerson Mnangagwa went after Chamisa’s MDCA and destroyed it using State apparatus because he felt humiliated, he went after them because he could.

Today he suffered similar humiliation addressing only his ZANUPF parliamentarians in front of diplomats.

If I were CCC, I would calculate the risk associated with a backlash, and whether I had the tools to fight back if confronted in this particular battle of a long term war.

Mnangagwa’s actions are predictable, he will more likely dock the salaries and allowances of CCC MPs.
He will also move to stop the disbursement of their Political Parties Act funds.

The risk of CCC MPs losing their allowances is associated with creating cracks in the party, some who used their money for campaigns will feel that they need a return and not to continue losing money.

There are CCC MPs who don’t have jobs and some who have never worked their whole life, parliament is their job and or career.
If they disobey Chamisa, they risk a Recall, but such a move will tempt Mnangagwa into instructing the speaker of parliament from blocking such a Recall, once that happens such an MP is lost.

Mnangagwa will immediately pamper them with an eye on his much needed 2/3 majority as he did with Mwonzora and his MPs.

The second issue is of the Political Parties Act funding, the risk associated with that is it will be stopped, and this will financially cripple CCC as a political party.

These two risks associated with boycotting parliament can be appealed in courts of law, but we all know from history that the courts of law are on whose side politically.

One would be correct to argue that Mnangagwa has no such power as with many other things that his regime has done including jailing Job Sikhala without bail, but Mnangagwa and his team don’t care about what the world thinks of them when it comes to their self preservation.

The key question is that if this happened, was the boycott worth it?
Did the boycott contribute towards any new awareness around what we already know that the election was shambolic.

The third and most fundamental question is whether Chamisa and CCC have any options available to fight back since we know that courts are not an option?
So this is how I saw today’s boycott!

If the boycott has an end game, it was worth it.
If it was a leadership collective decision and if the MPs are prepared to stand with their leader if their livelihood is threatened, then it was worth it.
If Chamisa has the means to fight back if Mnangagwa moves in as he did in 2018, then it was worth it again.

But if he doesn’t have those pertinent things, then it was an empty gesture that might be used to come after him and his party

Lastly, Sun Tzu suggests that knowing your risks is not enough to ensure your success.
Knowledge of the processes that may create the risks is also crucial for success.
Considering risks in a vacuum is only half a solution.

He said;
“If you know the enemy & know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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almost 3 years ago

@Thembisile_Q Lol, Thembie, you need to look for new content..Amanga angaka..

almost 3 years ago

@daddyhope These demagogues, Satanists can't even fake smiles..nothing genuine at all,devoid of character, principle and Ubuntu.. ukaka lukaka.. WE fucked.

almost 3 years ago

@nickmangwana Ukaka lukaka, no matter form or shape..luyanuka kuphela..😂 Hai shame, we fucked.

almost 3 years ago

@nickmangwana @edmnangagwa I always wonder how the sitting arrangements go..is it alphabetical, or random? Or it's by socio-economic commonality..because as everyone can see, Zimbabwe is next to Afghanistan.

almost 3 years ago

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almost 3 years ago

The #ZimbabweElections2023 failed the credibility test! Join the Call for International Mediation Towards a Comprehensive Political Settlement in Zimbabwe by Tony Reeler & @ibbosnr! #FreshElectionsZW - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/YhxPVS3tQX via @Change

almost 3 years ago

@PropBirtch1 @daddyhope Go read my post for again, this time to understand. Don't just resort to flimsy insults and presuppositions. Lets engage properly not in anger.

CafeDe25233 retweeted

almost 3 years ago

You can all vote for him here https://t.co/jlPJyxIGVi

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almost 3 years ago

@PicturesFoIder The last two on the 3rd row.