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Proud zimbo , advocate for democracy and human rights.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Please RETWEET.

[Richard Ngarava @RichardRbidza]

How good and pleasant it is when God's people live together in unity. – Psalm 133:1 🙏🏾

Grateful to have secured the ODI series. This team showed great character, resilience and unity throughout. A special thanks to my teammates and all the fans for your incredible support.
Our focus now shifts to the T20 series in Bulawayo. Let's keep pushing together🇿🇼

[Youngerson Yahwe Matete 🇿🇼 @MateteYoung]

Zimbabwe is too big to be put in someone's pocket. No individual, family, or political party owns this country. It belongs to all Zimbabweans, and its future cannot be held hostage by anyone. #RejectCAB3 #DefendTheConstitution

[King Jay🇿🇼 @KingJayZim]

#PauseForThought By King Jay #SoulShackRadio

Air Zimbabwe's proposed relaunch of direct London–Harare–London flights is a welcome development. If properly managed, I believe the route can become profitable within a few years and provide much-needed relief for UK-based Zimbabweans who have, for the past 14 years, endured exhausting journeys via Addis Ababa, Nairobi, Dubai or Doha, often with lengthy layovers.

Leave days are precious. The clock doesn't stop, and losing one or two days in transit can put a real dampener on a holiday.

That said, it's also important to reflect on why the direct service disappeared in the first place. From conversations over many years with friends who worked at Air Zimbabwe, one issue that was often raised was the abuse of staff travel privileges. I was told there were occasions when staff travelling on heavily discounted tickets, sometimes accompanied by relatives, were accommodated ahead of full-fare passengers. If that happened, it would have undermined both customer confidence and the airline's revenue.

Baggage handling was another area that appeared to cause problems. On more than one occasion I personally witnessed passengers travelling with unusually large amounts of luggage, in some cases well over ten suitcases. Whether those excess bags were properly paid for, I cannot say. However, I did experience situations where the luggage of fully paying passengers was left behind to make space, only arriving on a later flight, causing unnecessary inconvenience.

Recruitment practices were also frequently questioned. There was a widespread perception that connections sometimes mattered more than merit, particularly in cabin crew recruitment. This isn't about age or discriminating against anyone, no, it's about ensuring that people appointed to demanding operational roles are selected on competence, professionalism and their ability to meet the physical demands of the job.

If Air Zimbabwe @FlyAirZimbabwe is serious about making the London route a long-term success, lessons from the past cannot be ignored.

Staff travel benefits should be transparent and tightly controlled, operational policies should be applied fairly, and recruitment must be based solely on merit.

A well-run national airline can succeed, but only if accountability, professionalism and customer service come before privilege.
@MinistryofTID

#AirZimbabwe #LondonHarareLondon


[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

I remember reporting almost two weeks ago about Zimbabweans camped outside the Zimbabwean Consulate in Cape Town. What I do not understand is this: these people have made it clear that they want to return home. We all know they did not plan for these circumstances. They have been stripped of their livelihoods and, in many cases, no longer have the financial means to get back to Zimbabwe.

What stops the President from instructing the Minister of Finance and the relevant ministries to organise buses to transport our people from Cape Town back home?
What stops the government from allowing them to cross the border with their personal goods and belongings without charging customs duty, given that this is clearly a humanitarian crisis?

This is not a complicated policy issue. It is a basic act of leadership and compassion.

What I struggle to understand about the Zimbabwean government is that you see men in expensive suits and women in elegant dresses, yet they fail to think in such simple, practical terms.
At times like these, a government should be seen doing what governments are meant to do, protecting and assisting its citizens.

South African media have reported on the plight of these Zimbabweans almost every day. The situation is neither hidden nor unknown. Yet there has been no meaningful humanitarian response from Harare.

The government and its supporters will no doubt come up with all sorts of excuses. But this really is straightforward. Send buses. Bring your people home. Waive customs duties on their personal belongings. They have been forced into this situation by the climate of xenophobia and Afrophobia they have experienced in South Africa.

A government’s responsibility is not to make excuses. It is to act.

[Jess Geraldine @VaChivi_]

Dear Tshabangu, Welshman, Kucaca, Jonathan Moyo, all those who were supporting.

Find the nearest cliff or find a tree 🌳!!!!

🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮🚮
Useless bunch of idiots.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Many have asked for Madzibaba VeShanduko’s EcoCash number.
It is [phone].
The name that will reflect is Rosina Bafulemu.

Please RETWEET so that others can see and assist. Every contribution, no matter how small, can make a difference.

For Go-Fund, use the link below👇🏿
https://t.co/hsLy1LNsmw

[Dhara Blessed Mhlanga @bbmhlanga]

@TrevorNcube @DavidColtart The difference is we are so scared to care. I can only imagine the outrage had that wedding involved @nelsonchamisa - his alleged relocation to the states incited more outrage than the opulence at the wedding.

[Chipo Dendere @drDendere]

I get so exhausted listening to grown adults some 40s, 50s etc continuing to say everything wrong in Zimbabwean politics is because of chamisa. No, fellow citizens, it’s because of us. Among us we failed to raise another viable leader, protect institutions act hypnotized.

[Gerrard Anko Ged Belts @MacBelts]

Appreciation post @agencygumbo

[Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 @advocatemahere]

🔸So does Zimbabwe not have a @PoliceZimbabwe Sub-Aqua Unit? Where was the fire brigade? Are there no military rescuers? Nothing? Musazodaro.

(A huge thank you to Coach Rambo for saving the day.)

We need new leaders.🇿🇼

[Jess Geraldine @VaChivi_]

This one is just like Johnathan Moyo.

Conscience is in the bin 🚮.

The people behind him must never rest. Whatever their gripe was with their leader it had nothing to do with the people.

But here we are now. What an absolute idiot.

[Dhara Blessed Mhlanga @bbmhlanga]

Don’t forget those who cheered him on - those who held spaces to tell us he was a champion of democracy. That he was fighting a dictator called @nelsonchamisa. Those who stood up to say they know him. They are part of this.

[King Jay🇿🇼 @KingJayZim]

#PauseForThought

Every year, sometimes twice a year, I look forward to going home to Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe is home. It is where my umbilical cord was buried. It is where my roots are. It is where, God willing, I hope to spend my twilight years.

In a few years' time, when I finally decide to return for good, I will pack my belongings, my work tools, my Partial Discharge detectors, Hipot testers, Tan Delta test sets, transformer testing equipment and all the other instruments that have been part of my working life, load them into a container and head home to be among my people.

But every time I visit, there is one thought that I can never completely silence.

What would happen if something went terribly wrong? When I'm driving through places like Zai Rimwe, Mutekedza or Mupatsi on my way to rural Njanja, I sometimes catch myself thinking about the unthinkable.
What if there was an accident out here?

Would someone be able to call an ambulance?
Would an ambulance come?
If the situation was serious, would there be access to an air ambulance?
If people were trapped in a vehicle, would the fire brigade arrive in time?
Where would the injured be taken?
Would the nearest hospital have the equipment, medicines and resources needed to save a life?

These are not political questions.
These are human questions.
They affect the wealthy businessman in a luxury vehicle just as much as they affect the pensioner travelling on a rural bus.

A million dollars in the boot of a Rolls-Royce means nothing when a person is trapped under twisted metal and every minute counts.
In those moments, status disappears.
Politics disappears.

Connections disappear.
All that matters is whether help is coming.

Whether the ambulance arrives.
Whether the rescue team arrives.
Whether the hospital can do what it was built to do.

Living in the UK has taught me many things. Life here is far from perfect, but one thing that gives people peace of mind is knowing that if tragedy strikes, a system exists. Ambulances, fire services, air ambulances and hospitals may not be flawless, but they are there. People know that when they dial for help, help is on its way.
That sense of security is priceless.

Healthcare and emergency services are not luxuries.
They are not political projects.
They are among the most important investments any nation can make because every single one of us is mortal.

No title, no office, no amount of wealth, no security detail and no political influence can prevent an accident, a stroke, a heart attack or a medical emergency.
Life can change in a second.

That is why I believe we should all be talking more about hospitals, ambulances, rescue services and emergency preparedness.

Not because we expect disaster.
But because we all hope to survive it if it comes.

This is not criticism.
It is concern.
It is the concern of a son of the soil who loves his country and wants the same peace of mind for Zimbabweans that people in many other countries take for granted.

Some things are worth putting ahead of everything else.
Saving lives is one of them.

END.

[Cal @Calvin97276991]

@matinyarare Better public transport ( road and rail) as well

[Doug Coltart ⚖️🇿🇼 @DougColtart]

It’s now emerged those behind the latest development on @MonavaleWetland Ramsar Site are Members of Parliament! 23 MPs have allegedly been allocated stands in one of Zimbabwe’s only 7 Wetlands of International Importance—while Zimbabwe is president of the @RamsarConv! #WetlandsMatter #SaveMonavaleVlei

[Emma Claudine @EmmaClaudine]

Today marks the 4th day of bus lanes in #Kigali.

Buses are moving faster, and the city is flowing better for everyone. This is a modern, organised, people-centred Kigali.

And this is only the beginning. More bus lanes and better public transport are on the way.

📌 PLEASE NOTE:

Dedicated bus lanes are now in use on four key corridors across Kigali:
1️⃣ Downtown – Remera (ku Cyamitsingi) via Rwandex and Sonatube
2️⃣ Sonatube – Nyanza ya Kicukiro
3️⃣ Downtown – Nyabugogo via City Centre Roundabout
4️⃣ Hotel Gloria – Downtown via Quartier Commercial

✍🏽 Bus lanes are in operation during peak hours:
06:00 – 10:00
17:00 – 21:00

#SmartMobility
Umuturage ku Isonga in #KigaliYacu.

[Bla B @bla_bidza]

Kombi rank near Meikles Hotel. I am beginning to think some powers up there are covertly working to downgrade Harare and relocate the capital to their provincial neighbourhoods. @KingJayZim

[King Jay🇿🇼 @KingJayZim]

Congratulations @CityofBulawayo 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[Cal @Calvin97276991]

@KingJayZim Nematambudziko King