🔸Good day @nickmangwana,
Were the villas completed in time for the SADC Summit as you made the public believe in July? Which heads of state slept in them? Did any head of state spend the night during the SADC Summit? Can you kindly send us pictures of the completed villas? How much money was wasted on this jaunt? Were you lying then or are you lying now?
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
🔸Everytime I see the THE motorcade, it has a whole new fleet of cars. It is also getting longer because it has more vehicles. Unotoshaya kuti zvirikufambasei.
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
🔸In the new Zimbabwe, the economy will be strong and people will have decent jobs. A nurse or a teacher will earn enough to be able to walk into a dealership and purchase a car of their choice. Cars will be assembled locally.
Ordinary workers will be able to secure a mortgage. People will not be forced to leave the country in order to earn a living wage. Public hospitals will be functional. One won’t need to go to India for surgery or healthcare. There will be no need for grown men and women to beg corrupt political elites for money to pay for health services. People will not need to twerk or chant ridiculous slogans for an abusive political party in order to get ahead. Getting a good education and hard work will be enough.
This business of begging for and celebrating cars bought by corrupt convicted criminals who loot public funds will be a thing of the past.
Ngavapinde zvavo President @nelsonchamisa.🇿🇼
1/ On Monday, I was requested to testify before (Rtd) Justice Maphosa Cheda at the Harare City Commission inquiry, a forum set up by Mr Mnangagwa.
2/ I have reservations about the foundation of the Commission. However, out of courtesy, and being an officer of the Court and Justice, I obliged.
3/ The Commission sought my response to claims purportedly made by a councillor mentioning my name in connection with the so-called "regularisation process" of the Harare City Council.
4/ I made it unequivocally clear: I have no locus to comment on local authority issues. I am neither a councillor, mayor, local government official, nor part of central government. Urban councils are statutory bodies governed by the Urban Councils Act. Decisions arise from council committees or full council motions—not external actors or political parties.
5/ An audio was played at the hearing, said to be of the councillor referring to me as a leader of a party. Its amateurish presentation, played from a phone, raised questions about its authenticity and veracity. Yet, I responded to avoid embarrassing the commission. For the record, I would not recognise the named councillor if we met face to face. The voice on the audio also mentioned Mr Mnangagwa. I pointed out that if my presence was deemed necessary, based merely on this audio, then the same courtesy should surely be extended to Mr Mnangagwa, whose name was also mentioned.
6/ The principle is clear: he who alleges must prove. It is unjust to summon private individuals based on unsubstantiated claims. The law demands evidence, not speculative accusations.
7/ I wish to state the following for the record; as a human rights defender, a justice champion and a consummate constitutionalist, I strongly condemn the destruction of people’s homes. Using bulldozers to erase lives and livelihoods is criminal, sadistic and inhumane. This is not justice; it is evidence a systemic leadership failure and a mockery of human rights.
8/ This is not the first time a commission has been used as a diversion from addressing real issues. In 2018, Mr. Mnangagwa established the Motlanthe Commission following disputed General Elections. I was summoned before the commission over a matter entirely unrelated to me. Now in 2023, the same pattern is repeated, where I am once again being drawn into issues far beyond my purview.
9/ This governance crisis cannot be resolved by malicious intent and unwarranted targeting of innocent individuals through commissions. It requires genuine accountability and action to address the root causes.
10/ Corruption, maladministration, and bad governance are eroding our towns, cities, and country. These cancers must be rooted out. Local governance has become a theatre of incompetence and impunity. It is a crisis compounded by a small grouping that weaponises inquiries to distract from its dire failures. It is time to hold accountable those truly responsible for this decay.
🔸This is how politics should be. No cheating. No killing. No beating. No rigging. No banning. No hate. No violence. No terror. No drama. No animosity. No declaration of war. No toxicity. No maligning. No making enemies. No criminalizing dissent. No political persecution. No illegal arrests. No banning rallies. No making enemies of the opposition. No FAZ.
Just good old respect for the will of the people.
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
If yall want ur business to strive make sure u've a Zimbabwean as a manager. SAns we still have a long way to go & learn a lot from Zimbabwns. Avoid liquidation & give them position, see how brilliant they're committed. Most companies I knw that is succeeding has them as managers
🔸You have no money to fix the electricity crisis, buy ambulances for hospitals, make sure children have enough text books, buy food to make sure people do not starve, pay the country's debts, build a soccer stadium or even ensure that citizens have clean tap water but you have money to splurge on unnecessary luxury cars for the army?
Zimbabwe is not poor. It's poorly managed. What a mess.
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
First they came for activists, and I did not speak out—because I was not an activist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for student leaders , and I did not speak out—because I was not a student leader
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me!
#FreeTimba
🔸UKRAINE is a country at war. A Russian strike targeted its energy infrastructure resulting in 6 - 8 hour powercuts which the authorities say are temporary as the problem is being addressed.
In Zimbabwe, electricity is cut for up to 30 hours at a time with no explanation. On average, most households have a daily power cut between 6am and 10pm, sometimes longer.
There is no plan to fix it and no end in sight. Even where residents have invested in solar or a generator, the length of the power cuts mean long hours without power as the back up system requires some support from the grid.
What’s most sad is that it is business as usual for the Govt. They do not care about the issue. They won’t communicate on it.
As industry and domestic life have been crippled and sometimes destroyed by the lack of power, the Govt’s only concern is holding on to power.
We need new leaders.🇿🇼