Why do so many Zimbabweans find it difficult to help a Zimbabwean family in distress by simply reposting an appeal that does not cost them a penny?
If I post some stupid stuff on this page, it can get 3000 reposts. People will eagerly share nonsense, circulate gossip and spend hours arguing. Yet when a family asks us to help find their missing loved one, suddenly pressing the same share button becomes difficult.
This post has received 14,000 views, but only 214 shares, according to the latest count. A desperate family is asking us to help their appeal reach someone who might recognise this young man or know where he is.
They are not asking us for money. They are asking us to care enough to share.
Please stop for a moment and imagine that this is your child, your brother or someone you love. Imagine going to bed without knowing whether he has eaten, whether he is safe, whether he is hurt or whether he has somewhere to sleep. Imagine your phone ringing and being frightened of what you might hear, while desperately hoping that somebody has finally found him.
Then imagine discovering that thousands of people have seen your appeal, but very few have passed it on.
How would that make you feel?
Does this indifference not tell us something painful about the mindset that has helped turn Zimbabwe into the shithole we complain about? Does it not bring us back, yet again, to Dr Solomon Guramatunhu’s assertion that ZANUPF is a reflection of the people it leads?
We rightly demand a government that values human life. But that demand must also be reflected in how we treat one another. We cannot complain about leaders ignoring our suffering while casually scrolling past a distressed family asking for a few seconds of our time.
Our country’s problems cannot all be explained by the number of people who share a Twitter post. But our willingness to respond to another person’s distress says something about the society we are building. A country struggles to change when too many people regard another family’s pain as somebody else’s business.
I honestly struggle to understand how entertainment can move us to act so quickly, while an appeal for a missing person barely moves us at all.
To those who have shared this appeal, thank you. You have helped it reach further. One of those shares could put his photograph in front of someone with information.
Please help this family find Micheal Tiwande Mushanduri, whose appeal says he was last seen on 4 September 2026. If you have information, contact 0772246558 or 0715771946.
Share the original appeal so that his photograph and the contact details travel together.
Somewhere, a family is waiting for news of someone they love. Please do not wait until it is your family to understand why this matters.
@matigary Stricter laws to be able to suspend licenses and impose harsher restrictions on driving should be considered. Driving is not a right but a privilege.
@makotoream@advocatemahere The problem is when it happens as soon as the airline resumed the Harare-London flights and its barely a month. It says a lot about how it's run than anything else. Let's not pretend it never happened. I wish they make it up for the inconveniences caused. I wish them all the best
@bxllyville Slow driver is on the slow lane, what the altezza did is called "undertaking" and its not right, we overtake on the right hand side. Altezza was suppose to be patient, until the bus has finished its process. Its risky?.
Please post for me. I lost my father in November 2025. He had a Life Assurance Policy with Fidelity Life for more than 10 years. During that time, USD $12 was deducted from his salary every month, as he was a government teacher.
After his burial, we went to the Fidelity Life offices in Harare (along Julius Nyerere Way) to make a claim. We were told the money would be deposited into my mother’s account in February 2026. February came, but nothing was deposited. I went back to their offices, and they told me to come back the following Friday. We waited, but still nothing.
After two more weeks, I returned again. This time, they told me that only USD $38 and 2000 ZiG would be deposited into my mother’s account the next week.
After more than 10 years of deductions from my father’s salary, this is all my mother is expected to receive, and even that has not yet been paid.
Fidelity Life is a scam. Others should be careful.
@FidelityLifeZW
Last week, I had a long and wide-ranging conversation on DJ Sbu’s podcast, and this is the first part of that discussion. I hope you enjoy it and find it engaging.
Part One👇🏿
https://t.co/H3zydXn0z4
@MbarkCherguia You lack companionship and relationships. Unless you're a narcissist human beings are not designed to live in isolation. That's why those in solitary confinement end up suffering with mental health related issues. # My thoughts.
@BraidenMillion@grok@MacBelts But wise if one does not want to be involved in issues that do not concern them. At times it's better to watch from the terraces and learn as much as you can so that you can alter your behaviour accordingly.
@daddyhope African politics is a circus. Its not about the skirmish of ideas but comradeship, partisanship, looting and corruption. That's why the rest of the world will not take us seriously.# peace # Intergrity# progress# Development.