By 1966, Paul Matambanadzo was a multimillionaire in the logistics business in Rhodesia. He had a fleet of over 60 buses and long distance trucks. He started of as a bus conductor and was later promoted to a driver.
APARTHEID STRATEGIES TO FRAGMENT BLACK PEOPLE IN SOUTH AFRICA
The TBVC states—Transkei, Bophuthatswana, Venda, and Ciskei—were the four Bantustans (homelands) granted nominal independence by the apartheid government of South Africa between 1976 and 1981. Their "independence" was a key part of the grand apartheid strategy to fragment black South Africans into ethnic "nations," strip them of South African citizenship, and maintain white demographic and political dominance in the core territory.
Timeline and Legal Basis of "Independence"
Transkei (26 October 1976): The first to gain "independence" under Chief Kaiser Matanzima. It was the largest and most consolidated, primarily for Xhosa people.
Bophuthatswana (6 December 1977): Primarily for Tswana people; its territory was highly fragmented ("jigsawland") across multiple enclaves.
Venda (13 September 1979): For Venda people in the northern region.
Ciskei (4 December 1981): Also mainly Xhosa; it was rushed into a more consolidated form around the time of Transkei's independence.
These declarations were enabled by South African laws like the Status of Transkei Act (1976) and similar acts for the others, along with the broader Bantu Homelands Citizenship Act (1970) and Bantu Homelands Constitution Act (1971). Upon "independence," citizens of these territories (and those assigned to them ethnically) lost South African citizenship and became citizens of the new "states," even if they lived and worked elsewhere in South Africa.
South Africa provided economic subsidies, administrative support, and security backing. The TBVC states had their own flags, anthems, presidents or leaders, legislative assemblies, and (in some cases) armies and diplomatic pretensions, but they remained heavily dependent.
Nature of Independence: Nominal and Contested
The independence was nominal and unrecognized internationally (except by South Africa and, to a limited extent, each other). No other country, nor the United Nations, recognized them as sovereign states. Reasons include:
Violation of International Norms: They were created through apartheid policies widely condemned as racist and a violation of self-determination principles. The entities were seen as artificial constructs designed to perpetuate racial domination rather than genuine decolonization or self-determination. International law viewed them as not meeting full statehood criteria in a legitimate manner, particularly because they stemmed from systematic racial discrimination (a peremptory norm).
Lack of Genuine Sovereignty: They depended entirely on South Africa for finances, defense, and economic viability. Their territories were non-contiguous fragments of land with limited resources. South Africa retained significant influence, and the "states" functioned more as client entities or labor reservoirs.
Political Context: The move was part of a broader strategy rejected globally amid anti-apartheid sanctions and support for the ANC and other liberation movements. Recognition would have legitimized apartheid's divide-and-rule tactics.
Internally, governance varied: some leaders (e.g., Matanzima in Transkei) were authoritarian; there were coups (e.g., in Ciskei and Venda); and human rights issues, including repression, were reported. Traditional leaders were often co-opted or sidelined by the apartheid system.
Effects on Black South Africans: "Independence" formalized the loss of citizenship and rights for millions, turning them into "foreigners" in their birth country. It facilitated further forced removals and entrenched poverty in the homelands while supplying cheap migrant labor to white South Africa.
The TBVC states operated in a diplomatic vacuum, engaging in limited mutual recognition but facing boycotts and isolation.
Reincorporation (1994): With the end of apartheid and the democratic transition under Nelson Mandela, the TBVC states were peacefully reincorporated into the new Republic of South Africa on 27 April 1994.
Four Nigerian teenage girls have developed a generator capable of producing six hours of electricity from just one liter of urine.
The system functions by isolating hydrogen from urine and using it to run the generator.
This creation is both affordable and environmentally friendly, providing a sustainable energy option for regions with unreliable power supply.
Their breakthrough demonstrates how innovation, scientific knowledge, and perseverance can transform waste into a valuable resource, showing that the next big energy solution could emerge from the most unlikely sources.
A Piece of Ebony , one of Zimbabwe’s earliest hip-hop groups performed at the end of the 1993 film More Time ,an educational movie about HIV/AIDS.
Interesting fact: the girl rapping in the closing scene is Chiwoniso Maraire, who many later came to know through Mbira music.
On 18 June 2026, at around 1 PM, I was on my way to the University of Zimbabwe bus stop to catch a kombi into town when I was approached by a young woman with braids wearing a pink jacket. She stopped me and said, “Sister, please wait.”
She then claimed that I had dropped a pink wallet. I told her that I did not own any pink wallet. She then said that another woman had picked up the wallet and that she had found money inside it. She suggested that if the wallet was not mine, we could all share the money.
The woman she referred to was wearing an orange skirt and was walking ahead of us. When she was called over, she stopped and pretended to confirm that the wallet did not belong to me.
Before they could continue with their story, I switched on my phone camera and started recording. I confronted them and asked if they were not ashamed of trying to scam people in Mt Pleasant using the well-known “chadonha” trick.
What I did not know was that they had a getaway vehicle nearby. The driver noticed that I was recording and signalled to them. The woman in the pink jacket then said something to the effect of, “Should we go back?” They immediately ran towards a vehicle and quickly got inside before driving away.
The vehicle they used was a Honda Fit, registration number AGO 2350.
@PoliceZimbabwe
This kind of mining is one of the reasons Africa remains poor. Yet there are still Africans who continue to promote outdated nationalist narratives, portraying it as the freedom to do what “we were not allowed to do under colonial rule.” While that argument may resonate emotionally, it ignores the economic reality.
Unregulated and poorly governed resource extraction has done little to improve the lives of ordinary Africans. Instead, it has concentrated wealth in the hands of a small elite while leaving the majority trapped in poverty. Rather than serving as a vehicle for broad-based development, the exploitation of Africa’s mineral wealth has too often deepened inequality, weakened environmental protections, and allowed national resources to be extracted with limited long-term benefit to the people.
True economic liberation is not measured by the freedom to exploit resources without restraint. It is measured by the ability to transform natural wealth into sustainable industries, decent jobs, environmental stewardship, and shared prosperity for all citizens.
Jesus never got married, but marriage is His idea. Marriage did not begin with man, it began with God. That is why the Bible is full of the themes of covenant and marriage.
If you want a successful marriage, you must involve the One who created it. You have to follow His instructions and His design for marriage.
You cannot leave God out of your relationship and expect to have a truly successful kingdom marriage. The Creator knows best how His creation is meant to work.
🚨‼️This chart clears up a major misunderstanding about right division: it does not mean deleting John, ignoring Scripture, or pitting Paul against the rest of the Bible. It means letting Paul define the Church’s doctrinal standing in this present dispensation while keeping John, Hebrews, James, and all Scripture in their proper place.
Paul gives the Church its standing: justified, sealed, complete in Christ, and accepted in the beloved. John gives profitable truth about fellowship, light, love, truth, sin, and communion. Confusion begins when men mix standing with fellowship, Israel with the Church, or grace with kingdom testing.
Right division does not silence the Bible. It protects the Bible from being misused.
2 Timothy 2:15.
When I watched the Ecuador coach celebrate so passionately after his team's victory over Germany yesterday, I was reminded of a profound truth often associated with Napoleon Hill:
"The most powerful mastermind alliance a man will ever form is in his marriage. A woman, rightly chosen, aligned in vision, and honored in spirit, can make a man unbreakable. But a woman wrongly chosen or unaligned in purpose will drain him of vision, strip him of confidence, and sentence him to spiritual poverty.
Many men fall not because of failure in business, but because of conflict in the home. They rise with vision only to have it mocked. They speak with clarity only to have it questioned. They act with courage only to be met with resistance. This is not partnership. This is war. And a man at war with his household cannot build peace outside of it.
But when a woman supports a man's purpose, when she believes in his destiny, when she reflects his greatness before the world sees it, that woman becomes the mastermind in motion. Her energy fuels him. Her intuition sharpens him. Her peace steadies him. Her presence becomes a sanctuary. And the man with that kind of partner is dangerous to every limitation.
You must choose this alliance with wisdom. And if you are already in one, you must train it, not ignore it. Share your aim. Speak your plan. Invite her insight. Draw strength from her spirit. This is not weakness. This is wisdom. This is law."
The RBZ gave investors 3 choices:
30 days.
60 days.
90 days.
The results are now out.
And investors sent a very clear message about how long they’re comfortable holding ZiG.
🚨‼️This chart was created to help believers think clearly about the growing talk of UFO disclosure, AI control, fallen stars, strange signs, and end-times deception. The world may be speculating, fearing, and guessing, but the King James Bible already gives us the framework: spiritual wickedness in high places, strong delusion, lying wonders, the Rapture, the Tribulation, and the coming reign of Jesus Christ.
The goal is not to build doctrine on rumors, movies, or internet theories, but to compare what people are saying with what Scripture actually says. The believer does not need to panic, date-set, or chase secret knowledge. We are called to watch soberly, rightly divide the word of truth, preach the gospel, and look for that blessed hope. The world may call it disclosure, but without Christ, it ends in deception.
Egypt in Scripture is never just a backdrop. It is the land of bondage, the place of refuge, and the nation God judged with ten plagues. This map shows the full reach of Egyptian power from the Old Kingdom through the 25th dynasty. Israel's story was shaped by this empire for centuries.
MINIMUM WAGE FOR DOMESTIC WORKERS
The minimum wage for domestic workers will be US$90.
Other workers will be paid as follows:
Yard Worker/ Gardener - $90
Cook/ Housekeeper - $99
Child/Disabled /Aged Minder -$108
Disabled/Aged Minder with Red Cross Certificate - $117
The revised minimum wages are with immediate effect.
The Rapture and the Gathering Before the Throne of Fire
Daniel 7:9-10 says, “I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit… his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him.” That is not the tame little god of modern religion sitting in a padded chair waiting for sinners to vote on whether He may proceed. That is the Ancient of days taking His seat. That is the court of Heaven opening. That is fire, throne, books, judgment, authority, and divine government. Daniel is not watching a committee meeting. He is watching the living God set the universe in order before He crushes the beast and gives the kingdom to the Son of man. When God sits, kingdoms shake. When the books open, history stops lying. When fire goes out from the throne, every proud empire finds out that God was never impressed.
Now let the Bible believer keep his bearings. Daniel 7 is not a Pauline rapture chapter. Daniel is dealing with Gentile world powers, beasts, the little horn, the Ancient of days, the Son of man, judgment, and the kingdom given to the saints of the most High. This chapter is loaded with Israel’s prophetic program and the end of Gentile dominion. The Church, the Body of Christ, was still a mystery hidden in God until revealed through the apostle Paul. So no, we do not rip Daniel 7 out of its prophetic setting and pretend it is 1 Thessalonians 4 in Hebrew clothing. But we can see a powerful doctrinal picture and prophetic harmony: Heaven has a throne before earth has its reckoning. God’s court sits before the beast is judged. The heavenly scene is established before the final judgment opens on the wicked system below.
The rapture gathers the Church upward before the fire of judgment falls downward. The Lord Himself descends, the dead in Christ rise first, the living saints are changed, and the Body of Christ meets the Lord in the air. Then the Church is in the heavenly realm, not on earth waiting for the beast to educate her with persecution. Daniel sees thrones, fire, books, and judgment. Paul reveals the Church caught up before wrath. Revelation shows Heaven active before judgments unfold on the earth. Put the Bible together rightly divided, and the picture is clear: the saints in Christ are gathered to glory before the great judicial fires of God sweep through the beast’s kingdom. The world is heading to the throne of fire. The Church is heading to the Lord in the air.
Chapter One: The Ancient of Days Sits Before the Beast Is Broken
Daniel 7:9 says, “the Ancient of days did sit.” That is the first thing that must be noticed. God sits before the beast is destroyed. The heavenly court is not reacting in panic to the beast’s arrogance. Heaven is not surprised by the little horn. Heaven is not shocked by blasphemy, persecution, political consolidation, religious deception, or satanic power. Before the beast reaches his final ruin, the Ancient of days has already taken His seat. That means God’s judgment is not improvised. It is appointed.
This world acts as though the beast system is being built by human intelligence, political planning, military strength, economic networks, technology, and religious compromise. And human instruments are certainly involved. But behind the whole thing is the old dragon, and above the whole thing is the throne of God. Man sees the beast rising and trembles at the monster. God sees the beast rising and prepares the judgment. Men panic over the noise of world powers, but Daniel shows us Heaven’s court before earth’s collapse. The Ancient of days sits, and when He sits, the beast’s doom is already settled.
The rapture fits this truth by showing that the Church’s hope is not to wrestle the beast for control of the earth. The Church is not waiting to vote antichrist out of office. The Church is not appointed to the time of Jacob’s trouble. The Body of Christ is waiting for the Saviour from Heaven.