I do have some information about another case you are supposedly investigating which I reported at Harare Central Police Station on 1 April 2026 under IR No. 040038IR. The accused person, Luckmore Gapa, was recently seen at a ZANU PF rally seated in a place of honour on the stage. How far with your investigations? Fellow citizens, please kindly assist the police by calling the National Compaints Desk No 02424703631 with this information. RT for awareness.
This video really broke my heart. It is painful to watch, yet it reflects the reality of life for many ordinary Zimbabweans.
The woman in the video is Zimbabwe’s Minister of ICT, Postal and Courier Services, Tatenda Mavetera, who is also a Member of Parliament.
She is presiding over a dispute involving just US$300 that was allegedly meant to be passed on to someone else. What is striking is not the dispute itself, but the fact that this amount has become the centrepiece of a community gathering, with scores of people waiting anxiously because that money matters so much to them.
Forty years ago, a Zimbabwean civil servant could earn around US$300 a month. Today, an entire community can be consumed by a dispute over that same amount.
But the US$300 is not the real story.
The real story is that people need money for hospital bills, food, clothing, school fees, transport, and countless other necessities. They are struggling to meet basic needs. That is why this issue has attracted such attention.
At the centre of a community discussion being adjudicated by a Cabinet minister is an amount of money that can disappear in a single evening at a restaurant in London or Johannesburg.
Yet for the people gathered here, that money means everything.
This is what poverty looks like. This is what economic failure looks like. It is not measured by the luxury cars driven by a small elite, or by the mansions built in affluent suburbs. It is not hidden by people drilling private boreholes because public water systems no longer function, or installing solar systems because the national electricity supply is unreliable. Those are symptoms of dysfunction in themselves.
The real measure of a country is the condition of the average citizen.
And the average Zimbabwean is struggling.
When people ask why Zimbabweans leave their country in such large numbers, this video provides part of the answer. They are not running away from Zimbabwe. They are running away from poverty, hardship, and the daily struggle to survive.
Imagine the British Secretary of State for Science, Innovation and Technology, or South Africa’s Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, having to preside over a public dispute involving the equivalent of R5,800 or £220. It would be almost unimaginable. Yet in Zimbabwe, such a matter can become the focal point of an entire community.
As Africans, we must be honest with ourselves. We cannot measure progress by the lifestyles of a tiny elite while the majority live in deprivation. A country is not successful because a few people drive expensive cars, travel abroad, or live comfortably. A country succeeds when ordinary people can afford food, healthcare, education, housing, and a dignified life.
I might drive a nice car. I might own a beautiful home. I might travel the world and enjoy privileges that many can only dream of. But none of that says anything meaningful about the health of my country if the average child goes to bed hungry.
The success of a nation is not measured by the wealth of its elite. It is measured by the wellbeing of its ordinary people.
And that is the conversation Zimbabweans, and Africans more broadly, need to have.
Other nations beyond Zimbabwe, beyond our continent, and people of other races will not respect us. Even if I turn up to a meeting in Harare driving a Bugatti or a Lamborghini to meet an investor from London, they will have a very dim view not only of my country, but of me as well.
Driving a Lamborghini on pothole-ridden roads, they will look down on me as an individual and on my country as a nation. Nobody with genuine pride can honestly believe they are doing well when the average person is going to bed on an empty stomach.
𝗭𝗜𝗠𝗕𝗔𝗕𝗪𝗘𝗔𝗡𝗦 𝗗𝗥𝗢𝗪𝗡 𝗜𝗡 𝗦𝗘𝗪𝗔𝗚𝗘 𝗜𝗡 𝗠𝗡𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗚𝗪𝗔’𝗦 𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗗𝗢𝗠.
Yesterday, three young Zimbabweans drowned in a sewage pond in the high-density suburb of Budiriro because President Mnangagwa and the Mayor of Harare have failed to build and maintain proper sewage infrastructure in the city. Yet this same President, who has ruralised Zimbabwe through the failure to provide basic urban services and has forced residents to depend on borehole water in cities, now demands a further term extension despite these failures. In fact, he has the audacity to want to be a king in a country he has helped destroy.
But what hurt me the most was seeing our Sub-Aqua divers having to dive into sewage with exposed skin on their faces because they do not have proper bio-hazard dive suits. Are we saying that a country where our President has a motorcade worth over $2 million can’t afford biohazard diving suits for our divers?
VP Chiwenga’s wife, Minnie Baloyi, shared a kind gesture that turned into a memorable birthday celebration.
Minnie said a young woman known as Rue once commented on her earlier post about Nando’s, mentioning that she had never tasted it before. Minnie responded by asking where Rue was so she could buy her a meal, but at the time Rue was outside Zimbabwe.
A few days later, Rue informed her that she had returned home. True to her word, Minnie arranged to give her $100 USD so she could enjoy Nando’s for the first time. Interestingly, the timing coincided with Rue’s birthday, making the moment even more special.
Minnie wrote in a light-hearted message:
“Happy birthday Rue, be blessed always. I pray for more Nando’s for you in future 😂❤️❤️❤️🙏”
Rue later shared her excitement after receiving the gift, saying she used the money to buy Nando’s exactly as promised. She described it as the best birthday gift she had ever received and even went on to do a small photoshoot to capture the moment, joking that her phone was not taking good pictures.
In her post, Rue thanked “mhamha Minnie” warmly and added: “I got $100 from mhamha Minnie Baloyi as a birthday gift and I bought Nando’s as she promised. Best birthday gift ever… One bite and my taste buds threw a party 🔥”
⚠️ LETTER ADDRESSED TO SERVING GENERALS from Cde Gageni Ajanga, liberation war hero. Backing Mnangagwa 2030 agenda seals your fate he uses you, dumps you, assassinates you just like Chiwenga & the 2017 generals killed .Read this warning & know your future before it’s too late
Yes, ndaswera ndiri kubasa. We multitask, with my main goal being to make sure Mnangagwa & his criminals are defeated. I am always on the right side of history.
#BREAKING At around 2PM today, there was a knock on the front door of rights activist Youngerson Matete’s Harare home. He was away. A man handed his helper an envelope containing a chilling message: “Withdraw your application or [image of bullet]. Your choice.”
Matete is challenging President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bid to extend his term to 2030 at the High Court.
He told ZimLive: “It's a tough moment, but I am not withdrawing my application.”
Before I go to bed, I want to make one observation about ZANUPF. A sad observation.
One of the reasons so many people struggle to take some of the party’s claims seriously is that the figures it sometimes presents defy common sense and logic.
Zimbabweans are being told by a ZANUPF-controlled Parliament that 540,037 submissions were made regarding Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3, and that 537,102 of those submissions supported the Bill, while only 2,935 opposed it.
Those figures are so lopsided that anyone who sees them will inevitably recognise how ridiculous they are.
The problem is not just the numbers themselves. The problem is what such claims do to public confidence. Even people who may be sympathetic to the process can find themselves struggling to defend statistics that appear implausible on their face and are highly laughable.
When public institutions present figures that large sections of the public find difficult to believe and ridiculous, they are essentially undermining confidence in the entire process.
People naturally begin to ask what methodology was used, how the figures were verified, and whether the outcome remotely reflects the views expressed during consultations. The answer is an unequivocal NO!
Parliament is one of the most important institutions in the country. Its credibility matters. When claims emerge that many citizens regard with ridicule, the damage extends beyond the Bill and affects public trust in the institutions themselves.
That is why these figures have become a subject of ridicule and disbelief across Zimbabwean internet platforms. For many Zimbabweans, the numbers simply do not pass the common-sense test.
This is embarrassing, absolutely embarrassing. We know that ZANUPF traditionally rigs, but this is absolutely ridiculous.
540,037 submissions, 537,102 in favour, 2,935 against. Those are not consultation figures released by the Zimbabwean parliament.
They are the kind of numbers that make people stop believing everything else you say. This is embarrassing coming from a supposedly people’s parliament.
A group of retired military generals and former senior civil servants say they met President Mnangagwa TWICE this month to advise him to abandon plans to extend his term but he told them: “Whoever wins, wins.” They warn that the constitution will not be sold to the highest bidder
On CAB 3
I am a representative of the people of Kadoma. I was elected to represent them, not to surrender their sovereignty.
In our community conversations, - at after church meetings, during interactions at funerals and weddings, in engagements with parents at school functions, In the streets, and even at our local gym - the message from the citizens is clear:
“Mwanangu, panyaya yeBumbiro, tambai nezvimwe; chitupa hachiwachigwi!”
For these reasons and many other, and in fidelity to the people of Kadoma and the Constitution of Zimbabwe, I CANNOT support this Bill.
Saka nhasi kutogwa naro chaizvo…
Suppose MPs are forced to vote openly and they still decide to stick it out and overwhelmingly vote no against the 2030 charade, wouldn't that result in automatic and irretrivable impeachment for Mr. Mnangagwa? We urge Members of Parliament to do the right thing whether in turmoil or in tenacity. You have the opportunity to save this country from the greed of an individual and his small, unrestrained orligarchy. Side with the Citizens. They will forever support and honor you.