Spend 20 years studying Chemistry.
Collect data. Publish papers. Pass peer review.
Earn a PhD. Go online. Get told you're wrong - by an electric screwdriver salesman.
That's the internet.
Expertise vs confidence.
Science isn't broken.
Our respect for it is.
The Muslim who treats you at the hospital is not a terrorist.
The Muslim who teaches your children is not a terrorist.
The Muslim who serves you in a shop is not a terrorist.
The Muslim who drives your taxi is not a terrorist.
The Muslim who lives next door is not a terrorist.
The overwhelming majority of Muslims are ordinary people trying to live their lives.
Judge people by their actions, not by their religion.
From Brighton to Belfast, Glasgow and beyond, today was a reminder that the vast majority of people in this country reject hatred.
One tragedy does not define a community. One criminal does not define a race. And extremists do not define Britain.
Thousands came together to say: not in our name, not in our cities, not in our country.
The silent majority spoke today and it chose decency over division. 🇬🇧 #Brighton #Belfast #Glasgow
All racism is evil , no matter what side it comes from.
We are all human before we are anything else.
Or did you forget that?
Were you not taught that?
What part of that can't you understand?
I am amazed that there are people who say they held me in high esteem and now they have lost respect for me because I take a clear stand against.:
A. Vigilantism and all disregard for the Constitution of RSA.
B. Violent xenophobia, Afrophobia , black on black violence and murder of African immigrants including undocumented African immigrants.
My participation and education in the Mass Democratic Movement taught me universal Human Rights for All People in South Africa 24/7/365. Everyday every kwerekwere has full Human Rights in RSA.
The treatment of each kwerekwere must be approved by a proper court of law.
Anybody who is disappointed in me must block me and I will do the same.
Enkosi kakhulu.
No African is illegal in Africa. If you believe that an African can be illegal in Africa then you are not a revolutionary. We must reject the notion of an illegal foreigner. Africans can be undocumented but they cannot be illegal.
There’s something I always find interesting about people who support ZANU, covertly or overtly. Especially those who pretend they are non-political and are only engaging from intellect, wisdom and expertise, but we know it’s all a farce. So when they engage with you, they accuse you of being negative or not caring about statistics or the flow of it. Listen, I studied Economics, Finance and now Public Policy. I read numbers, I care for numbers, but as I always say, I don’t put numbers before or above the lived realities of ordinary people. Using statistical figures to sound superior, patriotic and more knowledgeable is useless to me.
What do those numbers mean to me when I constantly fight not sinking into depression or pulling myself out of depression? Politically exposed persons think we are shouting on Twitter because we are just negative, opposition or noisemakers with nothing better to do. We are basically fighting for our lives, for a normal life. Zimbabwe is tough. The state of our political economy takes a toll on your mental and physical health. Knowing that you don’t live in a war-torn country but are anxious every day because hopes and dreams for a better life are dashed every day. There are no jobs, bakithi. Hustling nje is not sustainable. I know what I’m talking about is a reality for so many Zimbabweans, especially the youth. I dare you to move around and see what drugs and alcohol usage has done to our young people due to our economy. You will cry.
It is painful to question God why, out of all the countries in the world, the Almighty chose to place you in Zimbabwe, but this is real.
You can’t even accuse us of being lazy and not trying. We are out here doing the best we can, but the systems and structures put in place by this government aren’t for everyone to make it. We are trying to pull ourselves up by the bootstraps. You know what Martin Luther King said about that.
Politically exposed people either forget that where they are is not because of their hard work, wisdom and intellect, or they are just trolls. You are there because you have mastered how to twerk for a ZANU-led government that has excluded others. Actually, it is easier to choose the path of twerking and turning a blind eye to the suffering of ordinary people. This is why we are witnessing many people doing it. It takes strong, courageous women and men to "choose" suffering and to empathise with the suffering of others. The road is narrow and painful....
Racism is a low-effort, low-intelligence shortcut, the lazy man’s answer to complex social problems that actually demand intelligence, effort, and honesty.