M1🇿🇼

...we all start off as strangers.

[David Coltart @DavidColtart]

I have spent the end of this week conducting an arbitration in Harare which took me to the north of Harare again - Highlands, Borrowdale etc.

It was a stark reminder that Zimbabwe has become a tale of two economies. The first economy is that of Harare north where all the major roads (not just the arterial roads but the cross roads as well) are in tip top condition and the profusion of mind boggling mansions and Rolls Royce motor vehicles is staggering. It is the economy of Toyota Landcruisers being gifted with tens of thousands of US$ cash “spending money”. It is the economy of musicians being paid a million dollars to sing at a birthday party. It is the economy of young connected women in their 20s owning properties worth millions of dollars from unexplained sources of wealth. It is the economy of connected people being paid millions of dollars of taxpayers money for contracts which remain unfulfilled.

Then there is the other economy. It is the economy of hundreds of thousands of children out of school. It is the economy of government schools literally collapsing before our very eyes. It is the economy of hospitals without basic medications. It is the economy of 97 poor Zimbabweans dying on a ferry which needed repairs costing the equivalent of one Toyota Fortuna to become seaworthy. It is the economy of those 97 families being paid $100 each as compensation for their irreparable loss. It is the economy of major roads collapsing totally , allegedly being rehabilitated by the very same people who are building mansions in Harare north and driving on their pristine roads in Rolls Royces.

Something is very seriously wrong with our body politic.

[Retired Lt General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga @SajeniMapuranga]

I will be brief today. Not because this subject does not deserve length it deserves volumes but because the truth I am about to state is simple enough that elaboration risks diluting it. The liberation struggle was fought for exactly two reasons. Not ten. Not twenty. Not the elaborate governance philosophies that politicians retrofit onto history to justify their current agendas.Two reasons. Only two.
First — the land.
Second — the right to remove unqualified and failed leaders by direct popular vote.
That is it. That is the complete and unabridged covenant that the freedom fighters signed with their blood in the forests of Mozambique, the training camps of Zambia, and the operational areas of this beloved country. Every man and woman who died in that struggle died for one or both of those two things. Nothing more. Nothing less.
Now look at what is being done to both of them. Look carefully and look honestly.

The land question the primary, foundational, blood-sanctified reason that the liberation struggle was fought is now being administered through a land tenure programme with the fingerprints of Kudakwashe Tagwirei all over it.
I want every Zimbabwean who has ever visited the grave of a liberation fighter to sit with that sentence.
Kudakwashe Tagwirei is not a government official. He holds no constitutional mandate. He was not elected by anyone. He was not deployed by any legitimate state structure to administer the land of Zimbabwe. He is a criminal politically connected, internationally sanctioned businessman who has somehow found himself at the centre of a programme that touches the most sacred material inheritance of the liberation struggle.

The freedom fighters did not die so that the land of Zimbabwe could be processed through the business interests of a private individual whose primary qualification appears to be his proximity to political power and his willingness to use that proximity for personal accumulation.
They died so that the land would belong to the people. To the communal farmer. To the war veteran. To the rural family whose ancestors were dispossessed by colonial force. To the Zimbabwean citizen every Zimbabwean citizen as a birthright rather than a political favour. What is happening with land tenure today is not what was fought for. It is a privatisation of the liberation struggle's most fundamental promise. And it is being done not by a constitutional officer accountable to the people but by a private businessman accountable to nobody but himself and his political patrons.This is a betrayal of the first reason our comrades died.

And now as if the land betrayal were not enough they are coming for the second reason.The right to vote. Directly. Personally. Every Zimbabwean citizen, one person one vote, choosing their own President and removing the unqualified and the failed from office through the simple, sacred, hard-won mechanism of the direct popular ballot.
Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 proposes to take that right that liberation-purchased, constitutionally enshrined, personally meaningful right and transfer it to a parliament. To Members of Parliament who are themselves subject to every pressure, every patronage dynamic, and every factional manipulation that Zimbabwe's political system currently generates.

Under CAB3, if your President is unqualified if he has failed you, failed your family, failed your community, failed your nation you will no longer have the direct power to remove him. That power will reside in a parliamentary chamber whose composition is controlled by the very political machinery that produced the failed President in the first place.

[M1🇿🇼 @ReluctantChefO]

@nickmangwana Just another opportunist conveying his own opinion, devoid of legal facts and understanding of the reality we’re facing. Not knowing if he read the actual document, the constitution being desecrated right before our eyes🇿🇼. Nothing special here. Hunubu.

[Doug Coltart ⚖️🇿🇼 @DougColtart]

And to all those who say that I am not Zimbabwean because of the colour of my skin, may you find healing for the hate in your hearts. I don't hate you back.

And I challenge you to a dance off!!!🕺😂 Name the time and place. @AlickMacheso please provide the music.🎶🇿🇼🖤🤎💛💚

[Gerrard Anko Ged Belts @MacBelts]

Aya ndoma legends. Listen to the clarity of thought

[Retired Lt General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga @SajeniMapuranga]

I have received with great pride and profound respect the reports emerging from Bindura, where War Veterans men and women who paid the ultimate price for this nation's freedom in blood and sacrifice stood their ground and refused to be bought. Refused. They looked the agents of constitutional subversion in the eye and said: we cannot be purchased. That is the spirit of Chimurenga. That is the character of a people who have never been broken.Vanhu havachadi. Vanhu havana kupusa. The people do not want this. And the people are not fools. Once again, the name Ziyambi Ziyambi has surface this time in Bindura in connection with efforts to manipulate, pressure, and bribe citizens into silence on the matter of Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 and the ED2030 agenda. This is not the first time. It will not be the last time his name is uttered with contempt at the grassroots.

I say this plainly, as a man who served this Republic in uniform for decades: a Minister of Justice who subverts the very Constitution he is sworn to defend is not a minister he is an occupying force within the institutions of the state. Ziyambi Ziyambi is a crook in office. History will not absolve him. Neither will the people he seeks to deceive.
It is a particular absurdity indeed, an insult to the intelligence of this nation that Professor Jonathan Moyo, a fugitive from Zimbabwean justice currently in exile, continues to act as the intellectual architect of a constitutional amendment whose stated purpose is to extend the comfort of those in power.Moyo and Ziyambi are not defending the Constitution. They are attempting to overthrow it to hollow it out from within, to bend its provisions to serve the narrow interests of a political clique. The Constitution of Zimbabwe is not a garment to be altered whenever it no longer flatters those who wear it.
A fugitive cannot lecture a sovereign people about constitutional order. Bvumai. Come home first. Face the law first. Then speak.

I spent my career defending the territorial integrity and constitutional order of this Republic. I did not do so to watch men in expensive suits and ministerial motorcades attempt to dismantle the very framework that makes Zimbabwe a state governed by law rather than by appetite.
The War Veterans of Bindura have reminded us all of something essential that true patriots cannot be bought. That the liberation struggle was not fought so that a handful of political operatives could perpetuate themselves in power beyond the will of the people and the limits of the law. To those orchestrating this assault on our Constitution, I say this with the full weight of my rank, my service, and my conscience:
Bvumai Kudzorwa nguva ichipo.
Accept correction while there is still time.

Retired Lieutenant General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga
Former Officer, Zimbabwe National Army.Patriot. Constitutionalist. Servant of the People.

[Zimbabwe Constitutional Movement (ZICOMO) @zicomoZW]

THREAD: 1. The entire process surrounding the Constitutional Amendment Number 3 Bill is deeply flawed & compromised. Jacob Mudenda, as Speaker of @ParliamentZim , announced the gazetting of the CAB3, setting 90 days for public consultation & input. @edmnangagwa @cdfzim

[Freeman @freemanchari]

I have nothing to add. This is why I always believe that when women lead there is more clarity.

[Retired Lt General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga @SajeniMapuranga]

I stood at Heroes Acre not as a stranger to that ground I have buried comrades before, as soldiers must. But today something troubled me deeply, and I would be a coward in uniform if I did not speak it plainly.
Death is making a habit of visiting the barracks. But it does not seem to find its way to the halls of power.
Three more of our own lowered into that sacred earth today. Good men. Decorated men. Men who gave their youth, their health, and their service to this republic men who died, we are told, of old age.The very men who marched behind those coffins today who draped the flags, who fired the salutes are older than the soldiers they buried. They were commissioned before those men joined the ranks. They drew their first salary from this country when those officers were still in secondary school.

So I ask, in all seriousness, as a man who has worn this nation's uniform for decades,.What kind of "old age" is this that kills the junior but spares the senior?What kind of natural order takes the lieutenant and leaves the general standing? What kind of mortality visits the barracks but loses its nerve at State House?
We bury our juniors. We return to offices. We reshuffle command structures. We rewrite constitutions. And now now we ask the nation to extend a term until 2030, in the name of continuity, in the name of legacy, in the name of unfinished business.
Unfinished business.

The business of the nation is never finished. That is the nature of governance. No man is irreplaceable. That is the lesson of every general who has ever been buried at Heroes' Acre they served, they sacrificed, and the republic endured beyond them.
Longevity in office is not the same as service to the nation. Refusing to leave is not the same as love of country.I served. I stepped aside. That is what soldiers do when their time comes because discipline applies to departure as much as it applies to duty.Let those who stand at Heroes' Acre take the lesson from the ground beneath their feet rather than the ambition within their chests.
Enough is enough.

[Retired Lt General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga @SajeniMapuranga]

It does not require retired officers to surrender their voices at the gate. A Commander-in-Chief who is confident in his mandate does not need Temba Mliswa to threaten his retired generals on his behalf.
If the President has concerns about what has been written or said, there are proper channels. Formal. Institutional. Dignified. Not this not a politician grandstanding on social media, waving the prospect of recall like a club.

You have gone too far. Not because you challenged us challenge is healthy, and we are not fragile men. You have gone too far because you have attempted to use the military chain of command as a political weapon, and that is a line that must not be crossed in any democracy that takes itself seriously.
Zimbabwe is bigger than your ambitions. The Constitution is bigger than your loyalties. And the men you are trying to intimidate have already given more to this country than your remarks suggest you understand.
Step back. Recalibrate. And the next time you wish to weigh in on matters of military conduct and constitutional duty do your homework first.
— Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Winston Sigauke Mapuranga
Zimbabwe National Army(Retired)

[M1🇿🇼 @ReluctantChefO]

@daddyhope https://t.co/VsELqnRBGc…. Wasn’t far off Saturday nights

[Tatenda C.K, Hungwe @TateChangambika]

The ZANU-PF sellouts and their Chinese accomplices have no regard for our communities, our land, our minerals, or our heritage. They have invaded the Christmas Pass, and recently Buhera, destroying farmland, rivers, and ecosystems — and now their greedy eyes are fixed on our most sacred sites: Great Zimbabwe, the Khami Ruins, and even the Victoria Falls region, where minerals lie beneath the soil.

The Chinese respect their own heritage sites and protect their history — yet in Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF has given them free rein to desecrate ours. Why? Because corruption runs deeper than patriotism in this regime. They have no respect for the people, the land, or the environment they swore to protect.

These places are more than landmarks; they are the heart of our identity and the spirit of our ancestors. But the same foreign vultures who ravaged Buhera are now circling our heritage, hungry for plunder and profit.

Make no mistake: Chinese mining consortia — backed by corrupt state actors — have flooded Zimbabwe’s lithium and gold sectors, displacing small-scale miners, poisoning rivers, and igniting community conflicts. Every time citizens resist, the government shields the invaders instead of its own people.

Great Zimbabwe and Khami are UNESCO World Heritage Sites — priceless symbols of our civilisation and resilience. Historians have long documented ancient mining in these regions, which makes them even more vulnerable to modern exploitation. Allowing multinationals to dig beneath them isn’t development — it’s sacrilege.

Victoria Falls is not just a tourist attraction; it’s a world wonder, a sacred ecosystem, and a symbol of national pride. Yet under this corrupt regime, it risks becoming another open pit, sacrificed for lithium and gold to feed the greed of politicians and their Chinese handlers.

This is theft on every level — cultural theft, environmental destruction, and the total auctioning of our national soul by a government that answers to foreign exploiters instead of its citizens.

If Buhera was the warning, then Great Zimbabwe, Khami, and Victoria Falls are the next frontlines. We must expose every deal, resist every betrayal, and rise to defend our land, our people, and our history before nothing remains of the Zimbabwe our ancestors built.
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[Mdara Gee @mudharagee]

Free reign of terror by the Chinese in Zimbabwe

[Botswana @Botswana]

Starting in 2026, you can invest between US$75,000 and US$90,000 to become a citizen of Botswana.

It's a promising initiative and an effective way to boost both population growth and financial inflows.

[Marlvin Gudyanga @MarlvinGudyanga]

•• Pure truth revealed here by Apostle Chiwenga. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
••Legitimacy, credibility, authenticity and integrity of a leader matters most

[Abiy Ahmed Ali 🇪🇹 @AbiyAhmedAli]

Too often, ​Africa’s story at climate summits ​begins with what we lack – lack of finance, ​lack of technology, ​lack of time. Let us begin instead ​with what we have.

[TENDAI BITI @BitiTendai]

11) The regime in Harare is too insincere too dishonest .It lacks the desire nor the ability to engage in genuine reform. It is driven by the insatiable quest for extraction &the power retention agenda .Nothing else matters .Zimbabwe is at the crossroads. A new consensus beckons

[African @ali_naka]

No lies detected!!

[Barry Lungu @barry_lungu]

There comes a time.....🇿🇼

[Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 @advocatemahere]

🔸Coming back to Ricegate, the issue isn’t about rice per se. It’s about what being a beggar and relying on humanitarian assistance does to your bargaining power when it comes to negotiating big commercial and natural resource contracts.

As someone who has negotiated contracts, legal settlements and acquisitions for years, I can tell you that the psychology you enter the negotiating room with will determine the strength of your bargaining power. It will also make the difference between getting a good deal and not. Strategy matters. That’s why basic rules of negotiation include - negotiate on your home turf for a psychological advantage; don’t say yes too quickly, let the other side move first, never make the first concession on a major issue etc. In short, don’t negotiate from a position of weakness.

As Zimbabweans, and indeed Africans, if we have put out a begging bowl for something as basic as rice, we can never then have the power when it comes to negotiating big mining deals, concessions terms, claims and Bilateral Protection Agreements. It’s not strategic. We will be offered big shiny things cause they know we are hungry. Sadly we don’t read the fine print or do we put our best brains at the negotiating table. It’s all goons - party politicians and family. Before we know it, we’ve mortgaged off all our resources. This is where the proverbial selling the country for a bag of rice comes from. When they make such donations, we then forget about the bad deals we have signed and believe wrongly that there’s a net good. We need to tighten our ability to think and deal commercially and strategically.

Ask yourself why the agreement that led to China building our airport and our Parliament are not public? Where are those agreements? What were the terms? Do we not know that there’s no such thing as a free lunch? What did we give them to get these things? Quid pro quo is real.

Stop accepting cheap freebies. Negotiate from a position of strength so that we make money after leveraging what we have and then we produce our own food and if need be, buy food. But for heaven’s sake, stop begging for rice. It’s a terrible look. Optics matter.

We need new leaders.🇿🇼