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Biophysicist in the making! #hemeproteins #RamanSpectroscopy

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@LFC Now this is gooooold!!!!!!!

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@advocatemahere This is actually a credible report with published data

[Becoming Dr Makeleni, PhD🇿🇼🇿🇦🇺🇸 @Ruhwaya_DAM]

@LFC We are in CHI-Town!!!! #lfcleeds

[Becoming Dr Makeleni, PhD🇿🇼🇿🇦🇺🇸 @Ruhwaya_DAM]

@crazy_kennar Humorous but yet inaccurate under current situation in Zimbabwe. 🇿🇼 still funny 😁

[Becoming Dr Makeleni, PhD🇿🇼🇿🇦🇺🇸 @Ruhwaya_DAM]

“Until Zimbabweans change their mindset of supporting personalities over ideas, ZANU PF will rule!”

I have always shared the same sentiment with my friends and always ridiculed for it! Shared the same sentiments against Chamisa!

Personalities do not build a country, ideas do!

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

A lot of international journalists across the continent and beyond have been asking me whether the opposition in Zimbabwe would vote in support of Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 when it comes to Parliament.

For those who have been asking that question, and for others who had the same question in mind, this video is your answer. This is an opposition Member of Parliament speaking, praising President Mnangagwa and supporting his political agenda. Susan Matsunga was elected in 2023 to represent Budiriro North (Mufakose).

She does not belong to the group of opposition Members of Parliament that were imposed by Sengezo Tshabangu, the charlatan who worked with others to disrupt Parliament and effectively hand ZANUPF a two-thirds majority.

She belongs to the Nelson Chamisa group, the group that came through Bereka Mwana. When we criticised Bereka Mwana at the time, we were insulted. I remember explaining that Bereka Mwana was bringing in people who were bootlicking the leader of the party but did not necessarily have the substance and gravitas required to become Members of Parliament or oppose bad governance.

So the more you bootlick the leader, the better your chances of getting into Parliament. She is a clear example of that. She was as militant as they come in defending the leader when he was making his festival of mistakes, and here you have her now supporting President Mnangagwa and his agenda.

The problem that we have in Africa, particularly in Zimbabwe, is that people follow personalities. They do not follow ideas. When an empty vessel is a personality they like, they are happy to sink with that empty vessel. If someone comes with ideas but they do not like that person, they would rather discard the good ideas than support them.

I want to make this prediction, and you can hold me to it. If it does not come to fruition, I will be very happy.
ZANUPF is assured of power for at least the next 18 years. Until Zimbabweans change their attitude of supporting personalities over ideas, ZANUPF will remain in power for the next 18 years. We do not know what will happen after that, but for now, that is the trajectory.

Some of you will ask why I say 18 years. It is because we are in 2026, and if ZANUPF gets Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 passed, it means the current president will remain in power for the next four years until 2030. The president who comes after him will then have two seven-year terms, that is 14 years. Add the four years from Mnangagwa, and that gives you 18 years. We do not know what will happen after that. Even if Mnangagwa is removed, for example through a coup, it will still be ZANUPF that remains in power.

Until Zimbabweans understand that the enemy is not the person they do not like but who comes with good ideas, and that they must support ideas over personalities, ZANUPF will remain in power.

Until Zimbabweans understand that politics is not like football, where you die on the hill of the team that you support, ZANUPF will remain in power.

Until Zimbabweans understand the importance of working together, regardless of whether they like each other, as seen in the idea of a team of rivals associated with Abraham Lincoln, ZANUPF will remain in power.

Until those who tell the truth are listened to, ZANUPF will remain in power. As long as people applaud and ululate those who tell them what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear, ZANUPF will remain in power.

I want to leave you with this food for thought. In 2000, when Robert Mugabe and ZANUPF were pushing for a new constitution, the then opposition leader stood firm, campaigned across the country, and slept in people’s homes, in huts, mobilising against that constitution. It went to a referendum, and Robert Mugabe and ZANUPF lost. The opposition leader and his team managed to convince Zimbabweans, and they won.

That moment showed what leadership, conviction, and grassroots mobilisation can achieve when people are organised around an idea. Today, I do not know who you can point to as the main opposition leader capable of doing the same, and that in itself is something Zimbabweans must seriously reflect on.

[Tinaye Wayne 🕰️ @Tinayechiketa]

A skit that lives rent-free in your head

[Becoming Dr Makeleni, PhD🇿🇼🇿🇦🇺🇸 @Ruhwaya_DAM]

This is embarrassing for such a high impact Newspaper! Acknowledge his efforts, he is the 7th fastest man in the world right now! Zimbabwe’s fastest ever!!! He did NOT fail! He conquered! @TapiwaMakarawu #WorldAthleticsChamps

[@DailyNewsZim @DailyNewsZim]

ZIMBABWEAN sprinter Tapiwanashe Makarawu failed in his bid for a global medal yesterday, finishing seventh in the men’s 200m final at the ongoing World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.>https://t.co/xUO75TVkgA

[ZimLive @zimlive]

Makarau is seventh fastest man in 200m in the world

♦️ He clocks 20.21 seconds, a personal best and new Zimbabwean record at Tokyo World Championships

https://t.co/gj7LYksCll

[Tapiwanashe Makarawu “Carlie” @TapiwaMakarawu]

Reprented my country Zimbabwe with pride and gave it my all. Grateful for the experience and lessons learnt. Ready to come back stronger. Thanks for the support.

[Becoming Dr Makeleni, PhD🇿🇼🇿🇦🇺🇸 @Ruhwaya_DAM]

Ace calling Jeremiah out is TRUTH 🤣🤣🤣 #LoveIslandUSA

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@nelsonchamisa Seqalile @NyathiBrilliant

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@ignitive3_0 You are reaching!

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@BlaiseTaziva @WemaHotWingz Sis’Xhosa esi not ndebele. Not MSU

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@Godwin_Dzangare @Hitman_zw But it cannot be excused ka, they are operating in Zimbabwe not China 🤦🏽‍♂️.

[Becoming Dr Makeleni, PhD🇿🇼🇿🇦🇺🇸 @Ruhwaya_DAM]

This is my first election in the US #ElectionDay #USAElection2024 and all I can say is: WOW. We are 200 years back in this democracy thing in Zimbabwe and Africa!!!

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@TheMirrorMsv And to think I was raised in this church! Disappointed ☹️. Majorly disappointed

[BlackInChem @BlackInChem]

NOT LIKE US | Uppin’ the score wit’ ‘em this #BlackInChem Week! | Coming soon August 11th - 17th 🙂‍↕️

[Tafadzwa Muzenda @TafadzwaMuzend9]

Please support my business. I make these here in Zimbabwe. So far I am the first and only. It goes for only $1900. Any design of your choice I can do. From dining sets, beds, etc. Thank you all.

[Becoming Dr Makeleni, PhD🇿🇼🇿🇦🇺🇸 @Ruhwaya_DAM]

Probably the lot of y’all missed his jokes coz ya lack the sense of humor! @learnmorejonasi well done!!! #AGT24

[Noby @nobiechishyy]

But is it me or?
This man aint funny at all.

[TheNewsHawks @NewsHawksLive]

#UbuntuHunhuPhilosophy
Zimbabwean student Kerry-Ann
Ratidzo Moyo speaking at the University of Richmond,
Virginia, United States, two days ago representing the graduating class of 2024.
She spoke about the African philosophy of ubuntu/hunhu.
In Nguni culture, which entails Ndebele, Zulu, Xhosa and Swati ethnic groups, there is a maxim which says "Umuntu ngumuntu ngabantu".
The Shona people say “Munhu munhu navanhu.”
There are also other equivalents to this in other African cultures.
The Ubuntu philosophy says "I am human only because of your humanity".
Ubuntu/hunhu is the idea that no one can be healthy when the community is sick.
Ubuntu says if I undermine your humanity, I dehumanise myself.
It lies at the heart of the African philosophy and way of life, thus impacts on critical aspect of people’s well-being.
Ubuntu is not just a word; it's a deeply ingrained philosophy which shapes communities, cultures, and individual lives across Africa.
It expresses philosophically human interdependence and acknowledgment of one's responsibility to their fellow humans and the world around them.
It is a philosophy that promotes collectivism over individualism. Ubuntu asserts society gives human beings their humanity.
As a parting shot, Moyo says:
"Whatever you decide to pursue, never forget the power, the prevalence, and the privilege of human connection and the value that your existence brings to those around you."