Simbarashe Mapurisa

A Man Is Still a Man - Morgan Heritage

[Politics For You @PoliticoForYou]

BREAKING 🚨🚨🚨

World Cup fever kicks off as America welcomes the world with a traditional display of their culture and traditions.

[ZTN @ZTNPrime]

https://t.co/SnmpBiugUh

[Simbarashe Mapurisa @SimbarasheMapu6]

@ZTNPrime Moment of madness that

[Simbarashe Mapurisa @SimbarasheMapu6]

@hovie_09 Prime Sanchez all day.

[History ZAR @HistorySAZAR]

The first Africans to compete in the Olympic Games were two South Africans, Jan Mashiane and Len Taunyane, who competed in the Marathon at the 1904 St. Louis Olympics. Their participation in the infamous 1904 St. Louis Olympic Marathon is one of the most fascinating and bizarre chapters in sports history. Neither man traveled to the United States as an official Olympic athlete. They were in Missouri as part of the Boer War Spectacle at the World's Fair, which ran concurrently with the Games. They had previously served as dispatch runners during the Anglo-Boer War. They decided to enter the marathon on a whim just before the race began. Because officials struggled with their surnames, they were listed on the program as "LenTau" and "Yamasani". Taunyane was actually on pace for a much higher finish but was chased nearly a mile off-course by a pack of aggressive, wild dogs. Despite the canine detour and brutal conditions that caused 18 out of 32 runners to drop out, both South Africans finished the race. Taunyane finished 9th and Mashiane finished 12th. Source: Olympics, Missouri History Museum, African Global News.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

Iran’s World Cup squad has been notified they must enter and leave US soil on the same day of their matches played in America, says Tehran’s ambassador to Mexico.

🔴 LIVE updates: https://t.co/lBTjnhOsT3

[Uncle Chu @datchuguyy]

“Chelsea weren’t an elite football club but elite cheats. Roman Abramovich has shown that the football club cheated repeatedly to win tournaments. It has actually been proven”

Simon Jordan

[BOSS @henrypirfa]

Just saying.

[ɠɧıʂɧ @rirokpik]

“The greatest threat to Africa is not always the foreign imperialist or the outside capitalist, but the corrupt Africans who serve interests against their own people. An enemy within is often more dangerous than an enemy standing outside the gate.”

— Ahmed Sékou Touré

[Kolisa Yola Sinyanya (PhD) 🌍📚🇿🇦 @Kolie_Yola]

The concept of having a race you hate raise your kids is so interesting.

[Tazo @TheLifeZoomer]

Imagine having a dream to migrate overseas, before you even knew how to send an email. 😅

In 2001, as I prepared to leave Zimbabwe, I had never touched a computer in my life.

No email address.
No Google.
No Yahoo.
No Hotmail.

To be honest, I probably thought a mouse was something that lived behind the fridge. 🐭

I had the dream. I had the motivation. But dreams alone don’t fill out migration forms.

I needed to connect with the outside world.

I tried the local internet café. Big mistake.

The internet was slower than a Harare kombi waiting to fill the last seat. By the time a page loaded, I had forgotten why I opened it in the first place. 😂

Then word reached some well-wishers who had watched me running around like a man chasing WiFi before WiFi existed.

They referred me to Mr Hove.

At his house, there was already a queue of people using his internet service. We paid by the hour and waited our turn.

My first assignment?

Open an email account.

That’s when 7-year-old Diana Hove became my IT consultant.

Picture this:

A grown man with migration dreams bigger than Mount Everest being taught how to type by a primary school child. 😭

I typed with one finger.

Diana sat beside me pointing at keys.

My eyes were looking at the keyboard.
My fingers were looking for directions.
Nothing was working together.

I could see the frustration in her face, but she never gave up on me.

For days she patiently coached me until I graduated from “one-finger specialist” to “slightly faster one-finger specialist.”

Some months I couldn’t even afford the internet fees.

So I negotiated with Mr Hove to pay later.

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I was probably the first person in Zimbabwe to buy internet on lay-by. 🤣

Looking back, those were my humble migration beginnings.

Today, the same guy who couldn’t type an email coordinates major construction projects, works with sophisticated engineering software across multiple screens, collaborates with highly educated professionals, and is often consulted as a subject matter expert.

Life can change dramatically.

Never underestimate the power of small daily steps.

Your current situation is not your final destination.

Keep chasing that dream.
Keep learning.
Keep showing up.

One day you’ll tell a story that sounds impossible to the version of you that’s struggling today.

And by the way…

I often wonder where little Diana Hove is today.

If she sees this, I owe her a huge thank you. ❤️

What’s one skill you struggled with at first but later became good at?

[Eng. Bhovungane @ny_emman]

This road leading to Zimbabwe's biggest Thermal Power Plant - Hwange Power Station was once tarred. A decade ago, one of the local companies offered to refurbish it and was engaging a private company to do the work. The responsible Ministry gave a directive to stop the planned work as the road is designated as a state road. The company was instead directed to handover the funding it had budgeted for the road to the Ministry which would then fix the road. A few months later a dozen workers from the Ministry turned up with shovels and gravel to fill potholes. That road has never been the same since then, it has become a permanent dust road.

[𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐙𝐖 @CrimeWatchZW]

Good day Crime Watch. May you post for me my experience with TelOne. I am disappointed with the level of service I received from TelOne regarding a SIM card replacement.

A few days ago, I lost my SIM card and was advised by TelOne that I needed to obtain a police report before they could issue a replacement. I followed the required procedure, obtained the police report, and went to TelOne Southerton expecting to be assisted.

To my surprise, I was informed that they had no replacement SIM cards in stock and was directed to the Glen View 1 branch. I then travelled to Glen View 1, only to be told that they also had no replacement SIM cards available.

When I asked when new stock would be available, I could not get a clear answer. After spending time and money travelling between branches, I ended up returning home without being assisted.

Customers should not be sent from one branch to another only to discover that the required service cannot be provided. If SIM cards are out of stock, clear communication and accurate information should be given before people are asked to travel.

I hope TelOne addresses this issue and improves its customer service so that others do not experience the same frustration.

[N𝕖𝕙𝕕𝕦𝕞 @onlyCFrancisco]

She was proud of mounting her TV herself… until she switched it on 😭

[Simbarashe Mapurisa @SimbarasheMapu6]

@onlyCFrancisco 😂😂😂😂

[JIGGA 🦍 @Makomborerol]

What l don’t understand about the CAB 3 bill and ZANU in general is , saka hamuna umwe pachenyu horight anogona kuita implement zvikuda kupedziswa zvacho na ED here.Iye ega ndiye anozvi gona 😂

[Gudie @Gudiboi01]

Vukani Bo siyo zama

[Simbarashe Mapurisa @SimbarasheMapu6]

@CrimeWatchZW

[DeepDiveData @DeepDiveDataZW]

1/ @EcoCashZW 's X account was hacked on June 3, 2026.

For 7 hours and 12 minutes, customer names, IDs, account numbers and transactions were exposed via the public support chats.

Here's what the law says should happen next — and a live clock tracking whether it does. 🧵

[Malaga @PMalaga2022]

We Say No to butchering the 🇿🇼 Constitution. #NotoCAB3