Founder and Director Pumula Royal Arts and Community awards // Member of Parliament Bulawayo Youth Quota //Bulawayo Progressive Resident Association youth Rep
A Zimbabwean opposition leader and member of parliament, who was illegally removed from parliament through Mnangagwa’s constitutional violation charade, has been arrested at the Beitbridge border post.
Prince Dubeko Sibanda was on his way back from South Africa.
This arrest shows that Mnangagwa doesn’t give two hoots about SADC if he can do this while the leaders are still in Zimbabwe.
The tyrant has jailed more than 100 pro-democracy activists in the past 62 days using tactics such as torture, arbitrary arrests, abuse of the judiciary, and imprisonment.
The United Nations has condemned the unprecedented crackdown and called for the release of all political prisoners.
The United Nations' call for the release of all these political prisoners is an important step in holding the Zimbabwean government accountable for its actions and protecting the rights of its citizens. Sadly, SADC will simply look the other way!
YOUNG PEOPLE TAKE CHARGE…Things are changing. When we effort to promote the young people in Zimbabwe the old feel threatened and cannibalize the young ones. #YoungPeopleLead
16 June 2024, we remember the young people of Soweto who were butchered by the apartheid regime now friends odd ANC in South Africa. Come let's have this conversation tomorrow in Bellview, Bulawayo
🎙️@_Nalafem's "I Am Nala Podcast" has released an episode spotlighting @EmmaTheofelus who is a part of @ClubdeMadrid's WYDE Civic Engagement Network of Young Decision-makers and Africa's youngest Minister! #WYDEYouth
Listen here: https://t.co/Z3jOEz4RVu
🟣Dear Minister @KirstyCoventry,
When you were appointed Minister of Sport and the Arts, Zimbabweans celebrated.
We celebrated because we believed that your competence as an athlete, international sports administrator and passionate Zimbabwean would translate into excellence and sound policy in these important spheres.
Sport and art are crucial for the fostering of national pride, identity and spirit. These bipartisan disciplines help Zimbabweans unite despite creed, colour, political affiliation, gender, tribe or any of the other factors that normally divide us.
As you enter a second term at the helm of this Ministry, our celebration has turned to despair.
Throughout your tenure, national sports teams including soccer and cricket have been periodically banned from international events. Grassroots sports development is effectively at a standstill. Schools’ sport is not as regionally or continentally competitive as it once was. Our sporting infrastructure is in a sad state of dilapidation and neglect.
Zimbabwe does not have a single functional stadium in which to play or host international soccer matches. We have been forced into the embarrassing position where we have to play international matches “at home” in Rwanda.
So tragic is the crisis in sport that we were not surprised when there was no showing for Zimbabwe’s national soccer team at AFCON.
But we were hurt.
Imagine for a moment how soccer-loving Zimbabweans feel when we cannot wave our flag on such an important stage? Can you fathom what it does to the spirit of the nation when we have to adopt countries to support (because we love the game) and are sometimes insulted with the label “international orphans”? Why do African nations at war manage to participate yet we can’t?
What explanation is there for the incompetence, neglect and poor management of national sport?
Coming to the arts, the crisis is just as bad, if not worse. Ask yourself - when was the last time a Zimbabwean artist won a Grammy? Why are our artists having to pander to dodgy politics and dark characters in order to drive a decent car? Is their desperation not enough to break your heart?
From where we stand, it seems like you say and do very little. Maybe you have disengaged or have failed to sort it all out. We will never know. Nobody apologizes for the failure. We cannot see the efforts to address the problem.
Whatever the case, please know that when the hearts of Zimbabweans break, they may not make a noise - but we mourn daily at the tragic state of sport and art (like many other things) in the country.
We live in hope that it will one day turn around so that we can wave our flags, unite and celebrate again.
#TeamZimbabwe🇿🇼
THANK YOU ZIMBABWE FOR STANDING WITH ME…
In 2018, they took away the MDC-T and gave it to another.
Then, we formed the MDC Alliance.
In 2020, they took the MDC Alliance and gave it to another.
They further took away our Headquarters, took away assets, finances..political party funding,
They recalled over 25 MDC Alliance MPs from Parliament to leave me naked.
Then founded the CCC from nothing.
In 2023, they took the CCC and gave it to another, this time to their own invention and creation.
All this in an attempt to degrade, demean defocus, weaken and destroy.
In 2024, as if that is not enough, now they are threatening to take away my life.
I have no regrets whatsoever!! Our cause is just - A better life for everyone. Dignity for everyone. Happiness for everyone. Freedom for everyone.
Remember, #Godisinit is the author and giver of life.
Our day is soon coming!!!
God bless you!
FELLOW CITIZENS, This is to officially, and under my hand, inform you, that, with immediate effect, I no longer have anything to do with CCC.
My focus remains fully on Zimbabwe, asserting your victory, honoring the citizens mandate and God’s calling to provide leadership.
There are fresh things we need to do. Let’s all work together for total freedom, true change and wholistic transformation for our beloved country. Giving up or giving in is not an option. Nothing comes without tenacity and resilience.
Fellow citizens, you will be kept posted on the next steps.
Thank you all for the support and continued prayers as we get ready for the NEW. Let us embrace the opportunities that lie ahead.
Change is coming soon! God bless you. #Godisinit
24/01/2024
HARARE, ZIMBABWE
Full statement: https://t.co/XG9c5mNfjA