Zi Birdenter

Social activist, Governance, Health and Social Care enthusiast, passionate about justice for all, Chevening alumni

[Zi Birdenter @ZiBirdenter]

@MurapaG @chirembaPT Bhudhi Givhi aaah you are so petty 😂😂😂

[Zi Birdenter @ZiBirdenter]

@zandatoto @BMrehwa Wow well done!

[Essy Magaisa @ElslieMagaisa]

Remembering u today, dear brother, four years on.Your voice, your courage,&your passion for shaping a better future continues to inspire many.Though you're gone, your legacy lives on in the lives u touched and the change u stood for. You are deeply missed&never forgotten Wamai

[Zi Birdenter @ZiBirdenter]

@Zvoutete14 Nhasi ndaseka yoh😂

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@TKRS_ONE @terryndoro Too much drama indeed

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@TKRS_ONE @terryndoro Leave us alone 😂😂Behave yourself. I don’t care kuti unendebvu 😂😂Vabereki vedu love my dad. My mum long gone. Miss her ❤️

[Zi Birdenter @ZiBirdenter]

@_MakdShelby What’s the contact number for the fencing company?

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@Iamlyday1 @dinho_1545 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Zi Birdenter @ZiBirdenter]

@FlyPetrus @Zikamnyamane Fly away 😂😂😂😂

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@Iamlyday1 @dinho_1545 Be kind 😂😂😂😂😂

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@KingJayZim Cheya please take good care of yourself. We at Crystal Palace FC are doing just fine. Have you checked on @mamakaCleo?

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@KingJayZim @HlisUmoya Nice nice. Cheya. Chimboitai oxtail yenyu iye yemu oil field 🤣🤣🤣Cheya vedu

[Zi Birdenter @ZiBirdenter]

@mdhara_Kuzz @mattking23_ Ndaseka hangu 🤣Takainamatira nyaya yaJoshua

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@nziradzemasoja @Queen_primis @Mr_Teekay001 🤣🤣🤣🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️🏃‍♂️

[Zi Birdenter @ZiBirdenter]

@Iamlyday1 Relatable 😂😂😂 Did something almost similar. Mopped floors with a rag kneeling down 😂😂😂

[Zi Birdenter @ZiBirdenter]

I laughed so hard 😂😂😂😂🤣🤣

[Olaide of Manchester | The Social Worker @Iamlyday1]

I remember when I first came to the UK and was working agency jobs in Manchester. One day, either Task Master or Manpower sent me to do a kitchen porter shift at the old City College on Chorlton Street, near the National Express station. 

I was excited because at the time, it felt like an upgrade from my tiny 2-hour cleaning job.

The kitchen got extremely busy during dinner so the staff kept bringing me huge piles of plates and giant pots to wash. I noticed they were all looking at me strangely, whispering to each other and disappearing out of the kitchen, but I ignored it and kept working hard because in my mind, if I impressed them, maybe they would ask me to come back for the rest of the week.

I washed everything by hand. Every single plate. Every giant pot. Properly.

I was honestly proud of myself 😭

Then after a while, the chef walked in looking stressed, opened these huge machines and started loading all the plates into one and the pots into another.

That was the moment I realised I had spent almost an hour handwashing things that should have gone into the industrial dishwasher 😭

I had never seen or used a dishwasher before in my life.

Looking back now, it’s funny. But at the time I was mortified because I genuinely think I added about 40 minutes to everybody’s shift.

The next day they moved me from the kitchen to serving students instead 😭

Life is funny because sometimes the experiences that embarrass you the most at the time eventually become part of the story you laugh about later.

[Tasunungurwa Mufumiri @freemufumiri]

THE TAGWIREI WEDDING: A MASTERCLASS IN HOW ZIMBABWE REALLY WORKS 🧵

1. Last Saturday night, Zimbabwe's ruling elite gathered at a polo club in Harare.

US$20 million+ changed hands as wedding gifts.
Boyz II Men performed.
The President attended.

And 15 million Zimbabweans were being told their wages in ZiG are worth something.

This thread is about the gap between those two realities. 👇

First: who got married?

Taonanyasha Tagwirei is the son of Kudakwashe Tagwirei, founder of Sakunda Holdings.

Who is Kudakwashe Tagwirei?

The US Treasury Department calls him a man who 'derailed economic development and harmed the Zimbabwean people through corruption.'

He's also President Mnangagwa's most important financial backer.

He financially sponsored the coup against the late President Robert Gabriel Mugabe to the tune of USD1.5Million.

The US sanctioned Tagwirei in 2020 under OFAC, the same office that goes after drug cartels and terrorist financiers.

The designation was explicit: he used his personal relationship with Mnangagwa to extract state contracts, monopolize scarce hard currency, and reward officials with luxury vehicles.

He is, legally speaking, a designated corrupt actor.

He threw the party anyway.

[Zi Birdenter @ZiBirdenter]

@daddyhope @HimCourage Nhasi ndaseka hangu. Courage is needed 🤣