the kids

Father,husband, family man, social observer,

[the kids @babasendas]

@ChangeRadioZW Zvinonyadzisa. Yes. Money will not bring back lives. But $100 is an insult. Considering money splashed by thieves connected to govt

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Watching this video posted by HSTV really broke my heart because I simply put myself in this man’s shoes and imagined someone coming to my home and destroying it. Imagine spending your savings, perhaps everything you have worked for over many years, building a home for yourself and your family, only to stand helplessly and watch it being demolished. His anger is understandable.

But we must look beyond the heartbreaking images of this particular house being destroyed. The bigger issue is the culture of lawlessness that we have repeatedly spoken about in Zimbabwe. ZANUPF and the government have enabled an environment in which politically connected land barons can operate with impunity, selling land to desperate citizens, producing questionable or fictitious paperwork and leaving ordinary people to carry the devastating consequences when the authorities eventually act.

There are fundamental questions that must be answered. How was this house allowed to be built in the first place without council approval? If there was no approval, where were the authorities when construction started? A house does not appear overnight. Foundations are dug, bricks are delivered, walls go up, roofing is installed, electricity and other services may be connected, and people eventually move in. At what point did the responsible authorities intervene?

And if there was council approval, then an even more serious question arises: why is the house being demolished today? Who approved it, on what basis was it approved, and who must be held accountable if that approval was improperly issued?

That is why simply focusing on the demolition misses the bigger story. The real scandal is the lawlessness that has taken root in our country, where people can use their party political connections to do things they would never dare to do in a properly functioning state governed by the rule of law. When political affiliation becomes more powerful than the law, ordinary citizens inevitably become the victims.

The consequences go beyond illegal land sales. They destroy public confidence in institutions. People lose faith in councils, law enforcement agencies and ultimately the judiciary because, case after case, they see the enormous influence that political elites can exercise over institutions that are supposed to protect everyone equally.

A functioning state cannot allow land barons to sell people land illegally for years and then arrive at the end of the process to punish only the families who built homes there. Accountability must travel all the way up the chain. Who sold the land? Who produced the paperwork? Who authorised construction, if anyone did? Which officials knew what was happening? Who protected the land barons? And why were they allowed to continue operating?

I feel deeply sorry for this man. He may have spent everything he had building that house, and today he is standing among the ruins wondering what comes next.

The most painful question he asks in the video says everything: Where is he going to sleep tonight?

That is the human cost of lawlessness.

[Nhimbe FM (100.9) @NhimbeFM]

🚨 LAKE KARIBA DISASTER UPDATE

More bodies have reportedly been recovered from Lake Kariba today as search and recovery operations continue following the Mbuya Nehanda boat disaster.

Among the heartbreaking discoveries is reportedly the body of a mother found with her baby still strapped to her back. 💔

The scene has left rescuers and families devastated as the recovery operation continues.

**Nhimbe FM continues to follow developments.**

#LakeKariba #KaribaDisaster #NhimbeFM #Zimbabwe

[Bhudhi Ghivhi @BhudhiGhivhi]

➡️ This is what it looks like when you have an illegitimate, cruel and incompetent government.
Human lives are a joke to them.

They operated a ramshackled, dangerous vessel that should have been replaced YEARS ago but they preferred to loot than to invest in a vessel fit to transport members of the public, then when the vessel sank, they boast that 77 of the victims were rescued.

The 15 that died and 27 missing Zimbabweans are nothing.
ZERO empathy or remorse for their complicity in this avoidable tragedy.

We don’t have a government.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

I reposted this poster on my Facebook page yesterday. It was originally posted by Nyaradzo Funeral, and I simply shared it. I do not usually do that, but this case tore at me emotionally.
It moved me because I thought this woman could have been my sister or daughter, and those two girls could have been my nieces. I could not wrap my head around how anyone could do this.

The purpose of this post, however, is to address something else that shocked me; the combined defence mounted by some Zimbabwean and South African men on behalf of a killer who murdered his own wife and children. Some of the reasons offered are as ridiculous as they come.

A very good friend of mine, one of the top businesswomen in Africa, said something profound about this. She said it might upset people, but it could be true.
When the white man came to Africa, he claimed we needed to be civilised. This was said to justify colonialism, but it was framed as fact based on our behavior. This kind of behavior does not happen only within our race or on our continent. It happens elsewhere too.

But in other places, people do not defend it in this way. Where it is defended elsewhere, it is usually rooted in religion, such as when a woman is killed to protect her family’s honour after refusing an arranged marriage. It is diabolical, but so are many things done in the name of religion.

This case is not that. This is a man who went home and viciously killed his wife, so viciously that British investigators, who spoke to journalist friends of mine, said they had never seen anything like it. He then killed his daughters using frightening methods according to investigators. Those investigators advised the family against viewing the bodies.

That is how terrible this killing was. Yet some people in our communities, especially the Zimbabwean community, have been defending him, saying she could have done this or that. This brings us back to what my friend was saying; that we are still evolving, that our minds still need civilising.

It has nothing to do with education alone, because this man was educated, and so are many of the people defending his actions. Imagine a human being defending the killing of a woman and her children by their own husband and father.

It shows how backward some of us still are. No matter how emotionally provoked someone claims to be, defending this kind of act only proves the point that we still have work to do. His actions were uncivilised, and the response to them is even more uncivilised.

How do we deal with a society that still has members who justify the murder of a woman and two children? No matter what happened beforehand, how can anyone justify that?

I want to speak directly to young men reading this, the millions of young men who follow me on my social media platforms. Even if you catch your woman with another man, even if she tells you she no longer wants you, nothing justifies killing her. Doing so only proves you are a fool, a loser. Nothing whatsoever justifies it.

Anyone who defends such an act fits squarely within the definition of uncivilised.

I hope the young men reading this, who may have thought it was acceptable to kill a woman or her (your) children over a dispute, will reflect on what I am saying. Being a man is not about using brute violence. Being a man means containing your emotions when angry.

Brute force can be used by anyone with access to the means of violence, but civilisation requires a disciplined and sophisticated mind. Do not kill another man and woman’s child. If she no longer wants to be with you, let her go. Do not kill your own children because a woman has left you.

The tragedy is that these acts of violence are almost always triggered by something the perpetrator himself set in motion, yet the men who defend this behavior rarely want to talk about that. They do not want to talk about the infidelity or the toxicity they themselves bring into marriages.
Rest in Peace to Zandile, Natalie and Nala.

[𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐙𝐖 @CrimeWatchZW]

WATCH | A Harare City Council official was caught on camera slapping a woman during a heated argument. What is really going on with these City Council officials? Their behaviour is becoming increasingly concerning.

@JMafume @gama_stanley

[Doug Coltart ⚖️🇿🇼 @DougColtart]

I do have some information about another case you are supposedly investigating which I reported at Harare Central Police Station on 1 April 2026 under IR No. 040038IR. The accused person, Luckmore Gapa, was recently seen at a ZANU PF rally seated in a place of honour on the stage. How far with your investigations? Fellow citizens, please kindly assist the police by calling the National Compaints Desk No 02424703631 with this information. RT for awareness.

[the kids @babasendas]

@daddyhope This is unacceptable. Action must at all cost be taken...disturbed

[‏ْ @marklfcx]

Lamine Yamal on Lionel Messi missing out on the Best Player of the Tournament award to Rodri.

🗣️ “Congratulations to Rodri because he’s an unbelievable player. But my heart tells me something different. For me, Lionel Messi deserved that award. What he did at 39 years old wasn’t normal it was something football may never witness again.”

“I’ve spent my whole life hearing people say Messi’s time was over. Yet every time the biggest stage called his name, he answered. He carried Argentina again, decided matches again, and made millions of people believe again. How can someone produce a tournament like that and not be named its best player?”

“I looked across the pitch in the final and I wasn’t just facing an opponent. I was facing the player who inspired my entire generation to fall in love with football. The same man whose videos I watched every day, whose movements every young player tried to copy, was still producing magic against the best teams in the world.”

“For me, this wasn’t just another great World Cup. It was one of the greatest individual tournaments I’ve ever seen. At an age when most legends are remembered for what they used to be, Messi was still showing everyone what greatness looks like in the present.”

“People will celebrate the winner of the award, and they have every right to. But years from now, children won’t be searching for the voting results they’ll be searching for Messi’s highlights, his passes, his goals, his dribbles and the moments that made the world stop and applaud.”

“I was lucky enough to share a World Cup with my idol. If there’s one thing I’ll always say, it’s this: Lionel Messi didn’t need that trophy to prove he was the best player at this tournament. In my eyes, and in the eyes of millions around the world, he had already won it with his football. Some legacies are simply too big for any vote to define.

[Dandaro Online @DandaroOnline]

#dandarostreets "Mafikizolo have got more than 5 Million fans in South Africa, not once have they stood up and condemned this xenophobic violence, Makhadzi has earned millions in Zimbabwe alone, but not once has she stood up for us and condemned this xenophobic violence in South Africa as well, so they must not come here, we don't want them! ", Mai Tt speaks out against booking South African musicians in Zimbabwe.

Thoughts on this...👏🏿💯✔️

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[Luke @Luke_Jets7]

FIFA didn’t even have VAR check this one, but Senegal is sent packing a week later because of a softer 120th minute from penalty.

They clearly have teams they want to win

[Sage @Sage_FCB]

🚨 Roy Keane on Belgium being awarded a penalty after Youri Tielemans went down in the second half of extra time:

🗣️ “That's a disgrace. Absolutely shocking officiating. I honestly don't know what the referee has seen there to give a penalty.”

“Tielemans hadn't even won the ball. There was the slightest bit of contact, but that's football. If we're giving penalties for incidents like that, defenders may as well stop tackling altogether.”

“These are the moments that ruin big matches. You've got two teams battling for over 120 minutes, and then the game is potentially decided by one incredibly soft decision. It's not good enough at this level. The referee has got that completely wrong, and I don't think VAR has covered itself in glory either.”

[Bla B @bla_bidza]

Came up so well for everyone.

[Bla B @bla_bidza]

Africa’s Sadists 0 - 1 Imperialists.

[Bhudhi Ghivhi @BhudhiGhivhi]

➡️ Karma.

[Bhudhi Ghivhi @BhudhiGhivhi]

➡️ Karma. 😌

#NoToXenophobia

[Gilbert Gilbert 📝🇨🇦 @1_7980]

He has won #CAB3 but lost the respect of all Zimbabweans who value law, order and due process
Haana future uyu!!

[President Anti 2030 /Tyora Zvigananda @noto2030]

It would be a lie to declare Emmerson Mnangagwa an intelligent person. Killing his generals, mutilating the Constitution, jailing opponents for no reason is never intelligence but cowardice. What I know is Mnangagwa is going to without fail.

[𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒕 𝑶𝒇 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑬𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒉 @Shadaya_Knight]

As South Africa play today, this is how the map of Africa will be looking like 😭

[nana aba @thenanaaba]

Pending doom cast its shadow over the land…