Clint Siniwa

He that beats a drum for a madman to dance is not much better than the madman himself.

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

Read my opinion on the state of healthcare in Zimbabwe. @_mstinoe__ @NehandaRadio https://t.co/DjDnbQbun3

[Peter Ndoro @peterndoro]

@PoliceZimbabwe, beating citizens for exercising their rights is not law enforcement — it is abuse of power. Allegations Prof. Lovemore Madhuku was assaulted by police in #Zimbabwe, demand accountability. Police exist to protect, not to punish. This is what the apartheid police did to citizens

[Tafi Mhaka @tafimhaka]

Tonderai Ndira will not be campaigning when Zimbabwe votes again. He will not rally his neighbourhood, as he did two months ago, for one last push against an unwanted regime. Instead, he is buried in an unmarked grave in the Warren Hills cemetery in Harare. A week on from his funeral, only his brother knows for sure which of the mounds is his. He will not leave a marker because he believes state agents are still not finished with the murdered activist. They would like to dig up his brother's remains to remove the incriminating evidence.

Mr Ndira's body was only found by accident in one of the capital's morgues a fortnight ago. His eyes had been gouged out and his tongue cut off. The 30-year-old was so badly beaten his father had trouble identifying him. A distinctive ring confirmed the identity of a man compared by some to South Africa's murdered rights activist, Steve Biko.

Mr Ndira, a lifelong campaigner for political change, had been arrested more than 30 times but kept up his opposition to the government that has led Zimbabweans to the lowest life expectancy in the world. His remains – a crushed skull, a bullet wound through the chest and blood-stained shorts – are a depressing metaphor for Zimbabwe in the aftermath of a stolen election.

A veteran of numerous arrests and internments, beatings and torture, Mr Ndira was accustomed to keeping on the move and staying one step ahead of the state security apparatus. Two weeks ago, suffering from exhaustion, he returned home to Mabvuku township outside Harare. Before dawn, say his family and other witness, a group of about 10 men, some masked and carrying Kalashnikov AK-47 rifles, appeared at his doorstep and demanded to see him. His wife called out to him and he asked the visitors to call back later. Instead, they burst into the activist's home and beat him in front of his two young children, before dragging him outside and into a truck, bloodied and still in his underwear.

In the weeks that followed his abduction, his family made frantic efforts to obtain any details about what happened to him. What took place can only be surmised by the unidentified, broken body that was found in a field in Goromonzi, 20 miles outside the capital, and taken to the mortuary at Harare's Parirenyatwa hospital. Mr Ndira was reportedly identified only after someone recognised the mutilated corpse from its tall and thin frame and guessed the rest.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

RETWEET

This is the result of Zimbabwean secret service torture on teacher and trade unionist, Robert Chere, yesterday.

He was pulled off a plane by the secret service officers yesterday afternoon along with three other activists who were also tortured.

This is what the criminal cabal of Emmerson Mnangagwa does to citizens in civil society, the opposition, and the media.

Zimbabweans require help!
It is important for the international community and human rights organisations to closely monitor the situation in Zimbabwe and speak out against such violations.
The people of Zimbabwe deserve a safe and secure environment where they can express their opinions and engage in peaceful activism without fear of retribution.

[UN Watch @UNWatch]

The re-election of Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa was marred by vote suppression, arrest of observers, voter intimidation, threats of violence, harassment and coercion. The credibility of this election is in grave doubt. We must stand with opposition like @advocatemahere.

[SADC Secretariat @SADC_News]

#SADC Expresses concern on statements made about its Electoral Observation Mission in Zimbabwe and the personal attacks to its Head of SEOM following the release of its Preliminary Statement on Zimbabwe Harmonised Elections.
Click link for Press Release:
https://t.co/h7HDK79x64

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

@bbmhlanga Why is ZANU PF deploying police officers to do its dirty work?

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

@ali_naka If they can do this in broad daylight in front of journalists, imagine what they get up to under the cover of darkness...

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

@CCCLeicester This is what happens when thugs are running a country. What must happen now???

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

@ali_naka @ZANUPF_Official @SADC_News The hubris exhibited by their strategic communicators is beyond belief. Clearly it will require more than an election to remove these criminals masquerading as politicians.

[Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 @advocatemahere]

🟡STOP THE STEAL: The displayed @ZECzim result at Oriel Boys’ High has been amended. @ZECzim are saying that they don’t know who amended the result. We have all the authentic v11s and are demanding that the displayed result be accurate in line with the correct v11s.

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

@S_Harudzibwi Parodying par excellence lol

[Team Pachedu @PacheduZW]

The British Parliament wants the UK GVT to cancel Mnangagwa's invitation to the coronation of King Charles citing gross human rights abuses.

One of the preconditions is that Job Sikhala must be granted his right to bail.

We agree. 👏👏

RT if you agree as well!

@JamesCleverly

[Al Jazeera Investigates @AJ_Investigates]

Today the I-Unit launches a new podcast season that takes you inside our #GoldMafia investigation.
We go behind the scenes, hear from the investigators, and disclose NEW revelations not shown in the films. (1)
Here's what to expect. ⤵️

[Freeman @freemanchari]

Imagine being motivated to sell shoes by a gold smuggler. You wake up every day uchingwavha, "Shangu pano!" at the end of the day you have $20 and the other guy is posting herself in Dubai. You beat yourself hard, uchaita macourse eFinance... My sister it's not you. iMafia iyi!

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

@daddyhope The smuggling of gold means tax evasion which is robbing Zimbabwean citizens of taxes and royalties that are supposed to be funding public services like public healthcare, education, potable water and development of roads and infrastructure.

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

@daddyhope Despite the psychodrama the system has a fail-safe mechanism built in such that when a leader has to go a discreet tap on the shoulder by the men in grey suits is all it takes. This is something needed for Zim political systems for leaders to exit without any violence or coup

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

@ali_naka @ZANUPF_Official @ZECzim The level of political violence is now untenable.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

“When Mnangagwa’s Government was busy jailing journalists for doing their job, presiding over human rights abuses, you (@MYANC) sent a delegation that went there & did nothing,” says senior SA journalist @TheRealClementM to @PhophiRamathuba

“We have acknowledged that,” she says.

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

@daddyhope @GGuvamatanga I find it disturbing that a sitting president is openly issuing a veiled threat to one of his ministers disguised as a joke. This kind of attitude of leaders not wanting to hear unpleasant truths is what has sunk Zimbabwe's economy.

[Clint Siniwa @ClintSiniwa]

I am in Canterbury today to pay my last respects to Alex Magaisa. He was a scholar and intellectual with a peculiar clarity. He yearned for a better Zimbabwe free from oppression. That too, is my desire. #RIPAlexMagaisa