@Tiniwana I’ve always maintained that a big reason why Zimbabwe is an absolute shit hall is because of the deep seated misogyny that translates to how everything and everyone else is treated by anyone with some level of power
@SueNyathi Femicide is a serious issue and really needs to be discussed. Below are more cases of women’s lives taken by their partners in the UK. May they all RIP. This is very very sad!
I think at the end of the day, some men just don’t see rape as a “big deal.”
The only rape they see as “legit” is if it’s a stranger jumping out of the bushes and attacking you. Otherwise it’s just women being “emotional.”
Maaan, I can’t imagine what it must feel to be @SueNyathi right. To have what feels like the whole world talking and loving something you created.
Massive congratulations & well deserved too!
I actually do think we should discourage women from becoming housewives. Do not become financially dependent on a man. That's how a lot of women ended up dead over the years. A man gets violent suddenly and you have to choose between homelessness or potentially dying at his hand because you have an enormous gap in your resume and no degrees or certifications or anything that will help you pursue a career that will allow you to be financially independent. He owns your bank account. His name is probably the one on the car. Try and leave and he can report it stolen. Where will you go then?
Don't become a housewife.
For me, the most heartbreaking thing about Zanu besides the looting and plundering is how they have completely ruined the mentality of the youth with regards to the value of education and hard work. It’s reinforced every single day 🥲 how do we fix a broken mentality?
He is not your person if he doesn’t make you feel valued and respected. He is not your person if he fails to support you when you need him most. He is not your person if he constantly makes you question your worth. That’s not love, he just loves the way you love him.
My dear brother, when serious investors come into a country looking to do business, they look at basic things, very basic things.
In Zimbabwe, people in the capital city, barely 100 metres from the president’s office, are walking over raw sewage. There is no clean drinking water in many homes in Harare. Boreholes are now the main source of water, even in affluent suburbs like Chisipite, where shopping centres rely on boreholes because the government has failed to provide reliable running water.
Hospitals do not have basic medication, sometimes not even painkillers. For years, the country has gone without a single fully functional radiotherapy cancer treatment machine in public hospitals. People diagnosed with cancer are often left with little hope unless they can afford treatment outside the country.
Around 2,500 women die every year while giving birth in Zimbabwe. Roads are filled with potholes. The country cannot consistently provide 24-hour electricity from January to December.
Public funds are routinely looted. Corruption is rife. The Constitution is violated. There is no meaningful rule of law.
Those are the things serious business people like Aliko Dangote look at before they invest in a country. They ask themselves important questions. How will workers live? Will they have access to clean water? Will they have access to healthcare? Will contracts be respected? If there is a dispute, will the courts rule fairly and independently? These things matter.
So when some people try to reduce this discussion to propaganda and slogans, they are ignoring the very issues that destroyed our country in the first place. We need honesty with each other.
A country whose biggest referral hospital still relies on a single maternity theatre built in 1977 cannot honestly be described as a highly promising investment destination. Our judiciary is captured. Institutions are weak. Corruption has become normalised.
The world already knows these realities. We cannot pretend on social media that we are something we are not. Zimbabwe is struggling because of governance failures, corruption and policy inconsistency. That reputation cannot be washed away with propaganda.
If we do not want that label, then we must fix the country instead of trying to market dysfunction as success.
ZIMRA is going door to door at pple’s homes & businesses asking if they have lodgers,so they can start charging tax on rentals.There aren’t any proper systems or processes in place,you just see someone showing up in your yard unannounced.The country🇿🇼has really gone to the dogs.
Tonight’s event left me feeling motivated to put more kids to through school. There are children getting kicked out school in the rural areas because they can’t afford to pay $40-$50 school fees for the term but think about how much you spend on Saturday at Laparada …