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[InnocentⓂ️ @imazombwe]

@ignitive3_0 Did Thabo Mbeki's government get those people arrested? Did they see it as a crime & treat it as such? They have meeting locations in South Africa and names of attendees. What did they do about it? They just let the crimes go on? Tracking and writing a report? @TMFoundation_

[Nick Mangwana @nickmangwana]

Rutendo, I wish you would stop riding on my posts to promote what are ostensibly deluded positions. I’m not sure what’s going on with you, but let’s be clear: you did not remove sanctions. Here is a reality check for you:

1. You did not mobilize the region to speak with one voice on sanctions against Zimbabwe. President Magufuli did—and that is why 25 October was set as the SADC Anti-Sanctions Day. I am not sure how you believe that you, as a nonentity, had more clout than Dr. Stergomena Lawrence Tax, the then-SADC Executive Secretary, who—from her highly influential position—berated sanctions year in, year out. The regional position was enough to make the US reconsider its foreign policy on Zimbabwe.
2. Every year, the continent spoke with one voice, and when President Macky Sall was AU Chairperson, he never missed the opportunity to make Africa’s position clear: that sanctions against Zimbabwe were considered by 54 countries as sanctions against all of Africa. At every UNGA gathering, Africa spoke with this voice. These diplomatic breakthroughs had nothing to do with your lone voice in the wilderness—which did not even rattle a bird. I have had the occasion to speak to US diplomats on this, and your name does not feature at all in their recalibration of foreign policy. The majority have no clue who you are.
3. Unless you played a role in putting critical minerals in Zimbabwe and other African countries to make the US interested in them, then you had no role in the shifting US sanctions position on Zimbabwe.
4. Remind me again how you awarded GE (General Electric)—an American company—and China’s Power Construction Corp (PowerChina) the contract to build the Batoka Gorge Hydroelectric Project, in spite of the sanctions. Oh wait, you didn’t.
5. Tell us how you, as a member of the Westminster Africa Business Group, met Dr. S.B. Moyo in London in July 2019 and began working as a backchannel to the British government, lobbying them to change their position on Zimbabwe because that position was disadvantaging British businesses. Oh, I forgot—you are not a member and were never involved.
6. Remind us again how, in 2015, you contributed to the first significant easing of EU sanctions, which culminated in the EU extending €267 million (about US$267 million) in financial aid to the Zimbabwean government for the first time since sanctions were imposed in 2002. That was a massive milestone. What was your role in this again? Exactly.
7. In February 2018, the EU reduced individual sanctions to just 7 individuals and 1 entity, while suspending measures against 5 others. How did you achieve this again?
8. In February 2020, the EU removed 2 individuals from the sanctions list and updated the listing rationale for Amai  Grace Mugabe and former President Robert Mugabe. How did you achieve this again?
9. As the annual review continued, in February 2021, the EU removed 1 individual and amended entries for 2 others. Do you care to advise us on how you pulled that off?
10. In February 2022, another 3 individuals were removed from the EU list. From where I stand—and from my own involvement—I remember a progressive scaling down of sanctions by the EU every February when they came up for review. But what was your part in it? Nothing.
11. Now, let’s move to April 2021. After a 22-year pause, how did you bring back the European Investment Bank (EIB) with a €15 million credit line for CABS? Come on, Mr. Sanctions Slayer, tell us.
12. Now let’s turn to US sanctions and the scaling down. Tell us how, between 2014 and 2017, you managed to force the US to remove 49 listings from the sanctions list in 10 separate delisting actions.
13. And finally, on December 12, 2022, please tell us exactly how you managed to get 17 individuals delisted by the US.
The evidence speaks for itself. The progressive delistings, diplomatic engagements, and regional solidarity were driven by states, regional bodies, and seasoned diplomats—not by you a lone individual.

[InnocentⓂ️ @imazombwe]

@WorldofAndyCapp & the Judge says,
"Andy Capp owes me too, I'll be surprised if he doesn't owe you Mr Cox!"

[Sputnik @SputnikInt]

🇨🇳🇿🇼China helps Zimbabwe make history: First lithium sulfate produced on African soil

🔶Zimbabwe has shipped its first-ever refined lithium salt — essential for EV batteries, aviation alloys, and space tech.

🔶The breakthrough comes from a new $400 million plant at Arcadia Mine, a joint project between local Prospect Lithium Zimbabwe and China’s Huayou Cobalt. Annual capacity: 50,000 metric tons.

🔶This leap was enabled by Zimbabwe’s 2022 policy banning raw lithium exports to force local value addition.

🔶Chinese firms are moving beyond extraction — building processing infrastructure in resource-rich countries like Zimbabwe and fueling the Global South’s industrial rise.

[محمد بن زايد @MohamedBinZayed]

الأخوة والأخوات والأبناء شعب دولة الإمارات، والمقيمين على أرضها، وزوارنا الكرام،

دولة الإمارات تضع أمنها وسيادتها وسلامة شعبها والمقيمين فيها وزوارها في مقدمة أولوياتها.. وقادرة بفضل الله تعالى على التصدي لهذه الاعتداءات.

أتوجه بالشكر لقواتنا المسلحة الباسلة وأجهزتنا الأمنية الكفؤة وكل الأجهزة والفرق الوطنية على جهودهم المخلصة لحماية الإمارات، مجسدين أعلى درجات الجاهزية والتنسيق والتكامل، ما يبعث على الفخر والاعتزاز.

أعبّر عن تقديري العميق لوعي مجتمعنا من الإماراتيين وإخواننا المقيمين، شركاء الوطن، الذين عبروا عن حبهم للإمارات بالقول والفعل. في الإمارات الكل إماراتي، بحبه لهذه الأرض وعطائه لها.

نسأل الله أن يتغمّد الضحايا بواسع رحمته، وأن يمنّ على المصابين بالشفاء العاجل. ستبقى الإمارات، دار زايد، بإذن الله دائماً قوية بوحدتها، ثابتة في حماية سيادتها، وماضية بثقة نحو مستقبلها.

[@UAE @UAE]

صاحب السمو الشيخ محمد بن زايد آل نهيان،
رئيس دولة الإمارات العربية المتحدة،
حاكم إمارة أبوظبي،
القائد الأعلى للقوات المسلحة الإماراتية، حفظه الله.

His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan,
President of the United Arab Emirates,
Ruler of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi,
Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, may God protect him.

[The Prince Machiavelli @terrymap1]

Good evening @ishowspeedsui , this is Terry. I run the best Rural Restaurant in Zimbabwe. I trust you will be in Zimbabwe during your African tour. If your itinerary permits it will be an honor for me to give you the best Rural stream.

Fam lets get Speed to see this🙏🏿😎

[InnocentⓂ️ @imazombwe]

@drDendere For expressing a personal view?

[InnocentⓂ️ @imazombwe]

@Monycah4 @jaydenbango https://t.co/45IoWsAQpz
Usapinda nemoyo

[InnocentⓂ️ @imazombwe]

@LynneStactia

[InnocentⓂ️ @imazombwe]

@ProfMadhuku Kwabviwa mitunhu vaMadhuku.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

He had to read the paper he was given to understand the sign he was holding 🤦‍♂️

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

The problem is the puppetmasters, not the puppets, as the latter have no idea why they are even there

[Boxing Kingdom @BoxingKingdom14]

George Foreman has passed away. Rest in peace.

[InnocentⓂ️ @imazombwe]

Congratulations @KirstyCoventry
The young won, women won, mothers won, Zimbabwe won, & Africa won, ... & sports won!!!

[The Football Theory @United_Theory]

@Joey7Barton Joey thinks people worldwide are watching Georgia Vs Hungary at the Euros

[Kelvin Ngoma @Ngoma_Kel4in]

@Joey7Barton Very Arrogant Tweet from a former average player that could never lace the boots of the likes of Abedi Pele, George Weah, Kalusha Bwalya.

[InnocentⓂ️ @imazombwe]

@ABC LET HIM GO FOR ELECTIONS THEN 🤷🏾‍♂️

[Jackson Hinkle 🇺🇸 @jacksonhinkle]

DO YOU SUPPORT BRICS?

Yes or no.

[InnocentⓂ️ @imazombwe]

Uyu @freemanchari ari kutukirirwa iye achiziva zvaari kutaura 😅

[mmatigari @matigary]

I am still trying to process this

Blessed Mhlanga: Saka munohwinha sei imi muchitorerwa chinhu chenyu?

Blessed Geza: Aiwaka, ndiri kutokutaurira kuratidza kuti hatina kupusa. We will deal with this situation at the appropriate time.

Ngavadissolve politiburo iyi tikwane isu, varidzi vechinhu.

Ngavadissolve cabinet iyi, inodeala nanaKazembe Kazembe, vana Soda, haumbozive kuti vakabva kupi vanhu ivavo, you know, vanaKambamura. Why do you hate your Cdes?

Kune naGeneral, kune maRetired CIO vakawanda. Retired commissioners of police and other state officers, havadiwe.

BM: Maybe the President is looking at capacity and capability.

BG: ah bullshit. Vana Mudha, grade 7 and capacity yei? Nhasi woitwa minister of state, mangwana provincial minister, isu tiripo. We are not apologetic about it, chinhu chedu ichi.

Toda kutopinda. Ndoda kuti President vatondipawo ZIMOTA. Ndodawo maBody guards ini.

BM: But you have your own cars. You have a hotel you built at your home in Sanyati?

BG: I want to be rewarded as well, not to be used like a political condom all the time. I am not a political condom.

Let’s discuss, folks!