jaba Dahut

[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

Impunity, worrying it's institutionalised in all levels of governance and now permeates through all levels of our society. Law, Rights, Order, don't matter.

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[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

@zulukingggg Somebody has fallen of the wagon again 😔

[Marcie Wilks @Marcie4LOC]

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[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

@gilbert_ga94083 @MacBelts @nelsonchamisa 🤣

[Steve-K Gooner 4ever @stekaje]

@MacBelts @nelsonchamisa Today, is the darkest moment for Zimbabwe opposition. While @nelsonchamisa & @daddyhope are busy throwing internet 🛜 punches! The government is getting away with sinking 99 people in lake Kariba!

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Social media in many parts of Africa has still not reached the point where online popularity can reliably be translated into electoral strength on the ground.

President Hakainde Hichilema, who is facing a serious challenge from opposition candidate Brian Mundubile, has 773,700 followers on Twitter. Mundubile has only around 1,800. Yet Mundubile is giving Hichilema a serious political fight at the ballot box.

The extraordinary thing is that Brian Mundubile was largely unknown to many people outside Zambian political circles just a few months ago. I still have to check his surname whenever I write about him. That is how unfamiliar his name was to many of us following African politics.

Yet here he is, mounting a serious challenge against a sitting president with an enormous social-media following. His own presence on Twitter, arguably Africa’s most politically influential social-media platform, is tiny by comparison.

Even more significantly, four ministers from Hichilema’s political party have so far lost their parliamentary seats. Whatever the final presidential result, that alone should tell us something important about the difference between social-media visibility and political organisation.

Social media can create an illusion of political dominance. A politician can have hundreds of thousands of followers, generate thousands of likes and dominate online conversations, while an opponent with a fraction of that digital presence may have stronger structures, organisers and voters on the ground.

Elections are ultimately won at polling stations, not in Twitter timelines. You need people organising in constituencies, communities and polling districts. You need structures capable of identifying supporters, mobilising them and getting them to vote. Brian Mundubile is demonstrating why that distinction matters.

My personal analytical view remains that Hichilema will eventually win this election. But if he does, he will emerge politically bruised. This is not looking like the comfortable victory that his overwhelming social-media advantage might have suggested.

The lesson extends far beyond Zambia, never mistake social-media popularity for political power. Online followers do not automatically become votes, and elections are still won through organisation on the ground.

[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

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[TheNewsHawks @NewsHawksLive]

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐊𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐛𝐚 𝐅𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐲 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫: 𝐇𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐓𝐞𝐜𝐡𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬
Based on available information and analysis of all applicable issues, the Kariba ferry maritime disaster was not caused by a single isolated event.
It was the result of a catastrophic systemic failure where multiple vulnerability layers collapsed simultaneously.
Analysis shows the boat failed due to an interplay of a series of factors: Human error, command hubris, mechical failure, poor safety protocol, age of the boat, structural vulnerability, systemic deficits in maritime transport, operational incompetence, and bad weather which triggered the turbulent Binga waves that fatally buffeted the vessel.
The tragedy was simply not an unavoidable accident, but a direct consequence of human and operational errors, mechanical systemic and safety protocol issues, compounded by bad weather and stormy waves.
First, the captain exhibited cognitive rigidity and folly.
His individual hubris led to poor real-time decision-making and a refusal to heed clear warnings.
By dismissing early, repeated passenger warnings regarding water ingress onto the boat, he missed a critical window for a safe turnaround.
The vessel crew failed to enforce basic safety protocols and coordinate an effective emergency response.
It clearly lacked the necessary critical skills, basic training, and readiness to manage the crisis.
Carrying nearly double its authorised passenger capacity - 153 people instead of 90 - compromised the old boat's buoyancy, stability, and centre of gravity from the start.
Operating an ageing public vessel with compromised bilge/drainage systems in bad weather, choppy waters and turbulent waves meant that once the engine compartment flooded, total mechanical failure was inevitable. Relying on a single engine under extreme strain accelerated the final breakdown of the system under pressure from turbulent waves.
In addition, years of wear and tear had already degraded the vessel's reliability and ability to withstand pressure.
Critical onboard systems such as propulsion, steering, and power failed when needed the most.
Turbulent waves physically exploited the boat's existing structural and mechanical weaknesses to capsize and sink it.
Furgher, lack of enforced safety drills, life-saving equipment, or evacuation plans minimised survival rates.
The absence of early life jacket distribution, failure to prepare emergency equipment, and the directive instructing passengers not to use phones to call for help reduced survival chances and delayed the rescue mission when disaster struck.
In short, the Lake Kariba disaster highlights a tragic breakdown in regulatory oversight and public safety enforcement.
When state-operated dilapidated and ramshackled public transport service ignores basic load limits and safety protocols due to human error and folly, disasters cease to be "acts of God" and become instances of institutional negligence.
Preventing future maritime losses requires mandatory passenger manifests, strict weight enforcement at harbours to avoid overloading, functional emergency communication, and immediate prosecution of operators who compromise human lives for operational convenience.

[SCOTty @zulukingggg]

STOP BLAMING PARENTS — HOLD ZIMBABWE’S LEADERSHIP ACCOUNTABLE

When we see teenagers taking drugs, the first thing we often do is blame the parents.

We say, “The parents didn’t teach them properly.” But I don’t think the problem is that simple.

Parents can teach their children from a young age that drugs are dangerous. They can give them love, discipline and guidance. But when children become teenagers, their world changes. They become curious, they meet new people, make new friends and start making their own decisions.

Sometimes they experiment. Sometimes it is peer pressure. Sometimes it is the influence of friends. Sometimes it is poverty, loneliness, trauma or suffering.

And what about children who have lost their parents? What about a five-year-old who loses their parents and grows up with a grandmother? Who do we blame then?

This is why we need to look beyond the family and start looking at the bigger picture — including the responsibility of Zimbabwe’s government and political leadership.

If drugs are becoming increasingly available in our communities, we need to ask:

Where are these drugs coming from?

Who is bringing them into Zimbabwe?

Who is distributing them?

Who is making money from our children’s suffering?

And most importantly:

What is the government doing about it?

We have a President. We have a government. We have law-enforcement agencies and institutions whose responsibility is to protect citizens, especially our children.

So we cannot keep putting the entire responsibility on parents while ignoring the responsibility of the state.

Yes, parents have a role to play. But the President and government also have a responsibility to protect the country, stop criminal networks, deal with drug trafficking and make sure young people have access to education, rehabilitation, opportunities and support.

And let’s listen to the children themselves.

Go into rehabilitation centres. Speak to young people struggling with addiction. Ask them:

Why did you start? What happened to you? Who introduced you to drugs? What were you going through?

Their stories may tell us far more about the roots of this crisis than simply blaming their parents.

So let’s stop asking only:

“What’s wrong with this child?”

Let’s ask:

“What happened to this child?”

And let’s ask Zimbabwe’s leaders:

“Where are the drugs coming from? Who is supplying them? What are you doing about it? And why are our children increasingly exposed to this crisis?”

If we genuinely want to save Zimbabwe’s children, we need to stop looking for easy scapegoats.

Parents must take responsibility where necessary. Communities must take responsibility. But Zimbabwe’s leadership and government must also be held accountable.

This is bigger than bad parenting.

This is a national crisis — and it requires national leadership.

[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

@Va_Gotora @zulukingggg The pieces are FUBAR, Fucked Up Beyond All Repair would my choice of words 😮‍💨

[Dr. Tadini Masaya @wenyikaiman]

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How did the heroes who fought to free Zimbabwe end up perfecting the very machinery of colonial oppression? From Chitepo’s lost idealism to the brutal mechanics of state capture, a look at how a heroic struggle for dignity devolved into a tragedy of adoption, and why reclaiming true civic power is the ultimate duty on Heroes' Day. 👇

[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

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[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

@zulukingggg @FBuyangaa67559 @Panozipa @Panozipa these fake rakashi destroy credibility 😰 never grab the mic but run wild in the comments 😜

[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

@zulukingggg @Gondiyasi and @ResearchEvalua1 what did he do with millions votes he got ? Was that not capacitation ?🤔 Just asking.

[SCOTty @zulukingggg]

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[King Jay🇿🇼 @KingJayZim]

Please repost as only 10 people will see this as X throttles posts that include links.

THE PYJAMA PARTY . SATURDAY 1 AUGUST 🎶
Pinch and a punch for the first of the month! 😂
Yoh! August already! Time is flying! 🫣

Join me, this Saturday morning for another edition of #PyjamaParty on @Classic263 Radio.
📻 09:00–10:00 CAT
🇬🇧 08:00–09:00 UK time
📍 Live from the #BackyardSoulShack, Basildon, Essex
📡 Streaming live to Pockets Hill, Highlands, Harare and wherever you are in the world.

We're easing into the new month with an hour of Soul, Jazz, R&B, classics and a few new discoveries, plus the usual Saturday morning banter.

Our “Howzits?” go out to Valentine Chidz, Cool Breeze ,@Ruvimbo2090 @RuvimboMatambo @BonaseraAmerigo @les_mwale @redbakkie13
👋🏾
I'll be playing the future hit prediction by Zimbabwean Alton Edwards – “Don't Judge Me” again after introducing his new release last week, plus his brilliant 1982 UK Top 5 hit, “I Just Wanna (Spend Time With You)” as part of the opening billboard.

Also premiering the brand new ones by Melba Moore and former Shalamar lead vocalist Jody Watley as well as the throwback rare grooves🇿🇼❤️🇬🇧

So whether you're still under the duvet, making breakfast, heading out, or already up and about...
Put the kettle on, turn the radio up and come spend your Saturday morning with me. ☕🎶
The Pyjama PARTY . Saturday morning.
09:00 CAT / 08:00 UK.
Let's get August started! 🥳🎶
#PyjamaParty #Classic263 #BackyardSoulShack #SoulMusic #Zimbabwe

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Later is gonna be GREATER👊🏽🕺🏽🕺🏽🎺🎺🎸🎷💃🏽💃🏽

[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

@RiceMati @zulukingggg @Marcie4LOC 😂⚡️⚡️⚡️

[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

@RiceMati @zulukingggg Dzekuti ari kufunga kuti he can out argue @Marcie4LOC where Maponga has failed dismally 😂

[jaba Dahut @jaba_dahut]

@MaiZuKitchen @zulukingggg 😂

[Ongab @Va_Gotora]

@zulukingggg https://t.co/XjKJPG2MlB

Listen true Pan-Africanist discuss solutions that will free the African. Not this suedo attempt to solve a problem you dnt even want to speak about honestly.

[2Boy @MhofuMutuwere]

I’m going to @MacBelts’s upcoming Space. Will you join too? https://t.co/VcZj6bKaYq