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[mawarire mbizvo jealousy @mawarirej]

Professor Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba adds his voice against #CAB3. He laughs at how a government that professes to be serving the people runs away from the same people by refusing elections. He says "you cannot cure the difficulties of democracy by amputating the will of the people." He pours scorn over claims by 2030ists that "elections are toxic" and hamper development. He argues that the only "toxic thing in Zimbabwe" that hampers development "is a ruling elite that uses violence to silence the people".

[Zimviral 𝕏 @ZimViral]

What comes to mind first when you hear this sound? 🥹

[skilled rebhara @drjaytee87]

zvinzwirei mega ..real life experience. very painful.

tikazvitaura munoti we are not patriotic. people paint walls and celebrate ...

[Divah Phiri @PhiriDivah]

1/2 Work in progress at Juggler Investments: the precise establishment of 40 hectares of Irati onion from @Charterseeds, executed using a Monosem precision planter. This level of accuracy in seed placement and spacing sets the foundation for uniform emergence, optimal plant

[Zimviral 𝕏 @ZimViral]

My fellow Africans… it turns out we’ve been using it the wrong way all along. 😭

[Saviour Kasukuwere @Hon_Kasukuwere]

The Voice!

[Freeman @freemanchari]

Problem yezvimasong izvi zvinenge cancer, they eat up space yemusic chaiyo wozongoona wakutwuimbawo

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Happy weekend to all my followers and digital friends, add this song to your playlist. It is proof that you do not need to understand a language to enjoy music, music is a language of the soul on its own.

It is one of the greatest African songs ever made, and it is from Malawi. The song is called “Linny Hoo” and was done by Giddes Chalamanda featuring Namadingo.

Giddes Chalamanda is a legendary Malawian musician known for his acoustic folk style and for performing with a banjo. The collaboration with Namadingo revived the song and made it popular across Africa. He was 90 years old in 2020 when this video was made, an amazing legend.

Enjoy and have fun over the weekend🎼

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Great initiative by #GreatmanMusic. RETWEET and help him reach as many people as possible!

You know what, my people? A retweet costs you nothing. And when you see somebody who is disabled, like Great Man, pushing this initiative, it should shame us who are able-bodied that we are not able to assist those who are disabled.

The least we can do is to RETWEET so that those who have the heart to help can actually support this cause.

So I ask you again, please RETWEET this initiative that Great Man, who is disabled, has started to assist people like him who are disabled.
It costs you nothing at all as a Zimbabwean or an African to simply RETWEET, or as any other nationality.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

I want to say this to my Tanzanian brothers and sisters working in the media; to all Tanzanian journalists.
This is a difficult time, but you must document everything that is happening. You are the custodians of truth and memory. The world moves on quickly, but your documentation will stand as the historical record of this painful and tragic moment.

You are going to make documentary films for posterity, for Tanzanians who are not yet born, so that they can one day see and understand the pain their country went through. The same thing that is happening in your nation happened in Zimbabwe in 2008.
I have shared my documentary film that I produced and directed below so that you can see what we endured, and so that you understand the importance of documenting every act of brutality, every injustice, and every voice of resistance.

I know this is an emotional and dangerous time. Some of you may have family members who have been killed or seriously injured by Madam Dictator.
But as you know, our duty as journalists is to serve our country by telling the truth, even when it is costly. Your courage will be the foundation upon which future generations rebuild a free Tanzania.

Document everything. Capture the images, record the violence, preserve the stories; for history, for justice, and for posterity. In Kenya, my friend Boniface Mwangi, an award-winning photographer, did the same during the 2007–2008 crisis. He documented everything and created an important book that helped the world understand what had happened.

We are with you. We are thinking about you and standing with you in solidarity. We will continue to amplify your story because we know that your internet access is limited and censored.
Unless you have a satellite phone, communication is nearly impossible. But please, stay strong. The truth you capture today will one day liberate your nation.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Today is June 27, a very sad and painful day for all Zimbabweans who voted for political change on March 29, 2008 — a day we should memorialise the many Zimbabweans killed in 2008 to keep ZANUPF in power.

Robert Mugabe and ZANUPF lost the election to Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC-T party but refused to accept defeat, launching a bloody and violent post-election campaign that killed over 300 people mainly in Mashonaland, Manicaland and Masvingo.

I was the first journalist to capture this brutality on video in Buhera, alongside the MDC-T parliamentary candidate Julius Magarangoma who had taken me there to see the scale and obscenity of the violence. My footage became the first warning to the world of what was to come.

The Robert Mugabe regime, through the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO), had banned me from covering this election, so some of the visuals were taken undercover.

Mugabe was forced on the country on June 27, 2008 after a sham one man election because the masterminds of this violence, Emmerson Mnangagwa and General Constantino Chiwenga, knew their path to power was only possible if Mugabe remained in office.

I directed, filmed and produced this one-hour award-winning documentary, A Violent Response, which captured the senseless violence that followed.
I post it here for all to remember this painful event that took place in our country — without any consequence at all.

Let this film stand as a witness for the dead, a cry for the broken, and a reminder that silence in the face of evil is complicity. We must never forget, and we must never forgive those who bathed our hope in blood.

A Violent Response, filmed, directed and produced by Hopewell Chin’ono.

[Israel Defense Forces @IDF]

These architects of terrorism are officially done terrorizing the world.

[The AI Colony @TheAIColony]

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[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

1. I want to give a shout-out to a Zimbabwean architect who has done some brilliant drawings for me and friends at very reasonable prices over the years.

Keith Nyatanga’s WhatsApp Number is;
[phone]

Give him some work, he is a great professional.

[FearBuck @FearedBuck]

when a man controls his lust, he becomes unstoppable

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

The prophet (and the prophetess) could not resist the lure of brand new cars.
Someone needs to do a PhD on why Zimbabweans love cars so much.
🤣🤣🤣

[Waploaded 🎬 @Waploadedblog]

Not bad ⏳

[Noby @nobiechishyy]

Yohh ndaisaziva kuti ndundu wepaZBC radio musope ka ini. This man is talented yohh 👌👏

[TheNewsHawks @NewsHawksLive]

Chivayo corruption case bears
hallmarks of transnational money laundering
By HENRY JAJI, Economist
I just watched this Dug Up episode by @iAmKudaMaynard, and I must say, it’s more than just important. It’s urgent. It’s critical.
As someone with experience in Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), I understand how quickly a single scandal can undo years of reform. Financial systems run on trust. And when that trust is broken, especially through state-linked transactions involving public funds, the entire system becomes fragile. International bodies don’t wait for court verdicts. They act based on patterns, on risk, and on red flags like this.
According to the episode and other media houses, South Africa’s Financial Intelligence Centre is reportedly investigating a massive transaction involving Zimbabwe’s Ministry of Finance, which allegedly paid R1.1 billion to South Africa’s Ren-Form to supply election materials to ZEC. But what’s deeply troubling is that over R800 million of that money was allegedly redirected into accounts linked to Wicknell Chivayo, via companies like Intratrek and Dolintel Trading, etc.
This isn’t just another case of elite corruption. It bears the hallmarks of transnational money laundering. And that means it’s not just ZEC’s problem. It’s everyone’s problem.
Zimbabweans across platforms, X Spaces, WhatsApp groups, Instagram Lives, have been discussing this case. Some are outraged. Others are, disturbingly, defending it. But what Maynard brings to the table an important perspective. He moves the conversation beyond individuals and into the territory of systemic risk: what this means for Zimbabwe’s entire financial system.
When public money crosses borders under questionable circumstances, it invites attention from international watchdogs like the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), which monitors global money laundering risks. Zimbabwe is already on their radar. This kind of scandal could fast-track a return to the FATF grey list. ESAAMLG, the regional AML body, and the Egmont Group, which links financial intelligence units globally, will almost certainly get involved.
These organisations don’t intervene out of curiosity. They act to protect the integrity of the global financial system. If Zimbabwe is seen as enabling public-sector money laundering, it becomes a high-risk country. That’s when the sanctions begin. That’s when correspondent banks start pulling out.
And that’s where ordinary Zimbabweans will feel it.
Correspondent banks are foreign institutions that work with Zimbabwean banks and are essential for processing USD transactions. When Zimbabwe was last greylisted, we lost over 100 of them and;
•Remittances slowed or stopped.
•Businesses couldn’t pay foreign suppliers.
•NGOs struggled to operate.
•The flow of USD, critical to our economy, dried up.
During the GNU era, when dollarisation helped stabilise Zimbabwe, those correspondent banks were absolutely vital. They trusted us enough to keep USD flowing. If that trust is lost again, we’ll be forced to rely solely on the Zim dollar. And we all know what that leads to: hyperinflation, fuel queues, medication shortages, and shattered savings.
Let’s be clear: it won’t be Wicknell or the officials who suffer. It’ll be the mother waiting for a remittance from her child in the UK. The school that can’t get textbooks. The shop owner who can’t restock. The nurse who saved in USD only to find her money worth less every day.
This isn’t just about one man, one deal, or one department. This is about Zimbabwe’s future. Our financial credibility. Our access to global trade. Our ability to survive.
Maynard’s episode is a warning. A call to pay attention. To ask not just who benefitted, but what this means for our currency, our economy, and our children’s future.
Because if Zimbabwe turns a blind eye to this, the world won’t. And when the consequences come, they won’t be felt in high places. They’ll be felt in homes, hospitals, markets, and classrooms, where they always hurt the most.