Lucky Tichivangani

[Lucky Tichivangani @lucktich1]

@Jamwanda2 Greedy people, anything that seem to want to disturb their looting is accused of being subversive action

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

I don’t think the person who wrote the word “maiden” is English. I suspect it was one of our Zimbabwean staff at the embassy trying to be helpful.

Calling this a maiden flight is like an old boyfriend turning up after 15 years wearing a borrowed Spanish suit and insisting it’s your first date.

A maiden flight is the very first flight of an airline or on a particular route. Air Zimbabwe flew to London for decades before the service was suspended in 2011 because of debts and mismanagement.

This is not a maiden flight; it is the resumption of a long-abandoned route, using a leased Spanish aircraft. Welcome back to Gatwick after 15 years.

[Lucky Tichivangani @lucktich1]

@daddyhope 😀😀😀😀

[Appie Culé @appiecule]

Cubarsí is the perfect example of a player who lets his football do the talking.

Pau Cubarsí is one of the most down-to-earth footballers in the modern game. He dresses like an ordinary college student, doesn’t care about fashion or showing off, and even spends his summer holidays with his parents and sister instead of flaunting his wealth on Instagram. When he does post, it’s usually just simple, genuine photos of himself.

His simplicity and humility are a big part of what has made him one of the best defenders in the world.

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

If Air Zimbabwe has learned anything from the collapse of its London route in 2011, it should be that an airline survives by selling seats, not by filling them with ministers, senior government officials, their entourages and political hangers-on travelling at the taxpayer’s expense.

The route has already been relaunched in Zimbabwe. London is the destination, not the venue for a second launch. British passengers do not care how many Zimbabwean ministers turn up at Gatwick; they care whether the airline is reliable, competitively priced and commercially viable.

The culture that helped destroy Air Zimbabwe in the past was the belief that the national airline existed to serve the political elite rather than paying customers. If the very first flight back to London is already being treated as a government junket, then Zimbabweans are entitled to ask whether anything has really changed since 2011. A commercial airline should be run like a business, not as an extension of government protocol.

In my years both as a student in England and later as a journalist travelling regularly between London and Harare, I flew this route hundreds of times. I also remember exactly what helped destroy it. There were occasions when President Robert Mugabe diverted the aircraft for official trips, disrupting the airline’s schedule.

Ministers and senior government officials routinely occupied seats, while ordinary paying passengers were left behind. More than once, I was downgraded from business class to economy to make way for a government minister.

That culture of treating Air Zimbabwe as a government department rather than a commercial airline is precisely what contributed to its decline.

Which is why I find it astonishing that the first instinct after reviving the route is to fill it with Cabinet ministers. What commercial purpose does a government minister serve by occupying a revenue-earning seat on a flight to London?

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

A Zimbabwean citizen has asked the Constitutional Court to strike down the country’s newest constitutional amendment, arguing that Parliament and President Emmerson Mnangagwa broke the law in passing it.

Vhurande Mahlupeko, a member of the National Constitutional Assembly party, filed the application on Monday against Parliament, the President, the Attorney-General and the Minister of Justice. He is asking the court to declare the Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Act, 2026, null and void.

The Act, signed into law by President Mnangagwa on July 7, extends the terms of the President, Parliament and local councils from five to seven years, replaces direct presidential elections with a vote by Parliament, and expands the Senate, among other changes. It also cancels the 2028 elections.

Mahlupeko’s application, drawn up by lawyer and university professor, Dr Lovemore Madhuku, contends that Parliament amended several constitutional sections that were never published in the Bill’s original gazette notice, as required by law.

It also argues that extending term limits in a way that benefits the sitting President and lawmakers is expressly barred by the Constitution, and that changing how the President is elected indirectly strips citizens of their right to vote for the head of state without saying so directly, which is also prohibited.

The application further claims Mnangagwa should have stepped aside for an Acting President to sign the Bill, given that he personally benefits from the longer term, and that Parliament failed to give public notice before sending the Bill for his signature.

Mahlupeko is asking the court to declare the entire Act invalid rather than strike down individual clauses, arguing that a constitutional amendment must stand or fall as a whole.

The case, filed under CCZ277/26, has not yet been set down for hearing. Under court rules, the respondents have 21 days from being served to file opposition papers.

The Constitutional Court is being asked to determine whether the amendment was enacted in accordance with Zimbabwe’s Constitution.

There are four other court cases challenging Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 3) Act, 2026 before the same court.

Read the full 69 page application via this link https://t.co/f3TcNRwoAl

[Lucky Tichivangani @lucktich1]

@KingJayZim 😀😀😀

[Lucky Tichivangani @lucktich1]

We have too much drama as a country 😀😀😀

[King Jay🇿🇼 @KingJayZim]

Yesterday I expressed my full support for the return of the Harare–London direct service. I genuinely want this route to succeed because it is long overdue and offers enormous benefits to Zimbabweans, business travellers and tourists alike.

That is why today's reports that Cabinet Ministers and senior Government officials are travelling on the inaugural flight to the UK for what is described as a relaunch leave me disappointed.

Many of us remember one of the factors that contributed to Air Zimbabwe's decline. There was a widespread perception that official travel, staff privileges and non-commercial decisions sometimes took precedence over the interests of fare-paying passengers. Whether entirely true or not, that perception damaged public confidence in the airline.

The relaunch has already received extensive publicity through television, newspapers, radio, social media and WhatsApp. By now, Zimbabweans in the UK and elsewhere are well aware that the direct service has returned. Against that backdrop, it is reasonable for people to ask whether such a large official delegation is necessary.

Listen,I am not criticising individuals or opposing Government. This is about protecting a route that many of us have waited years to see restored.

Air Zimbabwe @FlyAirZimbabwe starts this new chapter with enormous goodwill. The airline should do everything possible to demonstrate that commercial sustainability, customer service and transparency come first. Every decision made in these early weeks will either strengthen or weaken public confidence.

I remain fully behind this route and sincerely hope it becomes a permanent success. Precisely because I want it to succeed, I believe it is important to raise concerns when old practices appear to be resurfacing. Public confidence is difficult to rebuild, but very easy to lose.

@MinistryofTID

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[The Instigator @Am_Blujay]

The funniest thing is Ronaldo fans making fun of Messi a man who has played in 3 World Cup finals suddenly they are Spain fans

Won a World Cup

Has two golden balls from atleast two of of those finals it must be 3 out of 3

Your guy never went past knock out stages and and has one goal in knock out stages a penalty .
Zero golden ball
Zero World Cup but Messi is the loser 😂

How delusional

[COZWVA @cozwva]

This video depicts mbrs of the Maasai community preventing a politician's helicopter from landing, demanding the construction of roads rather than aerial campaign visits.
Consequently the aircraft departed without landing sending a powerful message regarding public accountability

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

A rise from 4.5% to 5.0% means that, on average, prices are 5% higher than they were a year earlier.

Why does it matter?

Higher inflation reduces purchasing power. For example, if your salary stays the same while inflation rises to 5%, your money buys less than it did a year ago. It can also influence the South African Reserve Bank to keep interest rates higher for longer, or even raise them to slow inflation and keep it within its target range.

When inflation goes up in South Africa, countries like Zimbabwe that import goods from there also suffer.

[Jacinta Ngobese🇿🇦 @JacintaNgobese]

I doubt I’ll sleep well tonight!!! This video has broken my heart 😭💔 Bhekimpilo Mbedzi and I used to speak regularly about how he is going to stand up and fight for Zimbabwe and he has supported us from Day One, I also promised him to do the same!

This is one of the bravest people I’ve ever come across, he stayed in Zimbabwe and fought for his country, he wants to see Zimbabwe thrive as much as we want the same for South Africa!! Arresting him is not only going against the human rights and dignity of a single human being but that of Zimbabweans and South Africans that are now suffering at the hands of a failed government who’s ppl keep running to South Africa to survive ‼️‼️‼️

It’s enough Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa you will never silence us! You cannot do this to an innocent man who only wants to see his country prosper, protesting is even a right in your own constitution, this man is innocent and has harmed nobody for him to be treated this way💔 FREE BHEKIMPILO MBEDZI ‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️‼️

[Freeman @freemanchari]

2018 ED and his scarf-bearing turncoats went around shouting that there was a $400 million deal with a shadowy group called DIDG and Transnet to build locomotives ... The "PATRIOTS" wanted some of us hanged for pointing the obvious. We are here today ZERO locomotive built!

[Pain.𝕏 @GBarca_]

The first player in history to get trolled for not winning two World Cups in a row.

Yes, that’s how great he is.

[Lucky Tichivangani @lucktich1]

@terrymap1 Congratulations Terry

[The Prince Machiavelli @terrymap1]

The 2026 Sothern Africa Youth Forum "Skills for Development and Innovation Award goes to Terry Maphosa from Village 6 Zimbabwe🇿🇼". Tonight we take home the prestigious Award from SAYoF. Tatora International. This is for us who believe in the Rural movement. #KwaTerry

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

This man is Bhekimpilo Mbedzi, who is currently in prison in Zimbabwe for nothing more than expressing his intention to protest against a new constitutional amendment that extends President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term of office and removes Zimbabweans’ right to directly elect their President. He did not commit an act of violence. He simply exercised his right to speak out and insisted that the Constitution be followed.

The law he opposed was not subjected to a referendum, despite fundamentally altering Zimbabwe’s constitutional order. For that, he was arrested, detained and denied bail.

Today, he appeared in court wearing leg irons that have visibly swollen his ankles. Shackling a peaceful political activist in this manner is not the conduct of a government confident in its own legitimacy. It is the conduct of a government that fears dissent and seeks to intimidate those who demand constitutionalism and accountability.

This is one of the reasons why so many young Zimbabweans have lost faith in the current political establishment. When peaceful disagreement is criminalised and citizens are imprisoned simply for insisting that the State obey its own Constitution, hope in democratic institutions inevitably erodes.

President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s final legacy should have been one of national unity, constitutionalism and reconciliation. Instead, images such as these tell a very different story. Repression has never extinguished resistance to illegality; it has only strengthened it, drawing greater attention to the very issues the authorities seek to silence.

Bhekimpilo Mbedzi is not an enemy of Zimbabwe. He is a citizen asking his government to abide by its own Constitution. He has not advocated violence or taken up arms against the State. He should be released immediately and allowed to exercise the constitutional rights guaranteed to every Zimbabwean.

Bhekimpilo Mbedzi who is the Matabeleland South provincial chairperson of the National Democratic Working Group (NDWG), is not a criminal.

He should not be in leg irons, and he should not be in prison simply for peacefully expressing his intention to protest and insisting that the State abides by its own Constitution. In any society that respects the rule of law, such conduct is protected, not punished.

[Rufaz--Jerera❤King❤ @Mavhure]

Hanzi 15k skilled Zims left SA back to Zim due to Jacinta xenophobic marches. Zim is a signatory to Global Skills Partnership. Government is trying to help but my question is " What are you doing for skilled people who never left Zim? I hope its not optics🇿🇼

[Trevor Ncube @TrevorNcube]

There will be painful adjustment in the entire South African but l am confident the country will emerge stronger after this. And Africa must get on with fixing economies and governance issues. A strong Africa needs the entire continent fully deploying is youthful human capital.