"When they are done with foreigners , they will come for you. You will be told you are Xhosa and you must only stay in the Eastern Cape"
- Julius Malema
I have received with great pride and profound respect the reports emerging from Bindura, where War Veterans men and women who paid the ultimate price for this nation's freedom in blood and sacrifice stood their ground and refused to be bought. Refused. They looked the agents of constitutional subversion in the eye and said: we cannot be purchased. That is the spirit of Chimurenga. That is the character of a people who have never been broken.Vanhu havachadi. Vanhu havana kupusa. The people do not want this. And the people are not fools. Once again, the name Ziyambi Ziyambi has surface this time in Bindura in connection with efforts to manipulate, pressure, and bribe citizens into silence on the matter of Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 and the ED2030 agenda. This is not the first time. It will not be the last time his name is uttered with contempt at the grassroots.
I say this plainly, as a man who served this Republic in uniform for decades: a Minister of Justice who subverts the very Constitution he is sworn to defend is not a minister he is an occupying force within the institutions of the state. Ziyambi Ziyambi is a crook in office. History will not absolve him. Neither will the people he seeks to deceive.
It is a particular absurdity indeed, an insult to the intelligence of this nation that Professor Jonathan Moyo, a fugitive from Zimbabwean justice currently in exile, continues to act as the intellectual architect of a constitutional amendment whose stated purpose is to extend the comfort of those in power.Moyo and Ziyambi are not defending the Constitution. They are attempting to overthrow it to hollow it out from within, to bend its provisions to serve the narrow interests of a political clique. The Constitution of Zimbabwe is not a garment to be altered whenever it no longer flatters those who wear it.
A fugitive cannot lecture a sovereign people about constitutional order. Bvumai. Come home first. Face the law first. Then speak.
I spent my career defending the territorial integrity and constitutional order of this Republic. I did not do so to watch men in expensive suits and ministerial motorcades attempt to dismantle the very framework that makes Zimbabwe a state governed by law rather than by appetite.
The War Veterans of Bindura have reminded us all of something essential that true patriots cannot be bought. That the liberation struggle was not fought so that a handful of political operatives could perpetuate themselves in power beyond the will of the people and the limits of the law. To those orchestrating this assault on our Constitution, I say this with the full weight of my rank, my service, and my conscience:
Bvumai Kudzorwa nguva ichipo.
Accept correction while there is still time.
Retired Lieutenant General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga
Former Officer, Zimbabwe National Army.Patriot. Constitutionalist. Servant of the People.
The American president is a deranged man, absolutely bonkers. I never thought that I would live to see America debased and turned into a global laughing stock like this, losing the respect it had earned over decades.
South Africa is Africa’s biggest economy, and if Donald Trump bans South Africa from next year’s G20, he will simply have shown all right-thinking people that he is a consummate racist who peddles lies about a nonexistent white genocide.
He is a mad racist, a political lunatic voted into power by a constituency that was fed on fear, ignorance and manufactured stories.
Sadly, some of Africa’s leaders are house negroes who have no spine to unite around South Africa and send a strong, unapologetic message that Africa, and South Africa in particular, will not be bullied by this political clown.
It is embarrassing that at a time when the continent needs courage and solidarity, a few leaders still behave like timid servants begging for approval instead of standing firm for African dignity and sovereignty.
Incase you’re wondering what sparked the protest in Nepal.
Last week the Nepalese Government banned all social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. This came after a viral trend exposing Nepo babies on social media, showed how Government official’s embezzled money to sponsor their kids abroad while making life difficult for the masses.
The social media ban triggered a revolution.
Parliament was burned,
The houses of:
Finance minister
Prime minister
Home minister
Communication minister, were also burned,
Right now the Prime Minister was forced to resign and the Government has since lifted the social media ban.
My Nepalese friend that I texted to know if his family is okay, was more than happy to narrate all that’s going on🤣🤣
You’re making life difficult for the youths and still had the audacity to ban social media which happens to be their coping mechanism. Oya na, face them.
Zimbabweans in South Africa, particularly illegal immigrants, are now living under growing pressure and mortal fear from xenophobic and vigilante anti-immigrant groups cracking down on them in various places across society.
The ongoing xenophobic campaigns, which include a heavy hostile environment,
discriminatory attitudes, violence, and systemic barriers to accessing services like healthcare, have created a choking environment for foreigners, especially undocumented migrants.
The marauding vigilantes are now threatening to block foreigners' children from public schools.
Militant vigilante groups such as Operation Dudula and March and March are fueled negative stereotypes by associating Zimbabweans with crime, job grabbing and scarce resource straining, leading to hostility and fear for their legal status and safety within communities.
The video shows Zimbabweans being evicted from a municipal property by South African vigilantes.
The South African Human Rights Commission has condemned the illegal evictions without court orders.