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[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

We are the generation that will swim against the tide and deliver a new Zimbabwe we all can call home.
All the youths out there let's go and Register to Vote , our lives and livelihoods depend on it. #RegisterToVote2023

[Jean Claude NIYOMUGABO @jcniyomugabo]

The Best Knot in the World.

[💤 @Jac6988]

@TheHighburyLad Arsenal have indeed healed football ‼️‼️

[Leandro Trossard @LTrossard]

No words needed. ❤️

[Historical Facts @HistoryFactou]

HISTORIC SCANDALS

Samson Bernard Mashata Paweni was a Zimbabwean businessman who became notorious in the early post-independence era (1980s) primarily due to one of the country's biggest corruption scandals at the time.

He was described as a prominent businessman who secured major government contracts shortly after Zimbabwe's independence in 1980.

The 1982 GMB (Grain Marketing Board) Scandal / Drought Relief Scandal
In 1982, Zimbabwe faced a severe drought declared a national disaster. The government needed to import and distribute grain (maize) for relief. Paweni allegedly bribed civil servants and officials to win a lucrative tender for transporting drought relief food across the country.

The fraud involved schemes such as double-invoicing for transport costs to drought-stricken villages. An estimated US$6–7 million (figures vary slightly across reports) was lost to the government through this underhand deal. Popular accounts also describe him diverting a trainload of maize and selling it in Zambia instead of delivering it for relief.

The scandal implicated top government officials. The late Kumbirai Kangai (then involved as a minister, with sources referencing his tenure linked to labour or agriculture) was named in court but issued a public denial and faced no prosecution. Junior ministers were detained, and there were hints of senior "big fish" involvement, but no other high-level officials were prosecuted. Paweni's agent and brother-in-law, Charles Haruperi, was also convicted.

This became known as Zimbabwe's biggest corruption scandal of the early independence period and was widely covered in local and international media as an example of early post-independence graft.

Paweni faced trial in the High Court in 1984 on charges of swindling the government. During the proceedings, a prosecutor revealed that unnamed "certain persons" had attempted to kidnap him from his jail cell to spirit him out of the country. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison. On appeal, the term was reduced to 10 years. Haruperi received a 10-year sentence.

Paweni served his reduced sentence and was released sometime in the mid-1990s (exact release date not widely documented). Some anecdotal reports claim he died soon afterward, but no verified obituary, death date, or official confirmation appears in public records. He largely faded from prominence after the scandal, with his name occasionally invoked in discussions of Zimbabwean corruption history or even influencing street slang ("mapaweni" in reference to money in some old colloquial accounts).

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

@Dbanj25 BB

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

@ArsenalRadar punditry is over rated , these guys are flip floppers

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

@zimgooners @NdumisoPule @kwirirayi @molokele Byo

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

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[Arsenal @Arsenal]

The little magician 🪄

Happy birthday, Santi 🎈

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

@HandofArsenal @afcjxmes the Spanish metador

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

@Arsenalnewschan punditry is overrated,most of these pundits are clueless

[WelBeast @WelBeast]

It’s okay Arsenal fans. We will not win all. Days like this are bound to happen no matter how hard we fight.

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

[Arsenal @Arsenal]

A remarkable achievement ❤️

Mikel Arteta will take charge of his 300th game for The Arsenal this afternoon.

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

@MenInBlazers Ange has lost the fans , it's downhill from here

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

@David_Ornstein @TheAthleticFC eze ditching spurs for the Arsenal

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

@FabrizioRomano Tonight it just feels good to be Gooner.
Eze is coming home .

[Fabrizio Romano @FabrizioRomano]

🚨❤️🤍 BREAKING: Eberechi Eze to Arsenal, here we go! Verbal agreement in place between all parties.

Crystal Palace to receive package in excess of £60m as Eze preferred #AFC over Spurs.

Arsenal win race over Tottenham, been in advanced talks for days but never sealed.

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

@TatendaJokonya we are doomed. my hope is spent. everything is a reflection of our politics

[theforgivenson @oharaboss]

@ElNennY Congratulations Mo shine brother