Good morning folks. This is me in Chirumhanzu a place synonymous with The Lion of Chirumhanzu Leonard Kwangwari Gwayendepi Tazvivinga Musorowenyoka Dembo. A place with majestic mountains and ever flowing rivers. Ndarikuri and Chivavarira mountains. As well as Gonawapotera a sacred pool along Shashe river. Lets discuss the Ndiro yamambo story. I'm back full time here.
Thread on Africa's Longest Serving Presidents of All Time 🧵
1. Teodoro Obiang, 45:
Became president of Equatorial Guinea 🇬🇶 in 1979 after a coup.
He has been ruling for over 45 years, making him Africa's longest-serving leader.
His son is the current vice president.
WE HAVE A TIE IN COLOMBO 🙌
Two wickets in two balls for skipper Charith Asalanka as the match ends with scores level.
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ZIM DRUG ADDICTION REHABS LIST
1. Highlands Halfway Home +2638644210999
2. Mandipa Hope Rehabilitation +263776991153/5
3. Tov Nation - Center for Addiction and Recovery Support +263779372907 / +263 78 001 8724
4. Ruwa Rehabilitation Centre +263273790238
5. Serenity Mind Centre +263716825245
6. Tirivanhu Rehabilitation +263773593014
7. Healthy Lifestyle Institute (Kwekwe) +263 71 824 3754
8.Mubatirapamwe Trust +263772379751
9. Care Addictions Rehab - Bulawayo +263 77 542 4284
10. For Youths By Youths, Harare & Mash West +263775462468 +263773238941
11. Healing Rain Rehab - Vumba +263 77 930 8145
12. Beatrice Rehabilitation Centre, Harare
13. Tariro Rehabilitation Centre, Harare
14. For Youths By Youths, Harare & Mash West +263775462468 +263773238941
15. Active Youth Zimbabwe 25693 Pumula south, Bulawayo 0779728662/ 0786047733
16. Youth With A Mission (YWAM) - Rusape, +263 77 470 2407
17. Mubatirapamwe Trust (Rehab Centre), situated in Mount Pleasant Heights. Contact person Christine/Coach Divine 0772379751/0775436685
The following are psychiatric wards at government hospitals that offer help in fighting alcohol and drug addiction:
1. Sally Mugabe Psychiatric Unit (Harare)
2. Parirenyatwa Annex Psychiatric Unit (Harare)
3. Ingutsheni Psychiatric Hospital (Bulawayo)
4. Ngomahuru Hospital and Halfway House (Masvingo).
1/2 *📰 History Of Zimbabwe’s Economic Collapse*
🇿🇼 *1997 – $50000 TO WAR VETS WITHOUT BUDGET.* War veterans hold a serthxies of protests against Mugabe, pressing for gratuities and pensions. Mugabe buckles, and orders Finance Minister Herbert Murerwa to dole out ZW$50,000 each to over 50,000 war veterans. Total bill =ZW$3.5 billion. None of it is in the budget. Mugabe dismisses concerns, including from Murerwa, that the spending will bankrupt the economy.
🇿🇼 *CHAOTIC LAND GRAB.* The Government announces its intention to list more than 1,400 farms, many of them productive, for redistribution to landless blacks. The IMF and other donors threaten to pull out.
🇿🇼 *FISCAL INDISCIPLINE.* spread that foreign reserves are down to just a month’s worth of imports. Speculators, panicked by the flurry of bad news, start stocking up on US dollars. Desperate, the Government injects US$15 million to try and prop up the economy but its too late.
🇿🇼 *BLACK FRIDAY.* November 14, the Zimbabwe dollar plunges 72%. The stock market crashes 46%. That same day, by coincidence, there is a national blackout. The day comes to be known as “Black Friday”. In the aftermath, Government orders companies to shut down their foreign currency accounts, hoping the flow of US dollars onto the market will put brakes on the Zimdollar’s slide. But it has the opposite effect; confidence collapses even further, as does the stock market and the Zimdollar itself.
Investors head for the exits. McDonalds, the US fast food giant, abandons plans to open its first outlet in Zimbabwe.
🇿🇼 *1998 – NATIONWIDE RIOTS.* Riots hit the country in January after the price of basic goods rises by up to 50 percent, blamed on the collapse of the Zimdollar. Maize meal prices rise by 45% within a week. Army is deployed for the first time in years to quell the riots. “They will not hesitate to shoot,” Home Affairs Minister Dumiso Dabengwa warns.
🇿🇼 *1998 - DRC WAR.* Government introduces price controls and a range of tariffs on imports. In August, Zimbabwe enters the DRC war. Some estimates said the country spent US$1m a day to fund the war, further weakening the local currency.
🇿🇼 *1999 – FOREX SHORTAGES* Zimbabwe runs out of forex. Zimbabwe has defaulted on most of its foreign debt by mid-year. The IMF finally confirms its intention to withdraw funding. This leads to further exchange controls. The Government fixes the Zimdollar rate at $38 to USD way above its true value.
🇿🇼 *2000 – CABINET RESHUFFLING* Murerwa is reshuffled out. On August 1, new Finance Minister, Simba Makoni, bows to market pressure and devalues the Zimdollar to $55 to the USDollar, still lower than the parallel market rate of $60 for a USDollar. In the same week, unions, businesses and activists stage a nationwide stay away to protest the economic crisis.
🇿🇼 *2001 — RBZ PRINTING MONEY* A $500 note is issued, and is followed by another different $500 note within weeks. A $5 coin is also introduced.
🇿🇼 *2002 – MAKONI FIRED.* Mugabe rejects Makoni’s pleas for further devaluation. “Devaluation is sinister and can only be advocated for by our saboteurs and enemies of this government,” Mugabe tells him. Makoni is soon fired, and Murerwa is reappointed. Government shuts down all bureaux de change, accusing them of being “conduits” of illegal forex trade.
🇿🇼 *2002 IMF SUSPENSION* In June, the IMF suspends technical assistance to Zimbabwe because of arrears amounting to US$132 million. This had nothing to do with SANCTIONS.
🇿🇼 *2003 – RBZ PRINTS TRAVELLERS CHEQUE.* The RBZ introduces what it calls traveller’s cheques, in denominations of $1,000, $5,000, $10,000, $20,000, $50,000 to $100,000. Zanu PF loots a lot of travellers cheques from RBZ. They are hugely unpopular and are soon quietly phased out.
A 96-ball 130 after walking in to bat at 52/4 👊
Jewel Andrew was in top form on the opening day of the 2024 #U19WorldCup ✨
Watch highlights from his knock 📹
Because of your likes & retweets🙏🏾a Bulawayo based designer hired me to shoot some photos for his brand…I really enjoy working with local brands. His name is Richard and he creates designer denims..how do the photos look🥲?
Cholera prevention.
●Use bottled water to drink, brush your teeth, wash and prepare food.
●If not available, treat the water with chlorine products.
●If not available, boil the water.
Point is, be sure you drink and use safe water.
Moving to Diaspora 🇬🇧
I thought this would help many before they leave in whatever way.
If you are moving to Diaspora on a COS, it is important to leave alone. It is not advisable to take your whole family at once. There are many things to take into consideration. Finding accommodation, child care & and part-time jobs being the most draining part of having a family with you. Most people on COS, especially health workers, have very few hours but very long days. It's important to let your employer know when you are available. Don't just say yes to any hours & days thrown at you because when you child/children come it will be hard to change your days off & have time with your family.
Sometimes, it's best to do 20 hours per week on your COS & the rest part time. Cash in hand is always good... those 20hrs you won't get taxed on either because it's below the threshold.
If the wife is coming over on a COS & your husband doesn't have many qualifications, I would suggest you get him to do some short courses. HACCP level 3 is good to have for cash in hand jobs, HGV license is a real good one.... night shift drivers can clock £200/250 night & also this will help with fewer hours to have family time.
Stay in a shared house until you have saved up enough money for a deposit for a 2 bed flat & have enough for flights & atleast another 3 months rent. Don't move out of the shared house until your husband has a job. You won't get a house on your wage anyway. It would need to be combined & he would need to be permanent. It won't take long to find a job & you will be out of the shared house in no time.
To all the men who's wives got them here in the first place! Respect that, in UK there is NO HEAD OF THE HOUSE! You cook, you clean & you do the laundry. If you think your village mentality will work here it won't. Your wife will leave you once all that pressure mounts up & realises she did it all for nothing.
Child care is the most expensive of the lot. If you think you can both work full-time jobs well, it ain't going to happen. It's £900/£1000 per month easy!!!!
Don't get a MONZO account, a proper highstreet bank is the way to go.
Get a blue light card, that will give you a discount for all major retail stores. This is limited to profession.
Your first car should only cost you £300 to £500 run it I to the ground. Make sure you come with that extra money. Don't expect to get it while working & paying for accommodation.
Don't go having babies if you cannot afford to support them. This will put pressure on your marriage.
Don't send money home to Zimbabwe until you can afford it.
Never rely on anyone else to do anything for you. Especially family members if you have any. They are far to busy themselves to look after you.
Buy a coat for atleast £200 min & a pair of boots minimum £200 also. This will help you enjoy the cold.... the cold ain't bad at all along as you dressed properly. Thermals also help.... to many layers doesn't work.
TO BE CONTINUED......