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[Nehanda Radio @NehandaRadio]

Open Letter to @NelsonChamisa

“If you do something once, it is a decision. If you do it twice, it becomes a habit. But when you do it more than three times, it becomes character.”

Dear Nelson,

I have known you for 31 years and have always — and still do — consider you a close friend and brother. Back then, there was no MDC opposition party to speak of, no @NehandaRadio, and none of the political prominence that surrounds us today. We were simply ordinary students at Harare Polytechnic trying to find our way in life.

Over the years, you have done exceptionally well in rising through the ranks of leadership — from Youth Leader, to Spokesperson, Organising Secretary, ICT Minister during the GNU, Vice President, and eventually President of Zimbabwe’s main opposition movement.

Throughout this journey, we developed a clear understanding of professional boundaries and mutual respect. I own and run a media platform that gives space to voices that may either criticise or praise you in equal measure. I have always appreciated the fact that you understood and respected this principle, and never sought to censor our work.

In return, I have respected our friendship and never abused our proximity for personal or journalistic advantage.

It is therefore deeply disheartening that, 48 hours after a defamatory article was published by Simba Chikanza on ZimEye falsely claiming that I recorded your conversation regarding Advocate Thabani Mpofu (@adv_fulcrum), you have chosen to remain silent and avoid setting the record straight.

You are the only person who knows who was on the other side of that phone call. While you have every right to protect the identity of that individual, it is unfair to remain silent while false accusations are being levelled against a long-time friend and colleague.

Unfortunately, your silence — as has happened in other matters which I will not get into here — creates a vacuum that people inevitably fill with assumptions and speculation. One cannot entirely blame those who may conclude that your silence suggests some level of complicity in the breeding of these claims.

I have engaged you privately and encouraged you to do the right thing because, apart from the interviewer, you are the only other person capable of authenticating the recording and confirming that the person you were speaking to was clearly not me. Yet despite this, you have chosen not to correct the record.

That is troubling — not just politically, but personally.

Over the years, Simba Chikanza has made defamatory allegations against several people associated with your political space, including @advocatemahere, @PedzisaiRuhanya, Hopewell Chin'ono (@daddyhope), @JamesonTimba and many others.

Allowing such falsehoods to continue unchecked has inevitably led many to question whether these attacks are random, or whether there is active encouragement behind the scenes regarding who should be targeted next.

There are currently two separate audio controversies being discussed publicly. The first was the Daily News recording in which you were heard criticising your colleague Jameson Timba.

The second recording (attached here for purposes of clarity) — the one now falsely linked to me — was not released by the Daily News. It was allegedly leaked by the very person whose identity you appear resolutely determined to protect.

That naturally raises difficult questions about why you are prepared to protect that individual at the expense of long-standing friends and comrades.

This situation mirrors closely that of another dear friend of mine, Luke Tamborinyoka @luke_tambo). He gave you years of dedication and service, often at great personal sacrifice, yet in 2023 you quietly imposed another candidate in Goromonzi West after Luke had emerged victorious in the much-criticised “Bereka Mwana” voting exercise.

Luke narrated his painful experience in an open letter to Domboshava residents, circulated in polling-station-based WhatsApp groups in Domboshava, which we later published on the Nehanda Radio website in July 2023.

One could conclude you have a perchant for sabotaging your own friends and comrades, even when they would not in any way have sought any benevolence from you.

While your friends and comrades are left exposed, you appear comfortable briefing and confiding in a publisher whom many Zimbabweans consider deeply reckless and unstable. The day you eventually fall out with him, you may come to appreciate the importance of choosing and screening confidants carefully.

Should he one day find himself before a court of law (given the many people he has defamed) he may be required to substantiate his allegations and there is every chance he will seek to protect himself by pointing in your direction.

You have been warned repeatedly by many people about his conduct and disposition, yet it increasingly appears that you may have found utility in that recklessness because it can easily be weaponised politically against both friends and perceived opponents alike.

I could easily have used this letter in anger to retaliate or reveal matters shared in confidence, but I have deliberately chosen not to do so because I still believe in conducting myself professionally and responsibly for the greater good.

In 31 years, our phone calls must number in the thousands, and not a single one has ever been recorded by me — something you know better than anyone else.

If you ultimately choose not to correct the record, so be it. I am more than capable of defending myself publicly and politically.

I am not particularly concerned about what Simba Chikanza writes because, quite frankly, very few serious Zimbabweans consider him credible. My greater concern is your apparent unwillingness to tell the truth on a matter that should be straightforward.

What irks me the most is that I never expected this from a friend, a comrade, and a Pastor.

God is definitely not in this.

Lance Guma
Managing Editor
Nehanda Radio

[International Dread @Stateofminddoc]

@BMutebuka @nelsonchamisa A lot of hogwash🤣🤣🤣

[African @ali_naka]

November 2023 Brazil-Argentina World Cup qualifier at Maracanã. The World’s Number 1 Messi team left the field in protest, delaying kickoff 27 minutes!
Messi wasn’t fine! This post is not about Messi, BUT to the Docile, Intellectual Vegetables especially Nigerians who want to make repression a Norm and we are surprised when they have Tinubu as a President

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@Maluda012 Who is she @grok

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@HonJMuswereJnr Manga machiona here ichi Mr Muswere?
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[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Good afternoon, Zimbabwean Members of Parliament who consider themselves opposition,

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Mr Jenfan Muswere @HonJMuswereJnr, lied on his curriculum vitae (CV), claiming to hold two PhDs and an MBA. He doesn’t have any of these degrees.

When the President wishes to appoint a minister, he first submits the name to Zimbabwe’s secret service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) for vetting, which includes verifying academic qualifications.

Could you kindly, on behalf of the citizens, table a question in Parliament to the Minister of State Security and ask whether this vetting was carried out?
If so, how did it fail to detect that Mr Muswere’s qualifications were fake?
Secondly, if the qualifications were found to be fake during vetting, how did the appointment still proceed, and how were these qualifications recorded as the basis for his appointment—also appearing on the official Parliament website as seen here: https://t.co/dg5eIsSNe2

Did the President ignore the CIO’s vetting report, or did the CIO omit this information from the report?

Could you ask whether the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) was consulted or involved in verifying Mr Muswere’s credentials before or after the degree was conferred, and what role they are expected to play in such matters?

Could you also ask the Minister of Higher Education why Zimbabwe’s National University of Science and Technology (NUST) allowed itself to be used and issued a purported PhD to Mr Muswere when it was known that he had not done any work for this degree?

Who was involved in this criminal act, who formed the supposed supervisory team, and who were the professors that assessed his fake defence, or was it ever conducted at all?

Could you ask him whether he is aware that this will affect the international reputation of degrees from this university for past, present and future students?

Could you also ask what action he intends to take to address this matter to ensure that the standards for awarding PhDs at this university are restored and never compromised again?

Could you ask the Minister of Justice whether this constitutes fraud and, if so, whether Mr Muswere will face any legal consequences for misrepresenting his qualifications to Parliament and the public?
Will there be an official investigation into whether any public resources were used to process or promote these fake qualifications?

Could you also ask the Speaker of Parliament whether, now that the nation knows Mr Muswere does not possess the academic qualifications listed on the Parliamentary website, those qualifications will be removed?
Will Parliament consider suspending or recalling Mr Muswere pending a formal investigation into this academic fraud?

Could you ask the Public Service Commission through the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare whether there are other officials currently serving in government who have not had their qualifications properly vetted?

Could you also demand that all Cabinet ministers and senior public servants have their qualifications independently verified and published for public scrutiny?

Could you, as parliamentarians, introduce a Private Member’s Bill to create a law that definitively punishes individuals who fake academic qualifications?

Lastly, could you ask what steps Parliament through the Speaker and the Minister of Higher Education will take to protect the integrity of Zimbabwean academic institutions and ensure this never happens again?

Thank you. I await responses from MPs on this App on behalf of citizens.

[International Dread @Stateofminddoc]

@HonJMuswereJnr When will you address this Mr Muswere?
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[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

Good afternoon, Zimbabwean Members of Parliament who consider themselves opposition,

Zimbabwe’s Minister of Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services, Mr Jenfan Muswere @HonJMuswereJnr, lied on his curriculum vitae (CV), claiming to hold two PhDs and an MBA. He doesn’t have any of these degrees.

When the President wishes to appoint a minister, he first submits the name to Zimbabwe’s secret service, the Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) for vetting, which includes verifying academic qualifications.

Could you kindly, on behalf of the citizens, table a question in Parliament to the Minister of State Security and ask whether this vetting was carried out?
If so, how did it fail to detect that Mr Muswere’s qualifications were fake?
Secondly, if the qualifications were found to be fake during vetting, how did the appointment still proceed, and how were these qualifications recorded as the basis for his appointment—also appearing on the official Parliament website as seen here: https://t.co/dg5eIsSNe2

Did the President ignore the CIO’s vetting report, or did the CIO omit this information from the report?

Could you ask whether the Zimbabwe Council for Higher Education (ZIMCHE) was consulted or involved in verifying Mr Muswere’s credentials before or after the degree was conferred, and what role they are expected to play in such matters?

Could you also ask the Minister of Higher Education why Zimbabwe’s National University of Science and Technology (NUST) allowed itself to be used and issued a purported PhD to Mr Muswere when it was known that he had not done any work for this degree?

Who was involved in this criminal act, who formed the supposed supervisory team, and who were the professors that assessed his fake defence, or was it ever conducted at all?

Could you ask him whether he is aware that this will affect the international reputation of degrees from this university for past, present and future students?

Could you also ask what action he intends to take to address this matter to ensure that the standards for awarding PhDs at this university are restored and never compromised again?

Could you ask the Minister of Justice whether this constitutes fraud and, if so, whether Mr Muswere will face any legal consequences for misrepresenting his qualifications to Parliament and the public?
Will there be an official investigation into whether any public resources were used to process or promote these fake qualifications?

Could you also ask the Speaker of Parliament whether, now that the nation knows Mr Muswere does not possess the academic qualifications listed on the Parliamentary website, those qualifications will be removed?
Will Parliament consider suspending or recalling Mr Muswere pending a formal investigation into this academic fraud?

Could you ask the Public Service Commission through the Minister of Public Service, Labour and Social Welfare whether there are other officials currently serving in government who have not had their qualifications properly vetted?

Could you also demand that all Cabinet ministers and senior public servants have their qualifications independently verified and published for public scrutiny?

Could you, as parliamentarians, introduce a Private Member’s Bill to create a law that definitively punishes individuals who fake academic qualifications?

Lastly, could you ask what steps Parliament through the Speaker and the Minister of Higher Education will take to protect the integrity of Zimbabwean academic institutions and ensure this never happens again?

Thank you. I await responses from MPs on this App on behalf of citizens.

[Grok @grok]

Hopewell Chin’ono’s claims about Nelson Chamisa’s leadership seem largely accurate. Evidence shows Chamisa’s rise after Tsvangirai was unconstitutional (2019 court ruling), the CCC was structureless, leading to its collapse via Tshabangu’s recalls (Al Jazeera, 2024), and his 2024 resignation weakened the opposition, aiding ZANU-PF (BBC). It’s controversial, but data backs Chin’ono.

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@Chemakuvende @daddyhope How many times should he marry?🤣You clearly don’t know him.

[Transform Zimbabwe @Transform_Zim]

Jacob Ngarivhume Bail Update
We invite you to join us tomorrow, 23 October 2024, at 14:15 hrs as we gather in Court D for the important bail ruling of Jacob Ngarivhume. This is a significant moment in our ongoing struggle for justice and accountability.
@daddyhope @JobSikhala1

[African @ali_naka]

Some legal aid lawyer in Leeds who bootlicks an opposition leader teams up with a ZANUPF propagandist Jonathan Moyo to say Hopewell would have committed treason if he sets up a Government in Exile. Hopewell explains that GiE is a name holder while Zimbabweans reflect on a permanent name. He then starts leading attacks saying Hopewell is a flip-flopper, so you want Hopewell to be jailed? Meanwhile hospitals in Zimbabwe have nothing to use and you spent a whole week attacking an idea that seeks to solve that? Elections were stolen and you attack an idea that wants to escalate that. Over 100 Zimbabwean political prisoners have been jailed and you attack an idea that seeks to campaign against that and you call yourselves opposition?

[International Dread @Stateofminddoc]

@nickmangwana Lying has no place in a supposed democracy Mr @nickmangwana

Build schools sir, not lying that you built things built by others.

Good evening.

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@nickmangwana This is the real Parirenyatwa Hospital on Saturday.

Stop lying to citizens, this is not 1980 where you would lie and get away with it.

Just fix the hospitals and stop the lies.

https://t.co/oKzsalztFj

[Hopewell Chin’ono @daddyhope]

This is Parirenyatwa Hospital on Saturday.
These hospitals need money for maintenance.
LOOTING has consequences.

ZANUPF has not built a single central hospital in 42 years.

It only upgraded Chitungwiza hospital into a central hospital.

Algeria built 68 hospitals since 2020.

[International Dread @Stateofminddoc]

@BaShonaBaShona @enkudheni @AldrinSampear @SABCNews @Sophie_Mokoena @mhofela_mhofu @Jewels_MsJay @Shashie08 @TafadzwaMugwadi @NoRiver5 @ShumiraiNyasha6 @daddyhope @HeraldZimbabwe @UNFPA @UN @Solwayo1 It is not my fault that you are ignorant of how the calculations are done.
Good bye

[International Dread @Stateofminddoc]

@BaShonaBaShona @enkudheni @AldrinSampear @SABCNews @Sophie_Mokoena @mhofela_mhofu @Jewels_MsJay @Shashie08 @TafadzwaMugwadi @NoRiver5 @ShumiraiNyasha6 @daddyhope @HeraldZimbabwe Here you are if you have the ability to read.

The United Nations Population Fund UNFPA @UNFPA is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide.

It is part of the United Nations @UN
It has all the data on Zim.

Happy reading!

https://t.co/2F4XBj3e0v

[International Dread @Stateofminddoc]

@BaShonaBaShona @enkudheni @AldrinSampear @SABCNews @Sophie_Mokoena @mhofela_mhofu @Jewels_MsJay @Shashie08 @TafadzwaMugwadi @NoRiver5 @ShumiraiNyasha6 @daddyhope @HeraldZimbabwe Here you are if you have the ability to read.

The United Nations Population Fund UNFPA @UNFPA is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide.

It is part of the United Nations @UN
It has all the data on Zim.

Happy reading!

https://t.co/2F4XBj3e0v

[International Dread @Stateofminddoc]

@BaShonaBaShona @enkudheni @AldrinSampear @SABCNews @Sophie_Mokoena @mhofela_mhofu @Jewels_MsJay @Shashie08 @TafadzwaMugwadi @NoRiver5 @ShumiraiNyasha6 @daddyhope @HeraldZimbabwe Here you are if you have the ability to read.

The United Nations Population Fund UNFPA @UNFPA is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide.

It is part of the United Nations @UN
It has all the data on Zim.

Happy reading!

https://t.co/2F4XBj3e0v

[International Dread @Stateofminddoc]

@BaShonaBaShona @enkudheni @AldrinSampear @SABCNews @Sophie_Mokoena @mhofela_mhofu @Jewels_MsJay @Shashie08 @TafadzwaMugwadi @NoRiver5 @ShumiraiNyasha6 @daddyhope @HeraldZimbabwe Here you are if you have the ability to read.

The United Nations Population Fund UNFPA @UNFPA is a UN agency aimed at improving reproductive and maternal health worldwide.

It is part of the United Nations @UN
It has all the data on Zim.

Happy reading!

https://t.co/2F4XBj3e0v

[International Dread @Stateofminddoc]

@enkudheni @BaShonaBaShona @AldrinSampear @SABCNews @Sophie_Mokoena @mhofela_mhofu @Jewels_MsJay @Shashie08 @TafadzwaMugwadi @NoRiver5 @ShumiraiNyasha6 @daddyhope As the @HeraldZimbabwe said, the Maternal Mortality Rate MMR is 614 deaths per 100 000 births.

In 2020 Zimbabwe had 413 000 live births.

That means 2600 Zimbabwean women died giving birth in 2020.

614MMR /100 000p/y X 413 000 live births.

= 2,535.82 dead Zimbabwean women

[International Dread @Stateofminddoc]

@NoRiver5 @UNGeneva What you crookedly didn’t do was to inform them too that this was a thread about African healthcare care systems.

You thought they would be so stupid to buy into your cheap propaganda.

Try another trick dude, this one has failed once again!
Why are you so desperate?