Edmund Kudzayi
@EdmundKudzayi
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We see in part. Investigative journalist.
Harare, Zimbabwe
Joined January 2013
Navigating COVID-19 Science and Politics: Disentangling the Ivermectin Controversy and Introducing Nanosilver #ZetaPotential. Our journey, modestly beginning in Zimbabwe, soon stirs up formidable global pharmaceutical interests. This narrative exposes the profound influence these
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On August 5, a father failed get transport out of town. He only managed to get back to Mabvuku at 7pm after 6PM curfew and was brutally assaulted by soldiers. His name is David Mutendera. He could be your father or mine. Is this a free Zimbabwe governed by the rule of law?
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Good morning President Emmerson Mnangagwa and ZEC chairperson Priscilla Chigumba. I have a present for the two of you. You thought you were clever but the truth is coming out today. Forget about the sanctions march, you both have a criminal case to answer. 3PM today.
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@NYCHealthCommr @WHO This is idiotic. When I hear monkeypox nothing in my mind even remotely relates it to black people. This actually betrays the racism of the people behind the renaming push. It is they who associate blacks with monkeys.
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@Am_Blujay My kind of owner. How dare you attack the little one for protesting your theft? The slap was in order!.
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Zanu PF is wasting its time arresting Hopewell Chin’ono; if anything, they are increasing his celebrity.He is hitting them so hard they are forced to abandon their new dispensation masks in a bid to intimidate him. But he’ll emerge stronger and bolder. Handcuffs are an honour.
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This is how Mnangagwa and ZEC chairperson Priscilla Chigumba stole the 2018 presidential election. As will be shown, the 10,985 original V11s that Chigumba claimed she was verifying at the National Command Centre do not actually exist. [35-minute video].
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If Mnangagwa somehow manages to get to 2023 as President, I’ll cut off both my ears.
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There should be thousands of soldiers in Chimanimani clearing roads, shoveling mud and setting up tents to treat the injured. When there is a protest it does not take five minutes for soldiers to arrive and shoot people. Cyclone? Sorry we can’t land. What a disgrace!.
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You’re fighting ANC, AU, Ian Khama, Malema, Catholic bishops, imperialists, journalists, doctors, nurses, teachers and even SABC. All of them are wrong, there is no crisis in Zimbabwe. Meanwhile, inflation is at 800% and 60% of your population will be food insecure by year end.
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The MDC continues to let Job Sikhala down. When he called for ED’s overthrow, they issued a statement distancing the party from his remarks. Now he’s being threatened and the party remains silent. He’s an asset not a threat, protect him.
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What is Mbeki seeking to mediate? Let’s define the problem. By his own words, the election issue was settled by the courts. POLAD is hard at work. Economy is rebounding, as per the authorities. So where’s the problem? . You can’t mediate where there is no dispute.
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Glad to be free. Special thanks to @ZLHRLawyers and the awesome @obeyshava. Outrageous charges.
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I had a chance to visit Tatenda Mombeyarara this evening. His leg was broke with a spanner. The torture he was subjected to is evil beyond the imagination of a normal mind. I will be joining the protest tomorrow. It is the least one can do. The evil in Zimbabwe must be stopped.
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Zimbabwe needs a cleansing ceremony. Pastors, prophets, witchdoctors, spirit mediums etc. Lock all of them up in the National Sports Stadium. Food and water provided. If any foreign prophet makes the mistake of visiting the country lock him up too. Nobody leaves kusvika zvaita.
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A man in Mutare, Tinashe Dembo, has been arrested for saying Mnangagwa is a failure. I agree with him. It’s unfortunate that magistrate Tendai Mahwe denied him bail, no doubt because he too is afraid of Zanu PF. There is nothing criminal in saying Mnangagwa is a failure. He is.
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Acquitted and now a free man. Magistrate described umbrella charges as vague and embarrassing. Now working on a lawsuit against the errant ZNA member and his ZRP accomplices. Special thanks to @obeyshava of @ZLHRLawyers for their exceptional legal services.
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These esteemed South African advocates have not come to Zimbabwe to risk their reputation. They have come to make history.
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There is some comfort in the knowledge that Zanu PF supporters are suffering with the rest of the population. Even soldiers are suffering too. And police officers. Next time pakanzi demo hamurove vanhu. Kkkkkkk.
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Govt could pay 1000 doctors a salary of US$1,300 per month for the next year if it chose to divert the US$16 million it wants to use to buy luxury cars for ministers to healthcare. We have the money, our priorities are just wrong. Two months no doctors in hospitals.
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Justice Chigumba and her friends have their own rules. No devices for the opposition but there she is on the phone. This country need a fresh pair of hands, the rule of law not the rule of men.
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South Africa has no incentive to resolve the Zimbabwean crisis. Just look at the trade imbalance. Even diaspora remittances ultimately benefit SA because we import everything. We’re effectively a province at war from which they draw great profit. They know Zanu PF are fools.
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If major hospitals don’t have pain killers and basics to the extent that a doctor cries on television, consider the desperation of clinics and other hospitals in the country. Meanwhile, ED blowing millions on celebrity jets. The old men are out of touch, chawora chinhu ichi.
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I have called the numbers provided and reported Patrick Chinamasa for inciting violence. I encourage you to do the same.
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While government hypocrites accuse business of profiteering by unjustifiably increasing prices, the state-owned Netone today increased the price of data by over 300%, in the process contradicting Mnangagwa’s claims that there is no basis for price increases. Chaora chinhu ichi.
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Apostle Chiwenga’s response to Kazembe is gold. “When has it become a crime to tell Govt to stop killing people? You’re not used to people who tell you that you are a fool. Come and arrest me if I have committed a crime.”.
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Mamuka seiko munhu wamwari, mukawana mukana tsakai vemachurch vakuturikei maoko mumusoro, pane kakudhasharara kepfungwa.
The attention seeking opposition MDC-Chamisa is complaining that gvt should ’ve earlier on evicted people from low lying areas affected by Cyclone Idai but we are sure they would have complained bitterly citing human rights abuses and called for more sanctions if we did that.
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Instead of boasting about your supposed “sophistication and poise” just fix the economy. Talk is cheap. Biti was Finance Minister once and, as crude as your may imagine him to be, he delivered results. It is you who has a lot to learn, from Biti.
Biti’s choice of crude language not only reveals his analytical deficiencies but also demonstrates lack of sophistication and poise normally associated with a global platform such as Chatham House. He has much to learn. However, this may take a while.
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The police arrested Hopewell for one reason, to stop him tweeting as part of his bail conditions. The captured judiciary will play along.
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NatPharm bosses implicated in multimillion dollar fraud released on bail. Meanwhile, three young women accused of staging their own abduction are denied bail on grounds that their alleged actions were detrimental to the economy. Zimbabwe is in the grip of Orwellian injustice.
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Bullet trains are an unreasonable ambition for a poor country. Perhaps. But the latest Mercedes and Range Rovers routinely imported by our government are rational. The contradiction is some believe top level luxury is possible and rational for them but not for public transport.
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Let’s not waste emotional energy hoping Kirsty Coventry will resign. She will act in her best interests. The forces of change must not foist sainthood on anyone. Kirsty Coventry has never been a voice for the voiceless and there is no reason to expect her to start now.
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Govt paid Zanu PF youths US$1,500/day to fly to New York with ED but now pleads poverty, offering doctors US$150/month. Hakusi kudherera here ikoko? . Hurumende kutoita hasha hanzi muri kurambirei mafufu atirikukupai.
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The tributes to Patson Dzamara paint the picture of a good man. Kind words and celebrations of a life spent in kindness and purpose. It should give pause to our leaders whose deaths are greeted with relief, dancing and jubilation. Travel well my brother.
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Mr Samson Mukonyora, a degreed govt accountant is asking for your help. He says his kids are hungry and his salary Z$2,100 (US$25) can't keep up. You can publish my name and face, my family's survival is more important than my dignity, he says. EcoCash him love on 0784544420
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Ingaite nyika here yokuti angovhura muromo achipikisa anoiswa chitsiga chemoto mukanwa.
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Imagine a govt that is so incompetent and incoherent it impounds vehicles for not having number plates yet it is the reason why those cars have no plates as there is a 60,000 backlog. There is no sabotage, no foreign enemies, just old men who are tired and ripe for retirement.
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Zanu PF has given Chamisa work to do to keep him busy and distracted. In such circumstances, best response is to dramatically increase the heat on the sponsor. Chamisa needs to get on the streets as soon as as the coronavirus is settled. Vanhu vakaziva hauzi muroyi vanokudherera.
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Following overnight reflection, I have changed my mind and am no longer outraged re civil servants having 2.5% taken from their remuneration. They are not children and must stand up for themselves. Kana vakavata ngavatorerwe.
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11 armed police officers raided Advocate Thabani Mpofu’s home in the dead of night over an allegedly fraudulent affidavit. Mahomva, Guvamatanga and other high profile criminals in Govt are cordially invited for interviews over tea and biscuits.
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If I was Hopewell Chin’ono, I’d be the happiest man right now. The punches are landing quick and hard.
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The question that no Zanu PF supporter will answer is why Justice Malaba refused Advocate Thabani Mpofu’s subpoena to expose the ZEC server which showed NC won the election. He just refused, no reasons given. But he then goes on to cynically demand primary evidence. It’s a joke.
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I never thought I would live to see the day when Zanu PF propagandists would be battling to find a justification for the eviction of 12,500 black peasants in favour of a wealthy white farmer! Whichever way you see it, we are certainly living in interesting times.
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Have just had a chance to watch @ZimLive's unassailable CCTV evidence of the abduction of Tawanda Muchehiwa. He was subsequently brutally tortured. The evidence is clear. The torturers work with Bulawayo Central Police Station. May God help us, we are governed by evil men.
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Malema: “Mnangagwa is now pig and is eating his own children in Zimbabwe.” . Speaking at Fourways Memorial Park, next to struggle hero Winnie Madikizela-Mandela’s grave, Malema said the youth must rise against Zanu PF even at the risk of death. Mukoma @Jamwanda2 munoti kudii?.
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Government will pay tobacco farmers in RTGS dollars and then demand duty in US Dollars. A very cruel government.
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Police have killed another innocent man, 26-year old Lodrick Matsweru. They knocked on his door and pumped four bullets into him as soon as he opened. Turns out, he wasn't the armed robber. Sorry. Nobody will be held to account, just as in the Byo killing of Paul Munakopa.
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If President Mnangagwa is serious about fighting corruption, he should start with the inexpensive action of making all Reserve Bank forex allocations public. What service or goods do you supply? To whom do you supply? Transparency alone will end the demonic corruption at the RBZ.
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Are there wild celebrations across the country? Sadly not. Just fear, sadness and the quiet sound of hope failing in the hearts of millions. Plus of course marauding soldiers in intimidating tanks. Well done Dambudzo, you truly are a problem.
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Just 15 months in power and Mnangagwa has already accrued a terrifying human rights record. August 1, 2018: Six killed, dozens injured with a penis blown off - young man ruined. January 2019: Twelve dead, thousands beaten, hundreds arrested incl kids, women raped in their homes.
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@energymutodi Did you know that your salary will still be processed, even if you remain quiet and preserve your dignity?.
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Chamisa needs armed security. Nothing less. This attack on his convoy is completely unacceptable.
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Does anyone have the number for this soldier? I want to ask her some journalistic questions re August 1😬.
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The opposition must not support any Zanu PF attempt to remove Mnangagwa. If anything, they must vote against. Zanu PF must be allowed to fight and finish each other off.
EXCLUSIVE: War vets leader Mutsvangwa, Zanu PF old guard in daring plot to oust Mnangagwa.
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Mnangagwa’s new US$18 million helicopter could pay 1,000 doctors for 7.5 years at their current US$200/month slave wages. Happy independence!
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Despite his call for a cessation of generosities😅, Mr Samson Mukonyora tells me he has received a Z$14,000 transfer from a well wisher. He wishes to share these pictures of his grateful family and to thank you again for your kindness in helping him at his time of need.
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We’re just exercising the same rights you were in enjoying in November 2017 when you threatened to herd a mob to Mugabe’s blue roof and do a Gaddafi on him unless he resigned. Nhasi zvashata? Imi maitoda kuponda now makuteta Twitter zvayo?.
This country needs a dogmatic leader because democracy and it's ideals such as freedom of speech we don't accept. The indiscipline is too much. Mugabe had a peaceful reign because he was dogmatic in dealing us.
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How is Nelson Chamisa responsible for this soldier assualting an innocent journalist? We’ve surely gone mad.
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Spending US$1.4million to hire a luxury private jet for Dr. Amai Grace Mugabe is completely unacceptable. Apo hatinganyarane; this is a country not a private business. Our people have no medications, kids can’t pay fees but we spend money on a private jet?
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I do not understand what the MDC hoped to achieve by issuing a statement that implied Sikhala said something unacceptable. Mugabe was removed before his term of office expired, what’s wrong with that?.
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The attack on Winky D today at Golden Mile hotel, in President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s home town of Kwekwe, is yet another sign that Zanu PF will never change. As always, the police will do nothing and wonder why the Americans refuse to lift sanctions. Story on Kukurigo later.
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Kukurigo currently has 34,000 WhatsApp subscribers. Herald prints 19,000 copies daily. The future is digital.
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Impala Car Rental has a copy of the abductor’s ID, his proof of residence, copy of driver’s license, CCTV footage from their offices, signature, and possibly a tracker in the vehicle that can identify where Muchehiwa was tortured. Might be time to approach the courts.
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I still can’t believe President Mnangagwa was given, and read, a speech promising to build “small bakeries” across the country as a response to bread price increases lol. The responsible crew is either incompetent or malicious.
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Doctors have have chosen to sit, blocking one side of J.Nyerere. One doctor says even Robert Mugabe never abducted a doctor.
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On Monday I will do a thread explaining how Zanu PF is planning to rig in the rural areas. It is very important for MDC Alliance monitors to pay attention to what I will disclose on Monday. Musatye. Mnangagwa will not prevail. #KwekweHimJuly30
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Dr Noah Manyika has filed his papers, in support of Chamisa’s application. He’s calling for the entire election to be set aside and for a re-run to be ordered subject to a structural interdict to ensure ZEC behaves.
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We are here today because of an exceptional young man, Nelson Chamisa.
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Emergency passport waiting period now 18 months as Registrar General’s Office says no forex to import paper. Why not just charge in the same forex a traveller will use to buy their ticket and let them leave the country!? Is that not common sense?.
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Mangudya claims he is going to release US$500 million into the Interbank market tomorrow so businesses and individuals can have access to foreign currency. Meanwhile Zesa owes neighbouring power producers US$80 million and is failing to pay hence power cuts. The lies are obvious.
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As the RTGS dollar hits $4.30 on the parallel market, arbitrage opportunities are back as fuel is again now cheaper than the region at just $0.77. Economy haina chitsotsi. Will ED increase fuel prices again or he’ll pretend as though every is okay while shortages persist?.
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When Tendai Biti left the Ministry of Finance in 2013 Govt domestic debt was USD200million. It is now a staggering USD9billion! . Of that 9billion, 4billion was accrued since the Nov coup. This is based on the RBZ’s own data. Zanu PF has no capacity to manage an economy.
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Talk is cheap. Instead of ridiculing those in Zimbabwe as cowards, let's be proactive. The #ZanuPFMustGo masks appear to be a good idea. Can the diaspora raise US$500,000 so they can be mass produced and worn in passive protest? Unlikely. All of us can do more, atsunya arwa.
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Zimbabwe Republic Police refuse to attack protestors. Well done ZRP.
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Zanu PF has made us live like animals for so long we can no longer understand why someone coming from a normal country would protest being quarantined in a hostel without water to flush the toilet.
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Painful to watch as Mnangagwa’s lawyer accepts that the numbers may have changed but says it doesn’t matter. 🤦🏾♂️.
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Ko Mugabe makamubvisa wani? I recall you specifically threatening that you would overrun Blue Roof with protestors and do a Gaddafi on Mugabe unless he resigned. Nhasi wakuti President vanoiswa naMwari musavabvise. You speak a lot of crap.
While @edmnangagwa&the First Lady are from the Methodist Church in Zim I'm happy that they are able to embrace other churches showing he is the leader of the nation. We might not like him as Pres but the Bible says they are put there by God and so we can't go against God's will.
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I would be more excited if the soldiers who murdered six unarmed civilians on August 1, 2018 were arrested. Nobody believes Priscah Mupfumira is the Queen Bee of corruption. She’s just a a lightweight who is being used to set the stage for serious purgings in Zanu PF.
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Zimbabwe is not going anywhere with Zanu PF. The US$1 billion MOGS pipeline has been blocked by govt to protect a cartel. That pipeline would have created thousands of jobs and transformed Zimbabwe into a regional fuel hub. The full report is in today’s Independent.
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So, ZEC chairperson Justice Priscilla Chigumba has a sexual relationship with Zanu PF cabinet minister Winston Chitando. This presents a clear conflict of interest: if Zanu PF loses the election her lover will lose his job. She must do the right thing and resign. Ndatenda. 8/8
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If Julius Malema was a Zimbabwean, he’d be in Chiredzi South fighting for those helpless villagers. #ChokwadiCheteChete #ZanupfMustGo.
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@dr_andrealove If fluoride is added for dental health, why stop there? Should we start adding things for bones, eyes, or even libido? It’s arbitrary, inconsistent, and reeks of overreach. Why not just give us water as it is and let people decide what they want to put in it?.
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Ziso reZanuPF rizere neruvengo. Reuben Barwe watching Nelson Chamisa serenade a massive crowd with the hope of a better future. Or perhaps he’s just ugly? Hameno. #KwekweHimJuly30!
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@nelsonchamisa We are with you all the way Mr. Chamisa. Just say the word and we will follow. Hundreds of thousands are ready for a peaceful protest.
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Attached is a statement drafted for Chigumba & sent to me via emissaries at Zimpapers. The minister wanted me to use the statement on the condition that I don't publish his name. Chigumba's superiors did not allow her to sign the statement. This left the minister out to dry. 1/8
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Very few people have the self-belief and courage to start their own thing. Those who possess these uncommon traits are called leaders. If you are what you think you are, you will succeed even if on a new path. Pfuma inoshandirwa, yenhaka inoparadza ukama.
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After borrowing and blowing $5 billion in less that 11 months, govt says sanctions are the problem. Nobody will give a $20 billion rescue package to a country that can’t account for $5 billion. The RBZ remains an accountable Zanu PF election piggy bank. Reform & money will flow.
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I have made my donation to help Nelson Chamisa in his fight against the evil Zanu PF power matrix. Zanu PF has hundreds of millions stolen from the state at its disposal. Chamisa has our hearts. Donate. Your dollar is weak alone. With others it is strong. Donate!
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A 2016 skit highlighting police brutality has landed Zimbabwe’s internet sweetheart Gonyeti in police custody facing allegations of wearing police uniform. The arrest is yet another example of just how primitive Zanu PF is, it cannot lead us into the future.
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No ruling. In court again tomorrow. I’ve spent many days in court and lost productive time, over an umbrella.
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Chamisa’s extremely dangerous legal dogs have landed. Ho ho ho!. This Concourt Challenge is not a joke, it is a water tight 9/10 application that is being argued by Zimbabwe’s finest Thabani Mpofu and these esteemed advocates.
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Give the kids at HIT 24hrs and you’ll have an automated Exemption Letter system on WhatsApp that police can also use for verification. Zero paperwork. Zero bureaucracy. Almost zero cost. Give young people a chance, hamuzvigone izvi.
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Zimbabwe’s problem is the military. Zanu PF could not do what it does without the protection of the military. Unless the power of guns can be decoupled from our politics, you can remove ED, put Chiwenga, SB or anyone else but nothing will change.
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