If I'm not fighting poverty & creating access for the poor then my story isn't worth telling
Social & Financial Inclusion Expert
Putting the African Scholar 1st
I failed to do my undergrad due to poverty. Went to work & 20 years later I returned to uni for my Masters with just a diploma to my name. 7 years down the line I have an MPhil, 2 PhDs & work for the best uni in Africa. Don't let setbacks hinder you.
#MakeEducationFashionable
My kids' 12 year old friend died in a freak accident at the Agric Show today. I can't imagine what questions they have in their minds. He slipped from a jumping castle and fell onto naked electrical wires. Love & strength to his mum & dad. No parent shd bury their child
We always ask kuti mari wanoiwabepi and we're told they work hard. Ndiyo hardwork yacho here iyi? Mbinga is just a glorified crook or thieve. Musaiswe pressure nevanhu vamusingazive kuti mari yavo inobvepi.
I need your prayers. Mum is in need of urgent Oxygen supply. Her saturation levels are quite low. This time Chihera vanofanirwa kuita nharo and come back home to celebrate my birthday tomorrow.
#thirdwavecovid
I will not be silent until those hating this boy get it. He was raised by a single mum & got to the USA & Olympics thru his own hard work. Now some shameless absent father (whom we all hate) is trying to claim glory where he didn't sow & the kid is getting the insults.
#SiyaiMaka
No that's not cocaine. Those are washing powder rations being given to nurses so that they can wash their uniforms at home. Wonzwa some standing in their way of their migration to better paying countries.
@MthuliNcube
you've failed & reduced civil servants to paupers.....
I recently contracted sm1 from my hood to build for me. He charged me handsomely only to then hire local lads to build (iye aingomirizika) & gave them less than 20% of what I paid him. I'm giving those lads the rest of the contract. I won't live in a house built on slave wages.
I have seen rudimentary bread ovens being touted around in Zimbabwe. In all honesty can't HIT and our polytechnics design such alternatives for our communities? This is one way to empower youth through manufacturing such.
We need sustainable solutions.
I have always argued that it's not necessary to do more than 3 subjects at A Level. May the kids be correctly advised on the right combination and number of subjects to take.
Political jackets aside, let's agree this is not the Zimbabwe we expected after 17 Nov. How can we solve the Zimbabwean crisis? No insults, just facts please.
The full draft of my 2nd PhD done and dusted. Now I await the supervisors' comments, hopefully for the last time. Am I at the cusp of being the first Zimbabwean to hold 2 PhDs or there is someone who already holds those bragging rights?
#PeopleMakingHistory
I'm getting convinced more and more that
@fortunechasi
was overrated because of his publicity stances kumaroad. The solutions he's giving for the fuel crisis don't make sense in addressing the immediate crisis. Bicycles & electric cars are for the long term. We want fuel now.
RT if you believe the
@mdczimbabwe
court petition is more important than the Oscar Pretorius case and deserves to be broadcast live for all of us to follow.
@DougColtart
@AdvDali_Mpofu
@nelsonchamisa
shd request for it to be shown to all of us.
WE NEED REAL SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
I am not okay and it will take time for me to be. When I saw her she had collapsed by the roadside at the intersection of Robson Manyika n 4th. People drove or walked by whilst she lay there lifelessly. Fix the country and make it work for everyone
A 42 year old will be leading the UK becoming the youngest PM in 200 years. Yet in the teapot country we're told that
@nelsonchamisa
is too young to lead us.
#RegisterToVoteZW
Hanzi, "she was an actress with no O Levels".
If you remain stuck with someone's past you'll never see themselves reinvent & improve themselves.
My former schoolmates who only remember my 3 points at A Level will still believe I never moved beyond that.
People move forward!
@DrCamModisane
Why not allow Zimbabweans to speak for themselves about how Mugabe left us? He left us as economic refugees waiting tables in Kappa & scrapping bums in the UK. He left us as an 'educated' bunch that has no clue on how to embetter our lives. He left us as a polarised nation.
Twimbos, today is SADC day.
@SADC_News
has taken down their earlier Tweet celebrating the day. Let us tag the SADC Presidents & tell them that
#ZimbabweanLivesMatter
. It is their duty to call out their brother & push for an end to human rights abuses in Zim
@blissart01
@AmandaZamajola
Try doing portraits of the people in your area. Let the world see your community from your artistic lenses. Doing the celebrities catches less attention.
Born to a teen mother (who didn't abort), today marks my last year on the 4th floor. The journey hasn't been 100% smooth but I'm grateful for life & never having spent a night in hospital (except at birth when I spent days in an incubator). Gavambwedzi raShiela rakura nhasi.
I miss Mugabe for 1 thing, waiziva kuti akataura ndozvazviri hapana reverse. Aitogona kupa mateacher salary increase kuHeroes Acre a day after Chinamasa ati hakuna mari.
Can someone do a graphic of the roles of Cllrs and MPs? I see a lot of people making noise about their expectations from MPs on things that aren't their roles. MPs don't fix roads, water or sewers. They are there to raise constituent matters in Parly, put laws in place & play...
Nurses are not just nurses
Thinking that midwives, renal nurses, theatre and recovery nurses can be replaced by inexperienced people who have been sitting at home shows a low level of comprehension of national issues.
#BringBackOurNurses
Driving between Harare & Norton breaks my heart when I pass between Turnpike and Karina. Kentyre Estates used to welcome us into Harare with it's green mealies in summer & wheat in winter. Now farmers are growing sora beans & we have factories/houses on these former farmland.
Do you know that not so long ago we had a Minister of Education who managed to get textbooks for every child in a rural primary & secondary school? Then the Vaparadzi Crew took over. Now every child has to buy their own textbooks & the poor experience education apartheid.
How it started and how it ended. Frame 1 - as I was being grilled in the VIVA & Frame 2 after being told I successfully defended my PhD
@HeriotWattUni
. The journey that started at
@UCTGSB
in 2014 with no degree ends in 2021 with 1 MPhil and 2 PhDs. I introduce Dr. Dr. Musarurwa
This fuckery will only end if the fools ruling this country stop taking us for a ride & deliver on social safety nets. Such people like Mai 2 need a grant to support her kids with. Not that nonsense about some algorithm paying people money.
#FixTheCountry
#CountYourBlessings
I can't keep calm. This Zezuru boy who grew up in the dusty streets of Rimuka kuma AB has been shortlisted for an interview at Africa's number 1 Business School.
#PamamonyaIpapo
@matigary
@DrCamModisane
I don't have to prove my competency level to you Matigary. I have attained a lot bcoz I use my brains & don't depend on bootlicking politicians or singing praises to despots.
A despot is a dispost even at death. Mugabe left a legacy of poverty amongst millions that's a fact.
@SueNyathi
@SibandaSibbs
I regret not getting a farm during the 1st phase of land allocation. I believed in white collar jobs too much. I was too comfortable as a pen pusher for a bank - enjoying the suits I wore whilst making money for someone else.
...I also want to commend the staff at the Registrars Office bcoz today I saw the kind of Customer Care I never knew existed at those offices. Right from Stage 1 to the final Stage 4,
@Moha_Zim
has improved it's service & efficiency. Zvinofadza, ngazvikudzwe.
I would like to dispell some myths about the passport office based on my experience. For starters kumukira even zvekusvika paqueue na7am is a waste of time. Buying a number from 'boyz' is also a waste of your money. I got to Makombe around 830am & I was number 189. There was...
I don't get people who feel entitled to 'black tax'. Our househelp's kid passed her A Levels & I offered to adopt her so that I can help her not only secure a place & my uni but to also pay for her fees (at a very subsidised rate). All help has broken loose in my family...
Thank you all for your prayers. A nice birthday present for me today. Mum is now saturating at 93% on oxygen. Now waiting for confirmatory PCR results after she tested negative on the antigen test.
Your love and prayers for Mai Hillary aka Chihera is appreciated.
Regardless of what you have been told about this print, it's so attractive & very much an Zimbabwean identity just like the Kente print of Ghana. It's associated by many with hun'anga. It's about time we embrace & popularise it.
What stories have you heard about
#JiraReretso
?
What's stopping you? If you really want it, go and get it. I got my 1st degree (a Masters) at 40, then my 1st PhD at 44 and the 2nd one is coming at 46.
The boys who met for the first time at Kutama College, 35 years or so ago, are now men. Some of us had last seen each other in Form 4. We're still lifting the Zim flag high wherever we are.
#KOBA
As I thank God for 45 good years the
#45RandomActsOfKindness
continue.
*An additional 30 kids will get their fees paid for bringing the total supported via
#AdoptAChild
to 45.
*50 girls get 3 packs of sanitary pads each.
*5 pensioners had their bills paid for
Help me celebrate.
He is my champ for this years
#ComradesMarathon2023
. The team whose colours he wore did him dirty today. He was told to slow down when he had decided to attack a hill. Then the seconding team didn't have any bottle for him & his running "mates" wldnt share.
It pains me to see teachers failing to send their kids to school today yet they're expected to show up and teach the kids of those whose employers are paying them living wages. Shame on you
@MthuliNcube
@MoPSEZim
for removing the dignity of teachers.
There's no desperation worse than this. When I used to read about propaganda tichiita F1&2 History ndaiti this will never happen in Zim. But boy, the bar has been set below zero.
This is Ashley & Johanna, they got 14 & 8 units respectively. Sadly they can't proceed to high school bcoz they each need $195 to enroll.
We have raised $45 for them so far. RT or reply if you can help. Let's get these girls into school.
#AdoptAPupil
@Lebani_Sirenje
A true artist admits their errors and tries again until they get it right. The truth is you did not paint our Legend and there is no defense to your claim. You can do better. I will leave you to ponder on what other artists did with different mediums (pencil, paint and pen).
@RuvhenekoP
Ruvi, don't you think it's about time you had a family meeting namudhara and tell him to do the honourable thing and resign? Hatidi penzura yedofo inoperera mudzokororo chete.
Yesterday I posted about my aunt marrying at 48 & got responses that were vile from people vanotaura kwavasina kuswera. For starters not everyone has a high body count. Akakuudzai kuti munhu anopera panonaka akakunyeperai. In actual fact sex beyond 40 is more enjoyable than at...
What do you make of relatives, including parents, who take money you send them and say nothing. A whole week can go by without them mentioning that they collected the funds. Meanwhile you've long received a confirmation text from the remitter.
47 not out!!!
My wish today is to raise USD330 to pay O Level Exam Fees for these 3 orphaned girls whom I've supported since they were in Form 1. DM if you want to chip in.
Please RT & make my day, their benefactor might be on your TL.
@FabAcademic
@kitkatsa
@UCT_news
Please stop cutting onions. Your leadership style is just 👌👌👌. Eish when a mother leads it shows by what she does. Those kids are in good hands. May God bless you abundantly and may you never tire in doing these smolanyana walkabouts. They have a huge impact on people.
Did you know that most covid-19 facilities in 🇿🇼 are offering treatment for free. Specifically the Pari, Avenues Clinic and Arundel Pvt Ward at Pari Hospital? The
@MoHCCZim
is trying it's best for citizens to get help & recover from covid-19.
@SueNyathi
@SibandaSibbs
That I did not falling in love with failure early enough. I was more of a perfectionist & lost the chance to learn from my mistakes. Failure shd be an option in everyone's life.
Today, I am a proud dad of an adult. The Princess of my kingdom turns 18. Happy birthday Mangwenya. Here's to celebrating lots of achievements in your life baby girl. Kana zvadai ndoimba hangu, "bvuma iwe, bvuma wachembera, bvuma wasakara." I thank God for her life!!
@DMwonzora
Dougie having worked with & under you during the COPAC period I had seen you as a committed opposition leader. I held you with high esteem. To say the least you're a disappointment. You're just an opportunist who is unfortunately digging his own political grave.
I won't tell you who to vote for but this clip should be able to assist you in making the decision. We've seen what some people have made us become in 5 years under them. Asking for another dosage is sheer madness.
#VoteWiselyZim
I am looking for a few individuals who will join me & make a commitment to help pay fees for 3 disadvantaged girls who I have been paying fees at Bonda & Kriste Mambo since they were in Form 1. I've been left to support them on my own as others pulled out due to income cuts....