NEW: The Bhora-Bhola Football Podcast: Episode 15 - Dynamos resurgence, Refereeing concerns, New Uefa Champions League format too much?
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I drive better drunk... that is one of the last words a late friend of mine said to me 12 hours before he had an accident and died. Don't play yourself friends
A manager in a bank quit his job to study nurse aide work. He is moving to the UK to do nurse aide work. And many more skilled people are gonna leave.
It's a mess.
Let's remember what
@KirstyCoventry
has done for our pride. Remember to love her even when you are upset with her. Believe in her because she believed in Zimbabwe even when many abandoned the country.
Sikandar Raza has just broken Virat Kohli's record from 2016 by winning his 7th Man of the Match award in T20I cricket this year. No player in the history of the format has won more in a single year. Congratulations,
@SRazaB24
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#T20WorldCup
So
@fortunechasi
can show us all the beautiful roads he is fixing but if a person can't buy bread or send their child to school, it means nothing. People need food to survive. Decent basic food can't be a luxury.
The way the US embassy is tweeting, you would think it was an opposition party campaign for election in Zimbabwe ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
Ah well, life in Zimbabwe is just odd
Trevor Madondo was the first black cricketer to be selected for
@ZimCricketv
purely as a batsman. He scored an unbeaten 74 against New Zealand in his final match before he died at 24. He also had a 71 in ODI cricket
While we talk about the price of beer possibly moving to USD, we forget that young men and women have stopped buying beer and now use cough syrup and a fizzy drink for their high. The drug abuse problem is being ignored in Zimbabwe.
A day for some in Harare
1. Queuing for fuel
2. finding somewhere to charge phone/laptop
3. finding water
4. finding somewhere to change mobile money for cash for kids to go to school tomorrow
5. maybe do some work
So people actually wrote articles claiming that there was a 22km fuel queue. And some of you even shared it. How collectively stupid are you? From CBD to Umwinsdale is 19km. Add 4k and you are in Chitungwiza. Tsek mhani
I think when people say Zimbabwe is suspended by Fifa, they think it is like 5 dudes in a room deciding this. A whole Fifa congress (over 200 member countries), except one, voted to boot Zimbabwe out of Fifa.
If that doesn't say football pariah, I have no idea what does
My friend and her now husband cancelled lobola tings after parents demanded it in USD. They went to court and signed papers. MY friend was like to her parents, 'you want to leave us poor. No thanks.'
Charging lobola in dollars to people that neither earn or have legal access to these dollars is how you know that living below a certain line is psychological hell in our country. I pray things improve soon man cos we laugh and joke bout these things but they are stressful
This is Taurayi Tugwete. Exceptional football player on a scholarship in the US and has captained Zimbabwe's under-17 hockey team to the African Youth Olympics. He is in the
@ZimCricketv
squad for the
@ICC
Under-19 Cricket World Cup 2020.
#KwiriTravels
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One day we are going to account for the little boys being sexually abused by older men and women. We pretend they do not exist because talking about their plight does not come with donor funds and viral hashtags
Twitter will make you believe Zimbabweans are more divided than they actually are. The other night was at a party where a candidate from Zanu PF and another from MDC Alliance were having fun zvavo, Both had won their different elections.
Zimbabwean business mentality.
WHEN DEMAND IS HIGH: Increase price because law of supply and demand
WHEN DEMAND IS LOW: Increase prices because I need to cover my costs.
So when
@DavidColtart
was walking past a whole bunch of fans at the
#T20WCQualifier
and they started chanting his name, he stopped and them started chanting 'Zimbabwe'. They joined him.
We love to see that.
Some Zimbabweans won't allow themselves happiness. Checking my TL and some saying the Warriors are useless and did not deserve to qualify. The self-hate is so weird
I know a person who runs a business in Harare. He says the reason he charges for stuff higher than others is because people are not buying and so he can't make money off volumes. I asked why are people not buying. He says because things are expensive. He doesn't even get it
On this day in 20 years ago, Henry Olonga and Andy Flower staged a black armband protest before a Cricket World Cup match in Harare. It is a moment which divides opinion till this day. While Flower's career flourished after, it was a death knell in Olonga's.
The scariest thing for me in the context of rape culture in Zimbabwe is how so many men do not think there is a problem with spiking a girl's drink in order to sexually exploit them. Some even encourage it.
I rate Hamilton Masakadza as the most important player to come out of
@ZimCricketv
. Many young players I interview mention him as a reference point. That debut test 100 was a moment when many kids believed black majority people could play cricket as well. Argue tinzwei
Congrats to Marvelous Nakamba who has become the first Zimbabwean in the Premier League era to make it to a major English cup final. All the best king man
There is this weird stupid ideology that because you denounce sanctions on Zimbabwe, that you dont believe corruption also screwed up the economy. We need to introduce adult supervision on Twitter. ๐
Call your MP today and ask him how he expects you to pay for his/her car... Because at the end of the day, it is you and I who are paying for these Landcruisers. Meanwhile the law that punishes people who marry children still doesn't exist.
So ini I have a question. So what is Afreximbank now backing? Say it is USD500mil right? So is it backing RTGS$1.5billion now? Am confused
#ZimMonetaryPolicy
Dave Houghton is the first Zimbabwean to score a Test century on debut. That was his 121 against India in
@ZimCricketv
's first ever match in the format. He is the first and fastest to get 1,000 runs for his side (15 matches). And holds the highest individual score (266).
DID YOU KNOW:
@TatendaTaibu
is the only Zimbabwean player to have ever been named player to the tournament at the ICC Men's Under-19 Cricket World Cup. That was in 2002 when he scored 250 runs, took 12 wickets and had 8 dismissals with the gloves
#KwiriTravels
Congratulations to the starboy
@SRazaB24
and his
@lahoreqalandars
brothers on winning
#PSL2023
. I have a new shirt coming ha ha ha. But seriously, wow. What a final and thank you Lahore!
I have to say I am disappointed by Zimbabwe Tourism being so mute about the ICC Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament. Disappointing given the whole cricketing world has its eyes on Zimbabwe
#cwcq
I'm a single 38 year old intelligent, handsome, hardworking, GOD-fearing man, I have my own apartment and nice car . I'm looking for a young, cute, clean, healthy, good looking, fit, well structured goat to buy for Easter Holiday...I want to braai it with my friends.
Thanks
I remember 13-14 years ago,
@jahprayzah
performing at a
@BookCafe_Harare
open mic competition. The journey to that YouTube plaque has been on for a while. Respect the process.
What a champion. I celebrate you, young buck. From Uzumba to the world.
If 2 men in a world of more than 7 billion people can provide โฌ300million to restore Notre Dame, within hours, then there is enough money in the world to feed every mouth, shelter every family & educate every child. The failure to do so is a matter of will, & a matter of system.
I am disappointed that people want to throw
@MthuliNcube
's budget in its entirety because they disagree with a few points. I am willing to see how it works. There are a lot of good bits in there.
Happy 53rd birthday to former
@ZimCricketv
all-rounder Neil Johnson. His incredible innings at the 1999 Cricket World Cup, when he helped beat SA, is the stuff of lore.
I don't understand why ministries spend taxpayer money flighting adverts congratulating the appointment of a minister to their portfolio. Surely these are things that can save a few bob
@MthuliNcube
DID YOU KNOW:
@MawoyoTinotenda
has the highest career average in Tests opening for
@ZimCricketv
at 30.75. He is one of only 3 Zim batsmen to carry his bat, scoring 163 against Pakistan in 2011. It is the 10th highest individual score by a Zimbabwean
So at a shop in Harare yesterday, four men walked into a shop and asked after the price of 2l cooking oil. They were told $15. They demanded the manager come through. Afterwards the manager said anyone who was in the store could pay $4.50 for the cooking oil. Inga...
Happy 66th birthday to our superman Zimbabwe Cricket head coach, the man who makes us all believe. All hail David Laud Houghton. To a big win tomorrow and many more years of happiness gaffer.