Ranga Mataire
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- journalist - writer - humanist - a lover of HISTORY - the blackness of my ORIGIN
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Help me congratulate my daughter for coming out with 7As and 3Bs at O'Level. Zvakaoma zvakadaro Masibanda vakashingaira.
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Ladies and gentlemen, this house is in Zim located at Forresters Estate near Mvurwi.
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Let's make this man famous. Cde Christopher Makwambeni is the man seen in a video singing a revolutionary at an assembly point. The Cde whose Chimurenga name was Chapwititi Chehondo is very much alive and still revolutionary.
@lmakombe
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DID YOU KNOW?
FRELIMO's new leader, Daniel Francisco Chapo, was educated in Zimbabwe. Besides being fluent in Portuguese and his native mother language, the man can also speak fluent English and Shona. Africa We Are One.
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Harare Mayor, Jacob Mafume, attends Heroes Day celebrations at National Heroes Acre. A lone opposition figure.
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Ladies & gentlemen, this gem is in Zimbabwe. Whatever you do or wherever you are, pliz don't die before visiting this place. Mweya wacho chete unokupa a new lease of life literally.
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#ZimElection2023
Despite unwarranted bashing from CCC, this woman, Justice Priscilla Chigumba remained resolute in her professional conduct. Give her the flowers.
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Come let's reason together. This fruit found in Zim is among very rare plants. When nut is peeled off, it has a whitish stuff that produces a very special anti-aging oil on demand globally. It costs abt US$1200 a litre. Next time u see tsvanzva, know u lukn @ "new" gold. Think!
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Perrance Shiri, SB Moyo, JB Matiza were three of the most hardworking and focused Ministers in ED's Cabinet. We have lost national treasures.
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On this day at a refugee camp in Mozambique, a SON was born.
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Here is Herbert Chitepo. He was the first black barrister of southern Rhodesia. Left his job as Director of Public Prosecutions in Tanzania for the cause of Zimbabwe. He was the chairman of ZANU and the Head of Dare ReChimurenga. It's important to teach your kids about Chitepo
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Cde Tokyo Sexwale singing in Shona about Zimbabwe. The ANC stalwart was today campaigning in Katlehong, South Africa. This just shows the old regional bonds this generation has.
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The Legend: One of the most courageous, charismatic and widely popular commander of the ZANLA forces- General Josiah Magama Tongogara was born today. We shall never Forget.
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A brave soldier, a good human being & diplomat par excellency. Greatly missed. Your kids deserve to know about him.
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Zim haters will hate you for posting this beautiful image. They hate everything positive about Zim.
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My rural home area Njanja has more beautiful homesteads than yours.
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Hate him or like him, Mugabe was an intellectual giant. He was a fearless anti-imperial fighter. Yes, he had his own warts like all human beings. Yes, he made mistakes esp in the twilight of his political but nothing takes away the fact that he was & remains the Greatest gift God
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On this day, at a refuge camp in neighbouring Mozambique, in the heat of a raging war, a son was born. Lovemore Ranga Mataire they called him. None was certain of making it to a New Zimbabwe. Father & son made. Mom never saw the birth of a country she so gallantly fought for.
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I am Ranga Mataire. I was born @ Chimoio during the liberation struggle. I am a product of two freedom fighters-Chrispen Mataire whose nome de guerre was David Todhlana & Doris Letwin Mavura whose Chimurenga name was Revai Mabhunu Zvichapera. Happy Heroes Day. Forever Grateful.
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A beautiful view of Harare's CBD in the distance along King George as you approach Avondale.
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I had no idea that white people in Zim have their own AgricShow. Kudzidza hakuperi
@sedze
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Zimbabwe is a Pheonix Rising. Watch this country in 10 years time, it's an amazing story to be told. Bro Sello speaks!
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Tell me why this is not trending. Are we obsessed with toxicity? Zim Team beats Netherlands to be crowned Moot Champions and we do not revel in the young people's triumph & flying the Zim flag high?
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So the King of Engjand's Birthday brought Zimbabweans of different political persuasions together and yet some of those people justfiy snubbing national independence celebrations. What m l missing? Whose King?
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Did you know: The only time (a first) that China exercised its veto power at the the Security Council for an African country was when it vetoed the proposed resolution to impose sanctions on Zimbabwe at the UN Security Council in 2008. Much Respect!
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Ladies and gentlemen, this house is in Zimbabwe. Design taken a notch up. This is what we call blending with the environment.
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#ZimpapersPoliticsHub
Along the Harare-Mazowe Rd just diagonally oppositite the Zimbabwe Defence University, there is something beautiful happening there. The University of Zimbabwe Quinary Hospital is under construction.
This hospital, according to UZ Vice Chancellor, Prof
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Do you have any memories of your DAD that stands out?
Ziggy: Zimbabwe
Feels good to be Zimbabwean.
#ZimAt40
@SimbaRushwaya
@RangaMberi
@manoc9
@gariefadzi
@Jamwanda2
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This is the Vehicle Number Plate Production Plant at UZ. Production is being done in collaboration with Harare Institute of Technology, UZ & a consortium of tertiary institutions that established the National Transtech Solutions (Private) Limited Company.
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Management at this beautiful hotel in Harare say the place is fully booked every other weekend & you busy saying people have no money.
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l said it before and will say it again, post-Oliver Mutukudzi, no artiste takes his craft as serious as this guy
@jahprayzah
. He is a National Asset.
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And Prof Welshman Ncube of opposition CCC is here in Murambinda for the Independence Celebrations.
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The Changing Face of Mazowe.
l don't know who has taken over the Citrus Kiosk in Mazowe but they sure know what they are doing. They have constructed some nice decks right in the dam & l am told they are in the process of refurbishing Mazowe Club.
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BREAKING -VP Dr Chiwenga returned home this evening from India, where he had gone to seek treatment. Deputy Chief Secretary (Presidential Communications) to the President and Cabinet Mr George Charamba said VP Chiwenga has “fully recovered and was raring to go”.
@nickmangwana
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MUSIC BANDS TRAGEDY
The Bhundu Boys were a musical phenomenon. It's arguably the first local band to make a huge impact overseas but its demise was painful. Formed in Harare by Rise Kagona, it comprised of Biggie Tembo, David Mankaba, Shakie Kangwena & Kenny Chitsvatsva.
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In August 2021, l spent 10 days on oxygen. COVID failed to subdue me. The son of two freedom fighters is grateful for the gift of life. l celebrate my EARTHDAY today. God is Great All the time.
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Mugabe's legacy as an African icon is crumbling fast n furious. Almost every leader @ the SADC summit paid tribute to former heads-Mandela, Nujoma, Pohamba, Machel, Nyerere... None uttered Mugabe's name.
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@MabasaSasa
@caesarzvayi
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DID YOU KNOW?
Dr Edison Furatidzwayi Chisingaitwi Sithole was the first black person in the entire Southern & Central African region to obtain a Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA) in 1974. In fact, he was the first person regardless of race to
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Hate him or like him,
@GGuvamatanga
is the freshest voice in Gvt stating nothing but facts. A forthright technocrat who says it like it is.
His clarity in an interview with ZBC's
@GNyambabvu
is something to behold. BOLDNESS, DECISIVENESS and articulation of ACHIEVEMENTS topnotch.
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Let's celebrating those who sacrificed their lives for the freedom of the majority. Cde Christopher Makwambeni- a living legend.
@matigary
@nickmangwana
@Jamwanda2
@nicolehondo
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Dr. Sifiso Sithole, daughter of National Hero-Ndabaningi Sithole, stands at a road sign named after her father in Accra, Ghana.
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Ladies and gentlemen, Zim is Paradise, it's not me saying.
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I am yet to come across a Shona novel so masterly written as a Detective Thriller like Sajeni Chimedza. Nyaya iyi ndeyaSajeni Chimedza, mutikitivha, uyo anoronda nyaya yokufa kwaThabet uyo akawanikwa akafa kwangosara mazuva mashoma kuti achate nemudiwa wake gweta.
@RangaMberi
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Ladies and gentlemen, this is Chipinge in Zimbabwe. Beauty is universal.
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The story about the New Dispensation's drive to construct, reconstruct and replenish roads is yet to be properly written. This is Mutare Road just after Mutangadura turn off..
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Can someone tell Walter Magaya that The Sunday Mail won't be intimidated from executing its mandate as a national weekly newspaper of record. Our goal is to cover the news as impartially as possible without fear or favour.
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@ali_naka
I love the way Julius hits where it hurts, that whites are foreigners in Africa and he does not prevaricates.
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A lot is happening in Zim but if you spend a lot of time on social media you think nothing is moving.
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Give this man
@MbalulaFikile
his flowers. I like his forthrightness and consciousness. His understanding of the global threat to pan-African solidarity is spot on. The fight is FAR from over.
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I am Ranga Mataire. I was born at Chimoio during the struggle. M a product of two freedom fighters- Chrispen Mataire whose Nome de guerre was David Todhlana and Doris Mavhura whose Chimurenga name was Revai Zvichapera. Hate me or like me, I can't reinvent myself.
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Commander Zimbabwe Defence Forces General Philip Valerio Sibanda @ ZITF. Simplicity is the epitome of sophistication.
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Ever wondered why the MDC Alliance is mum about the Harare City land scam? Don't miss tomrw's Herald as we unravel a web of murky corruption effluent that stinks to heavens. HARARE has been turned into a haven of corruption.
@ZACConline
@ZimMediaReview
@matigary
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#ZimbabweElections2023
Min of Justice, Ziyambi Ziyambi, questions the inclusion of LGBT issue in preliminary reports of some observers. He says its strange that such an issue is smuggled into reports coz no one is asked his or her sexuality when contesting elections.
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Why should l be penalised/charged for checking my bank balance? Some please tell me why?
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Ladies & gentlemen, this is Domborembudzi Mountain in Murehwa, where 200 goats roam freely. No wild animals or humans dare attack them. Once, some villagers killed one & everyone who consumed the meat started experiencing mental challenges. Strange but true.
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#ZimElections2023
So today a took a tour of Mabvuku-Tafara constituency from the Mutare road side going past Kamunhu shops all the way past to MCH Fuels. Political preferences aside, Pedzi "Scott" Sakupwanya is doing something no aspiring MP has ever done. Kudos!
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I rank this interview as one of his Best since being inaugurated.. Articulate, composed and with information right on the fingertips. Proud of My President. Proud of Zim.
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@larry_moyo
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@edmnangagwa
Today I have been talking to the world’s media about the new Zimbabwe. You can watch my interview with
@BloombergTV
at the link below & my interview with
@camanpour
will be broadcast soon.
Zimbabwe is open to the world & Zimbabwe is open for business!
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I have a ask: Why is it that a small African country like Zimbabwe attracts so much attention from the West to a point of seeking regime change? Is it for the love of the Africans in Zimbabwe?
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Highlanders Football Club is possibly the only soccer club in Zim making investment strides. Here is their refurbished bar in Bulawayo. Its quite modern & refreshing with courteous staff at hand. Kudos to the club Executive.
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They say nothing is happening in Zim, they simply hating. Everywhere something is happening. Isuzu-Zim is expanding its operations. Workshop & Service Centre moving from Bluffhill to Pomona. This area is now awash with warehouses & industries of all manner of sorts.
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There comes a time in life when one has to deal with the spiritual side of things. Mother, l finally DID it.
@Jamwanda2
@rangamataire
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Madam Joana Mamombe doing shopping. Even in her distressed state she remembered to buy mhamba. We wish her speedy recovery.
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Rugare Gumbo, Chrispen Mataire, a female combatant and kinds. 30 January 1979, Salisbury.
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I wish the President of the Republic His Excellency E.D Mnangagwa
@edmnangagwa
@DeptCommsZW
@InfoMinZW
every bit of success in everything he touches in Jesus Mighty Name. Ngazvienderere mberi vavengi vashaye remuromo.
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This man they call ED
@edmnangagwa
is the Man of the Moment.
@nickmangwana
@TichZindoga
@VictoriaRuzvid2
@DMusaru
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Some1 gets allocation for fuel & instead of buying fuel he colludes with guys at the border & papers are stamped when in fact the tanker is empty. Paper trail at RBZ says therz enuf fuel based on forex allocations. Think ABOUT IT.
@TichZindoga
@DumisaniMuleya
@BrezhMalaba
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They say nothing is happening. They simply hating. In 2021, ZIMPLATS announced an investment of US$1.8b to expand operations- develop new mines, build a concentrator & base metal refinery to process platinum. In 2022, started first phase of a 185MW solar plant at Selous Complex.
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Join me in celebrating two Zimbabwean engineers in Senegal. They successfully commissioned Senegal's only thermal power station which produces 125MW. Charles Muwandagara (taller) is from Masuka, Gokwe & Richard Mahupete is a former ZESA wrker.
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Special Edition for Commander Bigboy Samson Chikerema aka Perrance Shiri.
@basera_john
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Mugabe needs to disabuse himself of the notion that he is the epitome of Zimbabwe’s Independence struggles. Far from it, Mugabe was initially a reluctant participant and thrust into leadership by default.
@daddyhope
@InfoMinZW
@matigary
@KudaBwititi
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Land reform critics are eating humble pie.
For the first time since wheat was introduced to Zim in 1962, the country has produced the highest wheat load of 326 687 tonnes beating the previous record of 325 000 tonnes in 1990.
Land reform is NOT A FAILURE.
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While others never want to speak good abt their country coz of narrow parochial interests, we will never get tired of highlighting the plenty positives abt Zim. Here is a beautiful never seen shot of Elephant Hills from my younger Wilson Kadurira. Zim is all we have.
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Zimbabwe's 1980 Cabinet. ED still standing. Happy Birthday Shumba Murambwi.
@caesarzvayi
@MabasaSasa
@munya001
@KudaBwititi
@KMutisi
@MinisterSBMoyo
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Takagara gara toyeuchidzana kuti this gentleman has seen it all. Besides being a freedom fighter, he has been the Minister of Justice & the Speaker of Zimbabwe's Parliament.
@Jamwanda2
@matigary
@zanupf_patriots
@edmnangagwa
@ZimMediaReview
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One of the most wanted man in Zim. The notorious and dangerous armed robber Musa Taj Abudul nabbed in Beitbridge. You can run but you can't hide. Please don't miss for a more detailed story. Kudos to
@PoliceZimbabwe
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I understand Hon. Murisi Zwizvwi, I understand Charlton Hwende, I understand David Coltart, I understand Welshman Ncube. There comes a time in one's life when you have reached a certain age and you ask yourself what you have attained in your chosen endeavour and you realise that
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Namibian President Hage Geingob calls for the removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe.
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The Western media would want to portray him as daft but he paved the way for African consciousness.
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Honde Valley Zimbabwe. Say all you want but this is beautiful.
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How do you sleep knowing you directly contributed to the misery of your compatriots by requesting a foreign nation to impose sanctions on your country? Are you not embarrassed to ask for their vote? Where is your sense of shame? Some parties MUST be outlawed.
#SanctionsMustGo
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After congratulating President Ramaphosa, President Mnangagwa was in an animated chat with the First Lady, Dr Tshepo Ramaphosa nee Motsepe. Probably catching up. She was once a doctor at Parirenyatwa Hospital.
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Ladies & gents, l will never get tired of posting this pic. This is Eastgate mall in Harare. What a fantastic work of architecture.
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Let me see how far you know Harare. Which part of Harare is this?
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Let me tell a story. I met this guy in China. He is from Somalia. After seeing us struggling to communicate, he came to our rescue. A regular visitor to CHINA, a runner- supplies bulk stuff home. He makes a monthly profit of US$2500 & we have Zimbos whining for jobs. Think!
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Listen to President Mnangagwa at his most element in conversation with the China Media Group.
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