So I get a call that my cousin Spiro has died. Ngisegoli. Quickly I go to PowerHouse & gada okungamabhasi kwenu okutshiphileyo. Kuthwele ama Border Jumper lama dealer wodwa. Plus ku overloaded
2. Every Roadblock kuyamiswa. Sikhupha ama R20. Kuyafa. Impahla sihamba siyethula. Ogogo beMasvingo abadla wayawaya bahamba becela irecess every 20Km. 2 days sisendleleni. Kwafela eGwanda okuyibhasi. I get a call to sleepover in Gwanda bazangithatha ekuseni sesisiyangcwaba
3. Mina swi. Yehliyani straight to Gwanda hotel. Kuthwe fully booked. Next option ko Growly (Wakanda name be this) Again fully booked. Ngibhode wonke fully booked. I go and kwejisa eRiver Dance (another weird name for a club). Ziyawa kodwa shame
4. I make a friend and tell him of my predicament. The guy says "kule 3 star Lodge ngale kwesporo" Sihambe sonke. Angiqhube emnyameni. Sitsholobele Jo til I thought le yinkunzi stret. Sichaphe isporo sithutshele egedini angani ngelesilugu senkukhu. Kumnyama tshu. Sesifikile
5. Ubhururu ngimnike 50Rand for escorting me. Ngibhode. I knock. Guy opens. Says sebelele but I can book a room. I pay & get led to some dingy mhome kaSathane-like room. Ungathi yispeya samadonki shame. I ask for pillows and pay R20 for them. Imagine.
7. Ngqwaaa loScary Sherry emnyango. It's a lady of the night. Awu Thixo onofefe ngibonani? Isibhuda besibhadwa Jo. Sesiwome qha. Angazamula lumama singacracker. Ilipstick siwomile emlonyeni ungathi ubethontiselwa ikhandlela. Its all colors efesini ungathi yicircus clown.
8. Ama eyebrows umuntu ungathi ubedwetshwa ngoGrade 1. Ngapha ngihamba ngepatapata. Inyawo zigwcele ikwande elizacutha liqede du iCarpet. Zimhlophe nke. Clearly she walked from whichever mlindi wesambane she came from
9. Problem manje yikuthi she has a great body and all the curves endaweni eziyizo. Not that I care. I just need someone to help me kill mosquitoes and ama wuwu. I pay her and explain her job description
10. Sibhizi sitshaya ama wuwu and my mind is racing. What if? But naah leyinkukhu makhaya for me. Umqunywa. Ukhekhere! Imali yami ke? In any case, am tired, ngifelwe and I need comfort. Ngaqunga isibindi. Ngacela imasaji
11. Massage yakhona Jo! You would swear ukuthi umuntu unwaya izibunu ezilumayo. Rwe rwe rwe. Kwangigebha okumuntu. Mina no lets kiss. Yes bhebhi. Nge accent yeSezhube sibili. Kwangihotsha okumuntu ungathi kuhotsha umnkantsho ethanjeni kwangixhanxatha ngaphosa ngafeyinta
12. Mina no wothi ngihle ngisebenzise imali yami. Ohoooo gxumu eNgoz' Mine. Lixhaphozi ungathi bekugida amaNigerian. Sengiyathe twalatsa ndombolo kwasa. Lutho. Ngidlala ngesikhathi. Xho xho xho ngathi sipheka umfushwa ongelamafutha
13. Athi wothi ngizigadele. Finally game is on. Lami sengingathi present nxakumakwa iregister. After a while yehliyani umoya. Ngisathi ngiyafika eSodoma ngizwe ngaa ngezinyo umunwe. Ngapha umuntu is vibrating ngathi utshaywa yi epileptic attack
One thing that our people must be liberated from is fear. Fear of the known & unknown. Fear of the assumed. Generally, most of our people are both slaves and prisoners to fear. Fear rules us. Decisions we make are based on our fears
2. After the July 28 break-in at our home, alot of our people have distanced themselves from us. They feel that should it be known that they are related to us or connected to us, they will be vulnerable and the state will attack them in our stead
3. Some do not take our calls anymore. They believe the State has a way of using the calls to trace them. I gave one guy my contacts via a secure platform. He gave me his. Immediately an unknown number called him. Me thinks it was coincidence. He thinks it was someone snooping
1. After Dr Dumiso Dabengwa died and the family successfully snubbed a heroes acre burial as per his wishes and the presidency snubbed his funeral, many ZPRA cadres have made me custodian of their burial wishes via wills and commissioned statements...
2. They complain about how government ignores them in life, lets wallow in poverty and be harangued by hunger only to give them Grand Funerals. Dr Dabengwa used alot of his resources to assist them. After he passed on many have remained neglected
3. I generally, enjoy spending time with leaders of different stages of periods of our history and now. Veterans & Chiefs are my favorite though. The stories, the honest criticism, the humour and the wisdom is amazing. After about 3 months in exile, I called some to touch base
It all began when I met uGalvin. Sagidla sonke eMoray but yena yilezana ezazingaboni nex. So he tells me he is now a waiter. Phela bragging about jobs is the new ntenene bragging contest
2. Nxa sifika ku parking he gets into a very expensive car. Ngangenwa yingubhane madoda. This guy owayekopa Kimi ama Corrections is now driving this sexy thingumabob? Zimbabwe ilesono shame. My ego was sodomised I tell you. He saw it and said, don't worry call me. I can help you
3. After serious thought, ngimfonele after 3 days. He tells me ukuthi akwenzi ukuthi sikhulume over the phone. I must go to his work place siyexoxela khona. I just cudnt believe it! Galvin wama ansa arongo now has power to call me to his office? Kunzima bo Jo
Being in hiding is a game of mental strength and for those whose backbones are clad with iron. Especially those of us who want to go home and not to Europe #NdebeleTwitter #ZimbabweanLivesMatter
2. The 1st days are bad. Anxiety. Worry and concern over the well-being of the family. At some point I went for 4 straight days without eating, worried about my children. I just can't believe I can be this helpless and watch them bullied. A friend sent this about Cde Umile
3. The worst is that in the day that the State goes rogue even relatives blame you for it. They castigate us for 'ukuqala iZanu'. Very few want to assist. Majority does not want any contact lest they are endangered. To get a relative to house my family was a futile effort
Herewith Thread 2 of My experiences #ChroniclesofHope
Thread 2: Temple Run, Ferret enablers.
So the guy who led the Ferret Team to my house is Tapiwa Moyo of Nkulumane. We have failed to get his photo but we will give infor that will enable all of us to look for his photo
2. This Tapiwa at one point was a member of Joice Mujuru's Party Zimbabwe People First. He wanted to be Bulawayo Province chair person and had a serious fued with one Esnath Bulayani over the post. He has been deployed to Spy on Jabulani Sibanda former War Veterans chair
3. So a few days before they attacked, we got Intel to the effect that he has been deployed to follow me around and confirm where I stay. Sure enough he was monitoring my movements. He didn't know I notice him or that I know him. I played along. Then one day I made a grave error
As promised herewith the thread about my experiences. #ChroniclesofHope
Thread 1: The Clouds Gather
It all started with a WhatsApp Chat below on the 1st of May. This is 2 months before the July 31 Demonstrations was announced. At this point nothing suggested that am in danger
2. Everything was normal in the Zim sense way. Somehow, this message confirmed with my spirit. Something was afoot in the horizon and God warned me through someone I least expected. I needed to start preparing for that fateful day
3. I had seen how @JoeMzacaNgulube had been in activism & remained unknown in these streets. I decided to grow my Following. I had 386. I changed my content and used my other talents: Humour and Storytelling via #UmnxebaWodumo. I also embraced #NdebeleTwitter. I grew to over 2k