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Jun 16, 2022 • 11 tweets • 4 min read
STATE OF PLAY: Job Sikhala, MP for Zengeza West, is jointly charged with Godfrey Sithole, MP for Chitungwiza North, over clashes that occurred in Nyatsimbe at a funeral wake for slain Citizens Coalotion for Change activist Moreblessing Ali. Family appointed Sikhala family lawyer
In court, duo charged with incitement to commit public violence. Lawyers raised several issues, among them that police charged them with at least two more charges for Sikhala, and a second charge for Sithole. Created confusion over instructions to take from clients, and pleadings
Jun 14, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
📽 NO VIOLENCE: Nelson Chamisa tells Moreblessing Ali mourners that Zanu PF trying to provoke his CCC party to a violent showdown.
"We have a duty to promote peace and make sure we don't drive this country to anarchy because that is what they want," @nelsonchamisa says
END OF TIME: Nelson Chamisa tells mourners: "The liberation struggle was never about anarchy, terrorism. You don't kill when you have support. What bothers me is that a Zanu PF councillor came here to beat up people. We've a councillor being the top thug. But don't be provoked."
Mar 24, 2022 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
#VotingFacts Zimbabwe has one of the most transparent voting processes in the world. If all parties are alert, "rigging" can only happen OUTSIDE the polling station by way of disrupting political opponents. We deal here ONLY with the actual voting process
Voting is polling station based. Ballot boxes transparent. Each candidate is allowed 2 agents at any polling station. On election day, the agent counts number of people that come in to vote. At close of voting, presiding officer and agents gather to confirm the ballots cast
Nov 29, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
DOUG MUNATSI: Here's what we know
▪️ He has a visitor at his luxury penthouse at 9PM Sunday, someone called Colleta (or close). She left at around 1AM.
▪️ At 2.50AM a neighbour says heard commotion and raced to balcony. Says Munatsi called out to him to call fire brigade
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▪️ Fire brigade was on the scene at 3.11AM, but they could not completely put out fire until about 5AM
▪️ Munatsi's penthouse is massive. Bedroom, where fire was concentrated, has a door leading to the balcony
▪️ When fire was finally put out, Munatsi's body found in bedroom
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Mar 1, 2021 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
STANDBY: President Emmerson Mnangagwa expected to speak shortly about Covid-19 measures as a level 4 lockdown extension is due to expire today. Mnangagwa was expected to speak at 3.30PM but speech delayed
President Mnangagwa expresses "profound gratitude" to Chinese government for donation of additional 200,000 doses of Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine. Adds another 600,000 vaccines arriving in coming weeks from China, and "a further 1.2 million availed by Chinese companies to Zimbabwe"
Feb 26, 2021 • 9 tweets • 4 min read
#LIAR Vice President Kembo Mohadi claims his phone was hacked, his voice was cloned, or alternatively it's all fake. We dare him to take us to court as we rerun the audios of his calls to married and vulnerable women. It's not exhaustive 1/
The Vice President of Zimbabwe cannot go in front of the nation and LIE that he has been HACKED, or CLONED or FAKED without demonstrating how this was done. He in fact says his call recordings fake. He's bluffing. He takes all 15 million Zimbabweans for fools 2/
Jul 5, 2020 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
#ChamisaRally 'Zimbabwe is paying a legitimacy price, a legitimacy cost, a legitimacy burden. Some say we have an economic problem. No, our problem is one of governance' - Nelson Chamisa
#ChamisaRally 'The corruption of elections is the mother of all corruption... We need to deal with the leadership question' - Nelson Chamisa
Mar 26, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
#CoronavirusZim Getting answers to any question from @MoHCCZim is nigh impossible. Yet we continue to get information about suspected outbreaks of coronavirus around the country. Let's try this, perhaps they will answer: A Thread
On March 24, a man walked into Dema Police and said their relative had died from suspected Covid-19. Police took body to Chitungwiza Hospital. They were screened and man who reported dead relative had temperature of 39.5°C.
# What was done with dead body, the relative & officers?
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These cartels are very powerful and connected, and not just connected to one political party. Whoever comes into power will leave them still stealing - Godfrey Tsenengamu