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In Zimbabwe, Hon Prof Mthuli Ncube & others in govt are EXPLAINING loadshedding… telling the people that the LOW WATER LEVELS in Kariba are to blame. In Zambia, Hakainde Hichilema took MPs to “SEE” for themselves… Both govts are not THINKING OF SOLUTIONS, just “WAITING FOR THE RAIN.” Zimbabwe...

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Hearts OF Oak1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema It's funny you shld talk, when you benefitted from funds that were meant to construct a Solar farm thru Chivayo. You are a fool to come here and write this essay

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𝑲𝒖𝒅𝒛𝒂𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒊1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema Thank you for not thinking with your head

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Takuranashe Rukokotso1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema Problem is also funny people like you who benefit R100k from Chivayos who looted money meant for solar power generation! You have no right or moral high ground to tell people of Zimbabwe and Zambia to demand electricity! Flies like you can never produce honey!

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Magneto - Bhuru reMasvingo1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema The same Mnangagwa u want to rule until 2050 has given Hwange Colliery to Dinson Coliery, with the later taking all the electricity even exporting coke from Hwange to China yet 🇿🇼 is in darkness. Njere shoma ingozi kumuridzi

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𝑲𝒖𝒅𝒛𝒂𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒊1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema There is enough coal for all that… what’s not there are power stations… we gotta build more… so your argument is watermelon boy

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Maynard Manyowa1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema Waiting for the rain 🤦

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𝑲𝒖𝒅𝒛𝒂𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒊1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema Grown men & women literally waiting for the rain… if it doesn’t rain, what will happen? It’s shameful

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SAINT REICH1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema In Zambia they are building Solar power plants and one was commissioned this year and some early next year. In Zim, Chivhayo was awarded USD22 Million for failing to build Gwanda solar by the High court

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𝑲𝒖𝒅𝒛𝒂𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒊1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema That never happened… Zambia is in the dark… Chivayo was only paid for work done, not that US$22 million fiction …

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Coach Jerry🇿🇼1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema Agreed brother. Agreed🤔🇿🇼

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𝑲𝒖𝒅𝒛𝒂𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒊1 year ago

@MthuliNcube01 @HHichilema We have playful adults in govt

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President Tinubu today criticized the opposition on electricity privatization: “We have leaders who have privatized electricity that is not working. They gave us darkness, and we are trying to get ourselves through that to build a nation of bright hope and joyful people, leaving our children with a life worthy of pride. But, they don’t even believe in the democracy they preach, don’t pay attention to them.”
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President Tinubu today criticized the opposition on electricity privatization: “We have leaders who have privatized electricity that is not working. They gave us darkness, and we are trying to get ourselves through that to build a nation of bright hope and joyful people, leaving our children with a life worthy of pride. But, they don’t even believe in the democracy they preach, don’t pay attention to them.”

Imran Muhammad

558,540 views • 4 months ago

President President of Zimbabwe emphatically clarifies that he will serve his second term and retire. He calls out mafikizolos who push agendas that are alien to Zanu PF rules and says they are not Zanu PF. In short, the President is telling 2030 advocates to sit down and relax as he is not with them in their 2030 endeavors.
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President President of Zimbabwe emphatically clarifies that he will serve his second term and retire. He calls out mafikizolos who push agendas that are alien to Zanu PF rules and says they are not Zanu PF. In short, the President is telling 2030 advocates to sit down and relax as he is not with them in their 2030 endeavors.

mmatigari

53,609 views • 1 year ago

HH CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS “Mr President, your Excellency I want to state very clearly here that Zambia reaffirms its unwavering support for the total lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe. If these sanctions had their value at a time, the value has expired. We need Zimbabwe to exercise its desire to develop the economy to support its people. Sanctions are standing in the way. I must say Mr President that sanctions against Zimbabwe affect us, because they limit what we can do with each other, so we have vested interest," President Hichilema
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HH CALLS FOR REMOVAL OF SANCTIONS “Mr President, your Excellency I want to state very clearly here that Zambia reaffirms its unwavering support for the total lifting of sanctions against Zimbabwe. If these sanctions had their value at a time, the value has expired. We need Zimbabwe to exercise its desire to develop the economy to support its people. Sanctions are standing in the way. I must say Mr President that sanctions against Zimbabwe affect us, because they limit what we can do with each other, so we have vested interest," President Hichilema

Nick Mangwana

23,146 views • 9 months ago

"There is a system of cørr√ption in Nigeria, and once you get into power, you must follow the game. President Tinubu promised Nigerians 24-hour electricity if he became president and said they shouldn't vote for him for a second term if he failed to deliver. Now that he is president, the story has changed. We still haven't seen the 24-hour electricity." — Pastor Odumeje
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"There is a system of cørr√ption in Nigeria, and once you get into power, you must follow the game. President Tinubu promised Nigerians 24-hour electricity if he became president and said they shouldn't vote for him for a second term if he failed to deliver. Now that he is president, the story has changed. We still haven't seen the 24-hour electricity." — Pastor Odumeje

CHUKS 🍥

29,028 views • 1 month ago

Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe are the richest black people in Southern Africa… Income from Mining & Agriculture is driving a CONSTRUCTION BOOM that’s turning rural areas into comfortable communities. With Electricity (from the Grid or Solar), borehole water, & Starlink’s high speed internet, rural homes have all the amenities found in urban homes… President President of Zimbabwe is running an economy that’s booming, & the results are there for all to see.
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Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe are the richest black people in Southern Africa… Income from Mining & Agriculture is driving a CONSTRUCTION BOOM that’s turning rural areas into comfortable communities. With Electricity (from the Grid or Solar), borehole water, & Starlink’s high speed internet, rural homes have all the amenities found in urban homes… President President of Zimbabwe is running an economy that’s booming, & the results are there for all to see.

𝑲𝒖𝒅𝒛𝒂𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒊

70,554 views • 9 months ago

#DearZimbabwe, it's great to see military hardware being displayed in our streets in Zimbabwe🇿🇼. It's time SADC Secretariat realized that all this show is for them. What a welcome! It is still a time tested truth that Section 59 of the Zimbabwe🇿🇼constitution guarantees the right of every Zimbabwe🇿🇼citizen to peacefully assemble and protest SADC Secretariat. Zimbabwe Citizens are a very peaceful people. They are unarmed. The illegal detention, abduction and torture of Zimbabwe🇿🇼citizens around the #SadcSummit is what we the citizens of Zimbabwe 🇿🇼will remember about August 2024. What Mr Mnangagwa and his zanupf cabal are doing to Zimbabwe🇿🇼citizens, that they will do to #SadcCitizens. It's just a matter of time. Just give them the #SadcChairmanship. #SadcMemberNations should speak up against these atrocities being committed in their name. We told you so...#ForSadc #ForZimbabwe #ForEveryone
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#DearZimbabwe, it's great to see military hardware being displayed in our streets in Zimbabwe🇿🇼. It's time SADC Secretariat realized that all this show is for them. What a welcome! It is still a time tested truth that Section 59 of the Zimbabwe🇿🇼constitution guarantees the right of every Zimbabwe🇿🇼citizen to peacefully assemble and protest SADC Secretariat. Zimbabwe Citizens are a very peaceful people. They are unarmed. The illegal detention, abduction and torture of Zimbabwe🇿🇼citizens around the #SadcSummit is what we the citizens of Zimbabwe 🇿🇼will remember about August 2024. What Mr Mnangagwa and his zanupf cabal are doing to Zimbabwe🇿🇼citizens, that they will do to #SadcCitizens. It's just a matter of time. Just give them the #SadcChairmanship. #SadcMemberNations should speak up against these atrocities being committed in their name. We told you so...#ForSadc #ForZimbabwe #ForEveryone

@ZcmNap

277,963 views • 2 years ago

A lot of international journalists across the continent and beyond have been asking me whether the opposition in Zimbabwe would vote in support of Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 when it comes to Parliament. For those who have been asking that question, and for others who had the same question in mind, this video is your answer. This is an opposition Member of Parliament speaking, praising President Mnangagwa and supporting his political agenda. Susan Matsunga was elected in 2023 to represent Budiriro North (Mufakose). She does not belong to the group of opposition Members of Parliament that were imposed by Sengezo Tshabangu, the charlatan who worked with others to disrupt Parliament and effectively hand ZANUPF a two-thirds majority. She belongs to the Nelson Chamisa group, the group that came through Bereka Mwana. When we criticised Bereka Mwana at the time, we were insulted. I remember explaining that Bereka Mwana was bringing in people who were bootlicking the leader of the party but did not necessarily have the substance and gravitas required to become Members of Parliament or oppose bad governance. So the more you bootlick the leader, the better your chances of getting into Parliament. She is a clear example of that. She was as militant as they come in defending the leader when he was making his festival of mistakes, and here you have her now supporting President Mnangagwa and his agenda. The problem that we have in Africa, particularly in Zimbabwe, is that people follow personalities. They do not follow ideas. When an empty vessel is a personality they like, they are happy to sink with that empty vessel. If someone comes with ideas but they do not like that person, they would rather discard the good ideas than support them. I want to make this prediction, and you can hold me to it. If it does not come to fruition, I will be very happy. ZANUPF is assured of power for at least the next 18 years. Until Zimbabweans change their attitude of supporting personalities over ideas, ZANUPF will remain in power for the next 18 years. We do not know what will happen after that, but for now, that is the trajectory. Some of you will ask why I say 18 years. It is because we are in 2026, and if ZANUPF gets Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 passed, it means the current president will remain in power for the next four years until 2030. The president who comes after him will then have two seven-year terms, that is 14 years. Add the four years from Mnangagwa, and that gives you 18 years. We do not know what will happen after that. Even if Mnangagwa is removed, for example through a coup, it will still be ZANUPF that remains in power. Until Zimbabweans understand that the enemy is not the person they do not like but who comes with good ideas, and that they must support ideas over personalities, ZANUPF will remain in power. Until Zimbabweans understand that politics is not like football, where you die on the hill of the team that you support, ZANUPF will remain in power. Until Zimbabweans understand the importance of working together, regardless of whether they like each other, as seen in the idea of a team of rivals associated with Abraham Lincoln, ZANUPF will remain in power. Until those who tell the truth are listened to, ZANUPF will remain in power. As long as people applaud and ululate those who tell them what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear, ZANUPF will remain in power. I want to leave you with this food for thought. In 2000, when Robert Mugabe and ZANUPF were pushing for a new constitution, the then opposition leader stood firm, campaigned across the country, and slept in people’s homes, in huts, mobilising against that constitution. It went to a referendum, and Robert Mugabe and ZANUPF lost. The opposition leader and his team managed to convince Zimbabweans, and they won. That moment showed what leadership, conviction, and grassroots mobilisation can achieve when people are organised around an idea. Today, I do not know who you can point to as the main opposition leader capable of doing the same, and that in itself is something Zimbabweans must seriously reflect on.
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A lot of international journalists across the continent and beyond have been asking me whether the opposition in Zimbabwe would vote in support of Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 when it comes to Parliament. For those who have been asking that question, and for others who had the same question in mind, this video is your answer. This is an opposition Member of Parliament speaking, praising President Mnangagwa and supporting his political agenda. Susan Matsunga was elected in 2023 to represent Budiriro North (Mufakose). She does not belong to the group of opposition Members of Parliament that were imposed by Sengezo Tshabangu, the charlatan who worked with others to disrupt Parliament and effectively hand ZANUPF a two-thirds majority. She belongs to the Nelson Chamisa group, the group that came through Bereka Mwana. When we criticised Bereka Mwana at the time, we were insulted. I remember explaining that Bereka Mwana was bringing in people who were bootlicking the leader of the party but did not necessarily have the substance and gravitas required to become Members of Parliament or oppose bad governance. So the more you bootlick the leader, the better your chances of getting into Parliament. She is a clear example of that. She was as militant as they come in defending the leader when he was making his festival of mistakes, and here you have her now supporting President Mnangagwa and his agenda. The problem that we have in Africa, particularly in Zimbabwe, is that people follow personalities. They do not follow ideas. When an empty vessel is a personality they like, they are happy to sink with that empty vessel. If someone comes with ideas but they do not like that person, they would rather discard the good ideas than support them. I want to make this prediction, and you can hold me to it. If it does not come to fruition, I will be very happy. ZANUPF is assured of power for at least the next 18 years. Until Zimbabweans change their attitude of supporting personalities over ideas, ZANUPF will remain in power for the next 18 years. We do not know what will happen after that, but for now, that is the trajectory. Some of you will ask why I say 18 years. It is because we are in 2026, and if ZANUPF gets Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 passed, it means the current president will remain in power for the next four years until 2030. The president who comes after him will then have two seven-year terms, that is 14 years. Add the four years from Mnangagwa, and that gives you 18 years. We do not know what will happen after that. Even if Mnangagwa is removed, for example through a coup, it will still be ZANUPF that remains in power. Until Zimbabweans understand that the enemy is not the person they do not like but who comes with good ideas, and that they must support ideas over personalities, ZANUPF will remain in power. Until Zimbabweans understand that politics is not like football, where you die on the hill of the team that you support, ZANUPF will remain in power. Until Zimbabweans understand the importance of working together, regardless of whether they like each other, as seen in the idea of a team of rivals associated with Abraham Lincoln, ZANUPF will remain in power. Until those who tell the truth are listened to, ZANUPF will remain in power. As long as people applaud and ululate those who tell them what they want to hear instead of what they need to hear, ZANUPF will remain in power. I want to leave you with this food for thought. In 2000, when Robert Mugabe and ZANUPF were pushing for a new constitution, the then opposition leader stood firm, campaigned across the country, and slept in people’s homes, in huts, mobilising against that constitution. It went to a referendum, and Robert Mugabe and ZANUPF lost. The opposition leader and his team managed to convince Zimbabweans, and they won. That moment showed what leadership, conviction, and grassroots mobilisation can achieve when people are organised around an idea. Today, I do not know who you can point to as the main opposition leader capable of doing the same, and that in itself is something Zimbabweans must seriously reflect on.

Hopewell Chin’ono

49,840 views • 4 months ago