Below is the full Twitter thread:

“The economy is tanking and Zimbabweans are suffering at the hands of bad leadership, poor governance and porous economic policies. As the alternative government, we propose the following to be considered and adopted:

 

There is a crisis of confidence in the market,citizens are suffering from the price hikes and deepening poverty level.All gvt policies must be demand driven,inclusive &fully consultative.The recent attack on CZI position paper by Gvt is regrettable and must never be tolerated!

 

Stop the auction system and go for full dollarisation – this will immediately remove distortions,multiple pricing,arbitrage, secure stability and save exporting companies from imminent collapse and help all businesses and economic agents to preserve capital.

 

In line with (3), we should immediately work on a de-dollarisation road map which is inclusive and evidence based and build on consensus as opposed to command economics and threatening businesses with statutory instruments.

 

Embrace SMART agriculture with a view to foster more active role of the market & gvt providing oversight to minimise distortions caused by agricultural subsidies.The commodity exchange should be used as an effective vehicle for funding & marketing of agricultural commodities.

 

To address the economic challenges (such exchange rate spiral and inflation) caused by short term finance on infrastructure,gvt must use long long term finance such as diaspora bonds (eg Ethiopia-the Grand Renaissance Dam) and public private partnerships to fund infrastructure

Stop corruption and save US$2.8bn,being the US$1.8bn through illicit financial flows and US $1bn wasted in state owned enterprises and line ministries).This money,if saved, is a real game changer.Greedy, indiscipline and corruption stand as the biggest threat to the economy!

 

We must embrace a genuine social contract, which is inclusive to move forward as a nation.Also Expedite a Pre-Election Pact on elections & reforms,constitutionalism and respect of human rights so we restore our integrity in the family of nations.Genuine dialogue is key!”

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Obert Karombe was dubbed one of the richest men in Zimbabwe and he was popularly referred to as a “mbinga”. He died in a car crash along Beatrice Road and since then there has been a lot that has been said on social media from his dating life characterized by multiple beautiful women to a woman claiming that Karombe killed her brother 10 years ago.

Perhaps the most recent shocking development in his funeral proceedings is the fact that Karombe was buried on Thursday night. It’s not common in Zimbabwe for people to bury at night. Most of the time, the ceremony and burial are done before noon.

People were reminded of stories in African movies when they watched the drama between Karombe’s women on social media then the coffin shaped like a Rolls Royce was unveiled. The night burial sealed the deal further cementing the speculations that the late mbinga could have been part of a billionaire’s club or brotherhood.

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Many people have been bushing the war off as a lame excuse and wondering what the connection between Zimbabwe, Russia and Ukraine could be. After all the countries are thousands of kilometres away from Zimbabwe and separated by seas. That was until Tafadzwa Musarara the chairman of the Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe disclosed an interesting fact.

The Grain Millers Association of Zimbabwe imports wheat for the country and Russia and Ukraine are on the supplier’s list. Apparently, there is a consignment of Zimbabwe’s wheat that has been stuck in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol for weeks now and Musarara has expressed that the association is considering sourcing the wheat from other countries.

Musarara said that Australia is facing floods that are affecting their agriculture and they are considering sourcing wheat from Canada. One might wonder why Zimbabwe is importing wheat in the first place. Firstly wheat is apparently not a profitable crop for farmers in Zimbabwe. According to a critical review of the wheat industry in Zimbabwe by J Mutambara, A P Zvinavashe & E Mwakiwa, the average gross margin per hectare is negative, about – $461.00 and profits are about -$623.81 per hectare.

Zimbabwe imports wheat for two main reasons; to cover the deficit arriving from local wheat production so that we meet the 400 000 tonne national requirement and to enhance the quality of bread flour. After maize, wheat is the second most important food crop grown in Zimbabwe.

The above explanation gives one a clearer understanding as to why bread has gone up the way it has in Zimbabwe. But what is the solution? Why is Zimbabwe sourcing wheat so far? Are there no closer African countries that can supply the grain? We will reserve the last two questions for another day.

A solution may be found in the insights made by Andrew Matibiri the CEO of Zimbabwe Agricultural Society, a group responsible for promoting agricultural development in the country. Matibiri said the wheat shortages currently faced in Zimbabwe can serve as an opportunity for local farmers to produce more. In his words;

“This is an opportune time for our farmers to produce more, for the government and the private sector to work together, hand in hand, to support farmers who want to go into wheat production,

And thank God! We have been having some late rainfalls, which have been helping land preparations. So, all in all, the future of wheat production in this country is good.”

Matibiri expressed confidence in local farmers being able to produce sufficient amounts of wheat and possibly even export to other countries that may also be experiencing problems sourcing the grain. This would definitely ease the pressure on many Zimbabweans whose costs of living are being challenged daily by price hikes.

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Many people in Zimbabwe rely on Open View decoders for good content. They buy it once and they do not pay any subscription to keep it connected. This contravenes customs, trademark and copyright laws.

Raids and seizures are set to continue across the SADC region as they clamp down on content piracy. The Open View decoders air shows made by the SABC and eMedia in South Africa. The content made on the shows is intended for South African viewers and anyone else from outside South Africa that uses them is committing a crime.

The COO of Openview parent company eMedia Antonio Lee has applauded the ZRP saying that Zimbabweans should support local content and stop buying South African decoders. He said that anyone that purchases the Open View decoder in Zimbabwe is robbing the country of customs duty.

Further raids and investigations can be expected as 1094 records of Open View serial numbers were also confiscated during the raids. Lee also said that having the decoder in your home means you can also be arrested at any time as it is considered a serious offence.

Lee also said smuggled decoders will be disconnected from now on and people stand to run a loss if they buy illegal decoders and they are disconnected because of the criminal act.

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This development does not come as a shock to many because ZERA has revised the prices within short intervals before. As of today (25 April 2022) the ZWL prices are $264.77/litre for Diesel 50 and $252.40/litre for Blend –E10. The USD prices are $1.71 for Diesel 50 and $1.63 for Blend-E10.

These price hikes are bound to affect everything else from transport prices to food and it will weigh hard on already struggling Zimbabweans. Recently the prices of mealie meal and bread were increased and the exchange rates of the USD to Bond are ever-increasing.

Many people in Zimbabwe are paid in local currency especially civil servants who already had issues with the government earlier this year when they were negotiating salary increases citing the high cost of living in Zimbabwe.

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Shisha also known as Hookah, narghile, waterpipe, or hubble bubble is an instrument used for smoking tobacco (usually flavoured) and it has a glass base usually containing water. The device was invented by Abul-Fath Gilani, a Persian physician of Akbar, in the Indian city of Fatehpur Sikri during Mughal India.

Shisha has increasingly become popular all over the world with people smoking it at nightclubs, events and private gatherings. The general misconception is that Shisha smoking is less harmful compared to smoking cigarettes and other substances but the medical effects show otherwise.

Health Effects Of Smoking Shisha

In a typical 1-hour hookah smoking session, users may inhale 100–200 times the amount of smoke they would inhale from a single cigarette. In a single waterpipe session, users are exposed to up to 9 times the carbon monoxide and 1.7 times the nicotine of a single cigarette.

The amount of smoke inhaled during a typical hookah session is about 90,000 millilitres (ml), compared with 500–600 ml inhaled when smoking a cigarette.

People tend to relax and smoke Shisha pipes more because they think that the shisha flavour is not the same stuff found in cigarettes and that the water would have purified the smoke. Yet smoking shisha is just as bad if not worse than smoking cigarettes. The charcoal used to heat the tobacco can raise health risks by producing high levels of carbon monoxide, metals, and cancer-causing chemicals.

Even though the smoke inhaled passes through water, it still contains a lot of harmful toxins. Shisha smokers are also at risk of having clogged arteries and developing heart disease that can lead to a heart attack. Shisha smokers are at risk of also having nicotine addiction which is consistent with tobacco smokers.

Internationally the European Union, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Ethiopia, France, Germany, Moldova, and Turkey have had to regulate how tobacco products are imported and used. Dubai Municipality banned smoking shisha in parks, beaches and all public recreational areas in Dubai. It also prohibited the entry of pregnant women into shisha cafes; regardless of their intention to smoke.

Shisha smoking is also popular in Zimbabwe, especially among the younger adults that go clubbing and attend big events as they are marketed at these places more. There are also shisha bars and specialized shops that sell the devices, electric cigarettes, shisha flavours and charcoal. Many people may not know the health risks associated with smoking shisha and some may generally think it’s not bad based on the misconceptions they hear from their peers.

There currently are no laws governing shisha smoking in Zimbabwe and it would be expected because the trend was recently adopted. Yet given the step that has been taken by other African countries, it may be a move that could be taken soon in Zimbabwe as well. The regulations and bans coming up everywhere are a sign that people are realizing that the device is not as harmless as it has been assumed.

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The Highway Code will soon be available in the sixteen official local languages; Chewa, Chibarwe, English, Kalanga, Khoisan, Nambya, Ndau, Ndebele, Shangani, Shona, sign language, Sotho, Tonga, Tswana, Venda and Xhosa (Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No. 20) Act 2013) The translation process is set to be complete by end of the year.

While this is a great step in the right direction, one has to wonder how non-English speaking Zimbabweans have been managing to take the test in the first place. The Provisional License test has been said to be difficult even for those who speak and understand English with many people having to take it twice or thrice before actually passing it.

If not knowing how to read and write in English was a true barrier then surely all people who cannot write and read in English would not have Zimbabwean driver’s licenses. How have we managed to survive this long as a country without vernacular options to the Highway Code which is a key element to understanding basic road rules?

Moving on… The licensing system will also be extended to a pictorial format to cater for the illiterate. Are we saying that all illiterate people in Zimbabwe have until now been failing to get driver’s licenses? Contrary to popular belief, many people in Zimbabwe can not speak and read English. And quite a number are also illiterate. Yet there are many people in society that cannot speak English but drive…

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Standard Chartered Group CEO Bill Winters announced that the firm will be exiting several countries in Africa and the Middle East in a bit to simplify its global structure. Which is a fancy way of saying running businesses in these areas is not worth the effort required to make them run successfully.

The group said it will leave Angola, Cameroon, Gambia, Jordan, Lebanon, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. It further announced that it will be closing its retail banking units in Tanzania and Ivory Coast, to focus only on corporate banking. The move is understandable as people are choosing to keep their money rather than bank it due to economic instability.

Bill Winters said;

“We are sharpening our focus on the most significant opportunities for growth while also simplifying our business.

We remain excited by the number of opportunities we see in the AME region, as illustrated by our new markets, but remain disciplined in our assessment of where we can deliver significantly improved shareholder returns.”

Standard Chartered was set up in Zimbabwe in the year 1892 and it is the oldest financial institution in Zimbabwe. This is an opportunity for other firms in the sector to have a bigger market share.

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Gain Health Care is a specialist Health and Social Care Company. The company provides temporary Nursing and Care staff, Homecare Services and Provision of Supported Living.

Olinda Chapel posted on her Facebook account:

“It is with great sadness that I have made the decision to halt International Recruitment from Zimbabwe. I love Zimbabwe very much and I truly believe in promoting local. Gain Healthcare will continue recruitment Internationally from other countries like India, Philippines etc.

From day one I have been accused of not having a sponsor license. Then it was paddled as a scam. To date we have recruited 37 employees Internationally to work for Gain Healthcare directly and we have recruited 63 nurse aide candidates for nursing homes. 22 Social workers for local authorities and 17 nurses. Through GHC and we have had a total of 139 candidates come internationally on the last 12 months.

The abuse I have received has really affected my Mental Health and most times I no longer enjoy the job I love very much.

What’s the way foward ?

1. GHC will no longer be recruiting from Zimbabwe through our Sponsor license
2. We will continue recruiting as an agency for our clients
3. We will continue providing training that’s internationally recognised
4. Those that are at immigration level with us, we will continue with the application.

Thank you very much to those that have supported us and we’re patient enough to go through the process and I am glad we managed to change so many lives.

Again thank you for believing in me and my company.

I am done Ndabhoo”

Many Zimbabweans consoled her and highlighted that there will always be people that look down on services and that she should not stop helping genuine people because of the people that shun her. Olinda had previously posted a screenshot from an interaction between another agency and a Zimbabwean where the agency said they no longer help Zimbabweans.

There are some people that still claim that Olinda took money from many people and asked why she did that if she knew that not all applications would be processed successfully. Olinda responded to one of them saying she did not take any processing fee and to another, she said that it is not illegal for a company to accept an administration fee.

Olinda said she will continue to train Zimbabweans (at a fee) but if one wants to then go to the UK they will need to find their own means or use another agency.

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The sentences will be served concurrently (at the same time) meaning she will be behind bars for 5 years only.

Elsie Vambe was arrested on the 26^th of October after the Anti-Narcotics Bureau found 1.51kg of heroin and 503.70kg of cocaine that she had hidden in the toilets on an Air Seychelles flight from Johannesburg, South Africa.

Vambe appeared before Judge Mohan Burhan who noted that she is a first-time offender and she also pleaded guilty to all charges.

Vambe is the first foreign national to be sentenced on controlled drug charges in Seychelles this year.

Seychelles has a zero-tolerance drug policy and has recently put in place several measures to combat the trafficking of illicit drugs on its shores.

It is common for many Zimbabweans to migrate to other countries in search of greener pastures. Some are successful and manage to secure decent jobs that help them take care of family back home. some end up in vulnerable positions that take the forms of prostitution, poor jobs and sometimes human trafficking.

Vambe is the second Zimbabwean to make the headlines this week alone. We also recently shared the experience of a Zimbabwean woman that went to Kuwait hoping to work as a maid but ended up suffering at the hands of her employer.

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