Don’t slide into numbers’ fallacy; they were itinerant and severely circumscribed inland. Especially when they started meddling in succession issues and in partisan gun trading! In the border areas of Kanyemba they were slave traders, which added to the resentment. Their slave trading post is still there at Kanyemba, very close to the Zimbabwe border post!!
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Muzukuru Mhofu, that is only half the story. In the 1500s the Portuguese recorded a figure of 10000 Moors in the Mwenemutapa Empire. Yes, they were at first allies with the Portuguese but they became the most hated people as they refused to give up control of trade routes. This sparked a war which had the scale of a genocide which targeted Moors. Where did they go? Inland into Zimbabwe to save their lives.
I know this is taking a ring of totemic grandeur🤣🤣🤣🤣. Only to say that the Arab/Yemen influence into Zimbabwe was contemporaneous with Portuguese nominal expansion towards Zimbabwe. It came via Portuguese coastal settlements even though the Oman influence through East Africa was expanding Southwards towards Zimbabwe!!!
Portuguese or British/Afrikaners??? I think Portuguese contact with Great Zimbabwe happened when the Great Zimbabwe was still the citadel of Rozvi Empire. It could not have been pillaged. Pillaging started with British encroachment after Great Zimbabwe had been abandoned. Three key whites loom large: Randalls, Mauch and the Posselt brothers. The Posselt brothers actually pillaged Zimbabwe Birds, handing them to Cecil John Rhodes!
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The Portuguese stole stone writings that were above every entryway in Great Zim. Im probably starting a new subject but was also fascinated by the commentary that the alphabet on those stones resembled no other known alphabet @Jamwanda2 might have an idea what I'm talking about
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Did I listen somewhere someone revealing they are also a transport economist. 😊
Let this correct reasoning guide your understanding of Portuguese rendition of Rozvi names and personages!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
Replying to @Jamwanda2 @KMarazanye
Of course that is a non starter. Mberengwa is Mberengwa and Belingwe is adulteration.
Firstly, you are raising cultural changes after the fall of the Ndebele Kingdom when the children of late Lobengula were parcelled out to white families in South Africa. Secondly, you are overstretching the miscegenation argument which was quite pronounced in East Africa and coastal Mozambique, into Zimbabwe where the moors only carried out periodic raids and trade on behalf of the Portuguese power which remained thinly coastal!!! Ground your argument in real historical understanding not circumstantial reasoning asekuru!! I am happy you pulled down the tweet!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣
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You are correct Mhofu. One generation down the lineage, Lobengula's children were wearing suits. Should I post images? In KwaZulu here is King Cetshwayo
ACTUALLY 1,5M cars in 2025, up from 1,05M in 2020, is very modest growth which can be handled through less expensive, management interventions!!!!!
The number of cars in Zimbabwe is growing, but infrastructure isn’t keeping up.
ZINARA CEO Nkosinathi Ncube told the road authority’s AGM: “In 2024, we were issuing an average 5,000 new licences per month. That figure has doubled. This speaks volumes on infrastructure. At this rate, we need ro expand public transport…”
IT’S A BIT LAZY TO THINK THAT INFRASTRUCTURE EXPANSION IS THE ONLY RESPONSE TO VEHICULAR INCREASE. THERE ARE A THOUSAND TOOLS BEFORE THE EXPENSIVE OPTION OF EXPANDING INFRASTRUCTURE!!!
The number of cars in Zimbabwe is growing, but infrastructure isn’t keeping up.
ZINARA CEO Nkosinathi Ncube told the road authority’s AGM: “In 2024, we were issuing an average 5,000 new licences per month. That figure has doubled. This speaks volumes on infrastructure. At this rate, we need ro expand public transport…”
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Zimbabwe’s manufacturing sector reached US$8.2bn in 2025, while steel exports earned US$137m in H1 2026. Can expanding local steel production transform mining supply chains?
Story>>> miningzimbabwe.com/zimbabwe-…
#ZimbabweMining
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#RDC : Tshisekedi accuse Joseph Kabila d'être le « supplétif » de Paul Kagame
Félix Tshisekedi a accusé son prédécesseur Joseph Kabila d'avoir pris, à la demande de Paul Kagame, « les rênes » de l'agression contre la République démocratique du Congo.
Il a assuré n'avoir « rien inventé » sur l'engagement de l'ancien président. « C'est grâce aux informations que nos services m'ont apportées, mais aussi à la collaboration des services de certains pays amis, que je me suis fait mon opinion sur l'engagement de mon prédécesseur », a-t-il expliqué.
Il a cité d'autres éléments : la position de Joseph Kabila vis-à-vis de son mandat, puis son départ du pays, une forme d'« exil qui ne disait pas son nom ». « Jusque-là, il avait toujours l'habitude de m'envoyer des messages pour me prévenir de ses déplacements hors du pays. Et là, c'était silence radio. Il est sorti sans crier gare », a-t-il raconté. « J'étais donc le premier à ne pas être étonné de le voir sortir du bois. »
Selon Félix Tshisekedi, ce revirement s'explique par les sanctions qui ont commencé à frapper le Rwanda, grâce à la « diplomatie agissante » de Kinshasa. Il a qualifié le régime de Paul Kagame de « criminel et barbare ».
« Son économie n'était basée que sur deux choses : le pillage de nos ressources naturelles et l'aide internationale. Cette dernière a commencé à être coupée, et la dénonciation de ces pillages a mis mal à l'aise beaucoup de ses complices receleurs », a-t-il affirmé. Privé de revenus et de marge de manœuvre, le président rwandais aurait alors demandé à « son supplétif, qui était tapi dans l'ombre, de sortir et de prendre les rênes de cette agression, parce qu'il fallait absolument lui donner une connotation congolaise ». L'objectif, selon lui : « faire passer cela pour un problème congolo-congolais ».
« Dieu merci, personne n'a été dupe », a ajouté le chef de l'État, saluant une condamnation « unanime » de la classe politique et de la population. Il s'en est pris à « quelques inconscients » qui justifient l'attitude de Joseph Kabila en affirmant qu'il a été humilié ou poussé à agir. « Je me demande comment un responsable qui a présidé aux destinées de la République pendant dix-huit ans peut verser dans la colère, dans la non-maîtrise de soi, et retourner les armes contre ce même peuple qu'il a dirigé. À mon avis, c'est tout simplement la preuve qu'il n'a jamais aimé ce pays, et encore moins ses habitants », a-t-il déclaré.
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#RDC 🇨🇩
C’est publique, tous le monde le voit, c’est évident… Tshisekedi @Presidence_RDC et son allié @GeneralNeva envoient leurs troupes au mouroir… heureusement, ceux qui peuvent, détalent en laissant des tonnes d’armes et munitions
sur les collines de KADEZI … 70km d’Uvira … les troupes du FRN font le ramassage
et imaginez que chaque fusil/ arme avait quelqu’un qui l’utilisait contre les troupes du FRN …(comme dirait @Dachronica )
vidéo @wembi_steve
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After much thought, I have decided to exist as a salamander.
1975.
Nioka Abangaka Mpe Moto. Franco Luambo Makiadi.
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Tikaka Kosenga (Franco) - Franco & le T.P. O.K. Jazz 1982
When you thought you'd heard a better number of Franco's songs, you come across another piece you heard sitting under a tree when you had visited your grandfather a long time ago as a kid.
That Sebene kicking in as from 4.58 oh my!..totally lush...awesome guitars and horn section.
Fabrice -Franco (All three Fabrice songs by Franco, 1979,1983,1988) youtu.be/mHgYuVlAjGo?si=OcL8… via @YouTube IN THE EARLY 1980S, I USED TO DANCE TO THE FABRICE TRILOGY LIKE THEY WAS NO TOMORROW. ESPECIALLY THE SECOND VERSION IN THIS TRILOGY. LITTLE DID I KNOW THAT FABRICE WAS LUAMBO MAKIADI’S TAYLOR FAMED FOR THE ABACOS SUITS WHICH TRENDED UNDER MOBUTU. ENJOY!!!!
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS SONG???
A man with everlasting impact on the continent, an existence so great it needs no introduction. Proud to have known of his indelible impact on Kenya & the world, his struggle whose brunt he bore on both body and mind, and the persona and brand he built from ash & stone- thank you R.A.O @RailaOdinga . Rest well.
And to celebrate his life and times, I've remembered he once mentioned that he loved Luambo Makaidi and his music, so here goes another African giant's indelible mark on Afrika- Falaswa.
"Falaswa is a fraud, since we got married 7 years ago, we couldn't bear children. Now that I've left him, my partner and I are expectant. Falaswa's family nicknamed me 'The Concortion Guzzler' because of all the birth pills I took, yet tis their son that was unable to sire a child. Further, when we booked a doctor's appointment, Falaswa flew out on the day of the appointment to Cameroon."
Ladies and Gentlemen, Greatness Galore.
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Simaro Massiya Lutumba & Bana OK - Aminata Lingala lyrics and English translation.💃🕺🔥
Aminata is a Congolese Rhumba song composed by Franco Luambo's longtime collaborator, genius of TPOK Jazz, Simaro Massiya Lutumba.
à l'Anciènne Belgique - Franco & le T.P. O.K. Jazz 1984 youtu.be/LMX0ZDWcQ5g?si=u614… via @YouTube IF YOU WANT QUICK HOOKERS TO FRANCO’S TPOK MUSIC, THIS ALBUM IS A GOOD STARTING POINT. K.S.K. AND NDAYA JUST DO IT FOR ME. ENJOY!!!
T.P O.K Jazz - Beyou (1980) youtu.be/bV03oqRwOcQ?si=F5_O… via @YouTube HOW MANY STILL REMEMBER THIS OLDIE BY TPOK JAZZ BAND, FEATURING WUTA MAYI AND LATE DJO MPOYI?
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Celi Bitshoumana aka Celi Bitshou was from Congo Brazaville. Before he joined Ok Jazz, he was a member of Les Bantous. He joined OKJ together with his countryman Youlou Mabiala at the same time- around 1965. He composed the evergreen blockbuster 'Infidelite Mado'. In 1972, together with Youlou and Mose Fan Fan, they quit OKJ to join Vicky Longomba's Lovy du Zaire.
In 1973, the trio quit Lovy to form Orch Somo Somo. Due to internal aquables, they split. Youlou rejoined Okj, while Fan Fan went to Zambia and Tanzania. Celi Bitshou decided to join Orch Veve, where he composed the chartbuster 'Muana Mburu' in 1977. He later quit Veve to persue a solo career under his band Orch Celi Bitshou where he composed songs like 'Jé M'en Fou'.
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