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Djangu retweeted
I’m literally putting Zim on the map every time I leave my house and perform because over the last decade 99.5% of all the Europeans I met here had never heard of it or met anyone from there before they met me. Boots on the ground ambassador work 😂
Djangu retweeted
From Kambuzuma to the bench in Texas. Michelle Netsai Butler, a Zimbabwean-American, was elected yesterday as Justice of the Peace for Precinct 6 in Denton County, unseating the Republican incumbent, Blanca Oliver, with 57% of the vote.
Born in Harare to Gideon Shambambeva and Victoria Njagu, she grew up in Kambuzuma Section 6 and attended Kurai and Darwendale Primary Schools before moving to the United States. She arrived with no status and became a citizen, built a career as a community organiser and worked on the presidential campaigns of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris and Elizabeth Warren.
After more than 20 years in Carrollton, where she raised two daughters, she will now sit as a judge in the same government building where she got her marriage licence and her first American passport.
Her story is a proud moment for Zimbabweans everywhere. A girl from Kambuzuma will now serve justice in Texas.
Djangu retweeted
Ian McKellen reciting Shakespeare's writing on racist anti-immigration riots in London during his time.
It is excellent.
They have been banging the same drum for 400 years.
Djangu retweeted
The best day for Africans to celebtate Spring and pour libations is the Equinox on the 23rd of September. That's the astrological start of the agricultural season and African "New Year"
Djangu retweeted
"Shona" like "Bantu" is a colonial construct. Fashion and fabric transcends ethnic grouping. I'm Zezuru from Hwedza, my ancestral cloth is polka dot. I wear the same cloth as Lobengula's daughter (Ndebele), the girl from Bindura with the chicken and the girl on the extreme right.
Djangu retweeted
💔Poor baby. I worked a senior management position for over 12 years with a lip ring, tongue ring and purple/ pink/ green/ blue hair. My boss' primary concern was competence not my ink or piercings. I feel that we shouldn't have to compromise self expression for capitalism.
Djangu retweeted
When I woke up this morning, I was fine. It was only when I placed my father's hat on my head that I felt the weight of all that we've lost. Our lost dignity, beliefs, self respect, sense of ubuntu, strongest fighters. I don't believe in resting in peace. Rise in power ✊🏿#Heroes
Djangu retweeted
Windows 🪟 Out Now everywhere. Directed by @ademolafalomo and produced by @kaibryan 🎥🎹❤️
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Djangu retweeted
Went to the pub.
On entering I was 'accosted' for £20 by some young chap.
He says he had lost his wallet. Pretty rapidly I worked out something was not in order.
He was a high functioning Autistic chap.
Turns out he needed £20 to pay the taxi driver outside.
Turns out the price of the taxi was actually £32.50!
The chap was about 23 and CLEARLY out of his depth. He seems to have travelled on a bus from his home in Essex, to Cambridge, then got a bus back to a town north of me.. it's now the evening and he's then got a taxi as far south as he could.
East Hertfordshire. He's now in pub, there's precious few buses this time of the evening from here! .
I asked him if he could call his Mum or Dad.. but he panicked and went into a bit of a melt-down. I asked if he could call ANYONE. So he called his uncle.
We had a chat. We swapped numbers. The young chap spent most of this time in the Gents... it was a Safe Space for him.
I paid the taxi driver the £30 for his trip for North Herts to East Herts. It should have been £32.50.. but I gave him cash, so of course this was fine! The chap could get out earning again instead of waiting for payment.
I got a call that his Mum was coming up from a town in Essex 30 or so miles away.
The chap was a grown man, so I couldn't stop him going outside, but he was there when his Mum showed up. She paid me back the £30 I paid for the taxi....she did say thank you. She was great. He went into a melt-down, a bit, when she showed up...as he thought he was in trouble. He wasn't in trouble. I think he knew he'd messed up the bus times.
Anyhows. That was my first couple of hours in the pub tonight.
I used to work in Mencap, as a driver, so I know the signs, and how to manage high functioning people who need just that little bit more help than some of us.
Djangu retweeted
It's over, Gianni. Infantino’s plan to invite venture capitalists to buy a stake in the World Cup and other FIFA tournaments is dead in the water. It's over. CONCACAF follows UEFA in rejecting his divisive plan. So that’s 41 + 55 national associations of the 211 against. So far. Strong statement from CONCACAF, echoing UEFA’s. "CONCACAF is a confederation united by the love of our game, where football comes first. Guided by this philosophy over the past 10 years we have built, from the ground up, an organization founded on service, transparent governance, and the long-term stewardship of football. History has shown FIFA and the football family what happens when the custodians of the game lose sight of these values.”
The confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football convened meeting of its 41 members to discuss the “FIFA Forward Enterprise”, Infantino’s plan “to sell interests in the FIFA World Cup to private investors”.
Infantino’s handling of the process, rushing decision-making, drew criticism. “During the meeting, the membership expressed deep concerns about the lack of due process surrounding the proposal, the artificially short deadline imposed, and the absence of any review or approval by the relevant FIFA governance bodies. In addition, the need for private equity investment to fund new and existing FIFA Forward programs following the most profitable FIFA World Cup in history was questioned. The discussion reinforced the need for greater transparency and proper governance.”
So CONCACAF and its 41 members…
“Rejected the proposal;
Tasked their FIFA Council Members with engaging FIFA to determine how existing FIFA reserves could be used to increase FIFA Forward funding for football development across our region;
And tasked their FIFA Council Members with instructing the FIFA President to ensure that any matter follows the proper governance processes via staff and FIFA Council, in accordance with the FIFA Statutes.
“Through these actions, CONCACAF reaffirms that football's future - and its greatest asset - must remain in the hands of our football family.” 🙌🙌
Djangu retweeted
Why are rich and successful business people in Russia called "oligarchs", but anywhere in the West they are simply "billionaires"?
Djangu retweeted
I said I would give people a bit more breathing space.
Today I’m taking immediate action - cutting taxes on energy bills to put more money in your pocket.
Djangu retweeted
🚨 NEW: The policies Andy Burnham is set to outline when he becomes PM on Monday
- Plans for new oil and gas drilling in the North Sea, a possible break from Labour's 2024 manifesto
- Lower bus fares, potentially through reinstating the £2 bus cap
- Public control of water and energy companies
- Lower energy bills through VAT cuts or by moving older wind and solar farms onto fixed-price contracts
- The biggest council house-building programme since the post-war era
- Social care reform through a cross-party consensus
Burnham will also spend the later part of next week at the new No 10 North in Manchester to symbolise his shift away from Westminster
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🚨 IN FULL: Andy Burnham's first speech as Leader of the Labour Party
"Today is the most significant change moment in our politics in the last 40 years"
