Tag: #elections

Ruins Of Democracy, SYSTEMS ON TRIAL

Bangsamoro Just Held an Election Forty Years in the Making and It Wasn’t a Clean One.

Voting opened Monday across the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao for the first parliamentary election in the region’s history. It was a milestone that took longer to arrive than most elections take to matter. The vote had been postponed four times since it was first scheduled for May 2022, pushed back to 2025, then October 2025, then March 2026, before finally landing on September … Continue reading Bangsamoro Just Held an Election Forty Years in the Making and It Wasn’t a Clean One.

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MIND, MYTH AND MADNESS

The Crowd Is Always Wrong

Follow the crowd, they said. It’ll keep you safe, they said. And here we are: a civilization built on the whispering echo of bad ideas passed hand to hand, like a cheap cigarette that no one dares refuse. The crowd doesn’t think. It imitates. It congratulates itself for being busy while it drifts toward calamity with all the grace of a drunk in a revolving … Continue reading The Crowd Is Always Wrong

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Uncategorized

Our newspapers don’t tell the whole ugly truth!!😱😱😱😱

Do you mean to say that even our most reliable news media panders to the administration in power, and doesn’t tell the whole truth to the Zimbabwean people? Oh my stars and garters! You’re shocked? Try reading some of the newspapers from outside Zimbabwe. You’ll find a totally different viewpoint. Our newspapers, radios, and televisions used to go in search of the truth. A big … Continue reading Our newspapers don’t tell the whole ugly truth!!😱😱😱😱

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Climate

Fvck Global Warming~ I live in Marondera.

I live in Marondera, and I have to say to those people who don’t believe we have global warming– Come up here. People who live up here will tell you that the summers used to be wonderful. Nothing above 30 degrees, and always a cool breeze. Nights that are perfect for sleeping. A few summers ago we started getting weather that was warmer than usual, … Continue reading Fvck Global Warming~ I live in Marondera.

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