Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Australia, Mashonaland East, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Columnist at Freelance

Skeptical by nature, curious by choice. https://t.co/SktB5f5kTg [email protected]

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Why I Disagree With Nelson Mandela

1 week ago | zealousthierry.art.blog | Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

What public figure do you disagree with the most? There are few figures in modern history as globally revered as Nelson Mandela. His story has become mythic. 27 years in prison followed by a peaceful transition to democracy, crowned by his magnanimous embrace of those who once dehumanized him. Statues, street names, and documentary reels ensure that his image radiates eternal light.
No, You Are Not Too Sensitive. The World Is Heavy Right Now

1 week ago | zealousthierry.art.blog | Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

I'm going to say this plainly because I'm tired of people gaslighting themselves and each other just to survive another news cycle:No, you are not "too sensitive."You are not weak for feeling like your chest is a little tighter these days. You're not being dramatic for needing to lie down after scrolling headlines for five minutes.
Small Talk? I'd Rather Walk on Legos

1 week ago | zealousthierry.art.blog | Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

There's a special kind of pain that comes from stepping on a Lego. It's sharp, unexpected, and deeply personal. Kind of like being asked, "So, what are you up to these days?" by someone you barely know, in the middle of a crowded bank queue. I don't hate people. I really don't. I like conversations. I just prefer them to be... you know, conversations. Not emotional speed dating where the goal is to say something polite, nod a lot, and both pretend we care.
What Do I Do to Stay Active in My Community?

1 week ago | zealousthierry.art.blog | Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

What do you do to be involved in the community? To stay active in my community is not simply a matter of physical presence. It is a philosophical choice-to remain engaged, to refuse apathy, and to insist that the small rituals of care and resistance still matter, even when the system insists otherwise. I write. I write with the urgency of someone who knows silence is a luxury the poor cannot afford.
Ecological Conversion as Political Resistance

1 week ago | zealousthierry.art.blog | Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

I remember reading Laudato Si' not as a Catholic encyclical, but as a manifesto smuggled into the open-one that spoke of climate not as weather but as wound, economy not as growth but as theft. Pope Francis called for "ecological conversion," but that phrase has always struck me as misnamed. Because it is more than personal transformation. It is political defiance. In a world where profit is the god and people are just data points on a quarterly spreadsheet, to care for the Earth is to rebel.
The Bail of a Man, the Silence of a Nation

1 week ago | zealousthierry.art.blog | Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Blessed Mhlanga is out. After seventy-two days of caged breath and cold concrete, after two humiliating bail denials and a nation's stunned indifference, a judge has finally decided that the crime of journalism does not warrant indefinite punishment-at least not officially. He was released Tuesday 06 May on US$500 bail. But make no mistake: what has ended is not the injustice. Only the prelude. Because what happened to Blessed Mhlanga is not just a legal episode.
The Govt Cannot Block The Exodus Of Professionals Through Force

1 week ago | thezimbabwean.co | Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

16:19 Let’s not kid ourselves. You can burn the letters, double the fees, threaten the nurses, and chain the airport gates if you want—but people will still find a way to leave this crumbling husk of a nation.
The Bail of a Man, the Silence of a Nation

1 week ago | wp.me | Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Blessed Mhlanga is out. After seventy-two days of caged breath and cold concrete, after two humiliating bail denials and a nation’s stunned indifference, a judge has finally decided that the crime of journalism does not warrant indefinite punishment—at least not officially. He was released Tuesday 06 May on US$500 bail. But make no mistake: what has ended is not the injustice. Only the prelude. Because what happened to Blessed Mhlanga is not just a legal episode.
The Govt Cannot Block The Exodus Professionals Through Force

1 week ago | zealousthierry.art.blog | Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

Let's not kid ourselves. You can burn the letters, double the fees, threaten the nurses, and chain the airport gates if you want-but people will still find a way to leave this crumbling husk of a nation. This isn't just about migration anymore; it's an escape. An instinct for survival. Zimbabwe has become a place where dreams go to drown, and the people, God help them, are just trying to swim to shore.
Minister Machakaire Just Discovered What the Rest of Us Live With

1 week ago | zealousthierry.art.blog | Kumbirai Thierry Nhamo

I saw the post on X just after 9 a.m., while waiting in a queue for my grandmother's antibiotics at a local clinic. The power had gone out, again. There was no doctor on duty, again. And someone's mother was crying in the hallway because she'd just been told to "bring her own gloves." It was against this backdrop that I opened my phone and saw a government minister sharing his surprise-yes, surprise-at how bad things have become in our public hospitals.