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Our favourite responses to Trump’s #shithole comments

Donald Trump unleashed a firestorm last week when he referred to Haiti and African countries as "shithole countries." Boy were Africans mad. Twitter, WhatsApp, Facebook were ablaze with ire and fury. At times like this, however, there are always people who somehow aptly sum up collective sentiment and provide guidance and perspective and then there are those who can twist a situation to make it funny and beneficial in unlikely ways. We found some of these and are sharing them here.

Someone tell Ruvhi where to find diesel – this is worse than 2008 fam, much worse

Pastor Evan is in jail. Oh, heā€™s out now? Gees, things move fast around here- trying to keep up with inflation, I suppose. This time, sadly, Evan doesnā€™t have the sort of support he had before from Zimbabweans, because being the dotards that we are (I just had to use that word after I heard it in the Trump vs Kim Jong Un war of words. What a gem, right!? What a gem!)ā€¦ ok, weā€™re not dotards - not all of us - but we only support things that are sexy and easy.

16 pictures which prove that every Zimbo, except you, is working out these days

It seems everyone is hitting the gym these days - except you. I promise - everyone. Social media is replete with pictures of people showing off their gym bods and post-workout sweat. Here are 16 Zimbabwean personalities that are sweating it out so that you and I can be inspired to one day find those tatty sneakers and trek to the gym, or so that we can spend whole days on Instagram swiping up and ogling other people's bodies...Ā 

Who Should Cook the Sadza?

My wife and I were recently invited to dinner by a friend of mine and his wife. There were two other young couples there and we were all having a real blast till my friendā€™s wife, letā€™s call her Gugu, asked my friend, letā€™s call him Munya, to please make some sadza to go with the relish which she had just finished preparing.

Forget Binga, I’m Off to Nyanga for My Mbanje Fix

You hear the conversation all the time in Zimbabwe. ā€œMbanje is legal in Binga.ā€ ā€œYes, but only if youā€™re from there and using it for traditional purposes.ā€Ā  Now there was a story in the papers last week about a man who was caught with 464Kgs of mbanje (marijuana) after a ā€˜movie styleā€™ chase in Honde Valley.

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