Hopewell Chin’ono

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Award winning Journalist| Film Maker |2 Time African Journalist of The Year | Nieman Fellow| #100MostInfluentialAfricans 2022 | Email hopewell2@post.harvard.edu

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1May 22, '25The classic, and perhaps one of the most embarrassing moments for Americans was when Donald Trump pulled out a picture from the Congo and claimed it was a burial site for victims o12.9×2.5M25k7.1k1.4k
3May 21, '25South African billionaire businessman and the country’s richest man, Johann Peter Rupert, told Donald Trump that there is no white genocide in South Africa. He said the issue was a7.3×1.4M7.4k1.9k1.7k
4Sep 11, '22The complications of marrying black when in the Royal Family, how the British press haunted Prince Harry and his wife Meghan. He speaks about how he was let down by his own family,7.1×019k5.1k2.2k
5Aug 23, '22In any normal country this video would be the leading item on all news stations & newspapers, and it would cause emergency debate in parliament tomorrow morning, but not in Zim6.9×017k6.4k642
6Feb 27, '231. International news network, Aljazeera will be broadcasting mind-blowing documentary films in March showing astonishing looting, plunder and laundering in Zimbabwe. The ZANUPF cr5.3×1M4.5k1.5k253
7Feb 2, '25The current Malawian president once flew to London to attend a virtual conference.🤣🤣 Not only that, he left his foreign minister at home and took a delegation of 10, 4 of whom we5.3×1M6.2k2.4k1.9k
8Jan 24, '22Meet @nelsonchamisa the President of Citizen Coalition for Change CCC RETWEET5.0×011k7.2k9
9Oct 22, '23My advice to young Zimbabwean people from the bottom of my heart speaking from experience is that if you can leave the country, PLEASE LEAVE NOW! Don’t waste your youthful days doi4.5×866k6.7k3.1k595
10Jan 21, '23Some of my people also🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣4.3×831k4.9k87153
11Jun 22, '23This interview of Zimbabwe's Information Minister Monica Mutsvangwa is painful to watch. At least the world gets to experience our ruling political elites without intermediaries in4.2×816k3.7k1.3k554
12Jan 25, '24Yesterday many celebrities, political elites and guess what, British royalty went out to the premier of Bob Marley’s ‘One Love’ film in Jamaica. What caught my eye was the presence4.1×780k4k744329
13Jul 30, '24Instead of leaving South Africa alone, we will continue helping to cure your ignorance as an individual. Not all South Africans are ignorant as your comment suggests! You are the r4.0×766k6k1.6k437
14Oct 9, '24I don’t agree with your assertion that South Africans hate Africans, that is simply not true. South Africa is home to the largest number of migrants from other African countries. E3.9×749k8.6k3.1k1.4k
15Sep 23, '23More than ten doctors wrote to me this morning correctly expressing their legitimate anger at what happened to one of their colleagues yesterday in Manicaland. This is Dr Mthabisi 3.9×747k4.5k1.5k92
16Sep 2, '24After listening to many Zimbabwean Twitter Spaces, Tyrese Darnell Gibson's intervention is a must listen for all Black Zimbabweans and Africans! It might upset you, but it powerful3.8×730k11k4.1k7k
17Feb 25, '25Today, an Air Zimbabwe Boeing 767-200 carried injured South African soldiers, as well as Tanzanian and Malawian troops who were in the DRC, back home from Kigali to their respectiv3.5×667k4.5k604275
18Aug 9, '23This video has made many people cry after watching it. It shows a South African man meeting a Zimbabwean trader selling eggs and peanuts in Johannesburg. She has her baby on the ba3.4×655k7k3.5k299
19Nov 1, '22A powerful speech by the Head-boy of the affluent Heritage School. He talks about how his family hit economic hard times, and had to move to Epworth sharing 2 rooms. He sleeps on t3.4×09.3k2.8k601
20Sep 8, '23Good evening Mr Mugabe. I might have had my issues with the old man, but you I respect. You are principled.3.2×615k6.6k68657
21Dec 8, '221. I have just been awarded the International Anti-Corruption Excellence Award in Doha, Qatar. I received the award from the Emir (King) of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani i3.0×09.6k1.9k20
22Jan 31, '21Find me a good music producer, we must sing AGAINST LOOTERS and sing them out of town!😂😂😂😂2.9×08k2k94
23Jun 5, '22Zimbabwean public intellectual Dr Alex Magaisa @Wamagaisa has died. He suffered a cardiac arrest this morning at Margate Hospital at 10 am. Family contacts Levy Magaisa +26377359642.9×05.5k2k26
24Sep 13, '22African dictators are ridiculously hilarious. President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda came with his personal armored toilet for President William Ruto’s inauguration🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣2.8×08.4k2k116
25Apr 4, '23A friend wants to bring a car they bought in England for US$12,000. Guess what the customs duty is? $12,143.20. Total landed cost; US$24,143 Duty is meant to protect local car manu2.8×546k4.3k87243
26Mar 30, '23Hear we go, the second part of the Al Jazeera @AJEnglish 4 part documentary film series investigation by it’s @AJIunit is now here. RETWEET for others to see!2.8×546k5.5k3.9k211
27Oct 11, '22Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you the Ugandan Military paratroopers as seen on Uganda’s independence celebrations on October 9, 2022. Kenyans must be very afraid, because this2.8×05.5k2.2k399
28Jul 20, '20They are breaking into my home. Alert the world!2.6×04.9k3.8k21
29Apr 6, '221. Today I addressed the @GenevaSummit for Human Rights and Democracy in Switzerland. I chose as I always do to stick to facts and figures regarding the Zimbabwean economic crisis.2.6×06.8k2.7k140
30Sep 1, '25Rutendo, You cannot defend the collapsed healthcare system in Zimbabwe while attempting to insult South Africans, when the reality is that 70% of women giving birth at Musina Hospi2.6×497k5.3k1.3k409
31Mar 7, '25No @elonmusk you are lying! Starlink cannot operate in South Africa due to a regulatory requirement that telecom companies must have 30% ownership by “historically disadvantaged gr2.6×492k4.6k939136
32Feb 3, '22Good morning Zimbabweans This is what our Kenyan cousins are doing with their country. If you register to vote & actually vote, YOU could also help Zimbabwe get there in a very2.5×07k1.8k70
33Feb 10, '25I was taught that if a negative announcement about South Africa is made, the Rand crashes. I checked the Rand exchange rate against the dollar on the 4th of February, and it was 182.4×467k4.2k556213
34Jan 8, '21The police have come to arrest me! Let everyone know!2.3×05.4k2.5k12
36Nov 10, '24Open borders which allow Africans to freely enter, live, and work in any African country, will remain unattainable until we achieve robust economies across the African continent, s2.2×427k4k974594
37Sep 19, '23The Zimbabwean town of Masvingo has elected a 25 year old lady as its next Mayor. Shantel Yeukai Chiwara is a bank teller by profession.2.2×423k6.3k72848
38Feb 6, '25This is wild 🤣🤣🤣 The biggest economy in the world running its foreign policy based on social media gossip?🤣🤣🤣2.2×421k11k1.6k185
39Jul 16, '24Yoh🤣🤣🤣 Donald Trump walking into the Republican Party convention to 50 Cent’s Many Men (Wish Death) is simply shizzle🤣🤣🤣2.2×420k3.8k1.1k718
40Sep 5, '23My dear South African brothers and sisters, I have arrived to join you to start a new life here. Since your ruling party ANC supports tyranny in our country, I am sure it knows tha2.2×418k4.1k79052
41Dec 17, '22A proud son!2.2×414k4.2k3038
42Feb 10, '23I am saddened to hear that South African rap star @akaworldwide has been shot dead this evening in Durban, South Africa. AKA spoke out against the repression in Zimbabwe after the 2.1×400k5.8k88611
43Mar 16, '22Kuvhisitirwa naPresident, Kudya Yellow!💛💛💛💛💛💛2.1×07.6k1.2k4
44Mar 5, '231. It is embarrassing that in Zimbabwe a show was stopped becoz the biggest reggae dancehall artist started singing a song about Corruption! Yet in the same country Gold smugglers 1.8×353k3.9k1.3k50
46Jun 11, '22They killed Moreblessing Ali. Her body was found in a well in Nyatsime. And they wonder why Zimbabweans say they are worse than Ian Smith!1.8×04.1k1.7k18
47Sep 3, '23I have just left Chikurubi Maximum prison where I had gone to visit Zimbabwe’s political prisoner, former member of parliament and lawyer, Job Sikhala. He has been in prison for 441.8×346k3.9k1.1k24
48Nov 1, '23This wine brand called Kumusha is made by a Zimbabwean called @tnashenyamudoka. Imagine if ALL Zimbabweans who see this tweet would repost it to give Tinashe’s wine brand more visi1.8×345k4.2k3.9k36
49Mar 29, '25Grok is busy in Zimbabwe today 🤣🤣🤣1.7×333k4k46790
50Apr 22, '22Ama 2k, do you want a blast from the past today in our series of how Zimbabwe used to be like before ZANUPF destroyed everything? If it is a Yes show by Retweeting, kana mabho just1.7×04k2.3k10
51Mar 25, '23ZANUPF is selling out the country plundering and smuggling our minerals with its white friends and crooked blacks, and hiding the money in Dubai. Look at how Dubai keeps developing1.7×324k4.2k1.2k20
52Mar 23, '23From Henrieta Rushwaya’s conversation with Angel, we now know that they use private jets to pick up Gold as part of their smuggling ring. We know that she uses Reserve Bank’s Fidel1.7×318k4.1k1.1k98
53Apr 4, '22Guess who is in the house? Brother @HEBobiwine He passes his regards to all progressive Zimbabwean citizens!1.7×06.4k9643
54Oct 14, '20The police took me to my home on the 20th of July, the 1st day of my arrest. The world &myself knew exactly why I had been arrested by Mnangagwa’s regime. The police who were t1.6×04.4k1.5k54
55Aug 11, '23The South African celebrity ZANUPF couldn’t buy. Let us remember him with a RETWEET!1.6×316k8.6k4.3k19
56Sep 3, '23The Head of the SADC Election Observer Team, Dr Nevers Mumba submitted the final SADC report to the SADC Troika chair, President Hakainde Hichilema. Dr Nevers Mumba talks in depth 1.6×308k4.5k2.5k326
57Aug 24, '23I have just spoken to outgoing Norton Member of Parliament @TembaMliswa He has confirmed that he lost the election to CCC’s Richard Tsvangirai @RTsvangirayi He told me that he has 1.6×303k6.6k1.2k12
58Jun 4, '22They offered him money to wear the scarf, and he refused twice! The youthful ZANUPF councilor and Deputy Minister were so upset at the rejection, one of them mumbled, “Hatidye sadz1.6×05.5k1.1k22
60Aug 4, '25I think holding South Africa accountable based on the help we gave them during their struggle is pointless and unproductive. South Africans were prosecuting a struggle, while we ar1.5×285k4.3k1.2k291
61Jan 27, '21I am back from 19 days of incarceration at Chikurubi Prison after @PoliceZimbabwe LIED in court that I had tweeted about a child being killed by one of their officers. My arrest wa1.5×05k9113
62May 6, '22Dira rizare Linda!1.4×04.7k82413
63Jan 31, '21Vanoba... Vanoba, Vanoba, Vanoba; The Shona Version👇🏿1.4×04.2k92931
64Mar 25, '21Today I turn 50 and I celebrate. I do so with a mixture of joy and sadness knowing that whilst I have all that I need; Many 50 year olds have NEVER owned a home, or held a decent j1.4×05k3723
65Apr 6, '23I am glad that the son of Zimbabwe’s political prisoner, @JobSikhala1 is running for parliament. This is a powerful statement that imprisoning his father will not imprison his fath1.4×266k3.7k6597
66Mar 25, '23Excuse me today whilst I thank the almighty for giving me another year. I want my birthday to have meaning, so I will dedicate my 52nd birthday as the year of delivery! I had good 1.3×255k7.6k7364
67Nov 15, '22We are fighting for this to be possible in Zimbabwe. How do you have a romantic bath with your spouse when the Government has looted millions meant for water pumps, and when you ca1.3×04.3k77338
68Jun 19, '22These are 2 fine great Zimbabwean musicians of their generation. They play different genres, we should support and cheer them on as individual musicians. There is no need to pit on1.3×04.8k6303
69Aug 24, '221. I expected doctors to step in and help but they haven’t. Dr @PhophiRamathuba was clear that Zimbabweans will get emergency care including giving birth. What she was referring to1.3×04k1k35
70Nov 18, '22What a powerful and moving address by Gift Ostallos Siziba @Cde_Ostallos at the Barack Obama Foundation. He says his mother was a maid, his father a gardener, yet through hard work1.3×03.8k1.1k69
71Nov 20, '20Thanks to my legal team of Beatrice Mtetwa, @DougColtart, Gift Mtisi assisted by Chris Mhike & @ZLHRLawyers. I would like to thank all citizens local & beyond who stood wit1.3×04.4k6461
72Aug 24, '22I urge Zimbabwean elites to be careful about how you engage with South Africans on social media. It is poor Zimbabweans who will suffer retaliation for the things you say here. Imp1.3×04.2k95312
73Jun 28, '22We were told that Dr Alex Magaisa bought groceries for every family in his village. He paid schools fees for many kids who today are in boarding, villagers don’t know what they wil1.3×04.3k88812
74May 1, '22Meanwhile at @ZimDaily1.2×04.2k9529
75Nov 10, '25“The recent election in Tanzania and from what transpired, the killings around the election… I for once do not recognise the person who was inaugurated as the President of Tanzania1.2×238k4.2k1.3k174
76Feb 26, '23Oliver Mtukudzi told me that music must touch the heart and soul, and it must heal the pain of the listener. He said that if it doesn’t do that, it is just a composition. Using tha1.2×236k7.8k1.2k7
77May 11, '23Congratulations to Zimbabwe’s dancehall artist, Winky D for winning the Best African Dancehall Entertainer of the Year award at the Jamaican 40th International Reggae and World Mus1.2×235k5.4k8149
78Aug 9, '22My father once said to me that the problem with Zimbabweans is if there is no tap water, they drill a borehole, no electricity, they buy a generator, no jobs, they go to South Afri1.2×03.9k96629
79Mar 3, '23This is my favorite Zimbabwean MP. He took Government to court for borrowing US$1.4 billion from Afrexim Bank without parliamentary approval and won. He is taking @ZECzim to court 1.2×229k4.5k9048
80Mar 30, '25What an amazing performance last night by Zimbabwean support worker Linda Mudzenda on Britain’s Got Talent. She even got the Golden Buzzer. The Golden Buzzer is a special feature i1.2×229k4k650348
82Apr 8, '22Rabuda here title deed?🤣🤣🤣1.1×03.7k5926
83Aug 14, '24A Zimbabwean police officer amplifying Section 59 of Zimbabwe’s constitution! This should be RETWEETED for other police officers to see!1.1×207k4.7k3.1k53
84Feb 5, '25👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 salute 🫡 🇧🇫1.1×207k4k610114
85Sep 12, '23Zimbabwean dancehall king Winky D had been nominated for an award in America in the same category with dancehall legend, Buju Banton! Winky D’s music has been banned on all radio s1.1×207k3.8k68923
86Oct 17, '22Your boy has won a massive global award, but I can’t talk about it until the day it is presented. Good always prevails over evil!1.1×03.8k5691
87Dec 25, '21I have read the story of a truck driver who saved lives at yesterday’s tragic bus & truck accident on Mutare Road. Sirizani Butau is the definition of a real Zimbabwean hero. H1.1×03.8k73914
88Apr 3, '22Off to Switzerland . Timeline will be quiet until tomorrow afternoon! Good evening.1.0×04k4452
89Sep 22, '23A very powerful speech by this courageous young lady. When those with courage speak, let us amplify their their voices through a simple RETWEET!1.0×194k3.9k2.5k116
90Mar 24, '23Thank you for your kindness @awa_khiwe 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿1.0×192k4.2k5874
92Nov 21, '20It would be ungrateful for me and Zimbabweans not to thank @peterndoro, @Sophie_Mokoena and the whole @SABCNews team! Without you, our story would have been buried in ZANUPF propag1.0×03.7k5332
93Jun 3, '22This post is for my young followers who couldn’t make it to @burnaboy’s show. Please those who could afford to go, post your pictures and videos in the comments section for those w1.0×03.9k34425
94Feb 3, '25This is the man driving the anti-South Africa agenda in the Trump regime using cheap racist propaganda! South Africa should never bow down to racist narratives driven by falsehoods0.9×178k3.8k72357
95Jan 24, '22My dear followers can you give some love to Mai Nkomo in the house. Olinda Chapel-Nkomo in the house!0.9×03.8k4633
97Dec 25, '22Today I had a special person to wish me a happy Christmas. On his way to see his father who is Zimbabwe’s political prisoner and opposition MP @JobSikhala1, Fidel asked his family 0.7×143k4.2k5082

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