Sholom Takavengwa
@sholomtakavengwa.bsky.social
@polelomedia.com
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Hi Bluesky!
I am new, and would love to connect to drive positive transformation. I focus on creative storytelling, human rights and politics. More can be done not alone, but as a collective. 🙏🏾
I am new, and would love to connect to drive positive transformation. I focus on creative storytelling, human rights and politics. More can be done not alone, but as a collective. 🙏🏾
X/Twitter showing location by default is wild.
November 23, 2025 at 8:18 PM
X/Twitter showing location by default is wild.
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The decline in the Academic Freedom Index,as reported in the recent Free to Think publication 2025,raises significant concerns for the development,education and finance sectors for several reasons.
1.Stiffles Creativity
2.Constrained Pedagogy
3.Reduced Competitiveness
4.Erosion of Democratic values
1.Stiffles Creativity
2.Constrained Pedagogy
3.Reduced Competitiveness
4.Erosion of Democratic values
November 18, 2025 at 2:03 PM
The decline in the Academic Freedom Index,as reported in the recent Free to Think publication 2025,raises significant concerns for the development,education and finance sectors for several reasons.
1.Stiffles Creativity
2.Constrained Pedagogy
3.Reduced Competitiveness
4.Erosion of Democratic values
1.Stiffles Creativity
2.Constrained Pedagogy
3.Reduced Competitiveness
4.Erosion of Democratic values
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BREAKING: Israel’s rescue service says one Israeli has been killed and three wounded in an attack at a West Bank intersection.
1 Israeli killed and 3 wounded in West Bank attack
Israel's rescue service reports an Israeli has been killed and three wounded in a ramming and stabbing attack at a busy West Bank intersection.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
BREAKING: Israel’s rescue service says one Israeli has been killed and three wounded in an attack at a West Bank intersection.
Forced displacement is a major problem brought by climate change. Glad, more organisations, like @hrw.org are looking deeply into these issues to come up with sustainable solutions youtube.com/shorts/2PZEN...
Imagine you have to leave your home where your ancestors have lived for centuries
YouTube video by Human Rights Watch
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November 18, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Forced displacement is a major problem brought by climate change. Glad, more organisations, like @hrw.org are looking deeply into these issues to come up with sustainable solutions youtube.com/shorts/2PZEN...
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Today @hrw.org published input on the draft @ilo.org treaty on decent work in the platform economy - the 1st global effort to set rules for work organized through businesses like Uber & DoorDash. A historic chance to ensure tech works for workers not against them: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
November 14, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Today @hrw.org published input on the draft @ilo.org treaty on decent work in the platform economy - the 1st global effort to set rules for work organized through businesses like Uber & DoorDash. A historic chance to ensure tech works for workers not against them: www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Hi Bluesky!
I am new, and would love to connect to drive positive transformation. I focus on creative storytelling, human rights and politics. More can be done not alone, but as a collective. 🙏🏾
I am new, and would love to connect to drive positive transformation. I focus on creative storytelling, human rights and politics. More can be done not alone, but as a collective. 🙏🏾
November 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Hi Bluesky!
I am new, and would love to connect to drive positive transformation. I focus on creative storytelling, human rights and politics. More can be done not alone, but as a collective. 🙏🏾
I am new, and would love to connect to drive positive transformation. I focus on creative storytelling, human rights and politics. More can be done not alone, but as a collective. 🙏🏾
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We're here to connect, share and create. We are simply a broadcast media production and distribution company that puts complexity to simplicity, that tells a story, the African story.
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
We're here to connect, share and create. We are simply a broadcast media production and distribution company that puts complexity to simplicity, that tells a story, the African story.
Today, I am at the Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE), overseeing the ongoing election for Student Representative Council (SRC). #Zimbabwe
November 18, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Today, I am at the Bindura University of Science Education (BUSE), overseeing the ongoing election for Student Representative Council (SRC). #Zimbabwe
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Photo of the Day
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
July 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Photo of the Day
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
Widely shared but rarely credited to the photographer, Ahmed Jihad Ibrahim Al-arini.
Gaza is the most dangerous place that has ever existed for journalists. But they work on, documenting a genocide for a world desperately trying to look away.
May their images haunt us forever.
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🚀 Day 1 of the #MineTech Innovation Challenge Bootcamp kicked off at the Zimbabwe School of Mines! 🎓⛏️ 30 young innovators (18–35) from across 🇿🇼 were selected from 276 applicants to pioneer the future of sustainable, innovative mining! 💡🌍🔥 #MiningInnovation #UNDPZimbabwe #Youth
July 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚀 Day 1 of the #MineTech Innovation Challenge Bootcamp kicked off at the Zimbabwe School of Mines! 🎓⛏️ 30 young innovators (18–35) from across 🇿🇼 were selected from 276 applicants to pioneer the future of sustainable, innovative mining! 💡🌍🔥 #MiningInnovation #UNDPZimbabwe #Youth
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July 5, 2025 at 6:14 AM
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Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
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#victoriafalls #zimbabwe #zambezi #river #zambia #africa #waterfall #gorge #Podium #elitepix #highlanderimages
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#victoriafalls #zimbabwe #zambezi #river #zambia #africa #waterfall #gorge #Podium #elitepix #highlanderimages
July 6, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Nothing quite like spending up-close and personal time - on foot - with these amazing creatures. Meet "Tusker" of Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
July 8, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Nothing quite like spending up-close and personal time - on foot - with these amazing creatures. Meet "Tusker" of Mana Pools National Park, Zimbabwe
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Cool findings on gestures used by elephants around food access in a semi-captive situation in Zimbabwe. Nice details on sensitivity to audience. Research led by @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social #elephants #animalcommunication #language #anthropology 🧪
How Elephants Say They Like Them Apples
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July 10, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Cool findings on gestures used by elephants around food access in a semi-captive situation in Zimbabwe. Nice details on sensitivity to audience. Research led by @vestaeleuteri.bsky.social #elephants #animalcommunication #language #anthropology 🧪
This is great news! 👏🏾
Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 is reportedly now Africa's top blueberry producer and one of the fastest-growing in the world.
Its early harvest gives it an edge, allowing exports to the EU and UK ahead of others.
China has also shown interest in its high-quality berries.
Its early harvest gives it an edge, allowing exports to the EU and UK ahead of others.
China has also shown interest in its high-quality berries.
July 23, 2025 at 7:26 PM
This is great news! 👏🏾
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Neighbourhood watch, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
#artforwildlife, #adventurewildlife, #wildlifeseeker, #photography4life, #artforconservation, #activetravel, #amazingwildnature, #wildlifeplanet, #wildlifelovers #giraffes #giraffelover
#artforwildlife, #adventurewildlife, #wildlifeseeker, #photography4life, #artforconservation, #activetravel, #amazingwildnature, #wildlifeplanet, #wildlifelovers #giraffes #giraffelover
July 10, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Neighbourhood watch, Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
#artforwildlife, #adventurewildlife, #wildlifeseeker, #photography4life, #artforconservation, #activetravel, #amazingwildnature, #wildlifeplanet, #wildlifelovers #giraffes #giraffelover
#artforwildlife, #adventurewildlife, #wildlifeseeker, #photography4life, #artforconservation, #activetravel, #amazingwildnature, #wildlifeplanet, #wildlifelovers #giraffes #giraffelover
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A couple of Marabou storks.
Hwange NP, Zimbabwe.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #bluesky #blueskyphotography #zimbabwe #photographersofbluesky #photography #nature #naturephotography
Hwange NP, Zimbabwe.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #bluesky #blueskyphotography #zimbabwe #photographersofbluesky #photography #nature #naturephotography
July 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
A couple of Marabou storks.
Hwange NP, Zimbabwe.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #bluesky #blueskyphotography #zimbabwe #photographersofbluesky #photography #nature #naturephotography
Hwange NP, Zimbabwe.
#wildlife #wildlifephotography #bluesky #blueskyphotography #zimbabwe #photographersofbluesky #photography #nature #naturephotography
Amazing art 🎨! This is indeed home!
July 23, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Amazing art 🎨! This is indeed home!
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Rugby: le Zimbabwe qualifié pour le Mondial 2027, une première depuis 1991
Rugby: le Zimbabwe qualifié pour le Mondial 2027, une première depuis 1991
Vainqueur de la Coupe d'Afrique samedi, le Zimbabwe a décroché samedi 19 juillet son billet pour le prochain Mondial qui se déroulera en 2027 en Australie, une première depuis 1991.
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July 19, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Rugby: le Zimbabwe qualifié pour le Mondial 2027, une première depuis 1991
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The women of Matobo, Zimbabwe paint their dwellings with intricate designs using charcoal, ash, water and soil, an annual ritual with continually changing imagery #WomensArt
July 23, 2025 at 4:45 AM
The women of Matobo, Zimbabwe paint their dwellings with intricate designs using charcoal, ash, water and soil, an annual ritual with continually changing imagery #WomensArt
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The ICJ has ruled that states must protect people from the “urgent and existential threat” of climate change and that all states have the obligation to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/c...
Top U.N. Court Says Countries Must Act on Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
July 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
The ICJ has ruled that states must protect people from the “urgent and existential threat” of climate change and that all states have the obligation to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/c...
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"The U.S. government's decision to withdraw from UNESCO—which has a mandate to protect journalists and press freedom—is a clear declaration of disdain for facts and for the public's right to be informed." — @gypsyrights.bsky.social, CPJ's Chief Global Affairs Officer
July 23, 2025 at 7:01 PM
"The U.S. government's decision to withdraw from UNESCO—which has a mandate to protect journalists and press freedom—is a clear declaration of disdain for facts and for the public's right to be informed." — @gypsyrights.bsky.social, CPJ's Chief Global Affairs Officer
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UN member countries should use the July 28-29 ministerial-level conference on Palestine to publicly commit to concrete actions aimed at ending decades of impunity for Israeli authorities’ violations of international humanitarian and human rights law against Palestinians www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
UN: End Impunity for Israeli Crimes Against Palestinians
United Nations member countries should use the ministerial-level conference on Palestine on July 28-29, 2025, to publicly commit to concrete actions aimed at ending decades of impunity for Israeli aut...
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July 22, 2025 at 9:16 PM
UN member countries should use the July 28-29 ministerial-level conference on Palestine to publicly commit to concrete actions aimed at ending decades of impunity for Israeli authorities’ violations of international humanitarian and human rights law against Palestinians www.hrw.org/news/2025/07...
One of the ways to solve the quality crisis in Zimbabwe, is through allowing free access and de-politicised institutions of learning. protectdefenders.org/2025/04/27/t...
The Imperative for Free and De-politicized Higher Education in Zimbabwe
In a recent interview with the Zimbabwe Human Rights Monitors Platform, Emmanuel Sitima, the President of the Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU),
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June 10, 2025 at 4:42 PM
One of the ways to solve the quality crisis in Zimbabwe, is through allowing free access and de-politicised institutions of learning. protectdefenders.org/2025/04/27/t...