Proud Epworthians Telling All Stories Epworthy
Yamuranai Association for Persons With Disabilities on Friday donated basic commodities such as mealie-meal, sugar and cooking oil to a section of differently-abled residents in Epworth:.
Epworth Local Board Chairman Councillor Batanai Masunda has issued an official statement following viral reports that local government were taking advantage of the ongoing lockdown to demolish illegal vending stalls and Ecocash cabins.
Godknows Pomerai a.k.a Elginos is a scientist who loves art. Mostly, he paints and writes a bit whenever he finds time to do so. This is an excerpt from his biography El Ginos Diary in which he highlights some of his life experiences. These mainly revolve around his art.
Thandiwe Tumelo Mudzamiri, more often referred to as ‘Thandi’, spent a better part of her young life in Botswana before she moved to Epworth, Harare Zimbabwe in 2016. Here, in an excerpt off her upcoming book “The Diary Of A Lady In Eperton Park”, she shares how she has been adapting to the dormitory that is Epworth given her cool-kid upbringing.
Gay and lesbian rights activist Precious Msindo - also the coordinator of the Epworth based Spring Of Life (SLZ) Non-Governmental Organisation - said that Epworth township has almost over a hundred registered men who offer sex services to other men for a living.
So, while all you were busy preparing to go about your Heroes Day celebrations on the wee hours of Monday, my friend and I were pleading with a gang of robbers to take everything we had but spare our lives. Yes, we got mugged. You too can. If we ever want opportunistic crime to end, we should look at ourselves first. Simply amplifying police presence will not solve the issue. Police protect us by keeping those “bad people” out of our neighbourhood, and I’m grateful for it. And yet, I realize it’s self-serving and doesn’t actually fix anything.
We are so psyched that our much-loved Comedian The Comic recently returned home from his fortnight British tour. But to many people, that probably registers no inkling of social triumph. Flying an airbus to the land of those who oppressed us in the yesteryears now comes easy for almost anyone than it is for five or six ghetto youths to purchase a bottle of the much cherished Two Keys whisky to satiate their weekends’ whims. And yet to us, the Epworthians who share the burden of survival together with him, this is a major stride, especially for a mushrooming creative who just under four years ago was a no idol. Not that we did not find him hilarious then. We ever did indeed. Alas, it took the famous “Shamu” video for the world to take note of his nonesuch, pulpit-inspired humour. The brand that he is now and his ultimate breakthrough lodges the plight of thousands of fellow creatives and other variably gifted Epworthians. Here, one Proud Epworthian torches a light on what it means to be an Epworthian and mostly a creative in Epworth.
Growing up, Natsiraishe was entranced by the idea that her own determination was all that she needed to succeed. She always envisioned herself to be the girl who would dismantle to fine residues the notion that gender predicted athletic abilities. There was soccer, netball, cricket, swimming, volleyball, but neither did she chose all the above. To her, these were low-hanging athletes that everyone can do with zero efforts. Not so much if you're to make a strong statement to the world. Her goal was clear from the beginning: "I venture into Taekwondo because it is a World Olympic sport, so I wanted to take part in the World Olympics. I see myself taking part in the World Olympics. I want to the first woman in Zimbabwe to take part in the World Taekwondo Olympics," she declared.
I hold sorely that our reality is way too burdensome for outsiders to handle; way too ambiguous for foreigners to relate; way too distorted to be understood. This reality of ours, I thought solemnly one cold dark night as I lie in my old forlorn small bed, can only be better explored through the language of art and literature. How I wish there could have been more thinkable mediums or channels to tell our boundless stories.
What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘Epworth’? For many of us, a series of images may spring to mind. Darkness, Crime, Filthy, Shanty, Haphazard, Impoverished, Forgotten Suburb, or Isolated and perhaps different from what we know. Since Epworth is a world away, the average outsiders often draw from the mainstream media and told stories to form his or her impression of it. From a #ProudEpworthian perspective, this oversimplification of our beloved community can be frustrating. The E-Insider explores this frustration in the satirical essay ‘How To Write & Talk About Epworth.’ Read, enjoy, reflect and share.
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