Ideological Memoirs

Ideological Memoirs

2/18/2025, 1:35:35 PM

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Ideological Memoirs

2/14/2025, 11:50:00 AM

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Ideological Memoirs

2/18/2025, 5:44:48 PM

*IdM|NewzFlash : Sir Washington Masenda [Talking Service to the Community]* -Together as one, is a full lesson on values- There's people that have a special sense of duty towards the wellbeing and improvement of our communities. Private citizens, taking these matters into their own concern, as well as holding themselves responsible over them. However, few come in the caliber and form you are here set to read about. Harare International Festival of the Arts, Mugariro Community Winter Arts Festival, ASSITEJ International & ASSITEJ Zimbabwe, Youth Internship and apprenticeship programs [since 1998 till Present], The First Coordinator for Female Football in Zimbabwe, emergency volunteer relief response for National Health Emergencies [HIV 90s outbreak, Typhoid, Malaria and COVID19. He currently serves as the Chairperson to a board that oversees all Poly Clinics in Harare. Today the subject person to this IdM|NewzFlash Profile, Chief/Sir Washington Masenda. Under the essay assertion, Work for a cause, and you'll effect radical impact. *Reflection* _____________ Year 1992, October 23rd, an organization by the name Together As One was founded. Now 34 years on, this year 2025, I get this honor to write on the founder, as so to give context not only on his journey, his work, his impact, however the organization itself. So... I quickly took the opportunity and asked this all so I find important question, to me and all whom else that are concerned. 'From all the countries you've travelled, what country offered the best lesson for Zimbabwe to develop a vibrant Arts scene?' "The best lesson is that we as Zimbabwe need to take Arts as a business. Meaning to organize it for value, both monetary for the sake of livelihood, and then culturally for the sake of Societal or Social identity. With arts we can bring about meaningful impact, the likes of South Africa and other regional states held very important lessons in that regard." Sir Masenda answered. At a popular food spot in Old HighFields, adjacent to HighFields Poly Clinic, Sir Masenda and I sat in conversation, with regards to the questionnaire for this profile. "In 2003 I was given the honors of serving as Head of the Zimbabwean Delegation to Tanzania, for a regional Music Crossroad Competition. The competition comprised of two best teams from each country, Zambia, Malawi, us Zimbabwe, and the hosts Tanzania. Zimbabwe went on to win that competition, as one of our two teams, Gwindingwi Rineshumba took first prize." Sir Masenda recalled. I ensued to listen to him passionately reminiscing of all the other work related traveling experiences. It was after I asked him the question I opened this reflection with, that I proceeded to think on the following. Namibia [and a various cities in that country] 2005, India [and a couple of cities in that country] 2011, Japan Okinawa 2012, South Africa Cape town 2012 & 2014, and then Sweden [a couple of cities in that country] 2014. All these he recited them as to had been festivals, conferences, workshops, and gatherings, pertaining or related to Arts in conjunction with community wellbeing and improvement. What had it taken for these roles, too the travels that sometimes came with them, as well as the Communities, the Nation and the World, to deserve Sir Washington Masenda. *Compounding Reflection* _________________________ 1989, Sir Masenda moved from Mtoko district's Makochera village, coming to HighFields Harare, where his journey was set to kick start. Unemployed at the time, also due to circumstantial complications, holding only a Form 4 education level, he did piece jobs and a multitude of handy-work to put together a living. "In my stay in HighFields I found myself slashing weeds, gardening, hedge grooming, and I was paid whatever the people could pay, and others were generous, whilst others took their chances. I soon after in Avondale was invited to join KL Edwards, a construction company as a Builder Assistant. Which simply meant I was the guy to hand the builders the bricks, the mud, and do other petty onsite tasks [Daka boy]. Hence quickly I moved for the next available opportunity, where I joined Ethinol Clothing Factory in Willowvale." Sir Masenda told. It was in his own recollections that he described the Clothing Factory moment to had began his fortunes, in the way of roles that came from him being recognized for his intellectual and skills value. Sir Masenda went from floor worker to Dispatch Clerk in just a few weeks. That role introduced him to a number of businesses that he had to engage with as part of his Dispatch Clerk role responsibilities. Not too long after, he joined Total Energies as a Dispatch Clerk, responsible for distributing fuel to stations and other business to business clients they had. In 1991 he proceeded to join then Tailor Made, today's Lake Harvest. It was from these early roles that he proved to himself able to grow in many directions professionally, henceforth when was presented with a spot welding employment opportunity, he went the direction. He went this direction without any previous knowledge or knowhow. Around that time, he professes to had already been doing some community work, which he simultaneously was growing along with his professional growth. Being a football fanatic, he says that drove him to undertake getting a coaching license, and undergoing Sports Administration studies levels 1 and 2, when at National Sports stadium there was a presented opportunity to do so, and under the guidance of a Norwegian team of expat technical trainers. Ensued then was in his own words the, "11:00 a.m., October 23rd, 1992 mobilization of artistic youths, from the HighFields Western Triangle area." Which mobilization this culminated in the founding of Together As One/TAO. Sir Washington Masenda _________________________ Born January 24th 1970. Second born in a household of 6 children to his Father, he cites the first born to had been from a different mother. "I attended for my primary school education, Makochera Primary school. Given circumstances at home, we had limited resources, and to add to that, my Father was detained as a war detainee in 1974, resulting in further escalation of the household economic struggle." Sir Masenda further added that his Father's detention and the challenges related to it, went on until 1978 when he was released. It is however a short lived reunion of the family, as his mother passed on the following year, 1979. That I could tell in his recollections that at the time it happened, great pain and a new void had been dealt to him, and altogether the family. This led to his Father only getting married again after 22 years since then. "I think due to my economically deprived background, I had a sense of hunger towards achieving good results at school. I consistently retained my number one place, all the way into Bondamakara High school." He without shoes to wear throughout primary school, only at Bondamakara did he begin a new chapter, one that included wearing shoes to school. He'd almost never went to High School by the way, if it weren't for one of his teachers whom circumvented a ruling that Sir Masenda, was to not receive his 7th grade results due to outstanding fees. *Conclusion* ______________ Together As One, is a full lesson on values. As from the founder's journey of selflessness, perseverance, and passion, communities and in particular the HighFields community have been endowed with that full lesson, in He. Sir. Washington Masenda. In his honourable mentions, he remembers names he's trekked his journey with over the years. Gilbert Zulu [proposed the name Together As One], Pikirai Deketeke [a then Herald reporter who did the first media coverage on TAO's work], Fortunate Rego [A Theater Artist from Mabvuku 1990s], Caleb Maramba [Lusaka Drama Club 1990s], Tonel Marimba [World Vision Urban Programs Manager 1990s], Nickolas Moyo [now Permanent Secretary for the Ministry of sports, arts and recreation], Jassen Mphepo [founder and Director of Patsime Edutainment Trust], James Jingo [Vuka Africa Theater Production Company], Rosemary Chinamasa [Now Assistant Inspector at Southerton Police station], Yvonne Mangunda [Star FM sports journalist], and respectively he mentioned many more. All of them they make a part of what he referred to as, "The pieces that made for the whole Washington Masenda and Together As One impact story." Which I will admit here, that I told however not all, as it is so much to tell. Seemingly also still so much work this community stalwart still engages in i.e. Anti drugs programs and campaigns, youth and women Socio-economic empowerment, health and sanitation education, and much else. Signaling that this story is still ongoing. Chikovhi wrote this. Thank you for reading!

Ideological Memoirs

2/18/2025, 1:39:02 PM

*Today On Ideological Memoirs* - Bernie Madoff: Died the most hated man in the West - find out all about the largest Ponzi scheme/Pyramid scheme that resulted in US$65 billion of stollen monies from people, governments, and organizations, contributing to the 2008 Economic crisis along with the Lehman Brothers Saga that had ignited the global crisis in the first place. We explore together how those two cases have anything to do with the Afro related assertion of that *We are deliberately exposed to a certain kind of information, and also deprived a certain kind of information, all so to shape our perception of ourselves, the people around us, the happenings and the world.* - IdM|NewzFlash Profile - Sir Washington Masenda [Together As One] - What you need to know & Quotes Stay tuned 👍

Ideological Memoirs

2/14/2025, 10:11:08 AM

*Today On Ideological Memoirs* - NewzFlash Profile - SmashMaker|Artist & Music Producer. - IdM|Promos - SmashMaker [About to Blow] - Here's What you need to know about registering with ZIMURA. STAY TUNED!

Ideological Memoirs

2/18/2025, 3:41:26 PM

*Bernie Madoff: Died The Most Hated Man In The West* -The Devil's Devil is a creation manifested from a mixture of his own ways, privileges, and doings- A 61 year old widowed pensioner, by the name Susan Markowitz, was amongst the thousands of victims claimed by the Bernie Madoff financial fraud scandal. Reportedly it is considered the largest and most notorious financial frauds in human history, counting estimated losses or stollen amounts that reach up to US$65 Billion. This scandal had a reach of reportedly 127 countries, and you most likely are just founding out about it here. Hence for this essay i present to you *our African paradigm to corruption* . Will explain what that means as opening to this essay's reflection. The assertion behind this essay is; *We are deliberately exposed to a certain kind of information, and also deprived a certain kind of information, all so to shape our perception of ourselves, the people around us, the happenings and the world.* *Reflection* _____________ As i promised above, that i will explain my meaning of "Our African Paradigm to corruption". It is actually just the word paradigm, that covers the rest. A paradigm is a basis concept or framework that shapes one's understanding, perception, and approach to an aspect of life, information, subject, or phenomenon. So our African Paradigm to corruption, would be our African basis to how we perceive, understand, and approach the subject and phenomenon of corruption. Now to get back to Susan Markowitz, the 61 year old widowed pensioner's story of losing her entire life's savings and inheritance from her husband, which together mounted up to US$1 million, that she'd invested with the Bernie L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC. This story is said to be amongst the most touching individual victim stories from the Madoff saga. Okay... read closely now, this scandal was so big that along with the all mighty Lehman Brothers Saga that broke out only 3 months before it, significantly had a hand in the 2008 global economic crisis. How much do you know about that actually? Yes our own local factors had their part in the 2008 hard times, us Zimbabwe and most of the other African and or developing world economies witnessed. However, here's how a combination of the Madoff scandal and the mighty Lehman Brothers Saga, had a much more significant hand in the 2008 global economic crisis. Firstly, it started with Lehman Brothers filing on September 15th 2008, what remains the largest bankruptcy filing in Global finance history, and the reported to be trigger of the 2008 global financial crisis, which involved over US$600 Billion in assets. That much money lost for a company listed on the stock market, with thousands of institutions, companies, investment funds, individuals, groups, schemes, governments, and more, invested in them, sent the stock market globally plummeting to levels of wiping out a reported estimate of US$2 Trillion in one week. Let me share my two senses on what the stock market has to do with fuel prices, food shortages, shortages of money, and closures of businesses and a country's subsequent economic collapse. You and I are citizens of the so called developing world, or the third world. Our economic situation all around is prone to external influence and effects, in particular for an economy that in 2008 was heavily agro based as our Zimbabwean economy. Our entire industrial and financial wellbeing depended greatly on outside forces that including the climate/weather. With institutions like your pension funds, your banks, your government institutions, your big and medium businesses and much more, all invested in the stock market, for many reasons, however mainly including fiscal or financial liquidity. This means all the financially important aspects of our modern societies' socio-economic integrity, lies with the stability of the stock markets. Hence their collapse, would result in job losses, fuel price increases, subsequently food price increases, which then lead to food shortages, all the while emerging market currencies lose value, as investors retreat into safe haven markets/developed world markets and investments, that so culminating in a shortage of forex and further weakening of the local currency. So what exactly did each the Lehman Brothers Saga and the Madoff Scandal do to set off such a catastrophe? And why the local media outlets and information platforms never bothered you with contextualizing the 2008 economic crisis for you, to that point of highlighting the core. Don't worry, as part of the assertion here being explored, will here also include the areas of failure for public service media and information platforms. Continue to Part2 [Click View Channel]⬇️

Ideological Memoirs

2/21/2025, 12:19:43 PM

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Ideological Memoirs

2/20/2025, 9:36:17 AM

*Part2 Bernie Madoff: Died The Most Hated Man In The West* -If you spent a US$1 000 a day, it would take you 2 740 years to spend a Billion dollars- *Compounding Reflection* _________________________ Now back to the US$65 Billion heist. Here's What can be said about state media's role or should be role. State media is meant to put into Zimbabwean context the effects of global events, and give context to local events. Which currently state media plays the role of respondent to alternative media or the commercial perspective, and so too was in 2008. Here's What You Needed to know: *The Bernie Madoff Scandal* Arrested December 11 of 2008, Bernie Madoff was later sentenced to 150 years in prison. Here's how his operation worked: Madoff at first promised his clients consistent returns, regardless of market conditions. He claimed to use a complex investment strategy involving "blue-chip stocks and options contracts". Only later this came out to have just been use of skillful language or jargon, since he was just taking money from new investors to pay returns to earlier investors. In short that is the innerworkings of the Bernie Madoff financial fraud. Now the fallout came from the fact that some of the world's largest financial institutions and organizations, governments and individuals had been led into believing in the jargon, and investing broadly with Bernie Madoff Investment Securities LLC. This then resulting on top of the already was underway global economic crisis, that the Lehman Brothers Saga had only 3 months prior, set into motion. *The Link Between the Saga and the Scandal* _______________________ The Lehman Brothers Saga had devastated the stock market globally, leading to catastrophic losses, which in turn led to many of the affected, in particular those thousands of clients, that were later to be revealed victims in the Bernie Madoff Scandal, to begin tapping into their emergency funds, and such as what Bernie Madoff had promised them. Major Global Banks like HSBC, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan Chase, and the likes, were some of the directly affected by both the Lehman Brothers Saga and the Madoff Scandal. Going back to the assertion behind this essay of: *We are deliberately exposed to a certain kind of information, and also deprived a certain kind of information, all so to shape our perception of ourselves, the people around us, the happenings and the world.* Note that this assertion is a double edged sword, in the matters of whom is responsible for exposing and depriving you and i information. For we were told of Susan Markowitz, said that this widowed 61 year old pensioner's story of losing her entire life's savings, and inheritance from her late husband, was amongst the most touching of all. Where's if you and i, those whom through no direct input of our own, had been affected by the congruent effects of both the Lehman Brothers Saga and the Madoff Scandal, our story never was told, because we knew not that we had a story to tell in that cloud of events. The Western citizens told their story, and amongst that Susan Markowitz's story came out as the most touching. What about the Zimbabwean whom lost his job and his money turned worthless as part of effects incurred indirectly due to their Bank or the company that they worked for, were invested either in the Saga and the Scandal, or Banks and Institutions that were. Your story never was told, because you knew not that we had a story to tell there. We'd been heavily informed on Robert Mugabe and ZANU-PF's role in the crisis, spurred on against our government. *Conclusion* In closing i highlight that it must be noted that in South Africa, the ominously stated "Wasted Years" which are attributed to Jacob Zuma are the main story of the 2008 till 2017 economic drag, that which was or had been in trend with the overall global economic drag. For countries as those in the West i.e. the USA, Barack Obama's administration, they had the privilege of the 2008 financial crisis being contextualized, and in response they reassessed and reconfigured their policies to meet the policy needs to heal from the 2008 crisis, and put in place policy safeguards for future crises of similar nature. So our civic duty is to need to know, to want to know, and do so with a hunger for context. Our media outlets and information platforms, especially the ones that are state run, it is for them to cater for that need for context, and in that collective cycle, would be achieved an informed society. An informed society is spared from a politicized response to crises, however inspired to a policy based response, where stakeholders deliberate policies over matters of regalia. Bernie Madoff died the most hated man in the West, because along with the Lehman Brothers whom went on to maintain low profiles, they took the blame for a systematic failure. They took one for the team. Thank you for reading!

Ideological Memoirs

2/14/2025, 11:03:51 AM

*IdM|NewzFlash: SmashMaker [Artist & the Arts]* -Artist & the Arts, in a perfect world Art rules, and all else follows- "The opposite of depression is expression. Art is expression of feelings/emotions, imagination, and ideas, through the medium of music, theatre/film, Visual Arts, and Dance." A teacher once said to me those words, and i noted them for a lifetime. However it is in the questionnaire responses i received from the subject person to this NewzFlash Profile, that i grew to know how those words manifested, in such a unique way, from one artist to another. His Name; George Roy Freedom Nkosi, or SmashMaker. A dynamic Musician and Music Producer, with a unique track record as well as an interesting coming to stage story. The assertion for this essay is; *When on your way to a goal, trust the process, that is what builds character.* *Reflection* _____________ "I don't want a premature breakthrough, as it will result in a premature collapse of my career." SmashMaker made this confession and prophecy, in his emotive writings to me. What i could tell was that he spoke from a place of having have journeyed and saw what it truly took to get to his destination, which at this moment looks nearer than he's ever seen it before. He recalls some of the most important detours, that he's taken throughout his music journey. It is these recollections that he bases that confession and prophecy. "I got inspired by some of the most unlikiliest of people. A brother from Jamaica, whom goes by the stage name Dynamo y13." He says they met on Social media with Dynamo y13, however the impact Dynamo went on to have on his career remains indelible. "...he enlightened me on the business side of Music. Taught me of the distributors aspect of things, and that one could too make money from that." SmashMaker articulated. Although here locally, on ground the name SmashMaker, you probably haven't heard of it until now. "I haven't gotten hefty paying gigs here in Zimbabwe, and i owe that to the fact that my ground presence is relative to my local marketing and PR work, not competitive." He said. He's performed at the Airfoce of Zimbabwe's interbase sports competition, where he cites to have shared the stage with the likes of The Airfoce Band, Unkut/Legion, and the well renowned Sulumani "Sulu" Chimbetu. "There i think i received my most notable audience, and the response was positive, to the point my regular or immediate supporters i believe come from that gig." *Compounding Reflection* ________________ Having have stepped into the studio, in what he recalls to be his first time, in the year 2012, SmashMaker notes that indeed he's came a long way, to not appreciate the moments here now. "It was at the studios known as Dragum studios, in Zimbabwe's Nkulumane Bulawayo, and it was a House music song. Shout-out to Mpumelelo Nyathi[Cruz] and Brandon Bhebhe[Lytie], those people artistically raised me then." He describes his artistic acumen to have always been something he felt was to lead him to an artistic career. Given when a moment of confidence arrived, and he created something from his own artistic fecundity or fertility, he cites that moment to had been his own the rest is history moment. Subsequently from the 2012 Dragum studios moment, he went on to learn FL studio. "My ideas were already there, however software literacy was the only missing aspect, and that moment or detour from the mic on hand journey, led to my nothing short of fantastic Music Producer career. It was then around that time and through that Music Producer career that i met Dean Hunter or Dynamo y13. Meeting him led not only to Music business lessons, however links in Jamaica." SmashMaker told. His detour career blossomed, growing his artistic acumen, leading to a full fledged independent artist, with vast experiences, and a name/footprint in Jamaica. Registering with ZIMURA or the Zimbabwe Music Rights Association, he reckons that to have been one of the best advices he received from Dynamo y13. It was so because he's from ZIMURA received royalties at times, and that as a consequence of them functioning as protection to his work and interests. Meaning they on his behalf collect royalties from music users, i.e. Radio stations, TV Programs and many more. ```[See how to register with ZIMURA beneath this profile]``` *SmashMaker: George Roy Freedom Nkosi* _________________________ Given Mr. Nkosi preferred to keep the innermost personal parts of his story to himself, he for this part, opted to give me personal insight into his work. In a way he let me into his personal world that way, and as a Writer, as well as Artist to Artist, i resonated with it, and it gave me something to work with. "I have a new single out. One friend told me that i have a lot to offer, and that i should not give up, after producing all the previous works i have. So for this new chapter in my journey, i created this new single, *Kupinda*." That i felt through his text. SmashMaker was letting me into his personal world. [Check out the IdM|Promos segment on SmashMaker down below this profile] He was saying he's seen challenges, he's expecting to see more, however he's coming into a new chapter, one of bigger things and bigger challenges. Alluding to his fears of a premature career collapse, saboteurs, however in a way also still recognizing his well wishers and supporters. "A special thanks to my day ones, and in relation to all my visuals, i thank Brooklyn Films. TK Swiz Makan for his friendship and most recently, linking us up with each other Chikovhi. Great people are there, and only great people I'll focus on, to achieve great things." SmashMaker appreciated. *Conclusion* ______________ In my Writing journey i have yet to make the mark i believe i can make. It is only at moments of conversations or interactions with Artists from various fraternities of the arts, that i rediscover, that in this world there are only two stories. Hard work and Giving in. The rest is just semantics that everyone else goes through, in a way tailored to their own version of the same story. To close, i take SmashMaker's message to us all artists on our journey to establishment; "Stay loyal to your way of doing your art, because that is exactly what someone out there is waiting for." SmashMaker [Feb.Sun.9th.2025]... Chikovhi wrote this. Thank you for reading!

Ideological Memoirs

2/13/2025, 8:55:23 AM

*IdM|Must See: Footage of Guerilla Style M23 ambush on...* The footage shows a recent M23 rebel group guerrilla warfare style ambush on the DRC's national forces. Know more⬇️ Who are the M23 __________________ *M23 Rebel Group*: The March 23 Movement is a rebel group primarily composed of Tutsi fighters from the Congolese army, whom defected on the grounds of an unmet 2009 agreement (look up the agreement). They are backed by a coalition of Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi. *Why are Rwanda, Uganda, and Burundi backing them?* There are a various interests from various parties including the mentioned 3 countries in this M23 supporters coalition. - Ethnic background - The Tutsi/Hutu conflict known as the Rwandan genocide played a major part in the current ongoing situation. However there's also the DRC's internal Lendu people and Hema people ethnic conflict. Which stems from former colonial power Belgium's divide and conquer tactics, where they Socio-economically placed the Hema at a more favourable position than the Lemba. - Economic or Rare Earth minerals factor- There many other parties with their own interests that have invested in this conflict, causing a financial escalation of matters, veering away from the ethnic background and or factor. Rebel groups for hire, and defecting soldiers have became common. Note _____ The lines in this conflict are murky, and only the minerals and financial factors are most defined. Stay Tuned! Share information 🫵