Multiple award winner and renowned Zimbabwean investigative journalist Hopewell Chin’ono show his grateful after he wrote his perspective on former president of South Africa Jacob Zuma.
In his twitter post, Chin’ono said “I never expect all my followers to agree with me; it would be weird to have 718,400 Twitter followers agreeing with everything I say”.
In a post seen by newsreportzim.com, the journalist Hopewell Chin’ono wrote the following:
“Thank you to everyone who gave their reflections on this tweet about my perspective on Jacob Zuma, which is based on talking to many people around him, and those who know him well.”
“I never expect all my followers to agree with me; it would be weird to have 718,400 Twitter followers agreeing with everything I say.”
“That Twitter followership is the size of 13 Moses Mabhida stadiums or 8 Wembley stadiums.
How can all those people agree on everything one says? It is impossible.”
“We are simply here to exchange ideas, and the ones that carry much more reasoning weight will emerge on top. That is how humankind has developed!”
“Some asked why I sometimes comment on South African issues.
I am an international journalist who doesn’t only cover Zimbabwe; I cover the world!”
“South Africa is important not only to South Africans but to Zimbabweans too and the rest of the continent.”
“South African banks and mining companies operate in Zimbabwe, and three-quarters of goods in Zimbabwean supermarkets are manufactured in South Africa.”
“It would be foolish for any decent journalist not to be interested in what happens in a country that is your biggest trading partner!”
“Common sense should tell us that any man or woman who is educated enough to be able to read and write and reason should be curious about the rest of the world and not behave like they are in a Bantustan, where folks are inward-looking.”
“Those that throw their intellectual net wider learn the most; I choose to learn!”
“We don’t have to agree always, and we don’t have to use crude language when engaging, that is a sign of losing an argument.”
“As the late great Bishop Desmond Tutu once said;
Don’t raise your voice. Improve your argument.”
Source Newsreportzim.com
