As the nation grapples with the gravity of the coronavirus
pandemic and the volatility it brings, frontline health workers are proving
bold in all spheres of life, including on the love front.
Twimbos, as Zimbabweans have come to be known on
micro-blogging site Twitter, on Friday played match-maker when one Lenon
Gwaunza (@lgwaunza), a neurologist, openly requested a date with feisty
lawyer-cum-politician Fadzai Mahere.
“Hey @advocatemahere, You’re the most intelligent and
beautiful woman I know. “Just figured I’d shoot my shot. Stay amazing [flame
emoji],” wrote Gwaunza in what would become the most trending tweet of the day.
For those in the dark, the concept of shooting one’s shot
entails the bravery of unexpectedly wooing someone particularly online.
While it remains a mystery when exactly the South
Africa-based doctor got smitten with Mahere and whether it will amount to
anything, it appears he got fed up of waiting for the lockdown to be lifted
before declaring his affection and subsequently asking for a date.
Interestingly, his daring move caught the attention of
many, including MDC leader Nelson Chamisa, activist Pastor Evan Mawarire and
United Kingdom envoy Melanie Robinson among the who’s who and ordinary tweeps
who aired their views.
But, as the doctor would learn, it definitely takes more
than attention to flatter an audacious Mahere who only gave in after her
demands for 5 000 retweets and donations amounting to US$5 000 towards a
Covid-19 cause were met.
“Dear @lgwaunza, You made it to 4K. I say YES to this date.
Your move now. “Thank you for rallying your troops to support this #ZimAgainstCovid19
Trust. Please ask them to keep donating. I will do a photo shoot if they get to
5K. I hope you’re as amazing as they say you are [kiss emoji],” she tweeted.
With donations of all sorts still flowing in and
restaurants falling over each other in a bid to host the date for free when the
ban on gatherings is lifted, it seems the much-hyped romantic appointment will
take place.
All that is left is a date and time, so Gwaunza should
perhaps start preparing a presentation for the next men’s conference on how to
sweep one of the most respected women in the land off her feet in hours.
Meanwhile, if by any chance it lasts longer than this one
meal, this could be a classic case of what Rihanna meant in her 2011 smash hit
We Found Love.
The neurologist’s effort to “find love in a hopeless place”
would have yielded an epic love story and twimbos would have been there to
witness it all from the beginning.
Efforts to contact Mahere and Gwaunda were fruitless
yesterday. Standard
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