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Zimbabwe Netball Team redefines the narrative

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New media continues to stretch connections and expand conversations between individuals and institutions pushing similar, sometimes divergent interests. These interlocking conversations are inevitably revealing links between traditionally divorced issues and Twitter has not failed to headline this process by providing a platform of convergence on political, social, economic, entertainment and sporting news that impact on the lived realities of Zimbabweans, among other global consumers of online content. This brief article was conceived from a Twitter conversation started by @MantateQueeneth and picked up by @chenesaimangoma. We felt we owed it to the Zimbabwean Netball Team, now fondly referred to as the zimGEMS, to elaborate on the impact that we feel they have made on the nation. They have reinstated our hope in a Zimbabwe that can compete alongside other nations and we hope by archiving these thoughts many more will learn from our zimGEMs. @MantateQueeneth :I do not kn