I wore the #ZanupfMustGo face mask and walked the streets of Harare CBD. People were looking at me vachiratidza kundinzwira tsitsi. Nobody wanted to associate with me. I heard some saying, "zvivindi zvako izvi uchafira mahara". Stood at a ZUPCO queue for almost 30 minutes

There was dead silence as people kept on staring at me as if I was a criminal. One man came close to me and said, "mfana you are very brave but hazvishandi muno, unonyudzwa". A wave of fear blew my poor body but I remained resolute and steadfast. The man was taller, more muscular

I feared the obvious. Can I be abducted at a bus terminus in broad daylight? I asked myself. He asked me to follow him out of 4th rank. All people who were on the ZUPCO queue kept quiet, I don't think they said a word. Looking at their faces, they were saying, zvaiwana ngwarati.

I wanted to tweet and raise an alarm but remembered that my account was deactivated. The man asked where I stay. I thought of running away but he was holding chisaga changu chemapotatoes. He typed on his smartphone and focused on it for a while. After less than 10 minutes

a Toyota wish came. Only the driver was inside. He looked to be in his late 50s, grey hair. The man said he had paid for the taxi to get me home safe. I was startled. I was relieved when I learnt that the vehicle had a VAYA contract. I didn't get a chance to thank that man.