Jane Mlambo| Opposition leader, Nelson Chamisa has reached 500 000 followers on Twitter, beating Professor Jonathan Moyo who is on 473 000 and becoming the third most followed Zimbabwean on the popular social network after Danai Gurira (793k) and Mufti Ismail Menk who has a staggering 4.3 million followers.

Posting on Twitter, Chamisa could not hide his excitement at reaching a milestone non of the local politicians in Zimbabwe has reached since Twitter became widespread in Zimbabwe.

“Wow we’re now 500 000…Thank you dear friends for this happy space on Twitter.I thank God as I appreciate you all for the half a million followers mark. You are awesome and wonderful. Behold, how good and how pleasant it is when brothers live in harmony!” said Chamisa.

Since he became the MDC President following the death of their iconic founding leader Morgan Tsvangirai, Chamisa’s Twitter account has gained so much traction from Zimbabweans both locally and abroad.

Chamisa follows only 1,638 people and has tweeted 4,928 times.