Presidential advisor Paul Tungwarara says efforts to resolve grievances raised by some citizens are aimed at protecting the image of President Emmerson Mnangagwa and maintaining national focus on development.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Tungwarara said it was important to address concerns being raised publicly, particularly where individuals were using social media platforms to criticise the President over outstanding financial claims.
“We cannot tolerate a situation in which individuals continuously disparage the President under the guise of claiming outstanding dues,” Tungwarara said.
“Where it becomes necessary for us to intervene and resolve such grievances for the greater good of our leader and the nation, then we must do so decisively in order to silence unnecessary noise and refocus our collective energy on national development rather than daily propaganda, recordings and distractions.”
Tungwarara said several people who previously held grievances had since reconciled with the ruling party and pledged support for Zanu‑PF and President Mnangagwa, with some reportedly defecting from opposition ranks.
“Many individuals who previously held grievances have since reconciled, returned to the fold and pledged their support to Zanu‑PF and the President,” he said.
In laymen’s language; Zanu PF is doing what is has always done - bribe its opponents and critics!
Money that should be spend on the good of Rome is instead wasted on the glory of Caesar. No wonder we are failed state.
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𝗙𝗔𝗖𝗧𝗦 𝗔𝗥𝗢𝗨𝗡𝗗 𝗥𝗨𝗧𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗢 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗗𝗥 𝗧𝗨𝗡𝗚𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗔𝗥𝗔’𝗦 𝗘𝗡𝗚𝗔𝗚𝗘𝗠𝗘𝗡𝗧.
First, let me start by saying that I had never met or spoken to Presidential Advisor Dr Paul Tungwarara until he approached me online yesterday. During this public engagement, like a true leader, he extended a hand of reconciliation through the gesture of a vehicle, which he said was in recognition of the work I have done for the country.
He then invited me to a roundtable discussion to understand why I am publicly opposing CAB3, critiquing the President’s work, and expressing my separate frustrations regarding the government's non-payment in relation to my fight against sanctions.
We subsequently had another discussion offline, during which he explained to me that the President is not responsible for my non-payment for the sanctions work, but that responsibility lies with Kuda Tagwirei, whom was mandated to work with me.
Additionally, he informed me that he would engage the President and all stakeholders on the way forward. As a result, in the same way that talks between ZAPU and ZANU led to the Unity Accord, and discussions between MDC and ZANU-PF led to the Government of National Unity, we are going to have frank discussions and seek a suitable way to navigate our differing political positions around CAB3.
I also informed him that, contrary to the perceptions of some, I have no issue with the President, the First Lady, or the First Family. I have merely expressed the same constructive criticism on certain issues that I have raised since President Mnangagwa assumed office. And he has never taken issue with me criticizing him before because he has always been a listening President who allows open and frank discourse.
Zimbabwe is a failed state and one reason why we are a failed state is because the nation has more than its fair share of mercenaries masquerading as champions fighting for the common good! Mercenaries who have sold out the common good for the Judas Iscariot 30 pieces of silver. Whilst Iscariot repented and hanged himself Zimbabwe’s Iscariot have flouted their ill-gotten wealth. They sold out their own mother for a price and proud they had a mother to sell!
Our situation has been compounded by an ignorant, naive and gullible majority who have failed to see the difference even after 46 years and counting of being lied to, conned and dragged deeper and deeper into this economic and political hell-on-earth.
Many of the mercenaries have turned philanthropists, sharing a fraction of their ill-gotten wealth with the poor; has made them national heroes! The penny has yet to drop that the mercenaries and the ruling elite masters are not only profiting from stealing from the masses but are doing everything they can to keep the masses poor and pendent on handout.
The mercenaries and the ruling elite give with one hand and make a big song and dance about it and steal a great deal more than they give away. In Zimbabwe the mercenaries and the ruling elite have formed a formidable team the former are doing all the looting of the nation’s wealth, rubbing the common people blind, and the latter have used brute force to deny the ordinary people a meaningful say in the governance of the country.
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@ D Mafa
Political activist and Zambezia Economic Movement founder Devine Mafa has sharply criticised Presidential Investment Advisor Dr Paul Tungwarara following a widely discussed social media exchange involving government critic Rutendo Matinyarare.
In a strongly worded statement posted on X on Saturday, Mafa accused Tungwarara of conducting what he described as “a public bribe” after the presidential advisor publicly offered Matinyarare a Toyota Land Cruiser 300 Series ahead of a proposed roundtable discussion.
The controversy erupted after Tungwarara urged Matinyarare to “de‑escalate” attacks against President Emmerson Mnangagwa and invited him to dialogue, saying the luxury vehicle was “the first condition” for the upcoming meeting.
Matinyarare, who had recently intensified criticism of politically connected elites and senior government figures, accepted the offer and signalled willingness to pursue reconciliation talks.
Reacting to the development, Mafa said the incident reflected a broader culture of political patronage in Zimbabwe.
“You just conducted a public bribe on Twitter and called it a debt settlement,” Mafa wrote.
“This is why Zimbabwe ranks among the most corrupt countries in the world. Not because corruption happens in the dark. Because it happens in the open and nobody is supposed to say anything.”
It is now clear that Matinyarare’s motive for the years of calling for sanctions to be lifted was not motivated by the belief that “the sanctions were hurting the ordinary people and not justified,” as he said. He was after the reward for heading the campaign. And like all mercenaries was very bitter when the promised bribe was denied.
His claim that Mnangagwa “is a listening President” is all propaganda bullsh**t. Who was Mnangagwa listening to when he blatantly rigged the 2018 elections covered up the cold blooded murder of the protesters on 1 st August 2018? If the sanctions against Ian Smith’s were justified then so too were the sanctions against Mnangagwa for what he did in 2018 elections!
@ Rutendo
"Mnangagwa is sick and will be replace by Chiwenga soon."
So the years and billions of dollars wasted pushing ED2030 Agenda were all for nothing! Even if Chiwenga takes over, he will kill CAB3 but will work flat out to rig 2028 elections.
Fcuk me! No wonder we are a failed nation.
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CHARLTON HWENDE HAS JUST ADMITTED WHAT MANY IN THE OPPOSITION REFUSE TO ACCEPT ABOUT CAB3
When Charlton Hwende speaks about the opposition's failure to stop Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3), he does so from a position few can match.
Hwende is a sitting Member of Parliament, former Secretary-General of the MDC Alliance and former Secretary-General of the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC). He has occupied some of the highest offices in opposition politics and remains one of the most recognisable figures within Zimbabwe's opposition movement.
That is why his latest remarks deserve close attention.
For months, Zimbabweans have been subjected to a carefully cultivated narrative that CAB3 was facing overwhelming national resistance. Social media timelines were flooded with declarations that the Bill would be defeated. Activists projected confidence. Commentators predicted disaster for ZANUPF. Opposition supporters repeatedly assured each other that the tide was turning.
Yet in one candid intervention, Hwende has effectively dismantled that entire narrative.
His central argument is impossible to miss.
The opposition did not possess the structures, organisation, discipline or mobilisation machinery necessary to mount a serious challenge to CAB3.
That admission is far more significant than many realise.
For the better part, opposition politics has been consumed by personality cults, internal purges, factional battles and endless social media warfare. Those who warned about the consequences of abandoning structures and constitutional processes were mocked, insulted and labelled sell-outs. Those who remained in Parliament were subjected to daily attacks from the very activists who now claim to be shocked by the outcome of the CAB3 process.
Hwende's statement amounts to an acknowledgement that those poor decisions carried consequences.
Politics is ultimately a contest of organisation.
It is won by those who can mobilise supporters, build structures, communicate effectively and convert public sentiment into measurable participation. No amount of online outrage can substitute for that reality.
The CAB3 process exposed this distinction with brutal clarity.
More than 540,000 submissions were received during the public consultation process. Over 537,000 were in support of the Bill. Fewer than 3,000 opposed it.
These are not merely statistics. They represent the most direct measurement of public participation available during the consultation process.
What those numbers reveal is that there was a vast gulf between the impression created online and the reality on the ground.
For years, many opposition activists convinced themselves that social media trends represented the national mood. CAB3 exposed the danger of confusing digital visibility with political influence. The loudest voices on X, Facebook and WhatsApp turned out to be a tiny minority when compared to the hundreds of thousands of ordinary Zimbabweans who took part in the formal consultation process.
This is where Hwende's intervention becomes particularly devastating to the anti-CAB3 narrative.
He is not arguing that the opposition fought hard and narrowly lost.
He is arguing that the opposition lacked the organisational capacity to fight effectively in the first place.
That is an entirely different proposition.
Part 2 of 2
CHARLTON HWENDE HAS JUST ADMITTED WHAT MANY IN THE OPPOSITION REFUSE TO ACCEPT ABOUT CAB3
That is an entirely different proposition.
His statement acknowledges that years of dismantling party structures and weakening organisational capacity left the opposition unable to mobilise citizens at the scale required to influence a constitutional process of this magnitude. In essence, he is conceding that while opponents of CAB3 may have been highly visible online, they were neither numerous enough nor organised enough to shape the national conversation in any meaningful way.
Meanwhile, ZANUPF's structures functioned exactly as political structures are designed to function.
From national leadership to provinces, districts, wards and cells, the party mobilised participation across the country. Churches, community organisations, traditional leaders, residents' groups and ordinary citizens engaged with the process in large numbers and made their views known.
Whether one supports CAB3 or opposes it, the political reality is undeniable: one side organised and participated, while the other side largely complained and protested.
Perhaps the most important aspect of Hwende's remarks is that they demolish the lingering fantasy that CAB3 could somehow still be stopped through parliamentary speeches or social media pressure.
His analysis points to a much simpler reality.
The decisive battle was won long before Parliament convened to debate the Bill. It was won through superior organisation, disciplined mobilisation and overwhelming participation by ordinary Zimbabweans.
Most importantly, it was won because CAB3 enjoyed overwhelming support from ordinary Zimbabweans while its opponents failed to build either the numerical strength or organisational coherence required to place a meaningful dent in that support.
That is the uncomfortable truth buried within Charlton Hwende's statement.
For all the rhetoric, all the hashtags, all the press conferences and all the claims of mass resistance, a senior opposition leader has now publicly acknowledged what many observers concluded months ago: the opposition lacked both the structures and the support base necessary to stop CAB3.
In doing so, he has conceded something many of his allies still refuse to say openly.
CAB3 was not unstoppable because of some political miracle. It was unstoppable because one side had the people, the structures and the organisation, while the other had little more than noise.”
What Charlton Hwange has said is truth and facts spoken after the event and, per se, irrelevant. He knows that and is saying it to deceive and confuse the uninitiated!
“The opposition did not possess the structures, organisation, discipline or mobilisation machinery necessary to mount a serious challenge to CAB3.”
That is true.
But what Hwende has not said is that the opposition participated in all past elections including 2023 elections not only lacking the structures, etc. but, more significantly, knowing that Zanu PF will rig and win the elections. They also knew participating would give Zanu PF legitimacy. And still they participated out of greed.
The damage of giving Zanu PFR legitimacy was done by participating in flawed elections, it is naive to even suggest that the regime could be stopped passing CAB3!
@ Nhari
Address the issues raised here. I reject the nonsense that only Zimbabweans in Zimbabwe can comment on matters affecting Zimbabwe. Millions have left the country for whatever reasons, are you denying them a voice too or is it just me! I have no patients with morons like you!
@ Cool Breeze
Zimbabwe is a failed state that left 49% living in extreme poverty and forced millions to leave the country - these are the facts I talk about. If these are indeed the true facts then I make no apology for speaking the truth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WagLPL2EXZY
Zimbabwe is a failed state and the root cause is 46 years of the double curse of rigged elections and bad governance. It is important to understand that this is a man-made problem. Zanu PF has rigged elections denying the people a meaningful say in the governance of the country because the party believes it has the divine right to govern and it has ruthlessly imposed this claim.
IT IS THEREFORE NAIVE, TO SAY THE LEAST, TO EXPECT ZANU PF TO PROPOSE ANY SOLUTION TO THE COUNTRY'S PROBLEM OF BAD GOVERNANCE. ZANU PF IS THE PROBLEM AND, PER SE, CANNOT BE THE SOLUTION TOO!
https://x.com/i/broadcasts/1nGnRRrwOdoGO
If anyone can justify the imposition of sanctions against Ian Smith before independence he/she cannot deny that sanctions impose of Zanu PF were necessary, especially after the 2008 flawed and illegal elections. It is now clear that Rutendo Matinyarare's campaign to have the sanctions lifted was not because he believed the sanctions were not justified. It was all propaganda for which he expected to be paid.
When he was not paid for his Anti-Sanction propaganda, he started shooting from the hip; denouncing Mnangagwa, his family and CAB3. He has since been paid and was proud to show off his new car!
Matinyarare does not care about the damage to the nation the lifting of the sanctions has done, that he conned SADC and AU leaders to endorse the lifting of sanctions, etc., etc. One of Zimbabwe's worst curse is having sell out intellectuals, lots and lots of them!
@ TMG
I am stating facts here not blaming anyone - there is a world of difference between the two! As for the alternative, I leave that one to you!
https://www.facebook.com/wilbert.mukori.5/videos/878679435286434
Many Zimbabweans have missed the two real big stories behind Dr Tungwarara's new car and lots of cash bribe to silence Rutendo Matinyayrare;
1) Billions of dollars Zanu PF is spending bankrolling the propaganda activities of VaRakashi4ED like Matinyarare; money that should be spend on schools, health, etc.
2) Propaganda distorts facts and so the national debate and decisions on are based on falsehoods and no wonder the nation making one blunder after another. One of the reasons why we are a failed state is our failure to hold free, fair and credible elections. Matinyarare's anti-sanction campaign was premised on the claim elections are free, fair and credible!
@ Isaac Makomichi
You and Tagwirei, Matinyarare, etc. have one thing in common - you have shown your willingness to deny facts and to distort reality in your zeal to promote your chosen leader.
Chiwenga and Mnangagwa are both ruthless thugs who believe they have the divine right to rule Zimbabwe and they teamed up to launch the 2008 Operation Mavhotera Papi to drive the message they will do anything to retain absolute power including mass killing. The two thugs have fallen out because Mnangagwa is refusing to step down.
You are fighting Tagwirei because he happens to back Mnangagwa and you back Chiwenga. What you cannot get into your thick head is that no Zimbabwean with half a brain will ever back Chiwenga or Mnangagwa because they are both thugs! In 2017 the nation swap one dictator for another - we are not going to repeat that foolishness!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiJqbsE20Xc
The threat of violence against all black Africans foreigners in SA after 30 June is real and many African nations have stepped in help get their nationals out of SA. Zimbabwe's response was shocking, to say the least.
Zimbabweans must "Walk Back Home the Same Way They Walked to South Africa. Zimbabwe Doesn't Have a Budget to Transport Them for Free Before 30 June.” said Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. The sheer arrogance and cold blooded indifference is chilling, more so given it is the regime's tyrannical misrule that has forced millions of Zimbabweans to leave the country as economic and/or political refugees.
Zimbabweans have sat twiddling the fingers for far too long. Zimbabwe is a failed state; this is a man-made problem and, per se, within our powers to solve it. For 46 years and counting we have allowed Zanu PF to rid roughshod over us all! This must stop.
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