Comrade Geza, swapping Mnangagwa for Chiwenga will change nothing; most war veterans will remain as poor as a church mouse. W Mukori

 “Isu hatina kusafira vanhu vemezvibvindo. Takasafira povo yanetsva nevarungu. Ndiyo yavakusupwa nesu nhasi!” (We did not suffer for the few ruling elite. We suffered to free povo who were suffering from white colonial oppression. The same povo are today being oppressed by fellow blacks!) said Victor Matemadanda in 2017 to the thunderous applause from his fellow war veterans. 

When he mentioned the suffering of the war veterans living in poverty the applause was deafening. It was clear this was the number one reasons the war veterans were unhappy - the suffering of povo was nothing more than the stocking horse!

Last week Blessed Geza said almost the same thing to yet another thunderous applause from his fellow war veterans.

In 2017 Matemadanda was demanding that Robert Mugabe was go, he had failed the nation. He was forced to resign soon after the 15 November 2017 military coup. 

Geza and company are demanding that Mnangagwa must resign or he too will be forced out! 

Some one has produced a video with the two war veterans side by side to underline the fact that the nation has been here before and nothing changed after the coup in 2017. Rest assured, nothing will change this time round either particularly since it is already clear Geza and company are garnering for VP Chiwenga to replace Mnangagwa.

Replacing Mugabe with Mnangagwa did not bring about any meaningful political or economic changes since the later was just as corrupt, incompetent and a murderous tyrant as Mugabe. The would be investors were not fooled by Mnangagwa’s “Zimbabwe is open for business!” 2017 mantra. They could see that Zimbabwe remained a pariah state and by rigging the 2018 elections Mnangagwa confirmed nothing indeed had changed.

All those who know VP Chiwenga will tell you that his meteoric rise to the rank of Commander of Zimbabwe Defence Force was NOT on merit but rather political connections. He has played his part in helping create and retain the Zanu PF de facto one party state and, in turn, got his share of the lion’s share of the looted wealth. 

In short, Chiwenga is just as corrupt, incompetent and does not have a single drop of democrat blood in his veins. And so replacing Mnangagwa, a dictator, with Chiwenga another dictator will change nothing. 

So the overwhelming majority of the war veterans, who are demanding that Mnangagwa step down, will discover that in one, two, etc. years from now they will still be as poor as the proverbial church mouse! 

Robert Mugabe and company conned the war veterans to subscribe to the foolish notion that Zanu PF has the divine right to govern the country and that was the primary purpose of the war of liberation. And hence the reason why even when the war veterans admit Zanu PF failure they can only think of replacing the Zanu PF leader with another party leader, even after 45 years of  Zanu PF misrule. 

Zimbabwe is a failed state because the nation has been stuck with the corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship for the last 45 years. The war veterans has played their part in helping Zanu PF rig the elections and stay in power. 

The real tragedy here is that Matemadanda, Geza and the rest of the war veterans have not learned that swapping one dictator for another will change nothing. Change, real and meaningful change, will come from dismantling the failed one-party dictatorship itself and to do that they must accept that all Zimbabweans, not just war veterans, have the right to free, fair and credible elections.

The right to all citizens to a meaningful say in the governance is more than just a right - it is the essence of good governance. After 45 years of blundering from pillar to post, from one dictator to another, Zimbabwe desperately needs good governance.

The only sure way to stop Zanu PF rigged the referendum to amend the constitution is by stopping partićipating to give process legitimacy. Wilbert Mukori

 Tendai Biti has acknowledged that Mnangagwa has corrupted the opposition to make sure he will have no problem getting the 2/3 majority approval in House of Assembly and in Senate for the proposed constitutional amendment to enable Mnangagwa to stay in power beyond 2028. The only remaining hope of stopping the amendment going through now is making sure the people vote no in the two referendums that must follow. 

“Ipapo ndopatchapedzerana! We are going to move mountains to make sure we get a no vote!” boasted Biti.

This is the usual irrational and idiotic nonsense we have come to expect from Tendai Biti and his sell-out MDC/CCC fiends. We are being asked to participate in a flawed and illegal process, a significant part of which has already been corrupted and is therefore done and dusted, knowing fully well that our participating WILL give the process legitimacy. 

This is not the first time we have MDC/CCC leaders have asked the nation to participate in a flawed and illegal process; knowing fully well that Zanu PF was rigging and that participating will give Zanu PF legitimacy. They have lied that the opposition has devised strategies to win RIGGED elections to con the people to participate. 

Chamisa assured the nation CCC would win 2023 elections because he “plugged all the Zanu PF vote rigging loop holes. #Godisinit!” He even had the chutzpah to evoke the name of God. Of course, he was lying and Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF cronies went on to blatantly rig those elections. 

SADC and AU election observers condemned the 2023 Zimbabwe elections as flawed and illegal! 

“The SEOM (SADC Election Observer Mission) noted that, as detailed in sections 6 and 7 of this report, some aspects of the Harmonised Elections fell short of the requirements of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the Electoral Act, and the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections (2021),” stated the SEOM report.

What is really infuriating is that Tendai Biti and his opposition fiends KNOW the sheer futility of participating in these flawed election and yet they continue participating out of greed. David Coltart admitted this as far bak as 2016! 

“The (2013) electoral process was so flawed, so illegal, that the only logical step was to withdraw, which would compel SADC to hold Zanu PF to account. But such was the distrust between the MDC-T and MDC-N that neither could withdraw for fear that the other would remain in the elections, winning seats and giving the process credibility,” confessed David Coltart in his Book, The Struggle Continues 50 years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe. 

Tendai Biti should open his eyes, his no vote is not guaranteed since some of his won opposition fiends are already campaigning for a yes vote for Mnangagwa. Coltart was praising Mnangagwa in a recent x-post for approving, “Glassblock Dam project #vision 2030!” 

It is beggars belief that anyone would believe one long over due project for Bulawayo would make all the other teething problems like the collapsed industries and mass unemployment disappear and uplift the city residence into upper middle income in five years! He is praising Mnangagwa out of selfish greed - as usual.

If the constitutional amendments sailing through parliament will have the power to postpone election willy-nilly which is tantamount to denying the people the right to elect public officials to office for a fixed mandate. This is even more serious than the current sorry state of rigged elections since the amendments will give the illegitimate regime the power to extend its illegitimate mandate. 

The right to a meaningful say in the governance of the country is more than just a right, it is the essence of good governance. Zimbabwe is a failed state because we have been stuck with this corrupt and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship and its equally corrupt and useless MDC/CCC side-kick. At least we have always held on to the hope that next elections, God willing, we will finally have free, fair and credible elections and the regime change we have been dying for. 

However if the proposed constitutional amendments sail through the vote rigging regime will have the power to willy-nilly postpone elections and thus extend its mandate beyond the regular every five years for all public officials and for the president beyond the fixed two five-year term. 

Given the seriousness of these referendums on the good governance and political stability of Zimbabwe it would be irresponsible that referendum should take place when nothing has been done to ensure the political process is squeaky clean and the result is truly the democratic wish of the people of Zimbabwe.

It is very tragic that Zimbabweans have been easily conned to participate in flawed elections again and again only to give vote rigging Zanu PF legitimacy. Not even one token reform was implemented by the regime since the rigged 2023 elections, Zanu PF is going to rig the proposed constitution amendment process, no one should participate in the reforms. No one! 

What if come January 2031 Zimbabwe is a failed state - proof vision 2030 was a mirage! What then Mnangagwa? W Mukori

 There are some things we can debate and even agree to disagree. There are others we should not even discuss because they are obvious and beyond dispute. The right of every Zimbabwean to a meaningful say in the governance of the country is one of those things beyond dispute. 

The right to a meaningful say in the governance of the country is more than just a right - it is the essence of good governance. 

Zimbabwe is a failed state precisely because for 45 years and counting the nation has been stuck with this corrupt, incompetent and murderous Zanu PF dictatorship. The regime has rigged elections to stay in power, denying the people a meaningful say in the governance of the country.

Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF cronies rigged the 2023 elections. Both SADC and AU have condemned the election process as flawed and illegal. Mnangagwa and his Zanu PF government are illegitimate. 

It is therefore an outrage that the regime should be seeking to extend its stay in power by amending the constitution to give parliament the power to postpone 2028 elections to 2030.

“Muchida, mushingadi vaMnangagwa varikusvika nenyika mugore ra2030!” (Whether people like it or not Mnangagwa will remain in power until 2030!) boasted Zanu PF Minister Garwe. He even had the cheek to call those objecting to the outrageous proposals, demons.

Yes, I readily admit that I am one of these demanding that Zanu PF must not amend the constitution and that Mnangagwa must not stay beyond 2028. Mnangagwa and his cronies can call me a puppet, Uncle Tom, a demon, etc., etc.; I still stand firm on my demands.   

Mnangagwa has been at the heart of this Zanu PF government for 45 years the last 7 years of which he was the top dog and will remain in that office another 3 years till 2028 years. Why is he asking to stay in power for an additional 2 years beyond the 2028? 

Mnangagwa must answer the following questions:

1. 1) What are these transformative projects you say will turn Zimbabwe, a failed state in which millions are living in abject poverty today, into an upper middle income nation by 2030 - the so-called vision 2030? 

1. 2) Why has Zanu PF failed to deliver these projects these last 45 years,  48 years to the end of 2028 to justify amending the constitution to give you an addition two more years?

1. 3) And what is so special about the projects and/or Mnangagwa that only him and no one else can be trusted to complete them?

1. 4) The Zimbabwe economic has been in decline ever since the country’s independence, if the country is going to be an upper middle income nation by 2030; surely we should be signs by now of the economic recovery. Where is it that there are signs of economic recovery?

1. 5) When Mnangagwa took-over from Mugabe in 2017 he proclaimed that “Zimbabwe was open for business!” He was cocksure his proclamation would be followed by a flood of investors kick starting the comatose economy. There was no flood of investors came and the Zimbabwe economy is still in the doldrums! Vision 2030 is just another one of his empty promises, isn’t it?

1. 6) Last but most important of all; if the nation wakes up on 1st January 2031 to the reality of the nation is still a failed state and that vision 2030 was just a blatant lie, a mirage! What then Mr Mnangagwa?   

Of course, we all know the answers to all these questions. Vision 2030 is just the latest Zanu PF feeble excuse to remain in office, the party thugs believe they have the divine right to rule the country and to loot the nation’s wealth. 

Mnangagwa and Zanu PF will never ever admit to failure much less to looting and tyrannical oppression. Zanu PF would be plotting on how to rig the 2030 elections if the regime had not devised another extension of its mandate! 

“You have sat too long here for any good you have been doing. Depart, I say, and let us have done with you. In the name of God, go.” Oliver Cromwell told the British Rump parliament in 1653 which too had over stayed its lawful mandate and its usefulness.

The people of Zimbabwe should have booted out this corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical Zanu PF regime together with its equally corrupt and useless MDC/CCC side-kick decades ago. We did not and have paid dearly for our folly. The number one priority before us today is to stop Zanu PF amending the constitution to strip away the people’s right to regular elections and to make sure that from hence forth these elections are free, fair and credible. 

Chiwenga is a corrupt and vote rigging Zanu PF thug how anyone could ever consider him the nation's saviour beggars belief. W Mukori

 @ Zimeye

“The recent arrival of Vice President General Constantino Chiwenga at the National Heroes Acre incited waves of celebration among supporters, who are increasingly viewing him as a potential saviour for a nation desperate for change. This article will analyze the implications of Chiwenga’s return, his statements regarding corruption, and what they might mean for both the ruling elite and ordinary Zimbabweans.

Chiwenga’s arrival at the National Heroes Acre was met with enthusiasm from supporters, a reflection of their desire for transformative leadership. For many, he symbolised hope against a backdrop of political stagnation. The jubilation can be understood as a reaction to widespread frustration with the current government, led by President Emmerson Mnangagwa. People celebrated Chiwenga not just for his military background, which evokes a legacy of decisive action, but also for his positioning as a beacon against corruption, a topic resonant in the minds of many Zimbabweans.

However, this fervent reception also exposes a schism within the political landscape. While Chiwenga is hailed as a potential leader capable of instituting change, his celebration also underscores a yearning for stability in a nation plagued by economic collapse and rampant mismanagement.”

The people of Zimbabwe welcomed the 2017 military coup because they were so focused on “Mugabe must go!” they were convinced any one else would be infinitely better. 

Even when they knew Mnangagwa was replacing Mugabe many were out shouting “Give Mnangagwa a chance!” They knew Mnangagwa was Mugabe’s henchman, he was the man behind the vote rigging, the looting and the cold-blooded murders of Gukurahundi, 2008 electoral coup, etc. 

The nation gave Mnangagwa a chance and the “Second Republic” as he loves calling his years as top dog, has turned out to be no different from Mugabe years. You do not get a silk purse from a sower’ ear; we all knew that Mnangagwa is a buffoon and it was mad to expect any good from him.

Constantino Chiwenga was top brass in the Army during Mugabe days and like all the other senior officers he played his part is the creation and imposition of the de facto one-party dictatorship, especially in the 2008 Operation Mavhotera Papi. He was rewarded for his role and amassed a fortune. 

He played the leading role in the 2017 military coup, he even claimed that the coup was to defend the nation’s constitution although he never said which chapter and verse in constitution supported a coup. There is no such chapter and verse. He was appointed VP, his reward for staging the coup. 

Chiwenga is up in arms against this Mnangagwa for 2030 because he thinks it is now his turn to be top dog. He has been speaking against corruption (Mr Squeaky clean, had his lion’s share of the wholesale looting) and in defence of the constitution (he has rigged elections and staged the 2017 coup). How anyone can ever consider Chiwenga the nation’s saviour beggars belief.

No wonder Zimbabwe is a failed state, we have such short memories and therefore are prone to repeated the same idiotic mistake of expecting good governance and economic prosperity from a buffoon, even some one with a well documented track record as a buffoon. 

We all know Chiwenga is a buffoon and we still want to give him a chance. To do what exactly? “Kukagamwa chezuro nehope!” as one would say in Shona!

American president serving 3rd term will not affect quality of government- not so in Zimbabwe. W Mukori

 “A Republican House member introduced a resolution to amend the American Constitution to allow President Donald Trump - and any other future presidents - to be elected to serve a third term.” reported CNBC.

One cannot the joy and jubilation this news has brought to Mnangagwa and his “Mnangagwa for 2030” bandwagon. If the Americans can amend their constitution to allow their president to serve a third term, surely Zimbabweans should be allowed to do the same! What is good for the goose is good for the gander!

Comparing the two amendments and the two nation is nonsensical and here is why:

1. 1) American constitutional amendment will allow future presidents to stand for election for a third term, Zimbabwe’s proposed constitutional amendment is seeking to allow parliament to postpone elections to allow president, MPs, Senators and all other elected public officials to extend their stay in office without having to seek a fresh mandate from the people.

1. 2) The people of Zimbabwe were stuck with President Robert Mugabe for 37 years not because they wanted him to stay. They could not get him out of office because he rigged the elections. When Mnangagwa took over from Mugabe following the 2017 military coup, he promised to hold free and fair elections. He failed to keep his promise and he rigged the 2018 and 2023 elections. Zimbabweans fought hard to make sure the two term maximum limit was added to the 2013 Constitution as a desperate measure to stop vote rigging presidential leaders staying beyond the ten years. 

1. 3) America has a 250 year old tradition of holding free, fair and credible elections, all the nation’s presidents had the people’s mandate in a free, fair and credible elections. And so there is no fear that amending the constitution to allow a third term would have any detrimental effect on the quality of government. 

1. 4) Zimbabwe has failed to hold free, fair and credible elections in the country’s 45 years of independence. Free, fair and credible elections are not just a fundamental right, there are the very essence of good governance. Zimbabwe is a dysfunction autocracy that has failed to remove failed leaders through elections because they rig elections and has been hoping to limit the failed leaders to stay in office through maximum term limit.

The proposed American constitutional amendment to allow future president to serve a third term will have no effect on the quality of government because it is the free, fair and credible people’s democratic mandate that has been the guarantor of quality government. The proposed Zimbabwe constitutional amendment to postpone elections will give the vote rigging ruling elite the absolute power to do as the damn well please and drag the nation even deeper into the economic and political abyss.

To compare amending the American constitution to allow one to serve a third presidential term to Zimbabwe’s amendment to take away the people’s power to elect leaders is as outrageous as comparing drinking water to drinking poison!

"We refused to be lured with trapping of power", boasted Chamisa. So why did you fail to implement even one token reform in 25 years? W Mukori

 The people of Zimbabwe have risked livelihoods, limbs and even their lives (over 500 were murdered by Zanu PF during the 2008 presidential run-off alone) to elect MDC/CCC leaders not power on the understanding they would implement the necessary democratic changes, reforms, to stop Zanu PF rigging the elections. Morgan Tsvangirai and company named the party Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) when they it in 1999 to underline the primary purpose of the party was to deliver democratic changes.

Mnangagwa and Zanu PF blatantly rigged the 2023 elections and got away with it because MDC/CCC leaders have failed to implement even one token reform, particularly during the 2008 to 2013 GNU when they had the golden opportunity to do so. Ever since the GNU debacle, MDC/CCC leaders have participated in flawed elections knowing fully well that doing so would give legitimacy to Zanu PF. Still they went ahead regardless out of greed.

“The (2013) electoral process was so flawed, so illegal, that the only logical step was to withdraw, which would compel SADC to hold Zanu PF to account. But such was the distrust between the MDC-T and MDC-N that neither could withdraw for fear that the other would remain in the elections, winning seats and giving the process credibility,” confessed David Coltart in his Book, The Struggle Continues 50 years of Tyranny in Zimbabwe.

Robert Mugabe bribed Tsvangirai and company with the trappings of high office; the E-Class Mercedes Benz ministerial limos, the very generous salaries and allowances, the US$ 4 million Highlands mansion for Tsvangirai himself, etc., etc. With their snouts in the feeding trough, the MDC leaders forgot about the reforms; that made sense. 

“Mazivanhu eMDC adzidza kudya anyerere!” boasted the Zanu PF cronies when asked why MDC leaders were not implementing the democratic reforms during the GNU. 

Greed has certainly played a major party in MDC/CCC leaders’ failure to implement even one reform in 25 years and keeping Zanu PF in power. Indeed, there is more than anecdotal evidence to prove MDC/CCC are Zanu PF team B, playing for team A to win and have legitimacy. 

Still, it must be said that MDC/CCC leaders’ share of the spoils of power are nothing more jackal’s scraps at a lion’s kill. So one has to ask why they have settled for be junior partners when they could have implemented the reforms and be the ruling party in their own right?

Answer: MDC/CCC leaders are not just greedy but more significantly they are breathtakingly incompetent. Nelson Chamisa has provided more evidence of his own incompetence in his own words.

“THIS IS MY STORY…When I have served my purpose and I’m long done and gone, after this earthly sojourn, I desire future generations to always remember and be inspired by our example of unrivalled resilience and unparalleled consistency in the midst of unmerited opposition, unwarranted persecution and undeserved attacks,” boasted Nelson Chamisa is his latest X posting. 

“We have not lost focus on the ultimate goal- to fully transform our society and its culture unto dignity, national pride, inclusion and prosperity. We have resisted shortcuts, and the cutting of corners. We have avoided easy exits or false answers. 

“We have turned down and warded off bribes and sweeteners. We have refused the lure of trinkets and trappings of power and all these enticing power fringe benefits and worldly pleasures. Standing firm unto the end. All for God’s glory. That is our story! 

“We thank #Godisinit for the continuing, providence, guidance and protection in this otherwise wicked, vile and dangerous world! Always and forever. nc.”

What the hell is Nelson Chamisa wittering about, one might well ask? MDC leaders failed to implement even one token reform in five years of the GNU because Mugabe “lured them with trinkets and trappings of power”, the very things Chamisa is denying. 

The truth is Nelson Chamisa and many of his follow MDC/CCC leaders had no clue what the democratic changes the nation has been dying for were much less how they were to be implemented. Even now with the benefit of hindsight and a mountain of evidence and explanations of why Zimbabwe is a failed state because MDC/CCC blatant betrayals; Chamisa still has no clue what is going on. 

Chamisa lied about plugging vote rigging loop holes to con his supporters to participate in the flawed 2023 elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy. And yet he continues to deny he lied - deny a self evident and simple historic fact!

The MDC/CCC supporters have remained loyal to the party leaders; they have gained nothing from the wasted opportunity to implement reforms and from participating in these flawed 2023 elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate their own suffering. They were warned, repeatedly too, of the sheer folly of participating in flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy and perpetuate their own suffering. They never listened. Why?

MDC/CCC supporters are notoriously ignorant, naive and gullible. Chamisa had no problem conning his supporters to participate in flawed 2023 elections on the basis of the idiotic lie that Chamisa plugged all the vote rigging loop holes. 

So the MDC/CCC supporters have gave up their fundamental right to free, fair and credible elections for the dubious oxymoron of winning RIGGED elections. How nauseating! 

“Insanity is repeating the same thing over and over again expecting a different result,” remarked the great Physicist Albert Einstein. 

The insane do not self diagnose, they lack the intellect to comprehend the repeated results. Still, after 45 years of rigged elections one would think that the penny had finally dropped by now of the sheer insanity of participating in these flawed elections. Alas, that is not so!

There is a real danger that Chamisa will con CCC supporters to participate in flawed 2028 to give Zanu PF legitimacy and thus perpetuate the dictatorship and the nation’s suffering. Ignorance is a curse worse than death! 

If we do not stop Chamisa from conning his supporters to participate in the flawed 2028 elections, they will participate in their millions as before giving Zanu PF legitimacy. How do we stop these MDC/CCC supporters from participating given they are brain dead. Well, that is the challenge!