Those targeting "corruption & looting" are the ones hijacking anti-Zanu activities.
4] More and more citizens are realizing that our problems are institutionalized.
You can't take looting & corruption out of ZanuPF.
These people have been engaged in primitive accumulation of wealth & won't move a muscle because of a "anti-corruption" walkabout on July31st.
5] Insisting that for the demo to succeed, it must attract those in ZanuPF is a poor prognosis of what's at fault.
Its a poor mischaracterized identification of the Zimbabwean problem.
The same is exposed by Sen DM's "rational disputation" thinking.
It's shallow & hollow
6] Again, saying #ZanuMustGo alienates 50% of 2018 voters is unscientific.
Where was that census done?
With so much having had happened between 2018 & now (including splits), how do we measure electoral support?
The problems of today have no relationship with ZEC 2018 figures
7] Saying the "MDC has neglected rural voters" is a hollow generalization
Speaking factually,in 2018, @nelsonchamisa campaigned in rural areas more than any other time
Using the outcome as the basis for that argument expose naivety & lack of appreciation of our electoral system
8] Also, saying the organizers are sacrificing the "poor urbanites through unstrategic actions" attacks the rationality & free-will of those who will participate.
In actual fact, @nelsonchamisa has been attacked by a section of his supporters for not calling for demos since 2018
9] It then boarders on shallowness to say people are being pushed to march.
The so called "poor urbanites" have been at the receiving end of ZanuPF's mismanagement of the country, & have demanded action.
They have brains & can either participate or ignore the demo calls.
10] It's sad really that on one hand, you have ZanuPF which says the Opposition is remote controlled from Washington & on the other hand, you have the supposedly enlightened claiming that Zimbos are being tricked into participating in an unstrategic demo
Why patronize people?
11] So really, Madame Mwonzora, whereas i unequivocally denounce violence threats targeted at your person, kindly note that you don't patronize people and except hugs & kisses.
A flowery accent isn't enough.
You also need brains & emotional intelligence.
goodday.
enkosi!!
12] It's equally hilarious to see reference to "electoral legitimacy"
By acts of ommission & commission, the government of Emmerson now suffers from "performance illegitimacy"
And unfortunately for them, in 2017, they showed that a "constitutionally" elected gvt can go midterm!
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1. Admittedly, when I first read the "structured currency" headline, I thought the Harare regime was taking its "structures" propaganda too far.
With the benefit of more research on the topic, I'm now totally convinced the Harare regime is indeed taking its propaganda too far.
2. By definition, a structured currency is "structured" in that it's supposedly backed by both mineral reserves (in our case gold) and trust in government's monetory policies & regulations.
Unfortunately, no one believes any of the two are present in our existing circumstances.
3. Part of why all previous gimmicks have failed is a trust deficit.
Even if the government opts to accuse commentators of being alarmists, causing panick and despondency, no one can be faulted for rushing to withdraw their forex savings if we have learned anything from history.
1. Imagine trying to make sense of how some 4 gentlemen in Bulawayo can randomly claim, 'we have recalled Amos Chibaya, he has ceased being a member of CCC'.
Outside the influence of social media, many only know about #CCC because of the efforts of this indefatigable organizer.
2. Propaganda has to make some sort of sense.
Even where some decide to hide behind the claim of "a traceable history in the struggle," Chibaya would make the mark.
A devoted organizer during the times of Tsvangirai & even more so, during the times of Chamisa under the MDC-A.
3. For the successive elections between 2018-2023, it's a mystery how Chibaya found the passion to abandon the comfort of his home and the herculean energy to traverse the country, organizing the Opp for electoral triumph.
Chibaya is very much unheralded & doesn't seem to care.
1. So, a group of at least 25 individuals have decided to join nonexistent forces under the otherwise much heralded #NERA banner to push for electoral reforms.
It's difficult to even identify them as political leaders because they don't represent any political constituency.
2. If you review the outcome of the controversial 2023 election, these people combined had fewer votes than the Councilors who won your ward election.
Many of them have never even bothered to field candidates in successive elections but only pop up whenever they sense a need.
3. If you were to profile them, there is one Lucia Matibenga, masquerading as PDP President.
Her "party" never contests.
She only temporarily enjoyed limelight under PDP when Sen Mwonzora brought her as his MDC-A partner before they connived to recall MPs elected under Chamisa.
1. Interesting comment on this unfolding drama by Prof Ncube.
I, however, can't help recognize the continued conflation of politics & law, which I've previously written about, regarding the formation of CCC party from MDC-A.
It's quite strange that BaNcube does the same here.
2. I take notice of @Welshman_Ncube choice of words here.
He says: MDC-A party's "...National Council resolved to reconstitute itself as CCC..."
By definition, when you "reconstitute," you simply restore or build up again, using remaining parts of whatever has been destroyed.
@Welshman_Ncube 3. However, it was a legal nulity not only for MDC-A to 'reconstitute' itself but to even meet & make legally binding resolutions to begin with.
In 2020, Justice Chitapi ruled that the MDC-A party wasn't a legal persona, effectively meaning it wasn't a legally constituted party.
1. We need to accept that we've seen enough to conclude we've no justice system in Zimbabwe.
Perhaps it's time to totally (temporarily) abandon seeking judicial recourse, particularly around political issues
Why continue subjecting ourselves to the wig wearing ZanuPF activists!
2. Let me rationalize this personal view:
Firstly, we are simply patronizing the generality of the citizens by arguing that going to these "captured courts" is an important academic exercise that exposes judicial capture.
What has been the consequence of exposing this capture?
3. ZanuPF's reaction to the damning SADC Observer Mission report is evidence enough that they don't react to "embarrassment" by showing restraint.
ZanuPF chose rather to burn SADC through an unprecedented propaganda offensive and direct confrontation with the Zambia government.