Granted that to whom so much is given, so much is expected!
The New is at a critical stage wherein so much work is to be done.
It involves what the Leadership will do, & what we as Citizens will need to do also.
The new should be big on IDEAS. Consequently, conversations should gravitate towards development of relevant policies & electoral manifestos
Citizens should demand being at the center of formulation of policies that respond to their daily lived experiences
5] Ofcourse, strategic alliances should develop with structures that represent different constituencies, which include labour, women group, youth (student) groups, disability groups, ethnic groups, list is endless.
The core philosophy is, citizens should & will be at the center!
Again, our political conversations should gravitate towards progressive & pro-transformation discourse
It's time for less & less talk which focuses on the captured puppet party
The focus is now on growing the new & this should dominate everyday conversations
7] Critically, the New should have clearly laid out communication strategies which effectively respond to misinformation, propaganda & leadership contradictions.
Public contradictions (whereas inevitable), cultivate apathy & will drown the citizens' zeel & the yellow momentum.
Inevitably, there's need for a balance between occupying all the political space & cooperating with others, across party lines.
This will need consensus building with like-minded organisations.
It's not always ideal to have everyone in the new basket.
9] Internally, the trick will not always be on avoiding contradictions & conflicts.
It's rather on anticipating & managing both.
People always bring their own agenda.
The new will attract many & effects need to be managed.
Innovation will be key in marketing the new. Young people should dominate this space, as they know what will draw their attention, as a key voting demografic.
"We gathered here today, less than 400 days before the 2023 general elections, 35 or so days before the by-elections. They thought they had dealt us a heavy blow. I warned them, Save left me with a vision of where we are going"
"They claimed our kraal, & we said stay behind with it, together with your herder, Dhakaboy. You can capture the leaders but can never capture the people. You can even entice some people, but the citizens of Zimbabwe will not tire, until change is realised."
"We gather here in Highfield where it all began with nationalists. I'm saying to Mugabe, Nkomo, Dabengwa, Tsvangirai, I'm now carrying your work forward and will complete what you had begun. Thank you citizens for keeping the liberation agenda aglow."
"After a nervy period of unsureness & deliberation, the political midwives eventually attended to the arrival of the CCC on the 24th of Jan 2022. That date earned a place in the history of party politics in Zimbabwe when MDC-A underwent a metamorphosis into CCC"
2] Dr Magaisa:
"Those who live through moments of history do not usually grasp their significance. It's those who look back and therefore have the advantage of hindsight, who can appreciate the weight of such moments."
3] Dr Magaisa
"It was like that hard moment of a farmer realising that although he loves his animal so much, the best option because it is broken beyond healing, is to put it to sleep. That way he spares it the excruciating pain and himself, the agony of watching it suffer."
1] When your own lies & propaganda start catching up with you...
Mwonzora claims the 2017 MDC-A Coalition still exists, whose Principals endorsed his Leadership takeover.
So many months later, noone knows who these MDC-A Principals are.
No pictures.
No signed media statements.
2] Everything about the political behaviour of this Mwonzora MDC-A, clearly shows its different from the 2017 pre-election agreement.
Both MaKhupe & Prof @Welshman_Ncube were right to say "Mwonzora has formed his own MDC-A"
Simple case in point is the "allocation of seats".
3] Mwonzora has claimed that PDP led by Matibenga is responsible for recalling MPs such as Biti, Chikwinya, Madzimure because they were allocated those seats.
Fast forward to 2022, all "MDC-A coalition" by-elections candidates are coming from MDC-T.