"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."
4] Dr Magaisa:
"It was time for the MDC to be put out of its misery. The sight of it being mutilated and misused by men and women who obsequiously succumbed to ZanuPF was painful."
5] Dr Magaisa:
"The moment a wildebeest calf is born during the Great Migration in the Serengeti, it must learn quickly to both walk & run. It's a cruel & unforgiving world filled with predators with a voracious appetite, always eyeing the weakest members of the herd"
6] Dr Magaisa:
"(In the wild) there's neither charity no pity. It is into this tough world that the CCC has arrived,one in which hungry political predators lurked, ready to pounce at the slightest sign of error,weakness or opportunity. The CCC has had to hit the ground running."
7] Dr Magaisa:
"The MDC brand had become toxic that retaining it was just unproductive stubbornness. Had become a source of confusion & conflicts. But as always, change is a hard proposition...It required a big mental leap to let go of a brand tt had become part of their lives."
8] Dr Magaisa:
"It took a lot of persuasion to accept that there was a great opportunity to build afresh, drawing an entirely new generation that has fewer attachments to the old. This new generation, which is the future is not burdened by commitment bias."
9] Dr Magaisa:
"1 day when historians look back into events of this period, they might find this has also been a time of generational disjuncture. A closer looks reveals that many of those around DM is the older generation of the MDC, some of them gallant fighters of the past."
10] Dr Magaisa:
"..the approach of DM hasn't been to fight the regime, but to seek accommodation. The younger generation on the other hand, many born just before or after MDC, gravitate towards Chamisa & CCC. The older generation is retiring, while the new is up for a fight."
11] Dr Magaisa:
"Solomonic wisdom dictated that it was better to let the aggressors have the baby than fight to have it cut in half. Unfortunately in this case, there was no King Solomon to deliver judgement. That judgement lies in the hands of the citizens..."
12] Dr Magaisa:
"The prognosis is that the baby is destined for a future of political malnutrition and probable expiration in the hands of Mwonzora and his allies. After all, it is Chamisa and his allies who appear to have the most important asset in politics: the people."
13] Dr Magaisa:
"Chamisa and allies may have given up the name, but they gained the favour of the people.... It's not too early for scribes to start writing the political obituary of MDC...It is Mwonzora who'll carry the dubious distinction of having carried it into the grave"
14] Dr Magaisa:
"The arrogance with which Mwonzora & his allies carried themselves did little to endear them to the political market. Instead of eclipsing Chamisa as he hoped, Mwonzora became the archetypal villain the sordid political drama."
15] Dr Magaisa:
"There was a mistaken view that only 2023 election mattered & by-elections were a sideshow...others rightly observed tt further delays wouldn't only frustrate supporters but also cause confusion.Far from being a sideshow, by-elections are the begging of the show"
16] Dr Magaisa:
"Launch of CCC was overwhelmingly endorsed by the political market. By end of first day, CCC brand & colour yellow were trending on social media. What was more remarkable were numerous pictures of individuals who wouldn't normally declare political allegiances."
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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.
1] Been taking time, like most citizens, to encourage fellow citizens to #RegisterToVote2023 as well as encouraging that citizens check their registration status.
Have realised a few challenges being encountered to this regards, as well as some information gap.
Voter registration is a all year round exercise. ZEC ordinarily has some 63 District offices & 10 Provincial officers allover the country, where one can register to vote.
Baring challenges affecting ZEC, registration itself is a continous exercise.
This exercise has ZEC introducing "mobile registration" campaigns, meaning that registration centers are brought closer to our homes to compliment their Provincial & District offices.
It's important that all eligible voters take advantage of this.
1] I invite fellow citizens to go through this short article by my brother, @DavidHofisi
After having gone through it myself, I share some personal thoughts over the same, particularly the key issues the author raises, in light of possible "illegalities" facing CCC party...
2] @DavidHofisi, a summary of one of the issues you raised, is on the constitutional provision allowing for the desolution of MDC-A party as per their constitution.
First concern is, you make no direct reference of the actual MDC-A constitution, but rather a MDC constitution.
3] It then somewhat sounds bizarre for me, for a seasoned lawyer, to actually pretend to quote a specific provision of the MDC-A constitution, by actually quoting a MDC constitutional provision (on dissolution).
This legal entanglement actually answers the question you asked.
MDC-T fights have predictable spilled into the courts over money.
However, all indications thus far, are the regime has choosen the Dougie faction, something MaKhupe predicted on her presser
State institutions may very well pounce on her this time around
2] Embarrassingly, none between Mwonzora & Khupe are legitimate recipients of the 2018 PPFA funds.
The MaKhupe MDC-T that participated in 2018 didn't get enough votes.
Mwonzora meanwhile manufactured "2014" structures to form a party, post the infamous Supreme Court judgement.
3] On the part of the regime, the rational is arming any faction that can assist in dismembering Chamisa.
No need to beat about the busy, democracy is expensive, & a party needs funds
The motivation for ZanuPF is ensure the alternative is hamstrung while oiling Mwonzora's group
"This afternoon we approached ZEC to give them what they didn't except. They thought we were approaching as MDC-A, but we were approaching as a new organisation. They kept insisting, we know you as MDC-A. We are a new organisation."
"We are coming as a new entity, with a new leadership, new values, new structures. ZEC kept saying: 'tell us you're rebranding'. We are not rebranding. If you know MDC as a brand, please dine with those you've given the name MDC-ALLIANCE."
"We are starting a new party. Nothing to do with the past, nothing to do with the yesterday. We are starting afresh. We'll build from ground zero. We will start afresh. We will defeat them like we did in 2018. We will start afresh."