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Mar 12 14 tweets 9 min read
1] Evidently, the Harare regime, which had not budgeted for the Yellow revolution that has taken over the country, is now going out of its way, trying to contain @nelsonchamisa

Just like the MDC-A party before it, @CCCZimbabwe has effectively been outlawed by the junta regime Image
2] @CCCZimbabwe held its inaugural #YellowSaturday rally at Zim grounds Harare, under stringent measures, albeit successfully.

Since then, it has been total chaos.
The Gokwe rally was cancelled while citizens were butchered in Kwekwe.

Other rallies were systematically thwarted Image
3] This weekend and the ensuing few days, @CCCZimbabwe had planned four rallies, as follows:

Sat 12 March - Marondera
Sun 13 March- Beitbridge
Mon 14 March- Tsholotsho
Tue 15 March - Binga

As it currently stands, all four rallies have been banned by the junta regime. Image
4] Any self-respecting individual would be embarrassed to write the police letters of disapproval

The police at times will claim being understaffed, yet show up with tanks, to thwart the same gathering

The Binga rally was banned because ED will be in the same town, 2 days later Image
5] It can't go unnoticed, that the #YellowSkies rally went extremely well, without police presence

In hindsight, the Kwekwe violence was perhaps a deliberate strategy to justify future disapprovals, by generating a narrative that rallies can't proceed without police presence. ImageImageImageImage
6] Yet the very same narrative being pushed by the Harare regime is self exposing.

How do you justify high allocations of resources by Mthuli, to Home Affairs & State Security Ministeries, if the state can't offer security in just 28 towns?

Will be state be ready then in 2023? ImageImageImageImage
7] But ofcourse, we the citizens aren't daft. We see through these theatrics.

There are three main reasons why the State is behaving in such an embarrassing manner.

The first one, as already established, is complete fear of @nelsonchamisa

They want to contain the 🟡 wave. Image
8] The second issue is that ZanuPF wants to disrupt @nelsonchamisa by-elections campaign

Remember that the by-elections are now just 10 days away & NC is yet to address rallies in Mat North, Manicaland & Masvingo

The intention is ensuring @CCCZimbabwe doesn't conver much ground Image
9] Lastly, ZanuPF is deliberately trying to sustain certain narratives, to arrive at a particular destination

For Chamisa, the narrative should be that CCC has no ground presence

For ZanuPF, their bussed supporters should show massive support for ED.

...then comes in Mwonzora Image
10] ZanuPF is equally desperate to prop up Dougie, particularly this Sunday, where they ordered him to redo his flopped Zororo rally

To expose the charade, @OurMDCT has been provided bussies to ferry people from all over, & will be having a "car rally" in Harare this afternoon. ImageImage
11] Whereas Mwonzora himself has been wearing a brave face, trying to explain away his poorly attended gatherings, they need him to appear popular, esp with the by-elections now looming

ZanuPF knows reality will need to match these theatre optics & only rigging can achieve this Image
12] Citizens can't afford to be disillusioned by ZanuPF's acts of desperation

If the regime is hellbent on ensuring rallies aren't held, beyond legal challenges to the same, citizens should still respond politically, by self-mobilising in our communities to vote decisively. Image
13] An at institutional level, @CCCZimbabwe leadership has the mandate & task of exploring all available strategies, to respond to these acts of illegality & brazen lawfare.

ZanuPF cannot be allowed to create & sustain apathy amongst the citizens.

Resistance is non negotiable Image
14] Undeniably, these are trying times.

Yet, the most critical thing to read out of all this is that the Harare regime is panicking.

They sense & smell fear; defeat & their demise

In response, #FakaPressure

Clearly, Zimbabwe will be better off without ZanuPF.

enkosi!! Image

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Mar 14
1] Postcard from Zimbabwe Grounds

Pursuant of the ancient wisdom "dzokororo ine simba", Simboti decided to redo his Harare Rally, after the unsurprising, yet embarrassing Zororo ground disaster.

Took time later on, to watch the rally, and a few things are becoming clear. Image
2] In terms of optics, one wonders why they decided to redo the rally

Evidently, Zororo Rally (1st pic) had predominantly Hararians, while for Zimbabwe Grounds rally (2nd pic), they mobilised from far & wide

If the end was supposed to justify the means, this was a disasterclass ImageImage
3] Secondly, there is leadership deficiency in MDC

It doesn't help matters that the leader himself is incoherent.
He stammers & easily confuses himself

There isn't a single orator in MDC-T, who can "work a crowd"

I've attended funerals more enjoyable than the MDC-T gatherings Image
Read 14 tweets
Mar 13
1] Yellow Citizens

Summary of @nelsonchamisa's speech in Beitbridge:

Thank you Beitbridge citizens for braving the threats I'm told you were receiving from the state from yesterday. That's vintage ZanuPF. Violence shows a behaviour of people who know they are on their way out Image
2] @nelsonchamisa:

We are here to campaign for the March by-elections, yet fully away of the real fight, coming in 2023 where I'm going to finish off ED.

We will imitate whay transpired in Malawi & Zambia, & deliver a landslide victory because we are number 1. Image
3] @nelsonchamisa:

We are winning in 2023 because we are # 1. After 2023, we will restore Zimbabwe to be #1. We will be #1 in sports; functional economy; national wealth.

When we lift the finger ☝ it symbolises that we are #1 and we are going to win in 2023 because of that. Image
Read 34 tweets
Mar 10
1] 🟡Yellow Citizens

Here's a summary of @nelsonchamisa's #CitizensAction4Change address this evening.

Background: The Zimbabwean Situation

•common future at stake
•shattered dream
•broken hope
•no fuel, energy, food; no civil servants grants, no jobs, high cost of living
2] @nelsonchamisa

Background: The Zimbabwean Situation

•dilapidated medical facilities
•children dropping out of school
•high company closure
•civil servants & service men struggling
•pensioners including warvets struggling
•corruption has become a national religion
3] @nelsonchamisa

Background: The Zimbabwean Situation

•weaponisation of food & social services particularly in rural areas
•high youth unemployment
•poor education system
•artists struggling
•parents struggling to fend for families

The 🟡 message is of belief in change
Read 34 tweets
Mar 9
1] Did a thread, January 6th, after the proclamation of by-elections vacancies, pieces of which I shall attach to this thread.

This thread, part of what I'm terming #YellowReview, engages citizens on their views regarding political developments affecting the democratic project
2] One of the issues was to do with the party name, after months of uncertainty.

The then MDC-A party, could have opted against participating in the by-elections, thereby keeping opponents guessing, on the intended way forward.

This had its consequences

3] As fate would eventually have it, wisdom prevailed, & a new party was formally introduced,Jan 24th

Can quickly add that for those who sensed this inevitability, concern was on the new party name

With the benefit of hindsight, are you as a citizen satisfied with the name CCC?
Read 13 tweets
Mar 3
1] The Mwonzora circus has taken another twist

True to its identity of being a judicial reconstruct, @OurMDCT through Mwonzora's legendary tactic of using proxies (something he employed against Tsvangirai himself), is now attempting to stop the March 202 by-elections, he caused
2] Great political minds, such as Dr Magaisa, countless times, warned Mwonzora against overplaying the court card, as 'politics is about the voter'!

Whereas admittedly, this isn't rocket science, it would seem like everyone else except Mwonzora, understood this warning.
3] Before looking into the merits of what the DM proxy is asking from the courts...here's some context.

Mwonzora has been a useful ploy, in ED's desperation to destroy @nelsonchamisa

In 2020, the courts upheld a dubious judgement which deligitimised Nero's succession of MRT
Read 33 tweets
Mar 2
1] Been thinking a lot about the whispered CCC "coalition" with various parties from Matebeleland, especially the MaKhupe outfit

The proponents of this idea, argue that having multiple Opposition parties is the South, is splitting the anti-Zanupf vote, to the benefit of ZanuPF
2] I've consistently said, as uncomfortable as this topic is, it should be had.

It benefits noone to point fingers & raise political emotions.

In fact, ructions over this issue will draw the attention of ZanuPF, who will in turn manipulate the whole thing, to their benefit.
3] Whereas at face value, "coalition" are desirable, & have become a trend in modern politics, they need to be managed well.

Hope it's not lost to those in CCC who are pro coalition with MaKhupe for instance, that firstly, there's a serious risk for infiltration.
Read 13 tweets

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