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
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.
We were in Marondera yesterday and I want to thank Mr Mnangagwa for allowing us to address loads of police officers. I addressed & assured them that a new Zimbabwe will benefit them too.
Our new citizens government in 2023 will change our governance culture.
ZanuPF says they won't allow Chamisa to take over yet after 40 years, they failed to achieve
Here in Beitbridge, citizens still struggle with basic services such as water, yet gov prioritizes selling it to SA.
There won't be misplaced priorities under my gov
During the GNU, we showed glimpses of our capabilities. Look at the Ministries we were running. I promised Mugabe we would make simcards cheaper than tomatoes,& we delivered
Give mukomana a chance in 2023 & see how much more we will deliver without hindrance
I'm here to also explain that we have left the red movement.
They stole the red garments, MPs, Councillors, HH, our name, slogan, open palm, but we came back with a diff strategy
When we raise the finger, we mean we are 1 people & this country belongs to God
We are putting back the citizens at the center of everything.
It was the citizens who fought the liberation struggle yet they've since lost their dignity.
We want to fix the economy and restore the dignity of the citizens.
Those in ZanuPF who've been in government for over 40 years should accept that they've had their time.
They can't keep asking for more time. Ask them what will they do which they haven't had time to achieve.
Currently, when you purchase fuel, for almost every litre, 47c goes to taxes & is collected by the gov.
This is why our fuel is most expensive in SADC yet we all have similar sources in the region.
This shows government's deliberate hand in the fuel hicks.
These rises in fuel prices will trigger rise in other commodities.
Already our teachers are struggling, receiving the worthless RTGS.
Under our gov, we will firstly revert back to the pre-2017 salary of US $540 while looking at improving it even further.
ZanuPF should know that we won't tire, in our quest for change.
Tsvangirai handed me the mantel & instructed that we carry foward, with my team.
Tsvangirai should rest well, knowing the fight is still on & we are finishing it off.
•Easy access to vote registration
•The diaspora vote. We can't benefit from remittances yet depriving them of their rights
•A credible biometric VR
•Polling Station results announcement. They claim verifications at their HQ so they can rig.
Let's revert back to the use of USD and a basket of other currencies temporarily, until we've fixed our productivity; financial discipline; policy consistency.
Citizens have suffered through unemployment; perennial tenancy; cross boarder trading which has exposed us to abuse in the diaspora; as well as informal trading.
The citizens movement, CCC will bring back dignity to the people of Zimbabwe.
We are not promising permanent use of the USD. We only need it to stabilise our economy before reverting to a strong local currency
Within 10 years, we will build a US$100 billion economy
We are already targeting 7 pillars, in our economic resuscitation plan
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.