Thread by @Laque_davis

1] #MorningReflection

The Shona people speak of a phenomenon called "charinga".

It's a tragic 'disease' where certain individuals tend to be easily distracted.

In medical terms, they call it: "Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder" (ADHD), often beginning from childhood.

2] Growing up, parents would always pick this up & use it to monitor behaviors.

In families, any child with "charinga" wouldn't be entrusted with important tasks, particularly those involving traveling.

Often mothers would say: "kutuma Takunda necharinga chake, haadzoki".

3] In politics, the phenomenon is just as evident.

Quite easily, both citizens & leaders in the alternative, exhibit signs of "political charinga".

The regime picked this up, and has ever since thrown around many distractions to hook & redirect attention from key tasks at hand.

4] It is to this end, that I commiserate with Adv Chamisa, as leader of the alternative.

Not only is he leading with some individuals showing political charinga-rism, some citizens also, are joining this bandwagon of dragging him to focus on these avoidable distractions.

5] Granted that to some who are restless but well meaning, there seem to be so much disorganization & lack of decisiveness.

However, trust that there's indeed logic to the madness.

The Alternative’s Road Map to State House must remain a guiding template, followed religiously.

6] It's important to fully unpack the "Chamisa lacks a spine" narrative (without giving too much away).

The premature calls for radicalism (read demos) are at this stage, an invitation to undesirable chaos, which should be ignored, regardless of who is preaching that gospel.

7] Demonstrations are not an end unto themselves.

If anything, they are a course of action whose success hinges on particular actions & reactions, elsewhere.

Unless that foundation exists, they will only leave people right where the Harare regime wants them.

8] Does it not raise red flags, that even ZanuPF has begun challenging Adv Chamisa to 'show some spine'.

There has been so much provocation, particularly selling the narrative that elections are a waste of time so as to leave the alternative with limited options to attain power.

9] Reading the pattern is key.

ZanuPF has shown no appetite whatsoever in promoting voter registration, whilst their propaganda machinery claims "2023 is a done deal".

Funny enough, when they hold party activities such as the chaotic "cell day", they expose their own lies.

10] So what do they do as a response to their frustrations with an impending electoral defeat, they sell the narrative that 'elections don't work'.

ZanuPF's hope is dragging the alternative into restlessness, as well as uncoordinated bloody confrontations with the armed state.

11] Adv Chamisa indeed has the ability & capacity to call for demonstrations, in the way they've been suggested.

Yet we know that tragedy of using muscle without application of brains.

In the ghetto we say:
"hasha hakuzi kugona kurova. Unogona kungorohwa uriwe wakagumbuka futi"

12] Back to "charinga" phenomenon...

Our parents would send us on an errand, and then caution us against wasting time starring at, or in worst cases joining other children (whether familiar or complete strangers) on the streets, seemingly engaging in very 'exciting' games.

13] While the arrand remains voter registration & education, "political charinga-ism" is leaving us excited & engaged in ZanuPF internal squabbles.

The child with charinga will even accept strange invitations to help out the neighbor's children attend to their own errands.

14] Chaos being instigated by ZanuPF will in the long-run benefit ZanuPF, & be useful in justifying their desperation for a Chamisa-less ballot in 2023.

For the G40s & others seemingly in the Opposition, the intention is to eventually fully occupy the space occupied by CCC.

15] The invitations to pick a better faction of ZanuPF; engage in chaos so as to characterize CCC as a taliban organization and have Adv Chamisa behind bars is fully noted and wholly rejected.

FOCUS is on voter education & registration, not political charinga-ism.

enkosi!!