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Mar 2 11 tweets 3 min read
1. Funny how, when it's convenient, they accuse CCC of trying to promote a "one Opposition party state", yet by their conduct, they legitimize CCC as being the authentic ZanuPF alternative.

Even when you listen to their interviews, you're reminded of this political reality.
2. Take for instance how CCC is given the stick for "not having structures".

In contrast, noone asks who the other leaders are, let alone structures, in these so called 'issue based parties'.

If anything, they are the purest definition of structureless fly-by-night projects.
3. You also hear that CCC hasn't offered any solutions nor alternative policies.

Irony is, not a single party in Zimbabwe is yet to produce its 2023 electoral blueprint, or party manifesto.

It only becomes a CCC problem because it's somehow fashionable to attck that party.
4. You also hear that CCC, which is currently conducting #mugwazo & #REAP voter registration programs, is to blame for 'low disappointing number of new registrants'.

No other party is taken to task, regarding the voter registration campaign, including the alleged innovators.
5. You hear that CCC hasn't done quite enough, to make the Mnangagwa regime accountable for acts of illegality, say through court applications.

Whereas CCC has actually done so, at times through proxies, none of the other so called Opp parties has lifted a finger, & noone asks.
6. You hear that CCC is being too passive about strategies to take over power, in the event of a win, to the disillusionment of the ordinary pro-Opp voter.

Unsurprisingly, there's no other party asked to account for this.
Perhaps it betrays an unwillingness to admit the obvious.
7. Besides CCC, there's no other party that's being taken to task (admittedly rightfully so), with regards to ZECs acts of illegality, regarding the VR, & the delimitation report.

But again, key point is, noone other party, including civil society, is being questioned about this
8. I could go on & on, but reality is, when some of us listen to all sorts of interviews, read about many parties, we arrive at the same conclusion.

When it comes to the seriousness required to remove ZanuPF from power, there's only one institutions burdened with expectations.
9. Unseating a dictatorship which has had +40 years to entrench itself into state systems takes a lot of political investment, build through incremental gains.

It won't come through cute accents, nice suits & borrowed statements that have no life outside studios & interviews.
10. In fact, any political narrative that misses the reality that our problem is purely political, manifesting itself through the economy & everything else, is naive & a waste of time.

Choosing to invest in following this naivety is an uneducated decision, that takes you nowhere
11. Truth is, in terms of meeting real expectations, of actual capacity, of the existence of a platform to mount a serious offensive, the finger points at Nelson & CCC.

We can come up with all sorts of flowery narratives to pretend otherwise, but the reality remains.

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Feb 4
1. How many of us know that CCC actually runs a "week in review" program through its social media handles, which can be downloaded and shared around?

The program reviews party activities,- keeping supporters & sympathizers engaged on some it's many programs around the country.
2. The "week in review" program also informs citizens about some key national programs, particularly with regards to the activities of the 3 arms of state.

I've found it quite informative with regards to constitutional ammendment bills passing through Parliament & Senate.
3. Perhaps even more importantly, the "week in review" initiative also reviews govt programs & provides alternative CCC policy on the same.

It's not just conventional opposition without proposition, as our politics turns to be.

There's clear communication of the alternative.
Read 10 tweets
Feb 3
1. Mdara Mudzuri hana yavo hairovi.

Just watched a presser signaling yet another MDC-T presser.

Sadly, the split has no political significance whatsoever.
The MDC as we knew it, long died.

In fact, the Mudzuri led rebellion is pretty much a fight over a stinking carrion.
2. Keeping this marriage of convenience intact, was always going to be a herculean task.

What brought these characters together was power, particularly the succession question.

At one point, about 7 of them wanted to be party president.
That's actually scary & dangerous.
3. Outside the power struggles, the MDC failed to position itself as an alternative government, neither criticizing gov excesses, nor providing alternative policy.

In fact, the MDC began positioning itself as an ally of the Mnangagwa regime, openly enjoying its benevolence.
Read 7 tweets
Feb 2
1. Nelson is an interesting character.

[I call him by his first name, not out a lack of respect. I have tones of personal respect & admiration for him, & he personally knows this]

But back to my story...when you get to engage the man outside politics, he's quite interesting. Image
2. Outside politics, one interesting feature about his character is an honest interest in other people, and simply being human himself.

He has a genuine interest in human life, and how governance can improve how people go about their daily lives, focusing on private endeavor.
3. I've equally found the man to be quite a while character.

He will quite easily turn a somewhat serious conversation into a hilarious story.
His unmatched sense of humor can easily leave you feeling awkward, if you prefer engaging him seriously, as a Big Man politician.
Read 12 tweets
Jan 26
1. Is a none confrontational & none radical opposition useful in Zimbabwe?

I'm often asked about that question above, particularly from those who #fear that 'Chamisa has pacified the Opposition, which is failing to do any demonstrations'

Here's what that narrative misses 👇
2. Firstly, a demonstration isn't an end unto itself.

Put differently, once off demonstrations are actually pointless & ineffective, unless the intention is mere optics, and stoking egos of the organizers.

Demonstrations must result in a clearly defined outcome.
3. So if the Opposition is to engage in mass action today, the success of it won't be on the number of those in attendance.

Rather, it should be on the impact it has, and/or the ability to sustain such a course of action, until the message is delivered, and it's impact felt.
Read 15 tweets
Jan 24
1. As #CCC turns a year older...

Is it not truly amazing just how much time flies.

Indeed, it's been now a whole full year since that nerve-wracking announcement & address to the Nation by Nelson, on formal notifications to ZEC, announcing CCC's entry onto the electoral field.
2. As the history is now been fully told, that announcement on January 24th, was a culmination of what Nelson termed "citizens engagements on the way forward."

Something which was to be key, if the new yellow movement was to have a strong foundation & identity.
3. Here is my personal reflection on the CCC one year anniversary.

Firstly, the Jan 24th, 2002 announcement of CCC, perhaps somewhat forced by that year's impending by-election, was irregardless, a much awaited 'signal', showing an intent at reclaiming the democratic space.
Read 22 tweets
Jan 22
1. One tragic feature of @DrivenChapman's politics, is wanting to appear as better than the current main Opposition party.

Whether this is deliberate or coincidental, the otherwise likeable guy, consequently does extra damage to the perceptions around his intention & agenda. Image
2. It's self-serving, to try & hoodwink the citizens into locating & reducing the 🇿🇼 n challenges from the GNU era, a period of alleged "lost opportunity"

It doesn't help proponents of that argument, that for the generality of citizens, the era actually brought so much stability
3. Fighting ZanuPF with 'soft hands' also doesn't help the membership & leadership especially, for any party wishing to be identified as Opposition.

For all intent & purposes, only ZanuPF has ever held state power since Independence.

That's a lived Zimbabwean reality.
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