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Zimbabwe Deserves Freedom From ZANU-PF
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Malcolm X once warned: "You’re not to be so blind with patriotism that you can’t face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it."
Zimbabwe has been chained to a poisonous version of patriotism, imposed by a ruling elite that demands silence while it devours the nation. ZANU-PF has turned patriotism into a prison, the liberation struggle into a shield for corruption, and power into a tool for looting. It is time to face a painful truth. ZANU-PF is no longer a liberation movement. It is a criminal cartel wearing a liberation badge. Its fingerprints are all over our hunger, our unemployment, our collapsed currency, our broken hospitals, and our stolen future.
Enough. The nation must wake up.
The Great Plunder: A Government of Thieves
Zimbabwe is not poor. Zimbabwe is being robbed. The ZANU-PF elite has perfected the art of daylight theft. Not the petty corruption of desperate bureaucrats, but billion-dollar looting executed by ministers, generals, and presidential relatives.
- Fifteen billion dollars in diamonds vaporised into offshore accounts
- Command Agriculture became a feeding trough for connected criminals
- COVID-19 funds turned into personal shopping vouchers
- Public land, state companies, mines, and national assets auctioned to foreign profiteers
These are not mishaps. They are economic war crimes against the nation. ZANU-PF has transformed governance into organized looting, while ordinary citizens drown in poverty. The ruling elite flaunts mansions and motorcades as children faint from hunger in classrooms. This is not government. This is parasitism.
An Economy Destroyed By Greed, Not Sanctions.
The reality is that ZANU-PF is not the party of liberation it wanted to be ; it is a criminal enterprise masquerading as a government, and its legacy is one of unparalleled corruption, economic vandalism, and the betrayal of the very ideals it claims to uphold.
At the heart of Zimbabwe's misery is not sanctions, not a lack of resources, but a culture of grand-scale, systemic corruption that has been elevated to a mode of governance under ZANU-PF's misrule.
Hyperinflation is not an accident. It is engineered theft. Printing money keeps corrupt power afloat, while pensions, savings, and salaries evaporate. Jobs die, factories rot, young talent escapes to foreign borders in search of dignity.
Agriculture was not destroyed by land reform. It was destroyed by the placement of looters on farms. Instead of production, they planted political loyalty and harvested famine.
Industries collapse because they cannot bribe electricity into existence or corruption out of decision-making. “Zimbabwe Is Open for Business” is a cruel joke. Investors know they must pay the ruling family first, and the nation never. ZANU-PF broke the country. Then it blamed the world.
The Mnangagwa Dynasty: A Monarchy Without a Crown
The coup of 2017 did not bring change. It recycled tyranny. Mugabe’s empire became Mnangagwa Incorporated.
Relatives with no mandate or qualifications run state business in the shadows, securing deals, grabbing wealth, and tightening control. Zimbabwe now resembles a family project with a national anthem.
This is not leadership. It is the establishment of a dynasty. Citizens are expected to be loyal servants in a kingdom ruled by greed.
To ZANU-PF Supporters: Patriotism Is Not Slavery.
Many good citizens still cling to ZANU-PF's liberation credentials. They fear change or hope for crumbs. Those fears are real, but they are being weaponised.
If you love Zimbabwe, ask yourself:
- Why do our youth flee instead of returning home?
- Why does sewage flood our streets while officials build villas?
- Why does one foreign power have more access to our resources than our own people?
- Why are graves being desecrated in pursuit of gold and lithium?
The propaganda is crumbling. No amount of slogans can hide starvation. No amount of intimidation can silence truth forever.
The MDC is not the enemy. The CCC is not the enemy. Journalists are not the enemy. The West is not the enemy. The masses expressing frustration are not the enemy.
The enemy of Zimbabwe’s progress sits in government offices, rides in motorcades, and rigs elections.
Wrong Is Wrong.
ZANU-PF has betrayed the liberation struggle. Independence brought the promise of dignity. Instead, we got fear, hunger, and a stolen future. The bombing of SAPES is a reminder that this system fears truth more than anything.
Citizens must refuse to fear. Refuse silence. Refuse the myth that suffering is patriotism.
Zimbabwe needs a peaceful transition from captured governance to a people’s government. A National Transitional Authority is the only practical escape.
from this darkness. No party alone can rescue the nation. It will take a united front of workers, churches, professionals, youth, veterans, rural communities, and every citizen tired of surviving instead of living.
Zimbabwe is bigger than ZANU-PF. Its people are stronger than those who oppress them from behind high walls.
The liberation struggle now belongs to the citizens who demand real freedom.
The country must rise. Enough is enough.
Zimbabwe has been chained to a poisonous version of patriotism, imposed by a ruling elite that demands silence while it devours the nation. ZANU-PF has turned patriotism into a prison, the liberation struggle into a shield for corruption, and power into a tool for looting. It is time to face a painful truth. ZANU-PF is no longer a liberation movement. It is a criminal cartel wearing a liberation badge. Its fingerprints are all over our hunger, our unemployment, our collapsed currency, our broken hospitals, and our stolen future.
Enough. The nation must wake up.
The Great Plunder: A Government of Thieves
Zimbabwe is not poor. Zimbabwe is being robbed. The ZANU-PF elite has perfected the art of daylight theft. Not the petty corruption of desperate bureaucrats, but billion-dollar looting executed by ministers, generals, and presidential relatives.
- Fifteen billion dollars in diamonds vaporised into offshore accounts
- Command Agriculture became a feeding trough for connected criminals
- COVID-19 funds turned into personal shopping vouchers
- Public land, state companies, mines, and national assets auctioned to foreign profiteers
These are not mishaps. They are economic war crimes against the nation. ZANU-PF has transformed governance into organized looting, while ordinary citizens drown in poverty. The ruling elite flaunts mansions and motorcades as children faint from hunger in classrooms. This is not government. This is parasitism.
An Economy Destroyed By Greed, Not Sanctions.
The reality is that ZANU-PF is not the party of liberation it wanted to be ; it is a criminal enterprise masquerading as a government, and its legacy is one of unparalleled corruption, economic vandalism, and the betrayal of the very ideals it claims to uphold.
At the heart of Zimbabwe's misery is not sanctions, not a lack of resources, but a culture of grand-scale, systemic corruption that has been elevated to a mode of governance under ZANU-PF's misrule.
Hyperinflation is not an accident. It is engineered theft. Printing money keeps corrupt power afloat, while pensions, savings, and salaries evaporate. Jobs die, factories rot, young talent escapes to foreign borders in search of dignity.
Agriculture was not destroyed by land reform. It was destroyed by the placement of looters on farms. Instead of production, they planted political loyalty and harvested famine.
Industries collapse because they cannot bribe electricity into existence or corruption out of decision-making. “Zimbabwe Is Open for Business” is a cruel joke. Investors know they must pay the ruling family first, and the nation never. ZANU-PF broke the country. Then it blamed the world.
The Mnangagwa Dynasty: A Monarchy Without a Crown
The coup of 2017 did not bring change. It recycled tyranny. Mugabe’s empire became Mnangagwa Incorporated.
Relatives with no mandate or qualifications run state business in the shadows, securing deals, grabbing wealth, and tightening control. Zimbabwe now resembles a family project with a national anthem.
This is not leadership. It is the establishment of a dynasty. Citizens are expected to be loyal servants in a kingdom ruled by greed.
To ZANU-PF Supporters: Patriotism Is Not Slavery.
Many good citizens still cling to ZANU-PF's liberation credentials. They fear change or hope for crumbs. Those fears are real, but they are being weaponised.
If you love Zimbabwe, ask yourself:
- Why do our youth flee instead of returning home?
- Why does sewage flood our streets while officials build villas?
- Why does one foreign power have more access to our resources than our own people?
- Why are graves being desecrated in pursuit of gold and lithium?
The propaganda is crumbling. No amount of slogans can hide starvation. No amount of intimidation can silence truth forever.
The MDC is not the enemy. The CCC is not the enemy. Journalists are not the enemy. The West is not the enemy. The masses expressing frustration are not the enemy.
The enemy of Zimbabwe’s progress sits in government offices, rides in motorcades, and rigs elections.
Wrong Is Wrong.
ZANU-PF has betrayed the liberation struggle. Independence brought the promise of dignity. Instead, we got fear, hunger, and a stolen future. The bombing of SAPES is a reminder that this system fears truth more than anything.
Citizens must refuse to fear. Refuse silence. Refuse the myth that suffering is patriotism.
Zimbabwe needs a peaceful transition from captured governance to a people’s government. A National Transitional Authority is the only practical escape.
from this darkness. No party alone can rescue the nation. It will take a united front of workers, churches, professionals, youth, veterans, rural communities, and every citizen tired of surviving instead of living.
Zimbabwe is bigger than ZANU-PF. Its people are stronger than those who oppress them from behind high walls.
The liberation struggle now belongs to the citizens who demand real freedom.
The country must rise. Enough is enough.
Source - Fikile wa Motsamai
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