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Chiwenga is almost like a reincarnation of Chamisa
29 Apr 2026 at 06:23hrs |
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Having commented on VP Chiwenga's Hezekiah video, it's strange how criticising President Mnangagwa can be palatable and even accepted, and yet the same for Vice President Chiwenga is deemed kufarisa? Politics hadzisi dzekutyisidzirana and an unwarranted attack on the President is an attack on the nation! We can't allow that.
The VP has literally been undermining both his superior and the party he belongs to, and he should be called out for it. I must reiterate my stance: defending the President against such insidious acts is a matter of principle. Were the tables turned and VP Chiwenga were the one in the presidency, I would equally spring to his defence against any similar subversive actions. There are platforms and ways of venting one's grievances at that level instead of grandstanding.
If left unchecked, his current manoeuvres could sow dangerous seeds of discontent that could destabilise the party in the future.
Politically, while social media has clapped hands for him, ED has managed to remain calm and diplomatic, focusing on the angles and areas that matter. That's political nous, which the VP is betraying himself as lacking.
It's no wonder that the very base upon which the VP could have built upon to engineer his way to power one day has been slowly but effectively decimated, even as his social media gravitas appears to be flaring up. It's because he is focusing on the wrong political constituency!
It's almost like a reincarnation of Chamisa, all words, verses and social media coronations, and yet structurally vulnerable as to be impotent politically!
ZANU PF as a party remains the only viable instrument for assumption of power, and yet his actions, undermining the very same party, are an act of self-condemnation. The party is the water to the fish that he is, and his actions amount to thrashing all the water out.
You can't speak and act to please the opposition constituency and yet hope to ride to power on the back of internal support.
Even more damning today, he is effectively operating within a controlled environment despite the veneer of potency which his words attempt to convey. Some have dared ZANU-PF to fire him, and yet that would be a mistake in that he will now be operating outside a controlled context.
Many in the party also have aspirations for the top seat, yet they never recklessly throw around their military or liberation war weight as an entitlement to the seat. A genius politician simply builds a support base, canvassing for support in the normal and recognised way, without undermining his superior and destabilising the whole party.
The VP has literally been undermining both his superior and the party he belongs to, and he should be called out for it. I must reiterate my stance: defending the President against such insidious acts is a matter of principle. Were the tables turned and VP Chiwenga were the one in the presidency, I would equally spring to his defence against any similar subversive actions. There are platforms and ways of venting one's grievances at that level instead of grandstanding.
If left unchecked, his current manoeuvres could sow dangerous seeds of discontent that could destabilise the party in the future.
Politically, while social media has clapped hands for him, ED has managed to remain calm and diplomatic, focusing on the angles and areas that matter. That's political nous, which the VP is betraying himself as lacking.
It's no wonder that the very base upon which the VP could have built upon to engineer his way to power one day has been slowly but effectively decimated, even as his social media gravitas appears to be flaring up. It's because he is focusing on the wrong political constituency!
It's almost like a reincarnation of Chamisa, all words, verses and social media coronations, and yet structurally vulnerable as to be impotent politically!
ZANU PF as a party remains the only viable instrument for assumption of power, and yet his actions, undermining the very same party, are an act of self-condemnation. The party is the water to the fish that he is, and his actions amount to thrashing all the water out.
You can't speak and act to please the opposition constituency and yet hope to ride to power on the back of internal support.
Even more damning today, he is effectively operating within a controlled environment despite the veneer of potency which his words attempt to convey. Some have dared ZANU-PF to fire him, and yet that would be a mistake in that he will now be operating outside a controlled context.
Many in the party also have aspirations for the top seat, yet they never recklessly throw around their military or liberation war weight as an entitlement to the seat. A genius politician simply builds a support base, canvassing for support in the normal and recognised way, without undermining his superior and destabilising the whole party.
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