While others are signing autocracy into law, President @HHichilema has today entrenched the right to education into the echelons of the Zambian constitution and stated that no person in the future should be able to reverse that right. He also argued that free education will not compromise the quality of education if implemented properly. Here is a leader who has defined his legacy and helped all children of Zambia to gain access to free primary and secondary education.
You can’t solve the immigration crisis in South Africa without directly calling out Zanu PF and FRELIMO.
They are the root cause of undocumented mass immigration in South Africa.
They have been enabled to stay in power by the ANC which has ignored rigged elections and developed relationships with these corrupt regimes and their crony capitalist crooks.
The only point worth making in this debate, in my view, is that Parliament has no moral authority to debate a Bill on which the public was denied any opportunity to deliberate, and on which their voice will not be heard in a referendum. Beyond that, the chamber should otherwise be filled with disruptive chants of “20:30 uniona paWatch”, otherwise you trying to turn water to wine.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT ED POWER GAMES…ED worked with Tshabangu to engineer illegal recalls that ultimately handed ZANU-PF a fraudulent two-thirds parliamentary majority, in clear violation of both the law and democratic principles.
Unfortunately, when the recalls began, many failed to recognize that this was part of a long-planned strategy orchestrated by ED. It was never about the claims that the CCC lacked a constitution or formal structures. In Zimbabwe you can not submit party candidates to ZEC without a party constitution. Parliament and Mudenda were in possession of CCC constitution but chose to ignore it on instructions from his Zpf Boss. Those no constitution and nil structures narratives were merely a smokescreen.
Some individuals, driven by their disagreements with Nelson Chamisa, celebrated the recalls, unaware that they were in fact celebrating the erosion of democracy and the weakening of our nation. The foundation for the current constitutional amendment agenda was laid in 2023 through those engineered and unlawful recalls.
However, all is not lost. The real struggle lies ahead. The task before us is to continue fighting for a Citizens' Government—one that reflects the true will and aspirations of the people of Zimbabwe. The future of our country depends on the determination of its citizens to defend voice, agency and fundamental rights .
Dr Ian Ndlovu says May will be like 1980 in Zimbabwe. 1980 was the year of independence. Hope was high. This CAB3 has killed all hope. When it is stopped, there is a genuine chance to start again as a country. We can all come together and build a transitional arrangement,
Reject CAB3❌| Share, Speak, Reject.
1. The President’s term is extended from 5 to 7 years without people voting, and he could stay in power until 2030 or longer.
2. Citizens may lose the right to directly vote for the President, as leaders could be chosen by MPs and Senators instead.
3. Control of elections may shift to the ruling party, reducing independence and fairness.
4. The President can add more appointed members to the Senate, giving the ruling party more power to pass changes.
5. The army’s duty to protect the Constitution is removed, which could make abuse of power easier.
6. Independent commissions are removed, giving more power to the President and reducing oversight.
I have received information that I cannot in good conscience sit on.
President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa is visiting Zimbabwe.
Not an official state visit with full diplomatic protocol.Not a SADC summit with regional agenda.
Not an AU engagement with continental purpose.
A private visit.And the destination after the obligatory Harare formalities is Precabe Farm. Kwekwe.
Zimbabwean Member of Parliament for Chinhoyi, Leslie Mhangwa, was speaking at a Workers’ Day event when the microphone was rudely taken away from him by ZANUPF thugs who are part of the intelligence infrastructure. He was saved by members of the public who were listening to his address.
Now, if a Member of Parliament is not allowed to speak at a public event addressing issues that are affecting workers, and the microphone is violently taken away from him simply because he has said that the inflation rate is not matching wage increases, and that is seen as a threat to the government of the day, what kind of society has Zimbabwe become?
What about an ordinary person like myself or others? What would happen to us if this can happen to an elected official, a Member of Parliament who is speaking to the constituents who elected him, yet is not allowed to do so?
These are the things that have turned Zimbabwe into a banana republic. These are the actions that continue to delegitimise our country’s standing internationally. You cannot have mob justice. You cannot have a mob turning up at an official event where a Member of Parliament has been given the floor to speak and is then treated like this.