All this while He knew he had no desire to step down, explains why I have been targeted by @edmnangagwa's government. Why I was arrested over a press conference I did not even attend and kept in pre-trial detention for 73 days. I am just a journalist nothing more.
Zimbabwe is too big to be put in someone's pocket. No individual, family, or political party owns this country. It belongs to all Zimbabweans, and its future cannot be held hostage by anyone. #RejectCAB3#DefendTheConstitution
Zimbabwe's former Air Vice-Marshal Henry Muchena and his group of retired army generals say Constitution Amendment Act No.3 has parallels with Rhodesian leader Ian Smith's 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) as it subverts the constitutional order and represent an unlawful usurpation of sovereign power and subversion of democratic legitimacy.
STATEMENT BY RETIRED GENERALS AND SENIOR CIVIL SERVANTS OF ZIMBABWE
Air Marshal Henry Muchena (Retired)
For and on behalf of Retired Generals and Senior Civil Servants
8 July 2026
Fellow Zimbabweans
It has come to our attention that on 7 July 2026, the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe signed Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 into law.
It is now Constitutional Amendment No. 3. It was gazetted on the same day.
Our collective conscience will not allow us to remain silent while the Constitution is dismantled in silence by a few.
This is not a minor amendment.
It is not an administrative adjustment.
It is an assault on the constitutional covenant made in 2013 by the people of Zimbabwe, through negotiation, national consensus and referendum.
That Constitution belongs to the people.
It does not belong to a President. It does not belong to Parliament.
It does not belong to any political party, faction, benefactor or unelectable cabal seeking refuge in legal manipulation.
Let us call this by its true name. Zimbabwe has, in spirit if not in form, returned to the dark logic of 11 November 1965, when a small circle abrogated to itself the power to redefine the law without reference to the governed.
Then it was called UDI.
Today it wears the clothing of constitutional amendment. The principle is the same: power has placed itself above the people.
Put simply, we are now being asked to live under a Constitution altered not by the sovereign will of the people, but by the decree of those who fear that will.
The law is being made to serve power, instead of power submitting to law.
The black majority, once again, is being told that it may vote, but may not choose.
That is the deepest betrayal.
CAB 3, now Constitutional Amendment No. 3, is vulgar.
It is an abomination.
It offends the spirit of liberation, the discipline of constitutionalism, and the promise made to every Zimbabwean that never again would the destiny of this nation be arranged by a few men and women behind closed doors.
The merchants of this amendment claimed they were curing toxicity in our body politic.
In truth, they have poured poison into the constitutional bloodstream.
They sold vinegar as wine. They sat in the shadows, drafted this thing, voted it into law, and betrayed the constituencies that sent them to Parliament on a different mandate.
Those who used the mandate of the people to diminish the power of the people must be judged accordingly.
They have taken from Zimbabweans one of the most sacred democratic rights: the right to choose the direction in which this country must be governed.
We make no pretence of prescribing every step that must now follow.
But this much is plain: Zimbabweans must now organise, mobilise and use every lawful method available to resist and reject this constitutional abomination. Silence is no longer neutrality.
Silence is complicity.
This Constitution was born out of struggle, sacrifice and national expectation.
It must not be surrendered to political convenience. It must not be surrendered to fear. It must not be surrendered to those who treat the Republic as their private inheritance.
We did not spend our careers defending this nation’s institutions to now watch them destroyed under colour of legality.
Our resistance must be disciplined. It must be lawful. It must be relentless.
History is watching. Let it record that when the hour came, we did not flinch, and we did not break the law to save it.
I thank you.
Air Marshal Henry Muchena (Retired)
For and on behalf of Retired Generals and Senior Civil Servants
The paranoid pathological regime masquerading under the crass moniker of “ Second Republic “ is driven by two agendas , looting and power.
CAB 3 conflates the two agendas .
CAB 3 shifts power and control to the few rag tag bandits that have made billions from looting the State .
It creates a clear pathway to power for syndicates and fat cats , unapologetic gold smugglers using expensive private jets to ferry gold bars from different disparate African State Houses to the murky corridors of Dubai s underworld .
CAB 3 allows the complete privatization of power. It pushes away power and legitimacy from millions of Zimbabweans to those that will be able to control the process and outcomes of any party primary election process .
Democracy has been commodified.
An amendment sneaked on 17 June 2026 , during the Committee Stage of CAB 3 forces , nominee party parliamentary candidates to declare on their nomination form , their Presidential candidate .
So who ever signs party candidate forms determiners the next president .
This obnoxious amendment ought to have been gazetted in the original bill and ought to have been debated publicly.
CAB 3 suspends elections to an unknown date.
Elections are not in 2030. Maybe they can be held after 7 years in 2033.
The pernicious use of the word “ notwithstanding “ in clause 4 ( 2) a and clause 9 of the Bill ,allows the constitution to be suspended any time , they feel like .
CAB 3 and 4 are in the making .
In this reality where democracy has been hijacked , elections side trekked and Zimbabwe in limbo focus should be on resisting CAB 3 .
Anything else is a diversion .
Anything else is prepaid distraction.
We are therefore proud members of the @cdfzim
We are proud founding members of the Sungano yaVanhu/Ubumbano lomphakathi Alliance .
This Alliance is our salvation .
Without it Zimbabwe is gone .
It is that simple .
Good day Crime Watch Zimbabwe. Residents of Sunningdale 2, Harare, are currently receiving what appears to be sewage-contaminated water from their household taps. As shown in the attached photo, the water is grey, dirty and clearly unsafe for drinking, cooking or any domestic use. This poses a serious public health risk, especially to children, the elderly and other vulnerable residents.
We kindly appeal to the City of Harare and the relevant authorities to urgently investigate the source of the contamination, restore a safe water supply, and keep residents informed. Immediate intervention is needed to prevent a possible outbreak of waterborne diseases.
@JMafume
🛢️Brent Crude is trading at USD 72 per barrel right now.
Yet South Africans are still paying R25+ per litre at the pumps?
This makes zero sense.
The Basic Fuel Price is directly linked to international crude + Rand strength. With oil this low, motorists deserve much bigger relief - not crumbs while taxes, levies and margins eat the rest.
Where is the transparency? Why the disconnect between global prices and what we pay? How much lower could it be without the extra taxes/levies?
Time to cut the unnecessary burdens on ordinary South Africans. Fuel is the lifeblood of the economy - lower it properly.
#FuelPrices #LoadSheddingNoMore #SouthAfrica @CyrilRamaphosa@Treasury_RSA@DMPR_ZA@GovernmentZA
#BhaskorONews!!
🔹Zimbabwean liberation war veterans, led by Reuben Zulu, have filed an urgent High Court application to block Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3~#CAB3 due to allegations of systemic corruption, including bribery of MPs with cash and vehicles by the controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo. The lawsuit argues that these alleged bribes, intended to secure votes for the legislation, create a conflict of interest that renders the parliamentary process invalid.
🔸 Despite the allegations, Parliament is proceeding with the bill, which aims to alter the country's executive and judicial structures. The veterans demand the certification of the bill be halted following an ignored ultimatum regarding the alleged contamination of the legislative process.
For the full court challenge, click on this link: https://t.co/rTTv6jDvLy
🔸Given the current climate, bringing in South African artists to perform in Zimbabwe would be a gross failure to read the room. Our brothers, sisters, relatives and friends are squatting in the rain, choked by fear and in danger of losing their livelihoods.
Now, more than ever, they need our solidarity. Let’s spare a thought for those who are victims of another round of suffering, having fled poverty, hunger and @ZANUPF_Official’s general reign of terror.
Let’s do the right thing.🙏🏽
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
After ED is gone we must have a Commission of Enquiry to investigate who was behind this CAB-3 HIEST & those who facilitated it & see if the Commission can recommend criminal prosecutions against the culprits @HizGrace@Chofamba@ali_naka
#BhaskorONews!!
Ziyambi Ziyambi promised to pay opposition MPs USD30k for them to vote “Yes” to CAB3. He paid them USD10k each before the vote and promised to pay the rest after the vote. However, when the time to deliver came after the vote , he only paid a handful of MPs. Some were only given USD6k, and the rest of Tshabangu MPs were told that there was no CASH 💰left. Some of the MPs even struggled with the transport money to return to their respective constituencies that they BETRAYED! This is the model by TEMU president. The same fate that Prof Moyo , Zivhu , and many others who were purchased to support CAB3 are facing! Enjoy the prize of betrayal!! 🚮
President Fredrick Chiluba of Zambia now late, once wanted the extend his term of office back in 2002 and SADC intervened and He backed off. According to former President of South Africa Cde Thabo Mbeki,a term extension would put the region into disrepute and would set a dangerous precedent. The region had never had such yet now we have Zimbabwe and DRC on a cliff edge. The two moribund presidents both want a term extension. Right in the eyes of South Africa. Big brother Ramaphosa is looking on maybe because he too is in deep shit because of Phala Phala. The difference here is the regional criminal cartels that have captured the states in both South Africa Zimbabwe and The DRC.
As we have always said, ZANU PF does NOT have the numbers they needed. Only 181 ZANU PF MPs voted in favour of #CAB3 falling short of the required 187. The Bill only passed in the National Assembly because of the Tshabangu factor. History will judge harshly those who betrayed the people.