The Guptas' Sun City wedding accidentally exposed their capture of South Africa. Tagwirei's $20 million wedding deliberately displayed his of Zimbabwe.
I once had lunch with Kudakwashe Tagwirei. We served briefly together on the Presidential Advisory Council(PAC). It emerged before my resignation that he had more access to President Mnangagwa than the entire PAC put together.
The leaked audio — the grandiose claim : “I am the next president” — cannot be authenticated. But authenticity is the wrong test. The right test is whether the claims map onto documented behaviour.
Consider the record: a reported 30% stake behind CBZ, Zimbabwe’s biggest bank. US$1.28 billion through Command Agriculture without open tender. US$1.6 billion paid for Kuvimba to undisclosed individuals the authorities refuse to name. Chairmanship of the land tenure programme. Co-option into the ZANU-PF Central Committee, lubricated by US$21 million in vehicles. Standing beside the President when Ramaphosa visited Precabe Farm.
Banking. Mining. Land. The party machine. Proximity to the presidency. None of it requires the tape to be real.
The keystone is CAB3, which Parliament may pass THIS WEEK. It abolishes your right to elect your own President and hands that choice to a Parliament ZANU-PF controls. A man who could never win a national vote would not need one.
South Africa’s capture was eventually exposed by a free press and the Zondo Commission. CAB3 would entrench Zimbabwe’s — writing the workaround into the constitution itself.
The electorate is the last institution standing between a businessman and a captured presidency.
This is not how we build a vibrant and compassionate society.
Full piece in the first reply 👇
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Behind the sterile legal debates over Zimbabwe’s CAB3 proposals lies a harrowing material reality: a nation of citizens subjected to systematic psychological warfare, economic erasure, and civil death. To understand the true Zimbabwean human condition under ZANU-PF is to look past the political theatre and confront a engineered state of modern serfdom across urban high-densities, rural peripheries, and a fractured diaspora. Read the full in-depth critique on how a regime breaks a population’s will to resist, and why the clock is ticking on a dangerous threshold of collective fury.
https://t.co/7dh82GSyQv
Zimbabwe’s democracy is being "legally" dismantled. Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB 3) isn't just a method shift, it is a structural overhaul designed to insulate power from the ballot box. When a government manufactures a legislative supermajority through strategic recalls and moves to strip citizens of their direct vote for the presidency, it doesn't just trigger a political dispute; it completely fails the legal-rational test of governing legitimacy.
Read the full essay to discover how the state became accustomed to chronic illegitimacy, why the opposition’s legalistic naivety missed critical turning points, and how citizens can strategically pivot to exploit ruling-party fractures and stop this constitutional rollover.
🔸Your Excellency, the uncomfortable truth we cannot shy away from is that, for as long as the political crisis in Zimbabwe remains unresolved, people will continue to run away. Very little will be able to stop them. This must be top most in your minds when you prop up the regime that is causing mass suffering. These are the side effects of mollycoddling and making friends with corrupt dictatorships.
We need new leaders.🇿🇼
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.
@bbmhlanga address Zimbabweans in Leicester at an townhall organised by @cdfzim#ZimbabweSayNo to the Unconstitutional Constitutional Amendment Bill 3 #UnCAB3
🎙️ X SPACE : Host SCOTTY: CITIZENS VOICE OUT : @BitiTendai
🇿🇼 CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS, CAB3 & THE FUTURE OF ZIMBABWE
The Constitution Defenders Forum (CDF) UK Federation has invited Tendai Biti to address a Town Hall Meeting in Leicester on the constitutional crisis and the growing opposition to Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 (CAB3).
What is CAB3, and why are some Zimbabweans, civil society groups, constitutionalists, and opposition figures strongly opposed to it? What are the legal, political, and democratic implications for Zimbabwe’s future?
Join us as we unpack the issues, examine the arguments for and against the amendment, and discuss what this means for constitutionalism, democracy, and the rule of law in Zimbabwe.
📅 Date: 6 June 2026
⏰ Time: 10:00am / 13:00pm
📍 X Spaces
Discussion Points:
• What is Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3?
• Why are some Zimbabweans calling for its rejection?
• What are the implications for democracy and constitutional governance?
• Can citizens effectively resist constitutional changes they oppose?
• What is the way forward?
Set a reminder and join the conversation.
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#RejectAmendmentNo3 #DefendTheConstitution #Zimbabwe #CAB3 #ConstitutionalCrisis #Democracy #RuleOfLaw #XSpaces
Part Two 2️⃣ 💥 Powerful Speech 🎤 From Marcie Wilks @Marcie4LOC
THREAD: South Africa, migrants & the hard conversation we must have 🧵
1. This issue won’t be solved by shouting.
It needs multiple honest conversations where both sides are heard.
2. Reality:
People are leaving Zimbabwe because of real problems.
That part is not in dispute.
3. But how we present ourselves in South Africa matters.
👉 We can’t be unclear about who we are:
- Refugee
- Economic migrant
- Trader
These are different realities.
4. If you say you are a refugee, there are expectations.
If you say you are an economic migrant, there are different expectations.
👉 Mixing the two creates confusion and mistrust.
5. South Africans are also asking a real question:
“If resources are limited, how do we share them fairly?”
That concern is real, whether we like it or not.
6. Another uncomfortable truth:
Some migrants bring skills, experience, and entrepreneurship.
👉 But locals may feel:
“Why are we not being trained or empowered the same way?”
That is a government failure — not a migrant crime.
7. So there are two conversations happening at once:
- Community frustration
- State failure
And they are being mixed into one.
8. From a community level:
We need honest engagement, not chest-beating on social media.
👉 Respect. Listening. Empathy.
9. If you enter someone else’s country:
- Understand their concerns
- Respect their space
- Engage, don’t inflame
10. At the same time:
👉 No frustration justifies violence. Ever.
11. Another key point:
Why are we not equally organised to challenge our own governments?
That question is uncomfortable — but necessary.
12. Real solution starts here:
- Organised migrant communities
- Clear identity & conduct
- Engagement with local communities
- Not confrontation
13. South Africans are not enemies.
Zimbabweans are not enemies.
👉 The real problem is mismanagement, inequality, and lack of dialogue.
14. Final truth:
If we don’t speak honestly and respectfully to each other,
we will keep fighting the wrong battle.
Listen first. Speak with respect. Resolve as people.
#TruthOverPower