Webster Madanhi

Africa needs great institutions, not great leaders. The Great Leader mythology must die.

[Cde Never Maswerasei 🇿🇼 @CdeNMaswerasei]

Zimbabweans at home must realise that whenever there is a situation that requires swift action with potential to trigger a revolution, Nelson Chamisa is DEPLOYED TO DIFFUSE PUBLIC ANGER by giving false hope. That is his tactical role as Mnangagwa's pacifier & "opposition" tool.

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

@ShowdownTrends Some countries have a leadership crisis, where leaders are too much in conrol and the state is too poweful or draconian.
South Africa has a leadership crises where the state is a toothless bulldog. Almost none existent. Citizens just do whatever they want. No consequences.

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

@KingJayZim @Mavhure In the time it took me to read your post, chances are someone somewhere in Zimbabwe has just fallen into that very same tragedy you have described. Add to that the infant mortality figures due to poor or non existant neonatal care.

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

Is this depressing, or is Africa an antidepressant?😂 #SouthSudan #Arsenal #football in #Africa

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

This series of videos by Zimnewsbeat is more than eye opening. It gives you a new perspective about many things Zimbabwe, past and present, not just the war. Ndopaunoona kuti Haisi yekutambisa mahumbwe nyika iyi.
Please help publicise it by sharing links and clips from it.

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

@freemanchari Thank you for sharing🙏🏿.
This series of videos by Zimnewsbeat is more than eye opening. It gives you a new perspective about many things Zimbabwe, past and present. Haisi yekutambisa mahumbwe nyika iyi.
I urge everyone to help publicise it by sharing links and clips from it.

[Nyasha @NNyashaYessur]

Its only in Zimbabwe were a minister of finance goes to a village in Mhlasi to commission a community borehole.

Zimbabwe is now a joke

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

@cmatewu Loving the comments. Proves that hatisi tese maZimba who have been sold to this economy of improvisation when potential for real development is there. Just lack of leadership.

[Chofamba @Chofamba]

In any normal country, Parliament would demand that the President’s office account for the very public role of a private citizen in official engagements.

What security clearance does he have, and on what basis? What oath has he sworn to protect Zimbabwe’s National Interest?

Under Mnangagwa, the Zimbabwean State has been dangerously informalised, official protocols discarded, statecraft dumbed down, and the dignity and integrity of the Office of the President reduced to that of a Temu mafia don!

Contrary to @jahprayzah’s hit song, hazvisisina kana chiremerera!

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

@Chofamba @damba_thomas Mahumbwe at national level😕

[Trevor Ncube @TrevorNcube]

ZANU PF is not a political party that lost its way. It is an evil system.
A political, economic and social parasite. It cannot be negotiated with. Cannot be reformed. Cannot be waited out.
It has attracted the greedy, the opportunistic, every manner of social misfit. Mediocrity is now the standard. And this system is now in some of us — in how we drive, how we treat each other, how we litter our streets.
It must be uprooted root and branch.
Here is what you do, starting today:
You have until 17 May to send written opposition to CAB3 to the Clerk of Parliament. I will soon publish a template for this. Use it. Share it. Make your MP answer publicly for their vote.
Seven specific actions. A programme, not slogans.
Read my impassioned views here 👇
https://t.co/Dwdargr3uE
#Zimbabwe #CAB3 #DefendTheConstitution

[Retired Lt General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga @SajeniMapuranga]

I attended today's Politburo sitting as usual, as a man of conscience, not as a creature of convenience.Let me speak plainly, as soldiers do.
Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 this instrument dressed in the language of national necessity I rejected it. I sat in that chamber, I heard the arguments, and when the moment demanded that I stand on the side of the people and the Constitution, I did not flinch.
This Bill, in its present form and intent, is not a democratic exercise. It is a constitutional manipulation designed to serve the ambitions of a few at the expense of the many. I took an oath to defend this nation not a political faction, not a personal agenda, not a timeline invented to extend the tenure of any single man, however powerful.

What I find most troubling is not the Bill itself. It is the silence of those who know better and say nothing. That silence, comrades, is a form of betrayal. Now, to those who insist this amendment is the will of the people I issue a straightforward challenge: prove it. Go to the people. Call a referendum. Let the citizens of Zimbabwe the farmer in Uzumba, the vendor in Mbare, the teacher in Gwanda, the elder in Lupane let them speak. Not delegates. Not district coordinators with envelopes. The people.If Constitutional Amendment Bill Number 3 truly carries the democratic mandate its proponents claim, they should have no fear of a referendum. The only people who fear the people's voice are those who already know what the people will say.I am a retired soldier. I have no seat to protect, no ministry to lose, no patronage to guard. What I have is my name, my record, and my conscience. And on those foundations, I say this without hesitation No to Bill Number 3. Yes to a referendum. Let the people decide.
Zimbabwe belongs to Zimbabweans not to a committee, not to a faction, and not to a calendar.
Rtd. Lt. Gen. Winston Sigauke Mapuranga. Former Senior Officer, Zimbabwe National Army.

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

Kufadza madzimai. Zvido zvemadzimai kunyanya. The women have spoken #2030 #Zimbabwe

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

@cozwva Many youths in their bloodlines are embarrased to call these men their ancestors. Lesson for the living: Dont sacrifice your family name & legacy to politics and propaganda while destroying everything youve ever built with your own hands. Most unfortunate legacies left behind

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

Check out WebsterSedit's video! #TikTok https://t.co/d0rMOlxsti

[TheNewsHawks @NewsHawksLive]

#WhatChingonoThoughtOfChiwenga
Retired Major-General Herbert Chingono who was found dead at his farmhouse in Mazowe, about 40km northwest of Harare, will be remembered for his sharp mind and great military expertise, yet his controversial remarks about Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga stand out.
Senior military officials, including his brother, Air Vice-Marshal Biltim Chingono, confirmed his death.
Chingono will be remembered as a professional and principled soldier who served the country with distinction.
In earlier years, he served as a military attaché to the United States and was known as a sharp strategist.
However, Chingono was famously mentioned in WikiLeaks cables for his candid and revealing 2010 assessment of the Zimbabwean military leadership, specifically regarding the political ambitions of Chiwenga, which he called and predicted accurately.
In a damning 2010 appraisal of Chiwenga contained in leaked Wikileaks cables, Chingono and the late Major-General Fidelis Satuku told then United States ambassador to Harare Charles Ray that Chiwenga was a political general, not professional, strategic and decisive.
“General Constantine (now Constantino) Chiwenga is a political general who works hard, but who has very little practical experience or expertise," the diplomatic cables said.
“Given a choice between a military and political issue, Chiwenga will always choose the political because he doesn’t know enough about the military to be comfortable discussing it."
The cables said Chiwenga was a "political general" who always defaulted to political positions when confronted with military questions.
A political commissar in Zanu during the liberation struggle, Chiwenga had only attended one mid-level training course, which he did not complete, they said.
After that disclosure, Chiwenga later controversially studied for a Masters' degree at the University of Zimbabwe and PhD from the University of KwaZulu-Natal amid claims he hired people to help him in his studies.
The cables continue: "If given a choice between a military and a
political issue, he routinely defaults to the political. His
goal is to be in politics when his tenure ends as defence
chief, and he will be very disappointed if he fails to
achieve that goal."
As the two generals predicted, Chiwenga, who led the 2017 military which ousted the late former president Robert Mugabe,
has ended up in politics, but his limitations have been exposed as he battles President Emmerson Mnangagwa over the succession battle.
The claim he defaults to politics when faced with a military choice seems to be true, judging by what has been happening in recent years.
How Chiwenga handled the events of June 2018 (Bulawayo grenade attack), January 2019 (fuel prices protests) and March 2025 (the Blessed Geza saga) speaks volumes about his military and political capacities.
Satuku, who died in 2021, also was a decorated commander.
He was a veteran of Zimbabwe’s liberation war, having joined the Zanla forces in 1976.
Fatuku trained in Mozambique and Romania. He was integrated into the Zimbabwe National Army in 1980 as a Major.
He served as a Desk Officer at the Military Intelligence Directorate, Directing Staff at the Zimbabwe Staff College, and Director of Military Intelligence at Army Headquarters.
Satuku became a subject of controversy following WikiLeaks revelations that Chingono and him had privately met with Ray in 2010 to discuss the Zimbabwean military leadership, specifically criticising Chiwenga for lack of strong military credentials.
Despite his decorated service, he was denied hero status upon his death for that.
Instead, he was declared a provincial hero, which some observers viewed as a result of the WikiLeaks fallout.
He died at the age of 64 at a military hospital in Mutare and was buried at his farm in Odzi, Manicaland.
Similarly, Chingono might be subjected to the same fate, although the fallout between Mnangagwa and Chiwenga might inadvertently benefit him.

[Tendayi Manyange @TendayiManyange]

@SajeniMapuranga @mamakaCleo @noto2030 @mawarirej @MajokaMisheck @LynneStactia @Jamwanda2 @MviringiHosia @RexMidzi @Tapfuma315052 @crdzimbabwe Thank you Sir for standing up to this social media bully & for saying your truth quietly and clearly. We pray for your safety & protection! You earned my utmost deep RESPECT 🙏

[Webster Madanhi @Webster_IM]

@SajeniMapuranga @noto2030 @mawarirej @mamakaCleo @MajokaMisheck @LynneStactia @Jamwanda2 @MviringiHosia @RexMidzi @Tapfuma315052 @crdzimbabwe Mashoko makukutu. 👏🏿👏🏿
Zvanga zvanzi chiiko naMliswa, vamwe takapedzisira kunzwa nezvake kakare. Tipeiwo link yacho.

[Retired Lt General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga @SajeniMapuranga]

It does not require retired officers to surrender their voices at the gate. A Commander-in-Chief who is confident in his mandate does not need Temba Mliswa to threaten his retired generals on his behalf.
If the President has concerns about what has been written or said, there are proper channels. Formal. Institutional. Dignified. Not this not a politician grandstanding on social media, waving the prospect of recall like a club.

You have gone too far. Not because you challenged us challenge is healthy, and we are not fragile men. You have gone too far because you have attempted to use the military chain of command as a political weapon, and that is a line that must not be crossed in any democracy that takes itself seriously.
Zimbabwe is bigger than your ambitions. The Constitution is bigger than your loyalties. And the men you are trying to intimidate have already given more to this country than your remarks suggest you understand.
Step back. Recalibrate. And the next time you wish to weigh in on matters of military conduct and constitutional duty do your homework first.
— Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Winston Sigauke Mapuranga
Zimbabwe National Army(Retired)

[Retired Lt General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga @SajeniMapuranga]

Mr. Mliswa, I have read your remarks. I have read them carefully, and I have decided they cannot go unanswered not because you have wounded me, but because you have been careless with things that matter, and carelessness of that kind, left unchallenged, becomes dangerous.
You do not speak for the military. You never did.

You are a politician. A vocal one I grant you that. But your familiarity with soldiers does not make you a soldier. And your proximity to power does not qualify you to lecture men who spent their entire adult lives in uniform about what the chain of command means, what respect for the Commander-in-Chief looks like, or what it costs to earn the right to speak on matters of national security.

I earned that right. Thirty years of service earned it. The men you are attacking earned it in the trenches of the liberation struggle before you were old enough to understand what liberation required. Do not come to us with a politician's tongue and instruct us on military protocol.
On the question of the Reserve Force.
You raise the Reserve Force as though it were a leash.

As though the possibility of recall is meant to silence us. Let me educate you, Mr. Mliswa, since you have invited this conversation into the public square.
A soldier's oath is to Zimbabwe and its Constitution not to any individual, not to any faction, and certainly not to any self-appointed political enforcer operating on social media. The Reserve Force exists to serve the Republic. It is not a mechanism for intimidating retired officers who exercise their constitutional right to speak. If you believe otherwise, I suggest you revisit Section 61 of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of expression including to men in or associated with the defence establishment and Section 67, which protects every citizen's right to participate in political life.
Threatening retired generals with recall as a consequence of public comment is not loyalty to the Commander-in-Chief. It is the behaviour of a bully who has mistaken proximity to power for power itself.

On "inconsequential accolades."
You described the credentials of retired generals as "inconsequential accolades." I want you to sit with those words, Mr. Mliswa. Really sit with them. The men whose accolades you dismiss so casually commanded brigades, built institutions, buried colleagues, and held this country together in moments of crisis that you read about in newspapers while we lived them. What are your accolades, Mr. Mliswa? A parliamentary seat you lost? A record of public controversy that stretches the length of this country? A habit of shouting loudest in whatever direction the political wind is blowing?

Do not speak to us about inconsequential. You accuse retired generals of playing politics while using their military credentials. I will tell you what is actually dangerous and it is not retired officers engaging in constitutionally protected civic discourse. What is dangerous is a political actor using the threat of military consequences to suppress legitimate voices. That is the road to authoritarianism, Mr. Mliswa, and I will not pretend otherwise simply because the target of that suppression happens to be people I know.Soldiers who speak from conscience are not a threat to this Republic. Politicians who weaponise the military against conscience those are the threat.

I have served under the Commander-in-Chief. I respect the office. I respect the man's longevity in public service that is not in dispute. But respect for the President does not require silence from citizens. @TembaMliswa