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$21 million in vehicles. Standing beside the President when Ramaphosa visited Precabe Farm.
Banking. Mining. Land. The party machine. Proximity to the presidency. None of it requires the tape to be real.
The keystone is CAB3, which Parliament may pass THIS WEEK. It abolishes your right to elect your own President and hands that choice to a Parliament ZANU-PF controls. A man who could never win a national vote would not need one.
South Africa’s capture was eventually exposed by a free press and the Zondo Commission. CAB3 would entrench Zimbabwe’s — writing the workaround into the constitution itself.
The electorate is the last institution standing between a businessman and a captured presidency.
This is not how we build a vibrant and compassionate society.
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@matinyarare Instead he is attend the one legged religious men who needed thousands of US$ to arrive at number 1 Borrowdale Rd. I hear, because of dementia, he does not even know who he spoke to
@dabskays For as long as our young ones will enjoy the fruits of our heritage. Nothing last forever. Ndiyani aifunga kuti Mugabe naChiluba would go that way?
@dabskays Happy birthday and have a wonderful day. All the drama will come to an end....unfortunately you will be very old to enjoy the fruits of the disposal of the ductatorships