Herbert Ndlovu

African democracy...peace , justice and equity.

[🌷𝕰𝖑𝖑𝖎𝖊🌷 @tnk_1508]

Dear friends.Morning marks the start of a new day. I pray that your days are filled with peace and tranquility.
I am running a slight fever and not feeling well myself,
so I plan to rest quietly before heading to the hospital.
Please take good care of yourselves as well.🩵🩵🩵🩵🩵

[Herbert Ndlovu @herbertn771]

@freemufumiri @VincentNdlovu09 Profound!!

[Herbert Ndlovu @herbertn771]

If confirmed, it's so unfortunate... innocent little souls needlessly perishing like that.

[🇿🇼 ZANU PF PATRIOTS 🇿🇼 @zanupf_patriots]

Breaking❗❗❗

AN unconfirmed number of pupils from Matongo Primary School in Gweru are feared to have died after a commuter omnibus they had boarded reportedly caught fire just outside the school on Wednesday.

The victims are believed to have been burnt beyond recognition when the vehicle was engulfed in flames under circumstances that were still unclear at the time of writing.

Source : The Herald Zimbabwe

[Herbert Ndlovu @herbertn771]

@rise_sharoe001 @HonMachakaire This is a powerful caveat and a sobering word of counsel... there's need for accountability at all levels.Service delivery is a must . Negligence must be condemned,always.

[Sharony Rise @rise_sharoe001]

@HonMachakaire While Rambo deserves recognition for his courage, rewarding heroism should not distract from the negligence that led to preventable deaths. The families of the victims deserve accountability, not a celebration of a tragedy that should never have happened.

[Chirandu @munyany1]

@HonMachakaire 2. horrible incidents can’t trigger serious introspection , then we are doomed as a country. In a majority of places I have been to around the world, incidents like these are followed by heads rolling, serious legal consequences & compensation, class actions by communities

[MNM @ZimbabweMake]

@HonMachakaire @CMukungunugwa That's low! Who dug the pit first?

They need to compensate the victims' families with huge compensation.

There was no urgency in diving into raw sewage to retrieve dead bodies.

How the government compensates the families is what matters most, not rewarding the retriever.

[Herbert Ndlovu @herbertn771]

@joebreaker101 @SajeniMapuranga @BlessedGeza @Devro_Amplified @CdeKnoxChivero @Jamwanda2 @kerinamujati @LynneStactia @mawarirej Of great concern is that beyond liberation war credentials and strict lived military discipline, the General has no plausible modern economic plans /manifesto,no inspiring track record as an ex- Minister in gvt. Discipline alone doesn't unlock international financing...

[Herbert Ndlovu @herbertn771]

@incognito_1981 @zimlive Such so called company governess policies are outrageous if not out dated, exploitative and backward.

[Herbert Ndlovu @herbertn771]

@shamie_shamaine @Millionairebay There's always a time of reckoning,when natural justice does visit perpetrators of evil done under cover of darkness.Yet again in the faith of ages ,it is Jehovah God who avenges his own . Brian met such a horrible death but God will avenge his blood.

[Harare Opinion @HarareOpinion]

Likewise, public generosity should not automatically be erased because an individual becomes politically controversial.

A constitutional society is measured not by how loudly it condemns people, but by whether it preserves fairness even when emotions run high.

And until the law itself reaches definitive conclusions, perhaps the wiser path is to judge actions with balance, evidence, and restraint rather than allowing social hostility to replace justice.

[Michelle 💜 Mystique @michelle_mystiq]

Zimbabwean politics is still run as a top-down club where a small elite makes decisions behind closed doors, while everyone else is expected to clap, campaign, and vote, then disappear. In that kind of system, even the most educated and capable people are either sidelined, co-opted, or forced out.

Until we confront the gatekeeping, the lack of internal democracy, and the culture of unquestioned authority, we will keep recycling the same outcomes with different faces.

We don’t just need new people in politics.
We need to end spectator politics, where citizens watch elites decide their future, and build a system where power genuinely comes from the ground up.

Anything less is just participation in dysfunction.

[Michelle 💜 Mystique @michelle_mystiq]

@praisechox https://t.co/qLaQGLdftc

[Herbert Ndlovu @herbertn771]

slogans to mature military inspired planning to leverage resource nationalism.lnstitutions need to be consolidated.. liberation values need to be upheld..a better life for all and an equally secure future for posterity. Neo-liberalism is the enemy ...

[Herbert Ndlovu @herbertn771]

The content, substance and depth of this article is disappointingly mediocre...pliz don't play into the hands of tribalists, hegemonists and the narrow polarized narrative which has kept this country small for decades. The country is going thru a delicate transition beyond

[TheNewsHawks @NewsHawksLive]

Strategic Succession Move: Why Mnangagwa Prefers Retired General Phillip Valerio Sibanda
As President Emmerson Mnangagwa manoeuvres through a complex and volatile political landscape amid his contentious 2030 term extension bid ahead of the ruling party's critical elective congress next year, his succession plans have become a central focus of Zanu PF and national politics.
For the past three years, The NewsHawks has been hearing that Mnangagwa prefers Sibanda, a retired Zimbabwe Defence Forces (ZDF) commander, as his successor, from a personal, political and strategic perspective.
Internal sources say Mnangagwa favours Sibanda over Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga, Vice-President Kembo Mohadi, multi-millionaire tycoon Kudakwashe Tagwirei or even Chris Mutsvangwa for many reasons.
Chiwenga and Tagwirei have been manoeuvring in public to position themselves in the succession race.
But Tagwirei, who has money but no political capital, has denied that he has any presidential ambitions.
Mohadi has never expressed any ambition and is generally not considered a contender.
In fact, Mohadi wants to retire and has been pushing to do so for the past coup of years mainly on old age and health grounds. He feels tired and that it is time for him rest.
That has created an opening for Sibanda.
Besides, Zanu PF and Zimbabwe's ethnic and regional politics - tribal political calculus - put Mohadi at a disadvantage.
Mutsvangwa has completely avoided fielding himself in the race despite his fierce attacks against Chiwenga, his relative and nemesis.
In this succession matrix, it has emerged that Mnangagwa wants Sibanda for various reasons:
To have a friendly and reliable successor to protect himself, his family and interests after power; someone from his regional-ethnic axis; and a person with liberation struggle credentials.
Sibanda, a decorated Zipra and national army commander, is close to Mnangagwa.
He has proved reliable to him, especially after thwarting the January 2019 and March 2025 coup plots to keep him in power.
Chiwenga and his military-backed Zanu PF wanted to oust Mnangagwa in 2019 and 2025, but were stopped in their tracks by Sibanda as army commander.
It is recorded in Mnangagwa’s book A Life of Sacrifice: A Biography - Emmerson Mnangagwa, authored by Eddie Cross and published in 2021, that Chiwenga tried to seize power in January 2019 while the President was away in Russia and Eastern Europe, but was stopped by Sibanda.
Last year, during the Blessed Geza phenomenon, Sibanda advised Mnangagwa to quickly remove Zimbabwe National Army commander retired Lieutenant-General Anselem Sanyatwe and make him Sports minister ahead of the planned March 30 uprising.
The plan was to rein in the army and allow a popular uprising against Mnangagwa as the military stood by or joined the people like what previously happened in Sudan or Madagascar, among other countries.
This makes Sibanda, who retired in November last year, a dependable ally for Mnangagwa.
He also fits the regional-ethnic profile, an advantage and disadvantage.
This brings proximity and loyalty, while it fuels the embers of Zanu PF and Zimbabwe's tribal politics deeply influential in the succession matrix.
Sibanda is from Gokwe in Mnangagwa’s Midlands political stronghold and his widely regarded as an ethnic Karanga with connections to minorities in that area.
The Shangwe are the traditional inhabitants of the Gokwe area which has Shona, Ndebele and Tonga ethnic influence.
Sibanda is said to be connected to Mnangagwa through their Shumba totem, common among Karangas.
His Sibanda surname, a result of Ndebele cultural influence, is derived from the Shumba totem.
Some members of the Mnangagwa family, which had Ndebele influence as narrated by the President himself whose name at birth was Nhlupheko (from which his middle name Dambudzo is derived), use Sibanda as their surname.
Inhlupheko is a Ndebele/Zulu noun meaning suffering, poverty, or severe hardship; Dambudzo in Shona.

[Hon Minister Machakaire @HonMachakaire]

Congratulations to Retired Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, General Philip Valerio Sibanda, on your appointment to the ZANU PF Politburo. Your distinguished service, discipline, and patriotism continue to inspire the nation.

We also commend His Excellency, President and First Secretary of ZANU PF, Cde Dr Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, for entrusting proven and visionary leadership with this important responsibility within the Party.

[🇿🇼 ZANU PF PATRIOTS 🇿🇼 @zanupf_patriots]

GENERAL (RTD) PHILIP SIBANDA APPOINTED TO ZANU PF POLITBURO.

President and First Secretary of ZANU PF, Cde Dr. Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa, has appointed General (Rtd) Philip Valerio Sibanda to the ZANU PF Politburo with immediate effect, in terms of Article 9, Section 65 read together with Section 67 of the ZANU PF Constitution.

The appointment was announced by the Department of Information and Publicity on 11 May 2026.

[Herbert Ndlovu @herbertn771]

@zanupf_patriots General P.V.Sibanda...excellent move.He can leverage his military discipline to enforce political and economic order . Military inspired governance planning model is the best for African democracy, resource nationalism and so on.