When your country is being run by thieves and crooks, any opportunity to steal from the public is exploited. The war in the Gulf has become the latest excuse to steal from the public through a 39% fuel price increase, the highest in the SADC region.
Zambia, which takes most of it's fuel from, and through Zimbabwe, has increased fuel price by 6%, from $1.51 to $1.60, while Botswana hasn't increased at all.
Petrol in Zimbabwe was US$1.56 before the war. Today, it's selling for US$2.17, an extortionate & criminal increase of 39%.
@edmnangagwa and his government are criminals who should be removed from levers of state power. Our country cannot afford such an inconsiderate and extractive regime any day longer!
#2027EDAnengeAsipo
#Ngazvitenderere
THE LEADER OF THE OPPOSITION IN ZIMBABWE, @nelsonchamisa, who had the 2018 presidential election stolen from him by @ZECzim and Chief Justice Luke Malaba on behalf of the unelectable @edmnangagwa, who lost the election, on the back of the violent November 2017 military coup!
The news that former Zimbabwean finance minister and convenor of the Constitutional Defence Forum, CDF, Tendai Biti’s offices have been surrounded by Zimbabwe’s police is tragic, but expected.
Biti’s CDF is opposed to the mutilation of Zimbabwe’s Constitution and the extension of President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s term.
After Biti’s press conference on Friday, the state has moved in on his offices. It clearly shows that the regime is acting outside the law in its attempt to rewrite the Constitution.
Deploying state security apparatus to shut down voices opposed to its agenda is not only oppressive, it is a direct assault on the Constitution itself. It is unlawful, unjustifiable, and exposes the regime’s fear of scrutiny.
If its agenda is legal and constitutional, why is it terrified of open dialogue?
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This is an official support letter from the Zimbabwean Ministry of Finance, dated 24 March 2025, addressed to the Managing Director of Ecobank Zimbabwe.
It is signed by George Guvamatanga, who is the Permanent Secretary for Finance and the heart of the corruption engine under Mnangagwa’s corrupt regime.
The letter confirms that the Ministry of Finance has recorded a legacy debt of
US$191,578,835 million owed by Valley Seeds (Private) Limited which is run by President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s nephew, Temba Nkatazo.
Ecobank Zimbabwe has agreed to discount up to US$20 million of this amount under a 12 month term loan facility.
The Ministry guaranteed the repayment and undertook to reduce the legacy debt by US$5 million monthly through Valley Seeds’ account.
In the event of any payment delays, Ecobank is authorised to directly debit up to US$5 million from a Ministry of Finance account held at the bank.
These are public funds that are being used to pay a debt owed by a private company.
This letter places a public guarantee on a private company’s debt, committing government resources (i.e. public funds) to back a commercial loan facility for Valley Seeds.
This is highly controversial in public finance terms because it tied state funds to a private company without clear public accountability, which is an undeniable act of corruption and cronyism, especially considering the large figures involved and the government’s economic struggles.
This also raises serious concerns about transparency, as there is no explanation at all of how Valley Seeds was selected, what public benefit the deal serves, all know is that it is run by Mnangagwa’s nephew and that it was used to loot public funds during Command Agriculture days.
This is an act of cronyism and state capture, particularly because the company has political ties. The structure put in place by Guvamatanga bypasses parliamentary oversight and violates public finance principles by committing future government revenues to a private debt servicing at a rate of US$5 million per month.
In a country facing a catastrophic healthcare crisis, underpaid civil servants, and failing infrastructure, such a public finance financial burden is reckless, corrupt and unsustainable.
It also undermines the integrity of the banking system by encouraging politically motivated lending and shielding private entities from accountability, making this a glaring example of the misuse of public funds for private gain.
This letter is written by a man who used to be CEO of Barclays Bank, it is staggering!
He is doing this for the President’s cronies because they are accountable to nobody except the corruption mafia Godfather himself, Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Now why Valley Seeds? We know that Temba Nkatazo is the CEO of this company and that he is Mnangagwa’s nephew.
Valley Seeds, under Nkatazo’s leadership, was a huge player in the corrupt Command Agriculture program which was driven by Mnangagwa.
It has many allegations of mismanagement and corruption, billions were looted through it.
Former Finance Minister Tendai Biti highlighted that companies like Valley Seeds invoiced the government without providing proof of seed deliveries.
A 2023 parliamentary probe found no credible evidence to justify the debts claimed by such companies.
Biti questioned how the government ended up owing nearly US$200 million to Valley Seeds, suggesting that the debts might not be genuine and pointing to a pattern of financial impropriety in the programme.
Nkatazo was also listed among the beneficiaries of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe’s Farm Mechanisation Scheme, receiving a loan of US$323,329.
This was published in a report by the later Dr Alex Magaisa which exposed how the bank was looted by ZANUPF.
If Valley Seeds doesn’t pay this money, it is YOU the taxpayer who will pay it! More to come!
People in Harare, please be very careful, especially women. A friend of mine encountered two men yesterday who pretended to be parking attendants.
They approached her and claimed she was parked in the wrong place. They asked to get into her car so that they could go with her to the city council offices to pay the fine. When she refused to let them into her car, they threatened her with calling a towing truck. She told them to go ahead and order the fictitious tow truck. They were, of course, lying.
There is a growing criminal racket in Harare where criminal gangs pose as parking attendants to fleece and rob people. In many cases, they force their way into your car and instruct you to drive to the council offices to “pay a fine”. While you are driving, they rob you. This is how the scam works.
Do not allow anyone into your car. Do not allow people pretending to be parking attendants to get into your vehicle.
Refuse, stay calm, and if necessary, call the police if you can or drive to a busy, well lit area if it is dark. What it means is citizens must always have the police number saved in their phone.
I hope the mayor and the police urgently address this issue because it is becoming a serious menace. This is not the first time I have heard about it.
Inbox me if you know who these two crooks are. @JMafume
@VMusinachirevo The way the person used is like demanding and that in what attracted the response. They shly not demand as if people owe them, it's the govt that owes them
@LynneStactia Kkkk zvino Minnie anopa zvirikushaikwa zvino iyi inopa zvakawanikwa kare, how can you give a car kumunhu watakapa mota kare. Ipapa akaita imwe pressure anopa futi another car