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[Hosia Mviringi @MviringiHosia]

Thomas Mapfumo is a living contradiction. He has proved that he is purchasable. He is worse than the biblical Judas Iscariot.
He deserves whatever befalls him.

[Solomon Harudzibwi @S_Harudzibwi]

Thomas Mapfumo has been a fierce, decades-long critic of government corruption and human rights abuses.

For Zanu PF, getting an iconic dissident like "Mukanya" to return, engage, or perform at events linked to Zvigananda is the biggest public relations victory they have ever had.

[Vladvaga @vladvaga]

@LynneStactia Unonyadzisa!!

[Vladvaga @vladvaga]

@waltermzembi Hasn't Mukanya labelled the same people he's now getting from???

Get real mhani!!!

[Doug Coltart ⚖️🇿🇼 @DougColtart]

The President signing #CAB3 is NOT the end of the road! Here's why the President can't just take away our rights. The Constitution says it MUST go to a referendum. Please share this video and together let's demand that they #LetThePeopleDecide!

[Prof Lovemore Madhuku @ProfMadhuku]

ED’s signing into law of CAB 3 was always going happen. It must be said again and again that that signature is NOTHING and that the people of Zimbabwe will never allow CAB 3 to have effect. It is now war in TWO battlegrounds: courts and peaceful political resistance.We will win.

[Change Radio @ChangeRadioZW]

They Rejected Chamisa — Now They Are Using His Playbook

The opposition in Zimbabwe have secretly adopted the strategic ambiguity. Strategic ambiguity is the deliberate practice of withholding or limiting information about an organisation's plans, leadership, or operations in order to create uncertainty for opponents and reduce their ability to interfere. This strategy has been used by opposition organizations in Zimbabwe because of the government's oppressiveness. They only contact journalists privately a few minutes before a scheduled press conference. Under normal circumstances, press conferences, public gatherings and rallies are announced at least 24 hours in advance to prepare followers (listeners) as well as the media. Under opposition leader and 2023 presidential candidate Nelson Chamisa's strategy, the opposite applied. Press conferences and public gatherings were deliberately kept secret, and journalists were contacted only a few minutes before the event.

This strategy appeared to work well during the period leading up to the 2023 elections. Compared with previous elections, opposition leaders and prominent supporters faced fewer pre-emptive arrests and disruptions of campaign activities, suggesting that the strategy helped reduce the state's ability to target them. Its subsequent adoption by leaders who had previously criticized Chamisa and his methods suggests that the approach had strategic value.

The fragmented opposition leaders, despite aligning with known ZANU-PF apologists and each forming their own organizations, have failed over the past two years to mobilize supporters to stage even a single demonstration or mount meaningful opposition against CAB 3. Their activities have largely been confined to the digital space, where much of their energy has been spent attacking their former leader, Chamisa. Beyond this, the roughly ten leaders have periodically gathered for press conferences in bushy, secluded locations.

Social media has it that these opposition outfits are funded by Chiwenga, the 2017 coup hero who now faces political relegation. If CAB 3 succeeds, his already slim prospects of ever becoming President could be irreversibly diminished.

Such an allegiance may also explain the ineffectiveness these opposition leaders have displayed in opposing CAB 3. A relationship with a ZANU-PF faction has created a false sense of security, making them less disciplined and less vigilant about operational security. It may also have exposed them to infiltration by individuals whose ultimate loyalty remained with ZANU-PF rather than the opposition. This, in turn, could help explain the pattern of surprise arrests involving some opposition leaders. The internet is replete with reports of police raiding homes and allegedly discovering campaign flyers and other incriminating material hidden under beds, inside wardrobes, and in other unlikely places, suggesting that security agencies may have been acting on prior intelligence.

This explain why these opposition leaders appeared less concerned about operational security. Believing they enjoyed protection from a ZANU-PF faction, they may have become complacent, making it easier for individuals whose loyalty remained with ZANU-PF to infiltrate their organisations and leak information about their activities.

[Vladvaga @vladvaga]

@KikaMusa In favour of extending their own term?
Please give us a break!!

[Doug Coltart ⚖️🇿🇼 @DougColtart]

#WeThePeople wrote to the President yesterday reminding him of his duty to uphold the Constitution and urging him to publicly state that he will follow the Constitution and NOT sign the Bill unless it is first submitted to the people in a referendum. If he fails to respond then We, the People, shall organize our own referendum! #NoToCAB3 #OneManOneVote #ReferendumNOW #WhyAreYouScaredOfAReferendum

[Doug Coltart ⚖️🇿🇼 @DougColtart]

“… Even if the people would love me to stay, I will still go away…. Ten years is not a short period in my view.” — Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa

The President has spoken!

[Vladvaga @vladvaga]

@joseph_kalimbwe @Mundubilebrian Elections are about choices!!

[Vladvaga @vladvaga]

@waltermzembi @KemiBadenoch Instead of talking about something miles away, say something about cab3!

[Mr_kays @Mr_Okays]

Mugore ra 2017 Shuviro yava Matemadanda nava Tsvangirai yaive yekuti vana vose ve Zimbabwe vashandire pamwe kuvaka a credible Zimbabwe ine respect, inoita restore dignity & prosperity to the country. Tinovimba vamwe vasara vachirarama vachaita kuti shuviro iyoyo izadziswe RIP🕊

[Fadzayi Mahere🇿🇼 @advocatemahere]

🔸Back in 1987 when the Constitution was amended to allow for the direct election of the President, Edison Zvobgo made a compelling case for direct election. He observed that this direct election process was core to “one man, one vote” and denounced the notion of a parliamentary executive as being divorced from the people.

It’s a pity @ZANUPF_Official no longer has intellectual muscle of this caliber. They cannot even have a sound cerebral debate. Varikubatirana pfuti nekunyima vanhi secret ballot in their desperation to rail road a brainless amendment that will ruin the remaining embers of our democracy.

They’ve been reduced to mbingarism, cash for votes and cars for loyalty. They leave their brains at the door. Intellect has been replaced by paid trolls who flip flop according to the highest bidder. Of it’s not paid activism, then it’s a predatory elite that’s stolen so much they’re consumed by the pandemic of conspicuous consumption - spending money meant for basic services on their personal largesse.

Ndozvamakaendera kuhondo here izvi? Our true heroes must be turning in their graves. Did their blood go to waste?

It’s a mess.

We need new leaders.🇿🇼

[Doug Coltart ⚖️🇿🇼 @DougColtart]

Eish! 🤣 The #OneManOneVote campaign has hit the System hard!!! They are now putting up billboards trying to rewrite history to say that there was no such liberation struggle slogan! 🙈Citizens, please post all your pictures and videos of #OneManOneVote to remind them of the truth!

[Dr. Denver @denvern3]

Rutendo stated that the President's faculties are no longer to be trusted and that he no longer has the cognitive capacity to dispense his duties as required by the Constitution. That's something a Landcruiser will not erase. He should have taken notes from Jonathan Moyo the Pendulum Contortionist, he would learn what to say and what not to say.

[𝑲𝒖𝒅𝒛𝒂𝒊 𝑴𝒖𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒊 @KMutisi]

It’s a REWARD for a job well done…. ✅

[Snowball Tongogara @snowballOfficia]

I was one of people who labeled Matinyarare a “ sell out “ and a “ CIA agent”.

To me, I believe what he did to attack President ED Mnangagwa and his loyalists were too much.

For this, personally I hate his behavior.

I don’t know if the gift will change his mercenary behavior