2026 USA midterm elections - Americans corrected 2023 folly. 2 CHEERS FOR DEMOCRACY! RIGHT TO A MEANINGFUL VOTE IS EVERYTHING! W Mukori

 Two cheers for democracy! Americans made a big mistake electing Trump in 2023, they have, with the midterm elections, gone a long way to correct that.  

“If I was on ballot, Republicans would have won with a landslide!” said Trump. In a way he was on the ballot and, with this vote, the people gave him a slap in the face!

What lesson can we in Zimbabwe learn given our failed political system? 

• Mnangagwa was never ever elected in a free and fair election.

• When Zanu PF lost 2008 elections - only free and far election in Zimbabwe - Mnangagwa and Chiwenga launched Operation Mavhotera Papi to wrestle power from MDC and, more pointedly, to punish the people for having dared to exercise their right to a meaningful vote. 

• by rigging elections Mnangagwa and Zanu PF have made themselves unaccountable and illegitimate

• By rigging CAB3 Mnangagwa has extended elected term from 5 to 7 years in USA House Representatives (MPs in Zimbabwe) are elected for 2 years President for 4 years (5 increased to 7 years). In a fast changing world why would anyone want to increase the term? 

  

• The single most important and effective guard rail against tyranny and bad governance is that the people must have a regular and meaningful vote! 

It has been 46 years since our independence and we are still failing to hold free, fair and credible elections, we are still failing to afford every Zimbabwean the right and dignity to have a meaningful say in the governance of the country and we are all paying dearly for.

We are failing to learn from our own mistakes and from 2 500 years plus human history! Fcuk me!

2026 USA midterm elections - Americans corrected 2023 folly. TWO CHEERS FOR DEMOCRACY! 

The number lesson for us in Zimbabwe is that we must never ever give up our right to a meaningful say in the governance of the country. If the right is diluted or even denied; we must fights to the death to get it back. 

Zimbabwe is a failed state and we have been twiddling our thumbs for 46 years helpless to stop the rot. For without the right to a meaningful say we are as helpless as an ant before an elephant - no human being should never ever allow themselves to sink this low before a mere mortal! NEVER EVER!

"Libya's Gaddafi was never about African Unity and pan-Africanism. He was about Gaddafi." Professor Lumumba

 @ PROF. PLO Lumumba & Africa

Gaddafi Was Never About African Unity — He Was About Gaddafi

The myth of Muammar Gaddafi as a great Pan-African unifier needs to die. He was not a visionary trying to liberate the continent. He was a classic power monger — a dictator who stayed in power in Libya for 42 years by crushing all opposition, and then tried to export that same model of dominance to the rest of Africa.

Look at the pattern. Everything he called "unity" was always centered on himself as the leader.

When he pushed for the United States of Africa, it wasn't a democratic union of equals. It was a project where he demanded to be named the first president, the king of kings. He literally had hundreds of African traditional leaders crown him "King of Kings of Africa" in 2008 after paying them off. That is not Pan-Africanism. That is personal empire-building.

His so-called generosity was a tool of control. The billions he poured into the African Union, into buying votes, into funding rebel groups and governments — that money wasn't charity. It was leverage. He bought loyalty. He funded coups and counter-coups across Chad, Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Sudan to destabilize governments that wouldn't bow to Tripoli. A true unifier builds institutions. Gaddafi bought dependence.

At home, he proved he had no interest in empowering people. He dismantled every institution in Libya, banned political parties, banned a free press, jailed and killed dissidents, and left the country with no constitution and no succession plan. A man who refuses to share power with his own people for four decades is not suddenly going to share power with an entire continent.

His dream of an African gold dinar and a single army was not about freeing Africa from the West. It was about making Africa dependent on Libya's oil wealth and Libya's military. He wanted to replace French and American neo-colonialism with Libyan neo-colonialism — with himself at the top.

Gaddafi didn't want a united Africa. He wanted an Africa that he ruled. His Pan-Africanism was just a bigger stage for the same dictatorship he ran in Tripoli: one man, absolute power, no questions asked.’

Once again you have hit the nail on the head.  

Disempowering the ordinary people and dismantling the democratic institutions is a favourite tool of many dictators. In Zimbabwe Mugabe and now Mnangagwa has undermined the country’s state institutions by appointing Zanu PF loyalists. 

In the rural areas the two have stubbornly refused to grant rural povo title deeds to even one acre of land on which their mud huts stand. This is a carry over policy of the white colonial regimes. 

In 1975 the renowned Economist and Banker, John Robertson, advised Ian Smith, the Prime Minister of Rhodesia, that giving the blacks in the rural areas title deeds to even one acre of land would give value to the land and motivate the blacks to build decent homes and take good care of the land. This made economic sense, there was no denying.

Ian Smith said no because he feared an economically empowered black will be demanding political empowerment next. He was not ready to give the blacks the vote. 

John Robertson gave Mugabe, Prime Minister of independent Zimbabwe, the same proposal - give rural blacks title deed to an acre or two of land. Mugabe too said no and for the same selfish political reason that economic empowerment would take away Zanu PF’s economic dependency leverage over the masses. 

Mnangagwa has ruthless imposed this policy by demolishing decent homestead and commercial properties in rural areas under the pretext the owners do not have title deeds. He and his Zanu PF ruling elite have title deeds to the former white owned farms hundreds of thousands of acres each; seized from the owners in the chaotic and violent 2000 to 2010 land redistribution.  

The ruling elite did not pay a penny for these seized farms. And now they have title deeds, they are subdividing the farms and selling them off for a fortune!

So it is ok for Mnangagwa & co. to own 100 000 plus acre farms and the same buffoons have insolence to deny povo ownership of just 1 acre of land on which their mud hut stand. Just 1 acre! 

The right to own property is a universal human right. The right to own land meant more to the ordinary Zimbabwean than “One man, one vote!” Millions risked, livelihoods, limbs and over 300 000 lost their very lives in the fight for land and human dignity. It is heartbreaking that 46 years after independence millions of Zimbabweans are having to fight for the same rights and dignity!

For the record, Mugabe considered himself a Pan-Africanist and many believed him! When Muammar Gaddafi was killed, Mugabe considered himself the heir apparent and was disappointed was never crowned Africa’s king of kings! 

"Mnangagwa to build one million homes by 2030!" Building of "collective" not started but demolitions "individual" have!

 President Dr ED Mnangagwa Targets One Million Homes by 2030

“His Excellency President Dr Emmerson Mnangagwa’s ambitious target of delivering a minimum of one million housing units by 2030 underlines Government’s commitment to improving living standards, expanding homeownership and accelerating Zimbabwe’s march towards Vision 2030. Anchored in the National Development Strategy 2 (NDS2), the programme positions housing as a key driver of economic growth, job creation and social transformation. Through strategic partnerships with private developers, financial institutions and local industries, the initiative seeks to mobilise investment, expand construction activities and create opportunities for thousands of Zimbabweans.

Beyond providing decent shelter, the one-million-homes target presents an opportunity to build modern, sustainable communities equipped with roads, clean water, electricity, sanitation, schools and healthcare facilities. The programme will also stimulate local industries through increased demand for cement, steel, roofing materials and other construction products, creating employment and supporting enterprise development. Guided by the philosophy of “Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo,” the housing drive reinforces President Dr ED Mnangagwa’s vision of an empowered, prosperous upper-middle-income society by 2030, where development translates into tangible improvements in the lives of ordinary citizens……..🐊✊"

Mnangagwa has been in power for 9 years now since the 2017 military coup and in the 9 years the economic situation has not improved. Indeed, many would say, it has got even worse. Zimbabwe’s export of gold, diamonds and other resources has increased considerably since the coup and, other than the posh cars and other luxuries for the ruling elite, there is little else to show for it. 

Corruption was bad under Mugabe and it has gone into overdrive under Mnangagwa. And let us be blunt - corruption is the mother of criminal waste of human and material resources and thus the enemy of development and progress. 

Many people in Zimbabwe would be outraged by the sheer stupidity of the headline - “President Dr ED Mnangagwa Targets One Million Homes by 2030” especially those who had their homes and properties reduced to rumble under the pretext the owners did not have title deeds to the land. So individuals are not allowed to build decent homes for themselves, Mnangagwa alone can build the homes. 

Chairman Mao Zedong introduced collective farming in China through a multi-stage transition from early land redistribution (1949–1953) to radical people's communes during the Great Leap Forward (1958–1962). 

It was a great leap into hell-on-earth.

The disruption of farming, mandatory communal kitchens, and unrealistic state quotas triggered the deadliest famine in human history, resulting in an estimated 15 to 55 million deaths from starvation, exhaustion, and state violence between 1959 and 1961.

Peasants were stripped of private land, tools, and livestock, forced into massive communes of 30,000 or more people, and lost individual incentives to produce food

Joseph Stalin tried a similar thing with the same disastrous consequences. 

Mnangagwa is Zimbabwe’s answer to China and Russia’s Mao and Stalin respectively or be it the brain dead buffoon variety. 

Mnangagwa is committed to build one million homes because the recipients of these homes will be beholden to him. Since he does not have the intellectual ability to mobilise the resource to build these homes millions of Zimbabweans are condemned to live in mud huts and will be denied title deeds to even one acre of land on which the mud hut stand. 

Meanwhile the programme of demolishing decent homes individuals build for themselves will continue. 

Chairman Mao Zedong’s implementation of forced agricultural collectivization and people’s communes—most notably during the Great Leap Forward (1958–1962)—resulted in catastrophic human, economic, and political consequences. [1, 2]

Human Consequences

The Great Chinese Famine: The disruption of farming, mandatory communal kitchens, and unrealistic state quotas triggered the deadliest famine in human history, resulting in an estimated 15 to 55 million deaths from starvation, exhaustion, and state violence between 1959 and 1961. [1, 2]

Loss of Private Property and Life: Peasants were stripped of private land, tools, and livestock, forced into massive communes of 30,000 or more people, and lost individual incentives to produce food

Key Stages of Collectivization

Land Reform (1949–1953): The Chinese Communist Party confiscated land from landlords and redistributed it to hundreds of millions of impoverished peasants. [1, 2]

Mutual Aid Teams and Cooperatives (Mid-1950s): Farmers were initially organized into smaller mutual aid teams and lower-to-higher-level Agricultural Producers' Cooperatives, pooling land and tools while sharing labor and yields. [1, 2, 3]

People's Communes (1958 onward): Launched as part of the Great Leap Forward, individual smallholdings were abolished and merged into massive rural communes (often holding 20,000+ people or thousands of households)

Zimbabwe has a 94% SHORTAGE in engineering and technology. So who is "rebuilding the country brick by brick"? W Mukori

 Zimbabwe's skills base stands at 38.25%, leaving a 61.75% gap in critical areas needed to drive  economic growth and industrial development, Higher and Tertiary  Education Minister Frederick Shava has said.

Speaking at the High-Level Ministerial and Parliamentary Roundtable of Africa Skills Week 2026 in Harare, which began on Monday, Shava said the findings of the country's 2018 national critical skills audit highlighted significant shortages in key sectors.

The audit, described by Shava as Zimbabwe's first comprehensive assessment of its kind in 34 years, found shortages of about 94% in engineering and technology and 97% in natural and applied sciences.

It also revealed a mismatch between the skills produced by universities and technical and vocational education and training (TVET) institutions and those required by employers.

"These findings were not a verdict of failure. They were a mandate for transformation," Shava said.

"The audit exposed a fundamental disconnect between what our institutions were teaching and what our industries needed."

He said the Zimbabwe Manpower Development Fund (ZIMDEF) had invested US$50 million in TVET over the past 18 months, including support for apprenticeship programmes.

ZIMDEF collects a 1% training levy from registered employers and uses the funds to finance apprenticeships, equip tertiary institutions, develop infrastructure and provide rebates to businesses investing in workforce training.

However, Shava acknowledged that challenges remained, including fragmented coordination among institutions, incomplete labour market information systems and difficulties in ensuring that graduates acquire skills relevant to the changing economy.

“Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo!” (Zimbabwe will be built by Zimbabweans!) is a catch slogan but, the truth be told, Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown, forget the economic boom needed to achieve vision 2030, has continued. The national economy responses to sound economic policies and not wishful slogans! “Nyika inovakwa nevene vayo!” is just an idiotic slogan. Period!

The Zanu PF regime acknowledges that there is a “shortages of about 94% in engineering and technology and 97% in natural and applied sciences!” 46 years of gross mismanagement, rampant corruption and tyrannical oppression have left the country is economic ruins and political paralysis. Millions of Zimbabweans, including highly skilled professionals, have left the country in droves as economic and/or political refugees. 

So if there is such a chasm shortage, 94%, of engineers - who is building Zimbabwe brick by brick? 

The nation has many examples of mega deal projects that have taken forever to complete such as the Bulawayo to Victoria Falls road and other like the late Wicknell Chivayo US$50 million 100MW Gwanda Solar Plant, ZESA paid him the money and all they ever got was a security guard hut!

 

Mnangagwa’s promise to turn Zimbabwe into an upper middle income nation by 2030, the so called vision 2030, is a lie! He conned his party and the nation to pass CAA3 extending his stay in office by 2 years on the basis of a lie! 

Many Zimbabweans are aware vision 2030 is a mirage and this will become mockingly obvious with each passing day as the country sinks deeper and deeper into abject poverty. 49.2% of Zimbabweans are living on US$3 or less a day, according to a recent WB report. Will Zimbabweans still buy the nonsense of postponing 2028 elections on the basis of an obvious and mocking lie of vision 2030? 

This is the question that is keeping Mnangagwa and his cronies awake at night! And Minister Shava’s admission of the yawning gap of skilled manpower - proof there is no meaningful development because there are no engineers, etc. to rebuild the shattered economy - is just one more nail in the Zanu PF coffin!

Zanu PF gives (100 000?) children of war veterans US$1m economic empowerment. Empowered by US$10 @!!! W Mukori.

 His Excellency, Cde. President Dr. E.D. Mnangagwa tours various exhibitions at the Presidential Interface with the Children of the Veterans of the Liberation Struggle accompanied by ZANU PF National Chairperson, Hon. Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Children of Zimbabwe Liberation of War Veterans Association, Cde. P. Makombe. The tour highlights the enduring legacy of the Liberation Struggle and the contributions of the veterans children towards Zimbabwe’s development agenda.

C. H. MUKUNGUNUGWA

@CMukungunugwa

PRESIDENT EMPOWERS CHILDREN OF LIBERATION VETERANS 🇿🇼

President Dr. E.D. Mnangagwa has commissioned trucks and tractors under an empowerment programme targeting children of Zimbabwe’s liberation war veterans.

His Excellency President Dr. E.D. Mnangagwa, through ZANU PF Central Committee Member Dr. Kudakwashe Tagwirei, has donated US$1 MILLION IN CASH and 10 BRAND-NEW VEHICLES to the Children of Veterans of the Liberation Struggle.IWE WOSVORA?

Zimbabwe is a failed state and one of the obvious consequence of this is the growing number of Zimbabweans living in abject poverty. A recent WB report place Zimbabwe in the top ten poorest countries with 49.2% of our people living in extreme poverty, living on US$3 or less per day. 

The 49.2% drag-net has many war veterans and their children. Zanu PF ruling elite have conned the war veterans to abandon the values of the liberation war of freedom, liberty and equality for all in favour of the more short-sighted and selfish ethos that Zanu PF has the divine right to rule the country. By right of conquest! A corrupt, incompetent, vote rigging and murderous Zanu PF accountable to no one is the root cause Zimbabwe is a failed state. 

Mugabe, Mnangagwa and the rest of the Zanu PF ruling elite have conned the war veterans to support the Zanu PF dictatorship regardless of the mountain of evidence the regime was dragging the nation deeper and deeper into the abyss. The war veterans were assured that no matter what happened to the economy, they as war veterans, will always be taken care of as long as they continue to support Zanu PF blindly. 

Hundreds of thousands of war veterans and children of war veterans are living in abject poverty. Mnangagwa has tried to woo the war veterans and the children of war veterans with bribes and so-called economic empowerment projects the maths simply do no add up!

10 cars, US$1 million cash, 3 lorries and three tractors gifted to a select few will silence children of war veterans, yes. The gifts will not economically empower them. Assuming there are 10 000 of these children in each of the 10 provinces; so each will get US$10! FM!

Mnangagwa’s presidential economic empowerment of war veterans ended with majority getting a bicycle! 

Cure Zimbabwe of the double curse of rigged elections and bad governance and the country has a chance to live to its real full potential - to be the South Korea of Africa. It is a great pity that the war veterans, in their infantile stupidity, abandoned the liberation war values that would have stop the Zanu PF dictatorship died without ever taking root. Zimbabwe is a failed state precisely because they sold out and to this day many still believe the idiotic lie that that Zanu PF has the divine right to rule as they wait for the regime to finally economical empower them, lifting them out of poverty!   

The only plan that has worked so far it Zanu PF ruling elite’s plan to retain absolute power at all cost! The war veterans and the children of war veterans believe they are special, they regime will save them from economic hardships. They are not special. Getting a bicycle or US$10 in 46 years is not economic empowerment!   

What is Mnangagwa expecting from the war veterans and children of war veterans? They continued support of the Zanu PF goal to rule forever in the form of CAB3 and upcoming CAB4. The tragedy is that CAB3 has given Zanu PF even greater dictatorial powers and will drag the nation into even greater trouble. The war veterans and the children of war veterans are so naive and gullible they still do not see it!