"There is no friction between Zanu PF and CCC!" boasted Mnangagwa. But of course! "Mazivanhu eCCC akadzidza kare kudya anyerere!" W Mukori

 “In Zimbabwe there is no friction between Zanu PF and the opposition party!” Mnangagwa boasted at the festive party held at his Kwe kwe farm to celebrate that Zanu PF and CCC opposition MPs had agreed to postpone the 2028 harmonised elections. 

Of course, there is no friction between Zanu PF and this surrogate MDC/CCC opposition after all the later is Zanu PF team B in all but name! 

The people of Zimbabwe have risked all to elect MDC/CCC leaders into power on the understanding that these leaders will carry out the A1 task: IMPLEMENT ALL THE NECESSARY DEMOCRATIC CHANGES TO END ZANU PF’S DICTATORIAL POWERS INCLUDING THE POWERS TO RIG ELECTIONS. 

Morgan Tsvangirai and company have failed to implement even one token reform in 24 years including the 5 years in the 2008 to 2013 GNU. Mugabe bribed the MDC leaders with the trappings of high office; the E-class Mercedes Benz ministerial limos, the very generous salaries and allowances, the US$4 million mansion for Save himself, etc., etc. With their snouts in the feeding trough, MDC leaders forgot about implementing reforms. 

“Mazivanhu eMDC adzidza kudya anyerere!” boasted Zanu PF cronies during the GNU when asked why MDC leaders were not implementing the democratic reforms. (MDC leaders have learned to enjoy gravy train good-life, they will never rock the boat!)

Mnangagwa blatantly rigged the 2023 elections, both SADC and AU election observers condemned the election process. Not so with Chamisa and his CCC fiends. Indeed, Chamisa con his supporters to participate assuring them that he had “plugged all the vote rigging loop holes. #Godisinit!” 

Ever since the GNU debacle MDC leaders gave up implementing the democratic reforms in favour of participating in the flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy in return for a share of the spoils of power. 

Mnangagwa appreciated the opposition’s new role of participating in flawed elections to keep up the deception that Zimbabwe was a healthy democratic country with a vibrant the opposition. He too, like Mugabe, entice the opposition to play this new role and rewarded them with a few gravy train seats. 

In 2018 Mnangagwa created Political Actors Dialogue (POLAD), a super numeral body of the opposition leaders who participated in the rigged 2018 who, however, publicly endorsed the lie that the elections were free and fair and that Mnangagwa was the legitimately elected president. POLAD members were showered with perks including diplomatic passports and a new US$ 60 000 twin-cab truck each. 

Every one knew that there was going to be a flood of presidential candidates in the 2023 race, all eyeing the POLAD benefits. Mnangagwa introduced the US$20 000 nomination fee for presidential candidates just to stern the flood of presidential candidates. It worked!

Whether the people of Zimbabwe realise it or not, the truth is Zanu PF has corrupted the MDC/CCC leaders, they should have implemented all the democratic reforms and stopped Zanu PF rigging elections. They should be all over Zanu PF like a rash for blatantly rigging elections! None of these things. 

Instead, MDC/CCC leaders have not only sold out on implementing reforms they are participating in flawed elections to give Zanu PF legitimacy. “Vakadzidza kare kudya vanyerere!”

Zanu PF has rigged elections for 44 years, the last 24 years of which was with the active connivence of MDC/CCC. 

Zimbabwe is a failed state because the nation has been stuck with this corrupt, incompetent and tyrannical Zanu PF dictatorship for 44 years and counting because the party has blatantly rigged elections. 

The mandate to govern the country is given by people of Zimbabwe in a free, fair and credible election. It is bad enough to rig election but blatantly denying the people the fundamental right to a meaningful say in the governance of the country by usurping the people’s mandate is an outrage. 

Mnangagwa knows that postponing the 2028 harmonised elections, will be crossing the double red-lines and he will not get away with it! He is throwing this in the political mix to draw the nation’s attention away from the important issue that with no meaningful reforms Zanu PF will rig the 2028 elections and get away with it. 

The only way to stop Zanu PF rigging 2028 elections and getting away with it is by making sure Chamisa does not con his brain dead supporters to participate in the flawed 2028 elections in their million as before giving the regime legitimacy. Deny vote rigging Zanu PF political legitimacy and the dictatorship will fall.