For many keen observers of the country’s politics, Muchena, though no longer serving, represents the significant position of the Deep State, whose serving members could not publicly articulate the same position as it is at variance with the stated position of the party and government, though it resonates with the people.
As the debate around the Zimbabwe Constitutional Amendment Bill (No 3) stokes raging fires across the nation, there are half-a-dozen red flags in this treasonous quest set to be railroaded through a captured Parliament, far away from the ordinary people, themselves the true repository of national sovereignty.
Morgan Tsvangirai looked slightly rattled as he spoke to us. But even as he seemed shaken while making his point, he spoke like a man convinced about the chastity of his mission; a man who would forge ahead regardless of the circumstances.
So at the end of the Zanu PF conference in Mutare, Ziyambi Ziyambi, the Zanu PF legal secretary stood up, read out the contentious resolution number one and instructed Ziyambi Ziyambi, the Justice Minister and leader of government business in Parliament to find a pathway to make sure the resolution was implemented.
In the past week, there has been a trending video of a bearded member of the Johanne Masowe eChishanu apostolic church who is all over himself while celebrating eating a two-piecer chicken that costs USS$2 within the precincts of State House.
US President Donald Trump has criticised the United Kingdom and other allies, telling them to secure their own energy supplies rather than rely on Washington.
Public consultations on the proposed Constitutional Amendment No. 3 (CAB3) Bill have been overshadowed by reports of violence, intimidation, and alleged abductions, raising concerns about the integrity of the outreach process.
Zimbabwe defender Teenage Hadebe has been suspended after a video surfaced showing him holding alcohol while in camp, breaching team rules ahead of the Mukuru Four Nations Tournament final.
British historian Lord Acton once plainly stated, “power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” That sincere observation gives a precise diagnosis of Emmerson Mnangagwa’s unraveling presidency in Zimbabwe.
