Collin Mavangira
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🔴 @NewsDay_Zim can exclusively reveal that Tshabangu's camp is framing the proposed arrangement as a "govt of national consensus" until 2035 amid growing political debate over moves to extend President @edmnangagwa's constitutional term limits. newsday.co.zw/local-news/art…





In Mutoko, human rights lawyers have intensified their bid to secure the release from prison of a ruling ZANU PF political party youth leader, who has been languishing in jail for nearly one month, after he was arrested and charged for allegedly insulting President Emmerson Mnangagwa and for denouncing spirited manoeuvres to extend his presidential tenure from 2028 to 2030. Tawanda Zange, a 37 year-old man, who resides in Mutoko in Mashonaland East province, who holds the position of ZANU PF Political Commissariat for Ujama Party District Youth Wing, was arrested by Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) officers on 24 March 2026 after being involved in a verbal altercation with a fellow ZANU PF political party leader and charged with disorderly conduct in a public place as defined in section 41(b) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act as well as with criminal nuisance as defined in section 46 of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act as read with section 2(m) of the Criminal Law (Codification and Reform) Act. In court, prosecutors claimed that Zange, unlawfully and intentionally used threatening or abusive and insulting words and also behaved in a threatening, abusive and insulting manner by shouting and screaming in a public place, where he allegedly uttered some unpalatable words against President Mnangagwa and his ZANU PF political party. Prosecutors alleged that Zange uttered the distasteful words during a verbal altercation with his neighbour, Tinos Moyosvi, a 48 year-old man, who holds the position of ZANU PF Political Commissariat for Ujama Party District mainboard. According to prosecutors, Zange reportedly uttered the words; “Pasi ne ZANU PF, pasi ne Vision 2030, chimusangano chembavha ku supporta Vision 2030 kuti murambe muchiba muripachigaro, handina vandirikutya. Pasi na MP Tasikani, Councillor Chitiyo, Chairman Masvosve, Youth Chairman Chinakidzwa pasi nawo wese. Vanhu vemu Robert Mugabe branch makapusa murikuita basa rekubirwa nema ZANU PF makatarisa musabhadhare mari ye Independence ma Councillors nema MP ngavatenge mombe dze Independence fanike uye anonzi Mudiho Vice Chairman. Vanhu vemu Robert Mugabe branch makajaidzwa stereki munoswera muchinzi bhadharai mari ye Independence ko mari yakadyiwa na Councillor Batsirai Chitiyo murikutiyi nayo akatora ma $10 evanhu achiti arikuda kugadzirisa zvibhorani, ngaatore mari iyoyo atenge mombe ye Independence. Pasi ne Vision 2030 yababa Munangagwa, pasi nawo baba Munangagwa wacho, pasi na Tasikani pasi na Chitiyo, pasi na Masvosve, pasi na Mudiho.” Prosecutors translated the alleged utterances to mean; “Down with ZANU PF. Down with Vision 2030. A party of thieves supporting vision 2030 so that you remain in power and continue looting. I am not afraid of anyone. Down with MP Tasikani, Councillor Chitiyo, Chairman Masvosve and Youth Chairman Chinakidzwa. People in Robert Mugabe branch you are fools ZANU PF is busy stealing from you while you watch. Do not pay Independence money. Councillors and MPs should buy independence cattle such as Vice Chairman Mudiho. People in Robert Mugabe branch you are being used and told to pay Independence money, what are you saying about the money which was squandered by Councillor Batsirai Chitiyo? He took US$10 from individuals and promised to pay boreholes, he should use it to buy Independence cattle rather than being asked about Independence cattle. Down with Vision 2030 of father Munangagwa. Down with Munangagwa, Down with Tasikani, Down with Masvosve and Mudiho.” Zange’s alleged unlawful conduct reportedly annoyed the public leading to his arrest by some ZRP officers, who detained him at Mutoko Police Station before he appeared at Mutoko Magistrates Court, where he was denied bail. On Monday 20 April 2026, Zange’s lawyer @TinasheChinox of Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights, once again applied for his release on bail citing changed circumstances, wherein he argued that when the ZANU PF political party youth leader was first denied bail, he was accused of facing a serious offence of undermining authority of or insulting President Mnangagwa but now the charge has been altered to disorderly conduct, which is a far less serious offence. Chinopfukutwa also argued that when Zange was first denied bail it was on the basis that he would interfere with state witnesses, who were listed as his neighbours but now he has offered an alternative address to the one which he had tendered and which cures the prosecutors’ fears of interference. On Wednesday 22 April 2026, Mutoko Magistrate Caroline Matanga is expected to hand down her ruling on Zange’s bail application.




When Joshua Nkomo said that Zimbabwe would not die because young people would save it, he had people like @AllanChipoyi in mind. Allan, in his second suit, is suing the President for removing @JessieFMajome as Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission @zhrc365. The President has 21 days to respond to this suit. I hope there are more Allans willing to stand up for the defence of our Constitution. Thank you Allan. #NotoCAB3 #NoToED2030




🔴Controversial businessman Wicknell Chivayo has withdrawn his US$3.6 million offer to Zimbabwe’s 360 legislators following a backlash that exposed divisions within the ruling Zanu PF party. newsday.co.zw/local-news/art…

To argue that elections aren't a massive drain on Zimbabwe’s fiscus is either a sign of terminal delusion or a deliberate attempt to sabotage the economy for "activism." You’re dismissing the $188 million ZEC price tag for 2023 as if it’s pocket change, ignoring the voter registration, logistics, and security costs that bleed this country dry every five years. It is peak intellectual dishonesty to claim corruption is the only leak while ignoring the hundreds of millions we intentionally set on fire for a single day of voting. Your dismissal of these savings is a slap in the face to every Zimbabwean waiting for a rural road, a functioning clinic, or a solar-powered irrigation system. By extending the cycle to 7 years via #CA3, we can slash administrative and campaign waste by nearly 40%. This isn’t "avoiding democracy"; it’s basic arithmetic for a nation that can no longer afford to prioritize your political theatrics over sustained development. Stop pretending that burning money every five years is a virtue it’s fiscal recklessness, and Zimbabwe deserves better than your "democracy" at the expense of our survival.


Chivayo withdraws parliament donation, tables US$5 million pledge to Zanu PF provinces ‘In hindsight, I could have given better consideration to the timing of my pledge’ zimlive.com/chivayo-withdr…















