Benjamin Marowa Kaswa

This is as brazen an attack on the President as one can ever give and coming from his own Deputy its shocking. For one so close to the President to resort to this is diplomatically gross and strategically poor. The VP is now seriously endangering his standing by pandering to the whims of social media and the opposition by indulging in content creation. The subject matter which he poorly dresses in Biblical frocks instead of explicitly stating his opposition to CAB3, as any serious politician would do, shows his level of frustration. Politically the man has been outmanoeuvred and if he is sincere that he opposes what ZANU PF has come to represent then he should resign like any self-respecting leader. What he is contesting is a party decision and he can't continue within an entity whose thinking and direction he doesn't accept! Resigning, not metaphors, is the only redemptive path for him. He should resign and then canvass for the support of the opposition, which he is clearly pandering to, against his own party. CAB3 is not the product of any single individual but is a ZANU PF project, a party to which he belongs. He cannot reduce it to any single Hezekiah when he has been part of Cabinet that approved it. He failed to block the resolution from the Conference, Politburo, Central Committee, Cabinet, Public Hearings and we are now reaching the Parliament stage. For the ruling party he has become the main opposition, providing fodder for continued tension and instability through such veiled attacks. The biggest takeaway from all this is that he lacks the necessary political muscle and internal support for anything of significance. Thats a hard truth which the doomsday prophets should quickly recognise and stop putting pressure on him to become some action hero. Party members have accepted the party decisions and moved on. Only social media and the motley crowd of illusionists hanging in shadows amount to the "army" that are beckoning him into what will surely amount to self-immolation. Fuelled by this "virtual army" he has instigated multiple political infractions goading President Mnangagwa who has himself remained dignified and quiet. ED's patience and Long-Game tactics are clearly unsettling him. It's just that the political standards for the opposition, which has embraced him on social media, is very low such that they can't recognise the absurdity of the VP remaining part of the machinery which they deride and yet embrace him as a shining light. For the ruling party he is becoming a liability publicly questioning party resolutions and feeding the public mentality with treasonous thoughts.

At the ZITF, CMED and ZERA were promoting electric vehicles. The CMED stand featured an electric SUV called Riddara, which charges fully in 45 minutes and has a 400 km range. It can be charged anywhere with power, even at home. I also saw 18‑ and 35‑seater electric omnibuses. EVs need far less servicing than gasoline cars. Electric energy is the future. My next car will be an EV.

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗥𝗢𝗕𝗟𝗘𝗠 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗔𝗕𝟯 𝗜𝗦 𝗧𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗜𝗧 𝗗𝗜𝗗 𝗡𝗢𝗧 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗥𝗨𝗟𝗘𝗦 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗜𝗧𝗦 𝗜𝗡𝗖𝗘𝗣𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗜𝗗𝗘 𝗭𝗔𝗡𝗨 𝗣𝗙. Your own exegesis here betrays the fact that the Bill was not properly conceptualized and adopted within ZANU PF in the first place. You admit in your own writing that the Bill was agreed to at Conference, yet the ZANU PF constitution is clear that only policies, decisions, and programmes enunciated by the People’s Congress can be implemented by the Central Committee and pushed through to national government. Additionally, the Bill seeks to extend the tenure of the current President of ZANU PF for another two years, yet: (i) he has not been reelected by Congress. (ii) the constitution of the party limits his tenure as party President to two terms which end in 2028. (iii) According to the national constitution, the incumbent can not enjoy a term limit extension to 2030 through an amendment that he has made, without changing the constitution through referendum. All these facts make the aspiration of CAB3 ultra vires with both ZANU PF and national constitutions. So how did CAB3 make its way to Cabinet without being enunciated by Congress? How did ZANU PF decide on the extension of the term of a candidate that they have not elected at Congress? And how did a Central Committee, with members who were not elected by Congress, also advance a programme not enunciated by Congress? I get it that all these procedural questions mean nothing to you as people who no longer believe in following rule of law, but following the person who pays the most. However, the above illustrates that CAB3 has not been properly adopted within ZANU PF because it did not follow and pass ZANU PF processes. As such, CAB3 is not the desire of the people, yet ZANU PF’s constitution states that its mandate comes from the people. Cabinet itself, which introduced the Bill, is said in the Constitution to derive its authority from the people who elected the executive. But Cabinet has pushed through a proposed amendment to the Constitution that did not emanate from the people, but from a small elite. Additionally, the same cabinet and the President want to stop the people who give them the authority, from electing the President. So from where will the President derive his authority if he is not elected by the people in ZANU PF and the electorate, Parliament? This is why Parliament, which is filled with ZANU PF officials who failed to follow their own constitution, is now seeking to push through this Bill without adhering to the formalities outlined in the national Constitution which ironically was created by a body (COPAC) that was chaired by the same President who is watching his followers not follow the same constitution he authored. The manipulation of ZANU PF’s internal processes and the disregard for its own constitution, have led us to a Parliament and executive that do not follow or respect the supreme law of the land, despite both being enjoined to follow and protect the constitution. This creates a constitutional and governance crisis in our country that is tantamount to a national security threat.

This should scare everyone.