Simon Hove
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Announcing you won’t shed tears is immaturity. Leadership means knowing when humanity matters more than political grudges, and clearly, you missed that lesson. Maybe that’s exactly why your presidency will remain a speech, not a reality. RIP @lilomatic




Inini personally l don’t think @daddyhope is a sellout.This men has a passion to see Zimbabwe really change & by attacking him we are not doing the struggle justice.Think of what he does & suggest should be done in this struggle uri sober zvisina ma feelings & you will see sense




















CHARAMBA - MLISWA CLASH SIGNALS DEEPENING RIFT IN ZIMBABWE'S POWER DYNAMICS : AS AFFILIATES 4ED PARALLEL POWER PROBLEM UNDERMINE STATE AUTHORITY : YET SPOKESPERSONS MUST SPEAK : SECURITY ORGANS MUST SECURE : PROTOCOL OFFICERS MUST CONTROL PROTOCOL : MINISTERS MUST MINISTER : PARTY STRUCTURES MUST LEAD PARTY AFFAIRS. BY RTD DIO MPESWE SHEPHERD The recent exchange between George Charamba & Temba Mliswa has once again exposed the rise of parallel power centres that operate outside formal party and state structures, yet increasingly appear to wield greater influence than the offices they shadow. What should be a matter of institutional authority has become a contest of personalities, patronage and informal command. Charamba, a veteran spokesperson known for his sharp defence of government positions, recently shared an old video of South African EFF leader Julius Malema warning President Cyril Ramaphosa against ignoring critics & Chapter 9 institutions while favouring unelected capitalists. The post was interpreted by Mliswa as a veiled critique of President Emmerson Mnangagwa & his inner circle. Mliswa then accused Charamba of disloyalty, called for his immediate dismissal & also threatened to expose a broader "cartel" that, according to him, is undermining President ED. However, George Charamba’s long public service record cannot be erased by the noise of political opportunists. Personally & of recent, I have publicly clashed with George Charamba several times on X over the handling and substance of CAB3 by Government however it is difficult to deny that he represents a class of seasoned state professionals who understand the machinery of government, the discipline of protocol and the importance of institutional memory. It is sad when such high profile figures are treated as disposable whenever they become inconvenient to the ambitions of informal power brokers. This is not new. Zimbabwe has seen this pattern before. In the last years of Robert Mugabe’s rule, the state was increasingly hijacked by a parallel political ecosystem in which the formal Presidency coexisted with a louder & more reckless inner circle. The result was disorder, quietly deepening factionalism and eventual collapse. Today, echoes of that same disease are visible again. The difference is that this time the parallel structure is more oiled in state loot & more polished in adamancy. However the real danger lies in the erosion of clear lines of authority. When party structures are bypassed, when government offices are undermined by freelance political enforcers and when loyalty to the centre is measured not by competence but by proximity then the state begins to malfunction. Decisions are no longer made through formal processes but through informal whispers, patronage networks and the approval of individuals who hold no official mandate. That is why the rise of figures like Temba Mliswa who is the apparent de facto spokesperson of the Precabe Politburo is so destructive. They create confusion about who speaks for the state, who advises the President and who actually governs. More seriously, they intimidate institutions into silence. Professionals are harassed into submission, while those who thrive on chaos are rewarded with access, influence and impunity. It is very worrisome to hear that during the recent private visit by South African President, Cyril Ramaphosa's to ED's Precabe farm, Charamba reportedly arrived in his official capacity but was denied access to the meeting. This incident alone is indicative of the now rampant protocol and vetting failures which have since normalised convicted figures like Wicknell Chivayo to mingle freely with President ED & other dignitaries. 1 of 2 @advocatemahere @mawarirej @schikanza @BitiTendai @ibbosnr @ConvoWithTrevor @Sophie_Mokoena @kerinamujati @LynneStactia @matinyarare @ChangeRadioZW @NewsHawksLive







Sekuru Rutendo is now exhibiting the ultimate danger of waiting upon other men for one's subsistence. When the tap suddenly closes it leaves one frantic, flip-flopping between self-righteous anger and illusions of bringing the whole house down! The wild stories he is now manufacturing, without any evidence but piles of impotent dates and names is acute bitterness at a lucrative client who has suddenly shut the door. Simple. If Sekuru had received the money he demanded he wouldn't be here publicly peddling his bitterness, which he is confusing for some divine flagellation for man's redemption at the hands of evil Pharisees. In fact his, is Judas' 30 silver pieces story without the repentance part but a demand for more! This is not an epiphanic moment of him realizing the truth, meeting facts or receiving Christ and converting into a new life path as he seeks to frame his new self. This is a bottom-barrel effort to justify funding from his new handlers whom he has clearly lied to that he can bring Kuda down for their political expediency. He has to offer something hence the incessant tirades on the same issue and same person, who has not even responded to the wild claims! This is very much in line with the mindset of a man who thinks he personally ended sanctions on the country when the evidence is there that the US had already made decisions long before his ZASM began its activist efforts. The removal of sanctions on Zimbabwe and the transition to sanctions under the Global Magnitsky Program, under which some individuals still remain sanctioned, was in line with the US Treasury’s 2021 Sanctions Review report. The report admitted that due to changes on the global financial architecture "the United States now faces new, emerging challenges to the efficacy of sanctions as a national security tool". These included "cybercriminals; strategic economic competitors; and a workforce and technical infrastructure under pressure from growing financial complexity and competing demands from policymakers, market participants, and others. "To ensure sanctions continue to support U.S. national security objectives, the U.S. government must adapt and modernize the underlying operational architecture by which sanctions are deployed. This report lay the groundwork behind the changes which ultimately led to the removal of sanctions and a transition to the deployment of the Global Magnitsky Program. Sekuru's huge illusion launched its efforts in 2022 long after the US had realized the impotence of sanctions and started processes to remove them. All the gutter drivel to which he has affixed my name isn't even worthy a response when Sekuru can't realise the absurdity of the chain of events where the President gets intelligence reports not from CIO, ZRP or MID but from Temba! Ivhu takatora Sekuru endai munorima musatsamwira mari dzevanhu!














