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2/5. The claim that LENGTHENING the TERM of OFFICE will reduce ELECTORAL TOXICITIES is one of the most STUPID arguments ever made. Stupid in the sense that the TOXICITY is not caused by the LENGTH of the tenure, but by how that tenure is OBTAINED. Zimbabwe’s core problem since 1980 has never been the duration of leadership, but the PROCESS of how LEADERS are ELECTED and how they subsequently GOVERN. We have repeatedly faced DISPUTED and DISREPUTED ELECTORAL PROCESSES, where legitimacy is contested before, during, and after elections. Whether you reduce the term or extend it, that is not the issue. The real issue is a POLITICAL SETTLEMENT that addresses the FAIRNESS, CREDIBILITY, and INTEGRITY of the ELECTORAL SYSTEM itself. You cannot reduce toxicity by lengthening a DISPUTED and DISREPUTED TERM. You cannot take a people who feel RIGGED out of ELECTORAL MODE simply by extending the cycle of dispute. That only stretches the crisis, it does not resolve it. Stop EXTENDING PROBLEMS. Stop EXTENDING DISPUTATIONS. You are driving the nation off ROUTE. Relax and FIX the SYSTEM, not the SYMPTOMS.

3/5. The argument that “OTHERS ARE DOING IT, SO WE MUST DO IT TOO” is a classic case of COMPETITIVE INFERIORITY and ISOMORPHIC MIMICRY. It is also deeply AHISTORICAL, ACONTEXTUAL, and intellectually lazy because it deliberately fails to CONTEXTUALISE, DOMESTICATE, and ADAPT governance practices to LOCAL REALITIES. Just because something is being done elsewhere does NOT automatically mean it must be imported into Zimbabwe as a ready-made SOLUTION. That is not REFORM, that is COPY-AND-PASTE GOVERNANCE. The truth is simple: why is it always us COPYING, and never others adapting our models? This mindset reduces a sovereign people into perpetual STUDENTS of foreign systems, instead of AUTHORS of their own POLITICAL DESTINY. Our ONE MAN ONE VOTE principle is not an accident of convenience. It is a REVOLUTIONARY ANTITHESIS born out of STRUGGLE. It was designed to UNDO the COLONIAL ORDER that concentrated voting power in the hands of a privileged few while EXCLUDING the MAJORITY. To now dilute or replace that principle through indirect systems simply because “OTHERS DO IT” is to ignore HISTORY and STRUGGLE MEMORY. We are not SERVANTS of GLOBAL TRENDS. We are a PEOPLE with our own POLITICAL GENIUS and HISTORICAL EXPERIENCE. Yes, we can LEARN from others. But we must NEVER surrender THINKING to imitation. Every system must be ADAPTED, DOMESTICATED, and ROOTED in OUR OWN REALITY—not imported as a FOREIGN TEMPLATE.

@ChikomoPrazen Hoo

@charambazezai They are out. Check above!

5 NONSENSES BY CAB3 SUPPORTERS 1/5. The first and most ABSURD NONSENSE pushed by CAB3 supporters is the arrogant belief that an MP elected by the PEOPLE suddenly becomes wiser, more intelligent, and more qualified to choose a President than the very CITIZENS who elected them into office. That a constituted PARLIAMENT is somehow cleverer than the CONSTITUENCY that produced it. This argument collapses under the weight of its own CONTRADICTION, because an MP is nothing more than a PRODUCT and REFLECTION of the collective political awareness of the constituency. A constituted individual born of the constituent. Worse still, many of these MPs rise through the most myopic and transactional forms of politics. STOMACH and CLOTHES politics. RICE, CHICKEN, T-SHIRTS, CASH HANDOUTS, and cheap slogans. So how does such a figure suddenly transform into a superior class of decision-maker once inside PARLIAMENT? The truth is simple. The problem is not the PEOPLE’S right to choose their PRESIDENT. The problem is the deliberate failure to invest in CIVIC EDUCATION, POLITICAL CONSCIOUSNESS, CRITICAL THINKING, and CITIZEN EMPOWERMENT. Instead of building an INFORMED and AWAKENED ELECTORATE, elites want to concentrate power in a small political CLUB that is easily BOUGHT, PRESSURED, and MANIPULATED behind closed doors. They claim to defend INTELLIGENCE whose source they refuse to explain. CAB3 supporters are not defending DEMOCRACY. They are defending CONTROL. They fear an EDUCATED and CONSCIOUS population, because FREE-THINKING citizens cannot be BRIBED with crumbs, INTIMIDATED by titles, or DECEIVED by polished speeches and recycled PROPAGANDA.

🔸Meanwhile South Africans on my timeline are asking why I “never stand up to the goons.” They don’t fully understand that this lot is a different breed. High grade chaiyo. We need new leaders.🇿🇼

Friends, this week our team picked 150 Mobilizers in our Constituency who will accompany us to MP nominations per ECZ rule. Thus we are seeking donations from in & ouside our borders. Share your 10 Kwachas, $10. Our target is $1000 by Friday. My WhatsApp number is +260954482799

This right here is why I decided to stay away from Zim politics. I’m convinced Zim can’t be fixed. Years of poverty, repression and opposition fatigue have turned people into a certain level of selfishness never seen before. It has created dishonest, greedy and self-centred individuals who wouldn’t care if they torched a thatched house, as long as it’s not their immediate family inside. People who will unashamedly do anything for money. The sad part is that it’s the young ones doing it, those who still have a stake in the country’s future.

Here’s a case study from the 2023 election to illustrate how delimitation can unfairly influence the outcome of Parliamentary elections… Bikita East ➡️ 22k registered voterr Harare East ➡️ 33k registered voters There was almost 11k difference between the two. Yet both constituencies elect 1 MP. Now if you extrapolate that across the entire country, you can see why ZANU PF got more seats in Parliament than their share of votes in the election. And now they want to make delimitation EVEN LESS independent with #CAB3. #NoToCAB3 #ZimSaysNO

@NtateRanaka @Knick_RSA Simple

@Knick_RSA He hurt himself the moment he burnt down his huts

Ngizwe Mchunu is very hurt 😭💔🇿🇦 This is the price he is paying for Fighting for South Africa 🇿🇦

🔸Whatever opinion you may hold concerning the landscape, you have to accept that South Africa is a true constitutional democracy. When you have a leader who still has skin on his face and is at pains to explain himself in response to public pressure, your nation is not broken. In fact, you have no idea how lucky you are. We need new leaders.🇿🇼

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@PoliceZimbabwe So you are investigating those producing these fake statements but not the phone snatchers? Aaah 😂😂😂😂

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has not issued any official press statement regarding updates on the alleged assailants of Douglas Coltart. Members of the public are advised to disregard any circulating statements purporting to be from the ZRP, as some individuals are deliberately spreading false and misleading information using fake ZRP press releases. The police are fully aware of these activities and investigations are currently underway to identify the people responsible for creating and distributing the fake statements. The public is urged to rely only on official communication channels for accurate information. The law will take its course against anyone found responsible for publishing or circulating false information, regardless of where those individuals are located.

@joseph_kalimbwe @hbanhire Wish l could find a way to encourage the youths of Zambia to elect their own . You are an inspiration Joseph and all the way for you. Indeed a new era has dawned

Am running for Parliament to resolve issues and inspire Zambian kids from poor families like us. For many years, we have been used to fight political battles of others, then only children of the rich get appointed into opportunities, kids of the nobody's become praise singers.

The debate is not whether or not a president must be elected directly or indirectly. It’s about the process of effecting that change in law. Parliament can not vote to give itself powers to elect a president. Glen not only misses the tree, but is shooting in the wrong forest.

“Mbavha mbiri chete dzatakavenga, Chivhayo naScott…” Makepekepe!!!! 😅🔥💚😆

@TembaMliswa Charamba anokurova manje usually. Asiyana nanaDexter vaunojairira. 🤣

Charamba, we are not naïve. This is an unequivocal suggestion to the President to disregard the counsel of those around him. It is long overdue for you to have departed from your post, as your unwavering disservice to your superior has been all too evident. Despite his awareness of your character, he made the choice to retain you; yet, you have continued to exhibit an astonishing level of disrespect to him and your mandate. Your actions this time have clearly crossed a line. Who exactly are you attempting to serve? Remember that one cannot effectively serve the demands of two masters without failing both. It is better that you step down in good time and make way for the younger generation to rise and take over. While it is the prerogative of the President to dismiss anyone, it is still incumbent upon us to name and shame those who are selling out. We know many of them and soon we shall be be stating names as they are. There is a whole cartel that is leaking inside information for nefarious political agendas.

🇺🇸RUBIO:“The Strait of Hormuz does not belong to Iran; they have no right to close it.” 🇮🇷IRAN: “The Strait of Hormuz is Iranian territory and will only be opened by order of our leader Khamenei, not by the tweets of an idiot.” Brilliant response🔥🔥

@_Msindazwe_ 😂😂😂😂. Your level of violence is extreme 😂😂

Now that they're been told to stop with the vigilantism what else is PhakelMthakathi going to do with his talentless life?🤣