Nyika Yemadzibaba

I don’t post for likes because I am not monetized. When we initially raised opposition and concern over moves to dissolve structures and do away with our constitution, the same individuals who attack me daily were busy cheering the party into a grave. When the party was eventually folded, they started lying that in three months a new party would be formed without us sellouts. Three months became nine months, then one year, then two years, etc. They kept cheering and demonizing those of us who chose to remain in parliament. What they didn’t know was that without party structures and a constitution, there was no chance of effectively mobilizing citizens to resist attempts to amend the constitution. This is why those opposing managed fewer than 3,000 submissions you can’t do such an exercise without structures and a party. This meant that ZANU PF would be able to amend the constitution without an opposition because there was no party and no structure to oppose them. When the same cheerleaders were daily labeling and condemning MPs who remained in parliament as sellouts, I personally requested them to think it through, as the MPs would become important in the future. But no one listened. Most of the MPs are daily told that this is their last term and that no one wants to see them back again. This is so sad. No wonder many of the MPs who are supporting the bill have accepted that this is their last term. This was self-defeating and fatal to the strategy of stopping the bill as the opposition. Now I see the same leaders resorting to circulating clips of MPs who are opposing the bill during debate, falsely creating an impression that the bill can be stopped. The same cheerleaders failed to even submit email submissions. They think daily attacking or asking MPs their position on CAB 3 will stop the bill. No, far from it. We need to self-introspect."

Fellow Zimbabweans, comrades in Arms, and men and women of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces,I have read with grave attention the document that has emerged from the Barracks titled "OPERATION CODE NAMED: PEOPLE'S ARMY". The message is clear, direct, and unmistakable. The Barracks have spoken. As a retired senior officer who served this nation with honour for decades, I salute the courage of the serving senior officers, officers, and NCOs who have put their names, careers, and lives on the line to issue this situation report. They have done what true soldiers must do when the Constitution is being mutilated, when elders are being exploited, and when the institutions we built with our blood are being turned into instruments of personal enrichment and tribal patronage.The document exposes what many of us have watched with growing alarm: The incapacitation of the C-in-C and the capture of state institutions by external forces. The blatant bribery of senior officers with farms, cash, cows, and promises. The erosion of professionalism in the Army, Air Force, and other arms.The dangerous privatisation of state companies and the inflation of tenders. The recruitment of villagers and the sidelining of merit in favour of loyalty to one man and one faction. These are not rumours. These are the observations of men and women still in uniform who took an oath to defend the people and the Constitution, not to protect individuals or their godfathers.Let me be clear: The Barracks have spoken. They have drawn a line. They have said they will not be used to mutilate the people's Constitution. They will not salute self-promoted generals who have abandoned the customs and traditions of the ZDF. They stand with the people of Zimbabwe. To the serving members of the ZDF: Remain disciplined, remain professional, but above all, remain loyal to the Constitution and the people, not to individuals who have lost their way. History is watching. The people are watching. To the political leadership: The game of divide-and-rule, bribery, and extension of power at the expense of the nation must stop. The soldiers have told you plainly they are tired of pathetic conditions of service while billions are being looted. They will not do your dirty work.Aluta Continua.The voice of the Barracks is the voice of the institution. Let those who have ears hear. Retired Lieutenant General Winston Sigauke Mapuranga.