Jan 28, 2026
0 International National Other Politics

Letter from President Xi Jinping to Zimbabwe’s Liberation War Veterans

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Beijing, January 28, 2026

Dear veterans of Zimbabwe’s liberation struggle,

It was a great pleasure to receive your heartfelt letter. In your younger years, for the great cause of national liberation, you journeyed far away from home, and developed an enduring bond and comradeship with China. Today, you continue to keep a special place in your heart for China’s friendship with Zimbabwe and with Africa at large. Your sentiments are truly touching. More …

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Jan 27, 2026
0 Politics

Chamisa: An Opposition Engineered to Lose

Let us be candid, without false modesty: somewhere in the quieter corners of power, Chamisa is spoken of with a mix of amusement and appreciation because he reliably relieves pressure off the state. For a ruling party focused on execution, continuity, and long-term planning, his style of politics has become an unexpected advantage – a gift that renews itself every electoral cycle.

While President Mnangagwa’s administration is absorbed in the hard work of dam construction, road rehabilitation, power generation, agricultural recovery, and industrial revival, Chamisa is busy running what can only be described as a longform psychological experiment. He has elevated “strategic ambiguity” into an art form, mistaking the absence of policy for flexibility, and confusion for depth. In practice, it amounts to having no plan at all, delivered with confidence. More …

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Jan 25, 2026
0 Other Politics

The “Madhuku Strategy” 2.0: Nelson Chamisa and the Art of Perpetual Becoming

The comparison between Nelson Chamisa and Lovemore Madhuku has shifted from a basic analogy to an analytical necessity. What the late President Robert Mugabe once derisively labelled the “Madhuku strategy” – a pattern of opportunistic activism designed to trigger international headlines and donor funding – has found a contemporary heir. Both figures embody a political model defined less by institution-building than by episodic mobilisation and the systematic monetisation of hope.

Chamisa’s political trajectory has descended into a repetitive cycle of strategic ambiguity that looks less like a path to political victory and more like a sophisticated fundraising circuit. By abandoning established structures for a series of ephemeral brands – moving from the MDC-Alliance to the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), and now to a nebulous, structureless movement – Chamisa has perfected the art of the political “rebrand” as a means of bypassing accountability. Much like Madhuku, who morphed the National Constitutional Assembly from a civic platform into a personal political vehicle, Chamisa’s solo-preneurship treats the Zimbabwean electorate as a captive market rather than a constituency.
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Jan 25, 2026
0 Development National Politics

Performance Legitimacy and the 2030 Mandate

Performance legitimacy – the validation of political authority through tangible socio-economic outcomes – offers a clear framework for understanding the growing momentum within ZANUPF provinces to extend President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s tenure to 2030. Rather than a procedural manoeuvre, this push reflects a judgement that continuity best serves Zimbabwe’s current developmental trajectory. More …

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Jan 23, 2026
0 Politics

ZANU PF Suspends Distribution of Presidential Economic Empowerment Revolving Fund

The ZANU PF Commissariat Department has announced the temporary suspension of the distribution of the Presidential Economic Empowerment Revolving Fund, with immediate effect.

In a circular dated January 23, 2026, addressed to provincial chairpersons across all provinces, the party said the suspension will remain in force pending the issuance of new guidelines governing the fund’s distribution, utilisation, and management.
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