I spent the entire build-up to Zimbabwe’s 2023 harmonised elections practically screaming into the void, warning Zimbabweans across every social media platform that Nelson Chamisa’s politics have always served one purpose – himself. Not the voters, not the movement, not the country. Himself.
His track record is undeniable. From the MDC-T era through every reincarnation of his political projects, he ruthlessly fought any figure who even vaguely resembled a potential challenger. He weakened the opposition from inside, not out of strategy, but out of insecurity and self-preservation, sabotaging the very unity that could have strengthened their cause.
Let us also be clear about one thing his gullible supporters never had the courage to face: Chamisa’s so-called strategic ambiguity was never a masterstroke of political genius. It was a carefully engineered smokescreen – designed purely to shield his financial dealings, donor inflows, and questionable fundraising from any form of scrutiny. While his followers romanticised it as some deep political tactic, he used it to freely collect money, evade accountability, and move funds without answering to anyone.
And now, the facts have overtaken both him and his supporters. Twitter, with its cold and unforgiving location accuracy, has exposed what he can no longer deny. After six months in one place, the platform identifies your true location. It is scientific. It is precise. It is not something he can wiggle out of. Chamisa now lives, studies and works in the USA.
Those who mocked our warnings now find themselves abandoned and confused. Their only remaining source of hope lie in the entertaing and often childish political theatrics of Job Sikhala and Tendai Biti.
The truth is simple: Chamisa walked away from the 2023 election cycle with tens of millions raised in the name of “democracy”, and he is now comfortably settled in the United States, investing and enjoying that money. Meanwhile, the usual gullible disciples still refuse to question him. Instead, they direct their rage at people like Hwende and Mamombe who, at the very least, stayed behind and fulfilled their duties to the voters, despite Chamisa’s reckless and selfish boycott directive.
If there is one thing I genuinely thank Nelson Chamisa for, it is the painful clarity he has forced upon his cult. He has taught Zimbabweans – especially the politically naïve – that you must examine the character, integrity, and motives of the person you choose to follow. Leadership requires scrutiny. Blind loyalty leads to disaster.
For that lesson, I am sincerely grateful.
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