Six months have now gone by and nomination day is 10 days away but the party is still to be launched. Candidates that will represent the party are still not yet known.
CCC has been shrouded in secrecy since its formation ostensibly to shield itself from infiltrators and to avoid arming ZANU-PF. This might sound plausible to the layman but throughout the history of independent Zimbabwe, ZANU-PF has infiltrated every political party that has been formed in the country from inception and usually has someone within the new party’s top 5.
Chamisa’s lackadaisical approach to this year’s elections gives the impression that everything that he is doing and the promises he is making to the electorate are all a charade. He is doing everything to make sure Mnangagwa wins the elections.
The only thing that is standing in Mnangagwa’s way is the economy. If the current situation prevails, Zimbabweans could vote for anyone, or anything, to get rid of Mnangagwa in the hope that this will end their suffering.
In fact, the current situation is reminiscent of 2008 when then President Robert Mugabe lost to opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai. This was more of a protest vote. That same year a Nkayi woman was quoted as saying: “Given a choice between a donkey and a ZANU-PF candidate, people would vote for the donkey.”
One could say the same thing about Mnangagwa today. Things are bad. But, Mnangagwa is a hard nut to crack as former ZANU-PF secretary for administration Didymus Mutasa said six months ago.
“One thing the povo doesn’t realise is that ED Mnangagwa is a deft strategist of unparalleled brilliance,” Mutasa said. “He essentially handled Mugabe and everything around from the late 1970s up until Grace came along when everything went haywire. The brilliance in Mugabe’s heydays was partially influenced by Ngwena’s hand. He was the untiring and ever reliable hand behind the scenes. Even Mugabe acknowledged Ngwena’s brilliance & hard work after just before the 2018 elections.”
Mutasa added: “I’m sharing this information to contextualise Chamisa’s chances in 2023. I have observed the young man for a number of years and frankly speaking he can never match Ngwena even if Ngwena decides to sleep until after the election. They’re just incomparable.”
Chamisa is banking on one thing- people’s dissatisfaction. But Mnangagwa today said he does not waste what he termed a good crisis. Every bad crisis, he said, can be turned into a good one. Can he turn the present currency crisis which has resulted in skyrocketing prices to his advantage?
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