Tinashe Kazuru

One of the biggest achievements of the 2013 National Constitution was the adoption of the fundamental principle of devolution and decentralization as a central pillar of that constitution. For decades Zimbabwe , like most dominated social formations had enjoyed the legacy of a dual enclave of economy characterized by uneven and unequal development . The dual enclave economy was a colonial creation in respect of which a relatively developed urban white enclave existed alongside a huge black abyss of underdevelopment and subjugation . The post independent State failed to decimate the dual enclave . It in fact deepened and consolidated the divide and inequality . Political instability, tribalism , capture and corruption became the key drivers of post colonial disequilibrium. In the case of Zimbabwe the break up of the Patriotic Front into the splintered status quo of ZANU and ZAPU spelt a danger to any region or area perceived to be ZAPU supporting . Gukurahundi was physical genocide in respect of which the ZANU North descended on the South perceived to be ZAPU and unleashed barbaric pain and death which the country will never recover from. But Gukurahundi became a systematic tool of underdevelopment and de industrialization . Before Gukurahundi Bulawayo for instance was the industrial capital of Zimbabwe, housing some of the country prized manufacturing power base . Thanks to ZANU and economic Gukurahundi, that industrial base was wiped out . The net result was the creation of a region and citizens that is reified isolated and excluded. Zimbabweans that have been made to feel like fourth class citizens . But the isolation and exclusion is a national polity that runs across the length and breadth of Zimbabwe . Bar scattered pockets rural Zimbabwe remains an undeveloped isolated enclave trapped by poverty desolation fragmentation and fragility . The narrative of fatalism is entrenched , from Dotito to Chiyendambuya, from Chiwara to Nembudziya, from Gweluchena to Filabusi . To the depraved population Devolution was an instrument of fighting back against the toxic hagemony of control imposed by decades of ZANU PF misrule . Devolution was easly the most popular most universal constitutional theme during the 2009-2013 people driven constitution making process . The new constitution in Chapter 14 set Devolution Structures in the form of 8 Provincial Councils and the metropolitan provinces of Harare and Bulawayo . The 2013 Constitution allowed all MPs Senators and Councillors from a particular province to be remembers of that Provincial Council . There were to be ten additional Members elected indirectly through the proportional performance of political parties in the parliamentary election in that province . Provincial Councils were to be responsible solely for the Development Agenda and trajectory in that Province . That Development Agenda was to be financed by 5 % of the Budget , which amount had to be distributed equitably amongst the Provinces through a formula defined in an Act of Parliament . Sixteen years after the passage of the 2013 Constitution the ZANU Government has deliberately failed to enact the necessary laws to actualise Devolution as demanded by Chapter 14 and 17 of the Constitution. Consequently no Provincial Councils have ever been established . No Devolution Provincial Government has ever been set up as set out in Chapter 14 of the Constitution. The ZANU PF government under Mugabe and Mnangagwa have killed devolution by cynical non implementation . ZANU was never interested in Devolution. It vehemently resisted the same during the 2010-13 Constitution making process .On 18 February 2013 MDC negotiators walked out of the Constitution making dialogue after ZANU had begun reneging on Devolution. It took the intervention of Mugabe and Tsvangirai to reinstate Devolution and the dialogue .

The principal task and obligation of a State President is to defend , uphold ,obey and respect the Constitution . This is clearly spelt out in section 90(1) of the Constitution. The President is also obliged to promote unity and peace in the nation for the benefit and well being of all the people of Zimbabwe . This is spelt out in section 90(2)(a) of the Constitution. By signing into law , Constitution Anendement No 3 of 2026 on 7 July 2026 , the President falied to fulfill the constitutional obligation of protecting and upholding the Constitution. He committed an act of constitutional treason . He betrayed that Constitution. He betrayed the liberation struggle and its center of gravity , the sacred democratic principle of one person one vote . By pushing CAB 3 and its inherent structural unpopularity he has failed to maintain the peace and unity for the benefit of all required in the Constitution . He has chosen to serve a faction , a syndicate that is bend on permanently subverting Zimbabwe s values ethos and existence . A faction and syndicate that is a national threat . An existential threat to the vital interests of the Republic . Unconstitutional Acts by the State lead to the citizen withdrawing its voluntary consent to be governed . Without the voluntary consent of the Citizen it is not possible to govern . Yes one can pretend to govern . Pretend to read out budgets , inspect guards of honor , go to the UN or deploy troops . It is but a charade . Sooner or later , the chickens always come home to roost and legitmacy is restored . A new social contract is crafted . The treasonous regime committed a UDI on 7 July 2026. It now must undo its mess and restore the 2013 Constitution. This is our basic peaceful constitutional demand. Tatenda . Siyabonga . Zikomo Zikomo .

ED’s signing into law of CAB 3 was always going happen. It must be said again and again that that signature is NOTHING and that the people of Zimbabwe will never allow CAB 3 to have effect. It is now war in TWO battlegrounds: courts and peaceful political resistance.We will win.

The launch of SUNGANO YEVANHU marks the beginning of a new era of struggle against the imperial CAB3. Foward comrades!

Commissars, fighters, ground forces, fellow South Africans, Africans, and diaspora, Good morning. We must never compromise our revolutionary ideas for political expediency. True feelings of love must drive us and therefore say to the person next to you that revolutionary good morning. Please give those African children a big hug to remind them that we love them and there's still hope because the @EFFSouthAfrica, a home of the hopeless, is still in existence. We shall overcome, SALUTE!✊🏿

Chiefs must never be embroiled in Politics - will definitely vote against this clause

Just a few weeks ago, Mr. @BitiTendai, a comrade and human rights lawyer in Zimbabwe, was speaking out strongly condemning our brutal persecution by the Museveni regime following the sham Jan. 2026 election. Unfortunately, as I type this, he has joined the long list of comrades in Africa unfairly detained by their governments for seeking freedom. Biti was arrested alongside other freedom fighters in Zimbabwe for resisting attempts to extend the presidential term there to seven years and restrict the election of the President to members of Parliament only. It is disturbing to see this script, which Ugandans are already familiar with, being deployed in Zimbabwe as well. Biti's arrest is a cowardly attack on all citizens of Zimbabwe by a regime that cannot sustain open debate about their future without resorting to brute force. I call for his immediate, unconditional release together with the colleagues detained with him. The people of Zimbabwe deserve freedom, and leaders chosen by them. The struggle continues!

We condemn the arrest of CDF Convener @BitiTendai and his team in Mutare today 21/3/26. What for? The SOLE basis for their arrest is that they are opposed to ED2030 Constitutional Bill. This is ABUSE of power. We will defeat ED 2030 whatever they do. @BitiTendai we are together.

Thank you for your patience with us. The platform to join CDF is up. It should be a quick 2 minute exercise. You will have an opportunity to download our constitution, get your membership card and write to Parliament about the Amendment 3. app.cdfzimbabwe.org It's important for us to be organized, and this is part of making sure we move together. By adding your country you are then assigned to your Federation so we can start the process of building strong structures worldwide. We acknowlege that not everyone has access to internet. In the next few days we will integrate Whatsapp, Telegram and other platforms so everyone can have a chance to join CDF and also send their views directly to parliament. Let's ORGANIZE and stop AGONIZING!!!!!

We mourn with the progressive world , the tragic loss of Comrade Bombshell Geza. He sacrificed his young life for the decolonization and liberation of Zimbabwe . He was a true soldier on the front , unlike others who were carousing and loafing in the frontline capitals of Lusaka , Maputo and Dar. His feats on the battlefield are a dense implosion of heroic mythology. He fought with dexterity , without fear and without restraint . One day they will make a movie of his legendary battlefield exploits . Yet they betrayed him. The revolution was hijaked . It ate its children Post independent Zimbabwe was a massive assault on the ideals and values of the liberation struggle . The values and ideals of Ubuntu solidarity equality socialism were replaced by vampirism rottonness greed and banditry . It took him long to open his eyes . It took him to understand that yesterday s liberator was now today s oppressor . But he did open his eyes . He came to know that the revolution was unfinished. He came to know that the struggle had been sold to highest bidders in the form of foreign capital , cartels and syndicates . In his last days he fought against corruption banditry , the privatization & capture of the Zimbabwe State . He fought against the brutal dictatorship masculatuon of the National Constitution. In his last years he understood what we of the post independent democratic order had been fighting against . What our movement has been all about - completing the unfinished business of the liberation struggle . In those moments history conspired to make him the face of the present struggle . History made him carry a battle that was not his but that of his grand children . In those months he boldly stood out against an emboldened clueless but vicious kakistocracy that had no shame , no morality and no elasticity . He knew the odds against him.He knew the limitations of his actions. He knew of the vicious overreaction from his erstwhile colleagues. He knew they would hound him out like a sewer rat and would not hesitate to terminate him. That’s their DNA. But he sacrificed himsef. In doing so he he knew the spark he was lighting . He knew of the seed he was planting. He knew of the disruptive role his was playing . For this we thank him . For this , we shall always remember him as the comrade who shamed younger generations to become the stalwart against a sordid and heinous status quo of loot and plunder We shall never be able to fill his big shoes but we vow to do justice to his memory by continuing his fight against constitutional manipulation and the attempt to create a kleptocratic dynasty . As the regime moves swiftly to gazette a constitutional bill that will bastardize our constitution by extending Mr Mnangagwa s rule to 2030 , allow Parliament to elect a President and push elections to 2035 , we want to assure Bombshell , that we will stand on his broad shoulders to resist and refuse this rank madness. We will defend the constitution for that’s all we have. That is all Bombshell had. That is what he fought for . First a new constitutional order that gave self governance and dignity to the native . Later a new constitutional order that sought to create an inclusive democratic status quo that took away power from a corrupt elite constitional order created by his canterkerous colleagues So as we bid Bombshell farewell , we commit ourselves to completing the unfinished chapter on his life. Defending the constitution of Zimbabwe against mauraders brigands and bandits . This is the least we can do . Go well Bombshell Go well .