By Cde Patriot Sunungura
Fellow Dr True patriots, dust off your popcorn because Season 2 of Operation Restore Legacy is upon us—and this time, the drama comes with, billion-dollar dossiers, and backrooml theatrics than ever before.
The protagonists are none other than Vice President Constantino Chiwenga and President Emmerson Mnangagwa locked in a high-stakes showdown over the latter’s “beloved sons” and the alleged loot of ZANU PF.
Last Wednesday’s stormy politburo meeting—the last before the party’s annual conference next month—was nothing short of cinematic.
Chiwenga, armed with a dossier that could sink a ship (or at least a 45-percent stake in Sakunda Holdings), marched in like a general ready for battle.
Inside sources report that nearly 50 politburo members collectively gasped when he laid bare allegations that Kudakwashe Tagwirei had siphoned at least US$3.2 billion from ZANU PF’s shadowy investments.
The saga supposedly begins in the Mugabe era, when a 45 percent shareholding in Sakunda Holdings was set up and “held in trust” by Mnangagwa, Vice President Kembo Mohadi, and party legal secretary Patrick Chinamasa.
But according to Chiwenga, instead of letting ZANU PF collect dividends, Tagwirei allegedly redirected the billions into loyalty networks, doling out just a smidge to capture the ruling party itself.
The plot thickens with the involvement of high-profile beneficiaries.
Wicknell Chivhayo, once a darling of ZANU PF tenders, is said to have been a conduit for the cash flows, along with gold dealer Scott Sakupwanya and GeoPomona boss Delish Nguwaya.
Chiwenga reportedly called for the immediate arrest of the “zvigananda cabal,” a move that left many politburo veterans clutching their pearls and their party-issued pens.
Meanwhile, whispers suggest that Cde Ruka Chivhayo, perhaps fearing that the Chiwenga storm might reach his own doorstep, has reportedly enlisted Temba Mliswa to spearhead a counter-smear campaign.
According to Cde Blessed Geza, the war veteran-cum-cyber provocateur Chivayo is collecting US$4 million weekly from RBZ.
While ordinary citizens languish in abject poverty,
With ZANU PF’s national conference looming in Mutare next month, insiders are holding their breath.
Will it be another ceremonial bootlicking session, complete with speeches glorifying “the leadership,” or will Chiwenga’s charges turn the conference into a succession showdown?
Only time will tell if the Zviganandas will retain their crown or if the general’s loyalists will seize the stage.
One thing, however, is certain: if last week’s politburo drama is any indication, Zimbabweans are in for a season filled with intrigue, billion-dollar accusations, and enough political theatrics to make Netflix executives blush.
