2.3 Povincial
Highlights
Harare
“Silly season winds blow from the Capital”
ZIMBABWE PEACE PROJECT
MONTHLY MONITORING REPORT
JULY 2021
It was at the ZanuPF Politburo meeting held on July 14
that ZanuPF set the tone for its 2023 ambitions for five
million votes and where President Emmerson
Mnangagwa outlined the intention to ‘silence’ those
perceived to be enemies.
This happened as President Mnangagwa set up a
ZanuPF committee to ‘fundraise’ US$140 million to
‘fund the party’s cell restructuring and data capturing
exercise that would lay a firm foundation for
modernizing the administration of the party’
In a strange turn of events Mnangagwa rewarded
minor political players under his Political Actors’
Dialogue (POLAD) platform with brand new double
cab trucks worth over a million US dollars.
On the other side of politics, the opposition MDC
Alliance said they have a ‘solid’ plan to deal with what
they called attempts to neutralize the opposition.
Without being clear, MDC Alliance leader Nelson
Chamisa wrote on his Facebook page:
Precedence has shown that these are clear signs that
the election season is officially upon us.
In more ways than one, it’s silly season.
Meanwhile, ZanuPF continued to violate COVID-19
protocols on gatherings. For four successive days,
starting on 3 July the party organized and sponsored
informal soccer and netball matches in Dzivarasekwa,
played at Nehanda grounds in the suburb. The match
started with under 12 players for both soccer and
netball to main players.
The matches, which were meant to boost support for
ZanuPF, drew spectators to gather in what was against
the COVID-19 protocols.
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