In the vast, dusty depot of Zimbabwean politics, the national bus of ZANU-PF does not suffer fools gladly. It is a vehicle with a brutal memory, one that has, time and again, ruthlessly purged those who mistake temporary influence for permanent power. Eight years ago, the ambitious passengers known as G40, who hitched their wagons to Grace Mugabe’s shooting star, were unceremoniously tossed off the bus. They bet on the wrong driver, lured by promises of a shortcut to power, only to find themselves scattered in exile, their dreams crushed.<\/p>\n
Today, as the bus lurches towards another critical junction, a new crop of naive backers is making the exact same mistake. The blind backers of Kudakwashe Tagwirei\u2014our modern Mamvura\u2014are gambling their futures on a man whose wealth is as ill-gotten as it is fleeting. They are deaf to the warnings, blind to the history. But now, a cryptic lament from a shadowy figure, widely believed to be presidential spokesperson George Charamba under his alias @Jamwanda2, has sounded. It is not a mere complaint; it is the final warning bell, a harbinger of the purge to come.<\/p>\n
Recall the G40 debacle: a faction bloated with hubris. They flaunted their connections, much as Mamvura’s supporters do today, accepting gifts and patronage, oblivious to the party’s deep-rooted, unitary structure. When the axe fell in November 2017, they were wiped out. Their fatal error was ignoring the whispers of discontent from the war veterans and military brass, betting instead on charisma over constitution.<\/p>\n
Fast forward to 2025, and the parallels are chilling. Mamvura\u2019s backers\u2014provincial chairpersons, excitable youth league members, and paid online warriors\u2014have hitched their fates to a man publicly ejected from the Central Committee, boycotted by the President, and disavowed by Vice President Chiwenga. They defend him as a “patriot,” echoing the G40 apologists of yesteryear. Yet, as one observer starkly noted, choosing Tagwirei lacks the political savvy to navigate ZANU-PF’s treacherous roads, mirroring the inexperience that doomed G40.<\/p>\n
Enter the donkey’s bray\u2014a poignant post from @Jamwanda2 on July 22, 2025. Masquerading as a concern over the Varakashi<\/em> online brigade, the post is a coded ultimatum. It decries the rise of “affiliates” pledging loyalty to “lesser officials” and “appointees”\u2014a direct shot at those fawning over Tagwirei, who is an appointee, not an elected official. It demands “untrammeled fealty to the one true leader, ED Mnangagwa,” and mocks the idolization of subalterns whose “banal pronouncements” are mistaken for policy. “That must stop forthwith!” it thunders. This is not an idle complaint; it is a final warning from the highest office to Mamvura and his backers: your factional games are over.<\/p>\n The backers of Mamvura, like G40 before them, suffer from a fatal myopia. They overlook the party’s history of ruthlessly pruning any threat to its unity, a history that saw powerful figures like Saviour Kasukuwere banished into exile. They ignore the fact that their hero’s fortune, as Ambassador Mutsvangwa made clear, is not self-made but a party-enabled siphon. They are cheering for the party\u2019s cashier, mistaking him for the owner, not realizing the owners are now calling in their dues. Enticed by shiny vehicles, these depot foremen are trading their integrity for trinkets, only to be disowned now that head office is cracking down.<\/p>\n Was the donkey’s lament the prelude to another purge? All signs point to yes. The ZANU-PF bus does not tolerate rogue passengers or divided loyalties; it demands one driver, one direction. Mamvura’s supporters, blinded by his billions, are steering toward the same cliff that claimed G40. As the post warns, multiple agendas and “little loyalties” are code for factionalism, an unforgivable sin that invites swift and merciless retribution. The gnashing of teeth is imminent. For Mamvura’s camp, the road ahead is not paved with gold, but with the wreckage of shattered ambitions. History, in ZANU-PF, doesn’t just rhyme\u2014it roars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In the vast, dusty depot of Zimbabwean politics, the national bus of ZANU-PF does not suffer fools gladly. It is a vehicle with a brutal memory, one that has, time and again, ruthlessly purged those who mistake temporary influence for permanent power. Eight years ago, the ambitious passengers known as G40, who hitched their wagons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-uncategorized"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotn.wezim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotn.wezim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotn.wezim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotn.wezim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotn.wezim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fotn.wezim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27,"href":"https:\/\/fotn.wezim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26\/revisions\/27"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fotn.wezim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotn.wezim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fotn.wezim.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}