1.
The
False
Allegation
Regarding
General
Chiwenga
and
Mary
Mubaiwa:
It
is
incorrect
to
suggest
that
General
Chiwenga
was
directly
or
indirectly
responsible
for
the
medical
condition
that
led
to
his
ex-wife’s
amputation.
While
their
divorce
and
post-divorce
matters
were
highly
contentious,
exploiting
Mary
Mubaiwa’s
suffering
for
political
mileage
is
just
as
reprehensible
as
the
alleged
abandonment
of
an
ill
person
in
their
time
of
need.
2.
The
Misrepresentation
of
Presidential
Clemency:
It
is
also
misleading
to
claim
that
General
Chiwenga
blocked
President
Mnangagwa
from
granting
Mary
Mubaiwa
clemency.
On
April
14,
2022,
Magistrate
Lazini
Ncube
found
Mubaiwa
guilty
of
fraudulently
attempting
to
upgrade
her
customary
marriage
and
sentenced
her
to
a
one-year
prison
term.
However,
due
to
her
health
condition,
the
court
ruled
out
both
a
custodial
sentence
and
community
service,
instead
ordering
her
to
pay
a
fine
of
ZW$60,000.
The
Clemency
Act,
commonly
known
as
the
Presidential
Pardon,
applies
only
to
custodial
sentences,
not
fines.
Since
the
court
had
already
accounted
for
Mubaiwa’s
ill
health
in
its
ruling,
there
was
nothing
for
the
President
to
pardon.
Mutsvangwa’s
claim
is
therefore
a
blatant
attempt
to
manipulate
the
Mubaiwa
case
to
tarnish
General
Chiwenga’s
image
and
falsely
portray
him
as
a
misogynist
to
alienate
him
from
female
voters.
3.
The
Attack
on
General
Chiwenga’s
Academic
Credentials:
Mutsvangwa
asserts
that
General
Chiwenga
lacks
the
intellectual
capacity
to
be
a
military
general,
citing
his
strong
Shona
accent—specifically
his
tendency
to
replace
the
“L”
sound
with
an
“R”
sound
in
English.
However,
linguistic
nuances
do
not
determine
intelligence.
The
late
Professor
Sheunesu
Mupepereki,
a
respected
University
of
Zimbabwe
lecturer
and
TV
presenter,
also
had
a
strong
Shona
accent
and
pronounced
“L”
as
“R”—as
did
many
others.
That
did
not
make
him
any
less
intellectual.
Furthermore,
while
General
Chiwenga
may
have
retaken
one
or
two
compulsory
military
courses,
he
successfully
completed
all
the
required
training
necessary
for
his
promotions,
eventually
rising
to
a
Five-Star
General.
By
1997,
he
was
already
a
Three-Star
General,
but
the
DRC
military
operation
was
designated
as
a
Two-Star
General
assignment,
which
is
why
my
late
uncle,
General
Amoth
Chin’ombe,
was
given
the
command.
To
suggest
that
Chiwenga
was
sidelined
due
to
“illiteracy”
is
both
ignorant
and
dishonest.
At
the
time,
the
Zimbabwe
National
Army
had
at
least
ten
generals.
Were
they
all
supposed
to
lead
the
DRC
mission?
Moreover,
despite
his
accent,
General
Chiwenga
holds
a
PhD
in
Ethics,
a
peer-reviewed
thesis
completed
over
four
years
at
an
accredited
South
African
university.
4.
Mutsvangwa’s
False
Claims
About
Mugabe’s
Role
in
the
Liberation
Struggle:
Previously,
Mutsvangwa
made
the
ridiculous
claim
that
Robert
Mugabe
was
a
coward
who
lived
in
luxury
in
Maputo
while
others
trained
in
military
camps.
This
ignores
the
fact
that
Mugabe
was
already
53
years
old
in
1977—an
age
well
beyond
standard
military
training
requirements.
What
serious
army
trains
53-year-olds
for
active
combat?
Now,
Mutsvangwa
claims
Chiwenga
was
a
“useless
busybody”
in
Tanzania,
only
joining
the
war
effort
in
late
1977
and
leading
“high
school
dropouts”
instead
of
“intellectuals”
like
himself.
This
is
historically
inaccurate.
Neither
Mutsvangwa
nor
the
young
recruits
who
left
high
school
to
fight
were
“intellectuals”—they
were
freedom
fighters.
And
the
true
leaders
of
the
war
saw
fit
to
make
Dominic
Chinenge
(now
General
Chiwenga)
their
commander.
If
Mutsvangwa
insists
on
questioning
others’
war
records,
perhaps
the
Zimbabwean
public
deserves
answers
about
his
own
war
history:
What
was
his
Chimurenga
war
name?
Which
front
was
he
deployed
to,
and
with
whom?
Where
was
he
during
the
Lancaster
House
Conference,
and
what
role
did
he
play?
What
degrees
did
he
obtain
after
the
war,
and
from
which
institutions?
5.
Distorting
Liberation
War
Training
Facts:
Mutsvangwa
should
educate
the
youth
with
factual
history
instead
of
distorting
it
for
personal
gain.
He
must
clarify:
Who
trained
in
Zambia,
Tanzania,
and
Mozambique,
and
for
what
reasons?
Who
trained
in
Bulgaria,
Libya,
Romania,
and
Yugoslavia,
and
when?
Why
was
each
training
location
chosen,
and
what
was
the
strategic
objective?
His
false
claim
that
Abel
Muzorewa
sent
troops
for
training
in
Libya
is
so
absurd
that
it
doesn’t
even
warrant
serious
discussion.
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6.
The
Reality
of
the
2017
Coup
and
Military
Involvement
Mutsvangwa
now
falsely
credits
himself
as
the
mastermind
behind
Mugabe’s
removal
in
November
2017.
The
truth
is:
While
he
played
a
role,
it
was
as
a
foot
soldier,
not
the
architect.
His
contributions
were
commendable
in
the
right
context,
but
they
were
not
decisive.
The
military
was
never
neutral
after
November
6,
2017,
when
Mnangagwa
was
fired
as
Vice
President.
In
fact,
from
September
11,
2017,
when
war
veterans
were
attacked
by
police,
the
army
had
already
decided
to
protect
them
and
neutralize
the
police.
This
explains
why
Victor
Matemadanda
made
the
famous
statement,
“It
can’t.”
Mutsvangwa’s
claim
that
General
Happyton
Bonyongwe
was
about
to
arrest
army
generals
before
the
coup
is
also
a
lie.
When
George
Charamba
wrote
“Chine
vene
chinhu
ichi”
(“This
thing
has
its
owners”),
he
was
speaking
from
inside
knowledge
of
military
discussions
at
KGVI
Barracks.
I,
too,
was
informed
at
the
time—as
I
am
today.
7.
The
Military’s
Current
Position:
Mutsvangwa
suggests
that
the
military
is
neutral
today.
That
is
false.
The
military
is
deeply
concerned
about:
Rampant
corruption:
The
influence
of
self-serving
politicians
like
Douglas
Mahiya
and
Christopher
Mutsvangwa
The
role
of
economic
elites
(Zvigananda)
in
Zimbabwe’s
power
structure
If
events
unfold
today
and
the
military
facilitates
a
shift
in
power,
Mutsvangwa
will
pretend
he
was
playing
a
strategic
role
all
along.
If
nothing
happens,
he
will
claim
he
was
right
all
along.
But
let
me
be
clear:
the
military
is
not
standing
by
idly.
There
is
no
neutrality—far
from
it.
https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaGWLXn6LwHdFjfVk33G
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2030
agenda
has
been
overshadowed
by
the
2025
agenda.
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