So yeah, the opposition meltdown is officially a group project, and nobody gets to pretend their hands are clean.
Who Hwende is side-eyeing
Who Hwende is side-eyeing
- From the Kuwadzana East seat, Chalton Hwende basically shrugged and said the quiet part out loud.
- The blame is not selective, not nostalgic, and not kind, because every former MDC heavyweight gets a slice of it.
- This lands while everyone is pretending shock that the party face-planted.
- Over in disputed leadership land, Douglas Mwonzora is out here pitching a reunion tour.
- Names getting floated include Nelson Chamisa, Tendai Biti, and Job Sikhala.
- The pitch is all about locking arms before the 2028 general elections, even though the past says good luck with that.
- Since 1999, the Movement for Democratic Change has been in a long-term relationship with splintering.
- Out of that chaos popped MDC-T, MDC Alliance, MDC-N, MDC 1999, CCC, and PDP.
- At this point, the family tree looks more like a pile of receipts.
- Hwende’s take is blunt because Zimbabwe is not getting change from recycling the same leadership circle.
- The vibe is accept responsibility first, then accept being led by someone else.
- No one gets a veto just because they used to be in charge.
- Back in the day, Hwende rolled closely with Chamisa and ran secretary-general duties in the MDC Alliance.
- The same senior energy followed him into the Citizens Coalition for Change, which kept the alliance branding alive.
- Then 2023 happened, and loyalties quietly shifted.
- After the general elections, Hwende lined up with self-styled CCC secretary-general Sengezo Tshabangu.
- Those MP recalls were not just messy; they were strategic, whether anyone wants to admit it or not.
- The fallout landed squarely on the opposition’s own doorstep.
- Thanks to the recalls, ZANU-PF walked into a two-thirds majority.
- That control now sits inside the National Assembly.
- The endgame is constitutional amendments, while the opposition is still arguing about who broke what.
