Jonathan Moyo speaks out against people who keep comparing current officials to his actions from 2017. He calls these people fools who waste time making useless comparisons that lead nowhere except to the fantasy worlds they create in their heads.
Many critics mock government officials like Nick Mangwana, telling them to learn from Moyo's famous "zete moment" tweet from November 13, 2017. These critics miss four important points about tomorrow's planned March 31 protests. First, nobody saw the military events coming better than Moyo did back then. He even warned everyone through a documentary months earlier that accurately predicted what happened.
Moyo reveals his tweet about sleeping peacefully came from his office, not his bedroom. He wrote it as a trick to hide his real plans to escape across the border. He already knew military action had started, and people like him were being watched. Playing dumb served as a weak diversion, not because he actually felt calm about what was happening around him.
Politics often involves saying things that mean something completely different than they appear. Using just one tweet as a warning makes no sense. Smart warnings need many examples, not just one bad one that doesn't even apply here. Nick Mangwana works as a civil servant heading government information. Moyo was a politician in the ruling party leadership, not a civil servant.
Comparing these different jobs makes as much sense as comparing fruit from different trees. Government officials must speak for the current administration - that's their job. They can't represent opposition groups or people trying to overthrow the government. Reducing government leadership to just a political faction ignores their constitutional authority and responsibilities.
Moyo's journey since 2017 belongs to him alone and doesn't apply to others. He actually calls this period his most productive time personally, despite not planning for it to happen. The idea that history repeats the same way seems foolish. As wisdom from 2,500 years ago teaches, nobody steps in the same river twice—both the river and the person change.
The concept of repeated history isn't progressive. Karl Marx wrote that history repeats first as tragedy, then as farce. He meant that later copycats merely produce comic versions of original events. Any 2025 version of 2017 would become tragic. Real progress needs transformation, not repeating disaster patterns from before.
Any government should fully prepare for advertised uprisings rather than risk being unprepared. The best approach when facing a threatened insurrection is to prepare for terrible possibilities but hope for good outcomes. This represents smart leadership during uncertain times when threats loom large for national stability.
Many critics mock government officials like Nick Mangwana, telling them to learn from Moyo's famous "zete moment" tweet from November 13, 2017. These critics miss four important points about tomorrow's planned March 31 protests. First, nobody saw the military events coming better than Moyo did back then. He even warned everyone through a documentary months earlier that accurately predicted what happened.
Moyo reveals his tweet about sleeping peacefully came from his office, not his bedroom. He wrote it as a trick to hide his real plans to escape across the border. He already knew military action had started, and people like him were being watched. Playing dumb served as a weak diversion, not because he actually felt calm about what was happening around him.
Politics often involves saying things that mean something completely different than they appear. Using just one tweet as a warning makes no sense. Smart warnings need many examples, not just one bad one that doesn't even apply here. Nick Mangwana works as a civil servant heading government information. Moyo was a politician in the ruling party leadership, not a civil servant.
Comparing these different jobs makes as much sense as comparing fruit from different trees. Government officials must speak for the current administration - that's their job. They can't represent opposition groups or people trying to overthrow the government. Reducing government leadership to just a political faction ignores their constitutional authority and responsibilities.
Moyo's journey since 2017 belongs to him alone and doesn't apply to others. He actually calls this period his most productive time personally, despite not planning for it to happen. The idea that history repeats the same way seems foolish. As wisdom from 2,500 years ago teaches, nobody steps in the same river twice—both the river and the person change.
The concept of repeated history isn't progressive. Karl Marx wrote that history repeats first as tragedy, then as farce. He meant that later copycats merely produce comic versions of original events. Any 2025 version of 2017 would become tragic. Real progress needs transformation, not repeating disaster patterns from before.
Any government should fully prepare for advertised uprisings rather than risk being unprepared. The best approach when facing a threatened insurrection is to prepare for terrible possibilities but hope for good outcomes. This represents smart leadership during uncertain times when threats loom large for national stability.
