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IN response to ED counters Chiwenga move, MBUDAYA says: It’s quite sad to note that the people we call our leaders are busy moving around their pawns and checkmatin­g each other instead of fixing the country. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is countering his deputy, Constantin­o Chiwenga, a former army commander who was instrument­al in Mnangagwa’s rise to power. Now that Mnangagwa is at the top, he is clearing the path for himself so that there is no challenger for the crown. Pity Zimbabwe, a country always at war with itself and in perpetual election mode.

IN response to Jacob Mafume new Harare mayor, MAZVANYA says: Congratula­tions to Jacob Mafume, and welcome to the hot seat. Now that Zanu PF has failed to put someone they can control at Town House, I will take it as a temporary setback, considerin­g that Zanu PF will use its power as government to get rid of Mafume very soon. What will come next is a commission to run the affairs of the biggest local authority in the country. Zanu PF will never tire in its fight to wrest control of the Harare Municipali­ty from the opposition.

IN response to Chinese miners invade Hwange National Park, PIKIRAYI says: China is slowly taking over our country. Surely considerin­g tourism is a billion-dollar industry, how can government give the Chinese mining permits and claims right in the middle of the Hwange National Park? It shows that President Emmerson Mnangagwa is slowly selling this country to the Chinese. The Zanu PF government gave the Chinese unlimited access to Chiadzwa diamond fields, now they want them to decimate our national parks. Mnangagwa should stop all this mess he is creating.

IN response to Ziyambi under fire over truant ministers, MUGOGOGO says: Zanu PF will never reprimand its ministers. If truth be told, I think it tells its ministers to abscond Parliament and save its face from failing to respond to questions in the august House. The land issue has embarrasse­d them, particular­ly taking into recognitio­n that Zanu PF okayed the grabbing of commercial land at the turn of the millennium to counter the opposition which was gaining traction in terms of support in the country. Now that the land reform programme has been a monumental disaster, and Zanu PF is trying to extricate itself from the political and economic crosshairs, giving back land to former owners is a huge embarrassm­ent for Zanu PF, and no one wants to stick their neck out and defend the move, except poor Patrick Chinamasa.

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