In my capacity as an election observer, | am aware that the
CCC has secured victories in some wards in Matebeland
North, even without having their representative election
agents in place. It is interesting how CCC consistently
deceives itself by claiming that ZanuPF rigs elections,
leading them to adopting irrelevant and completely wrong
strategies. | find it puzzling that their entire campaign
focused on mapping polling stations that have already been
mapped by the ZEC. Seriously, why waste time discussing
and planning how to protect a vote that was never intended
to be stolen? Meanwhile, your leaders prioritised fancy but
ultimately futile digital-based strategies, while ZanuPF
invested its time in connecting with its base and winning
over some of the previously disenchanted voters.
It is wise to note that in Zimbabwe, social media sentiment
does not translate into votes. Our internet penetration is
limited, and the impact of social media is not as significant
as opposition leaders would have you believe. Our strategy in
ZanuPF was simply to engage you in irrelevant social media
discussions and let you believe that you were winning.
The team behind Pachedu was driven by financial gain and
nothing more. It is astonishing that a political party with a
substantial tech-savvy support base failed to comprehend
that the server for ZEC's informational website is technically
independent of ZEC's election management system. The
whole movement spent months discussing and strangelycelebrating this nonsense!
Today, CCC is reaping the consequences of these
amateurish and misguided actions.
ZanuPF is just too connected to Zimbabwe and her people to
be shaken by a technically weak CCC.
| predict another victory for ZANUPF and its Presidential
candidate in 2028.