ZANU-PF could use the IMF USD1bn to fund their 2023 election campaign, including the rigging

18^th September 2021

By Nontokozo Malaba Ncube

A number of political observers have focused on the likelihood that ZANU-PF will use the IMF money to ‘fund’ agriculture and mining. For those who may not be in the know, in Zimbabwe, agriculture and mining are the sectors which ZANU-PF uses to steal money from the state. And it’s not like this IMF money is going to be guarded against corruption while it’s at the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe. The Minister of Finance has a history of taking people’s money. Moreover, the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe is not safe from ZANU-PF. It’s essentially their personal bank. It is most likely that ZANU-PF is going to steal this IMF money through their usual scams in agriculture and mining. But many people are failing to see that this money could also be used by ZANU-PF to fund their 2023 election campaign.

As long as this USD1bn from the IMF is at the Reserve Bank, ZANU-PF will toy with it. Political analysts believe that ZANU-PF steals public money for two reasons; to line their pockets and those of their families, friends, and mistresses, and to keep themselves in power. We already know that a lot of this money is going to be stolen by Mnangagwa, his kinsmen and the cartel around him. But with an election less than 2 years away, ZANU-PF will use some of this money to fund their campaign of violence and the rigging. They will buy beer and trinkets for the hapless youths to “motivate” them to engage in violence against perceived opponents of the ZANU-PF government. They will buy 4x4s for chiefs and political commissars across the country. A significant part of this election war chest will be funding the electoral rigging. This often involves bribing officials at the ZEC and hiring dodgy companies from Russia or such like to rig the election behind the scenes.

As such, all democrats and the genuine opposition in Zimbabwe need to do their own fundraising to be able to compete with what ZANU-PF has. Without money we have no chance in the 2023 election. For the sake of the country, and future generations, ZANU-PF needs to be removed the same way Zambia got rid of its useless President and his party few weeks ago.

#ZanuPFMustgo

#ZimbabweanLivesMatter

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Nontokozo Malaba Ncube

ROHR Zimbabwe Activist

 

About the author;-

Nontokozo Malaba Ncube is a human rights activist and a member of Restoration of Human Rights (ROHR) Zimbabwe’s UK Chapter. She is also a member of the opposition MDC Alliance party. She is based in the United Kingdom and can be contacted by email on nmncube44408@gmail.com