By Don Chigumba | There are heavy and weighty allegations that a British company Cambridge Analytica influenced the elections outcome of USA, Nigeria and Kenya. Cambridge Analytica is an immoral company created to subvert electoral justice via social media by influencing voters against their will. The statement made by Trevor Ncube on his twitter account against Nelson Chamisa and the youths of Zimbabwe should not be taken for granted. Trevor Ncube declared that Nelson Chamisa is immature and therefore not capable to lead Zimbabwe.

I take offense with Trevor Ncube because he has interests in media, he is capable of destroying the hopes of young leaders who may want to vie for the highest office in Zimbabwe through his muscle in the media industry. Mr. Ncube should be objective as a person with experience in media. He should disclose to the public why he is assassinating the personality of Nelson Chamisa during the day?

The statement by Trevor Ncube should be treated in the same context with the alleged activities of Cambridge Analytica company in Kenya and Nigeria. Trevor Ncube is trying to take away the constitutional right of Nelson Chamisa to contest as a president of Zimbabwe. According to the constitution of Zimbabwe, the minimum qualification of a presidential candidate should be 40 years of age and above.
Trevor Ncube did not give his operational definition of Nelson Chamisa’s ‘immaturity’. I am forced to believe that the definition of immaturity according to Trevor Ncube was based on age because Nelson Chamisa is mature and a high performer, he was voted the best minister during the government of national unity’s leadership. I am still waiting for Trevor Ncube to substantiate his position regarding Nelson Chamisa.
What has your mature president ED (at 75 years) done in his first 100 days in power? What did your mature former president R.G Mugabe do during his 37 years in power? If you analyze closely the current ED’s cabinet, it has old people with an average age of 66 years which is even beyond the retirement age. Despite the maturity displayed by age/experience in leadership of ED’s cabinet, Zimbabwe’s economy is the worst on earth, competing with war ravaged countries like South Sudan, Syria and Lybia.
Mr. Trevor Ncube reminded me of General Zvinavashe, who once declared that Morgan Tsvangirai was not fit to lead Zimbabwe because of his lack of war credentials. General Zvinavashe’s statement was a blow to Tsvangirai because it influenced the election outcome. Today, Trevor Ncube has seen that Nelson Chamisa is unstoppable, decides to play the role of Cambridge Analytica.

Comrade Victor Matemadanda uttered the same statement against Nelson Chamisa two weeks ago, there is a greatest possibility that these statements against Nelson Chamisa are well calculated to inflict pain to Nelson Chamisa.
Is Trevor Ncube another General Zvinavashe or an agent of Cambridge Analytica?
Conclusion
Comrade Trevor Ncube should be very careful otherwise he will be remembered like the one Morrison Nyathi an informant alleged to have caused massacres at Chimoio. People into media business should be objective and careful. It is my hope that Trevor Ncube will apologise to Nelson Chamisa and all youths who have hope of leading Zimbabwe in future.
Don Chigumba is a mixed methods research specialist, can be found on Twitter.