Terrence Mawawa

A Zanu PF activist has castigated MDC leader Nelson Chamisa in a desperate attempt to pour cold water the youthful leader’ s trip to the United Kingdom.

A Melusi Nkomo described Chamisa as a
‘weird chimera’ (illusion) -with Barack
Obama’s energy, Julius Malema’s loudness
and Donald Trumps’ lies in one person.

‘‘I followed Nelson
Chamisa’s much-hyped Chatham House
presentation. I’m not impressed at all, and
this is not out of malice…There’s a weird
populist concoction that puts weight on
telling us what Zanu-PF has done wrong
without giving much attention to the
practicalities of his own intentions/promises.

Then comes the rashness, the playing-to-the-
gallery – we have already seen this during his
rallies at home.

He’s a weird chimera; Barack
Obama’s energy, Julius Malema’s loudness
and Donald Trumps’ lies in one person. But
this poses its own problems – many people
already see through the exaggerations, but,
critically, he lacks the robust mobilizational
and organizational capabilities of Malema’s
Economic Freedom Fighters,” claimed Nkomo.

‘’Already many Zimbabweans are calling him
“pwere” (“childish”), something which can’t
be ignored in a society that puts emphasis on
generational hierarchy. In the rashness,
however, his rallies are just one-off events,
like those “people’s road shows” -which used
to advertise Nestle and Lever Brothers
products in the township.

People enjoy the
music and Chamisa’s dramatic performances,
and that’s about it, leaving no structures on
the ground,” added Nkomo.