By Hon Patrick Zhuwao| During the 2008 harmonised elections, “bhora musango” was used against President Mugabe. Some ZANU PF officials would urge voters to vote for the ZANU PF candidates in the local authority and parliamentary polls, but urged the voters to select whomever they wanted as president preferably not President Mugabe, the then official ZANU PF presidential candidate. As a result of “bhora musango”, the  late Prime Minister Tsvangirai defeated President Mugabe in the 2008 presidential election.

As we head for the 2018 elections, we are seeing the re-emergence of the “bhora musango” phenomenon that saw the MDC’s presidential candidate defeating ZANU PF’s candidate in the 2008  presidential poll. The ghost of 2008 is back to haunt ZANU PF, ten years later. ZANU PF’s members and supporters are doing “bhora musango” against Mnangagwa. He will be lucky if he gets more than 15% of the vote this year. Even Chiwenga has told Mnangagwa that  he is unelectable and that he will lose this election.

The current manifestation of “bhora musango” against Mnangagwa has started visibly in Mashonaland West province.

Mashonaland West is not only the province that originated the  concept, but it is also the province from which President Mugabe has  his origins. ZANU PF members and supporters in Mashonaland West  are bitter with the way in which President Mugabe was humiliated by  Mnangagwa. ZANU PF candidates like Shamu are preaching “bhora musango” as they attempt to distance themselves from Mnagagwa.

The forthcoming instalments of the ZBR will explain how “bhora  musango” is unfolding in Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East and Harare before moving onto Masvingo, the Matebeleland  Provinces and Bulawayo, until its ultimate unfolding in Midlands.

ZANU PF members and supporters have resolved to teach Mnangagwa the lesson that politics leads the gun. We must all unite  against Mnangagwa so that we stop any further coups in Zimbabwe.

Iwe Neni Tine Basa. Umsebenzi lo Umkhulu.
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