Meanwhile,
the
Acting
President
Rtd
General
Constantino
Guveya
Chivengwa
appeared
to
publicly
snub
a
handshake
from
Defence
Minister
and
ZANU
PF’s
national
Chairman,
Oppah
Kashiri
Muchinguri.
This
happened
during
the
burial
of
late
national
hero
Brigadier-General
(retired),
Mathias
Tizirai
Ngarava
on
3
January
2025,
at
Zimbabwe’s
national
heroes’
acre,
Harare.
Oppah
Muchinguri
could
be
seen
embarrassingly
pulling
back
her
extended
hand
and
appearing
confused
as
to
what
next.
There
are
unconfirmed
reports
within
the
public
domain
that
suggest
Oppah
and
her
daughter
are
involved
in
drug
trafficking
with
impunity.
It
would
appear
the
Acting
President’s
moral
campaign
against
corruption,
in
which
he
again
chastised
the
‘zvigananda
(rogues)’
is
apparently
targeted
at
Oppah
Muchinguri,
and
the
other
usual
suspects,
including
Wicknell
Chivhayo,
Kudakwashe
Tagwirei,
Scott
Sakupwanya,
Tungwarara,
the
list
goes
on.
With
reports
suggesting
that
Wicknell
Chivhayo
has
donated
USD
5
million
worth
of
vehicles
to
ZANU
PF,
one
wonders
if
Chiwenga
will
win
this
war,
or
he,
like
those
before
him
(Edgar
Tekere,
Margaret
Dongo,
Simba
Makoni,
Joshua
Nkomo,
Ndabaningi
Sithole),
will
fall
by
the
wayside
in
this
high
stakes
succession
struggle
within
ZANU
PF.
One
thing
is
clear
though,
all
is
not
well
within
ZANU
PF
and
the
infighting,
finger-pointing,
counter-blaming,
is
set
to
escalate
even
more
until
the
succession
question
is
resolved.
In
the
meantime,
the
gap
between
the
rich
and
the
poor
continues
to
grow
exponentially
and
more
than
half
of
the
population
languishes
in
abject
poverty.
The
poor
in
Zimbabwe
have
only
God
to
turn
to
whilst
the
rich
and
powerful
claim
everything
good
in
Zimbabwe.
As
for
human
rights,
this
has
now
been
pushed
to
the
dustbin
of
the
state’s
priorities.
Zimbabweans
needs
to
rise
up
against
the
military
dictatorship
and
fight
for
what
rightly
belongs
to
them!
Events
and
Notices:
Next
Vigil
meeting
outside
the
Zimbabwe
Embassy.
Saturday
17th
January
2026
from
2
–
5
pm.
We
meet
on
the
first
and
third
Saturdays
of
every
month.
On
other
Saturdays
the
virtual
Vigil
will
run.
The
Restoration
of
Human
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in
Zimbabwe
(ROHR)
is
the
Vigil’s
partner
organisation
based
in
Zimbabwe.
ROHR
grew
out
of
the
need
for
the
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to
have
an
organisation
on
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ground
in
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which
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in
Zimbabwe.
The
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‘Zimbabwe
Emergency’
is
based
on
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weekly
diaries.
It
records
how
events
in
Zimbabwe
have
unfolded
as
seen
by
the
diaspora
in
the
UK.
It
chronicles
the
economic
disintegration,
violence,
growing
oppression
and
political
manoeuvring
–
and
the
tragic
human
cost
involved.
It
is
available
at
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Vigil.
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proceeds
go
to
the
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and
our
sister
organisation
the
Restoration
of
Human
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in
Zimbabwe’s
work
in
Zimbabwe.
The
book
is
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available
from
Amazon.
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The
Vigil,
outside
the
Zimbabwe
Embassy,
429
Strand,
London
meets
regularly
on
Saturdays
from
14.00
to
17.00
to
protest
against
gross
violations
of
human
rights
in
Zimbabwe.
The
Vigil
which
started
in
October
2002
will
continue
until
internationally-monitored,
free
and
fair
elections
are
held
in
Zimbabwe.