Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. ZANU-PF is celebrating the weakening of the main opposition party, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC), which is now less cohesive than it was before the 2023 general election.
The ruling party now holds a two-thirds majority in the National Assembly. It controls the upper house following the recall of CCC legislators by the opposition’s self-appointed interim secretary-general, Sengezo Tshabangu.
CCC founder Nelson Chamisa resigned in January 2024, citing infiltration by ZANU PF. Since then, the party has splintered into three factions led by Tshabangu, Welshman Ncube, and Jameson Timba.
In a central committee report to the 22nd National People’s Conference, which concluded on Saturday, ZANU PF’s national security department described CCC as deeply fragmented, although it noted underground efforts by a faction aligned with Chamisa to relaunch the party. The report reads:
“In particular, the numerous factions of the former main opposition have continued to fragment in utter disillusionment.
“Their ideological bankruptcy and umbilical connection to the West have rendered its activities unpopular with discerning citizens.
“Though there are underground attempts by the Nelson Chamisa-led faction of the opposition to resurrect, it is increasingly becoming abundantly clear that it has no popular political agenda besides Chamisa’s persona or unjustified dislike of ZANU PF, even where it delivers.”
For More News And Analysis About Zimbabwe Follow Africa-Press
