MIDWEEK REPORTER
In a bold and emotionally charged statement, National Progressive Democrats (NPD) president Togara Fambi has slammed calls for President Emmerson Mnangagwa to remain in power beyond 2030, describing such sentiments as “insane” in the face of widespread national suffering.
Fambi, voicing what he described as the “collective cry” of ordinary Zimbabweans, painted a bleak picture of daily life under the current administration from economic collapse to service delivery failures and environmental degradation.
“Those calling for the President to remain in power live in plush suburbs and drive ZANU PF-branded cars.
“They don’t feel the pain of buying fuel with hard-earned cash, we, the ordinary people, are suffering,” he said.
Highlighting long-standing rural neglect, Fambi cited the still-dusty untrafficable roads throughout the country.
Fambi lamented that the infrastructure laid by Ian Smith’s regime remains largely improved 45 years after independence.
“The problems we faced in 1980 are still the same today. You speak of 2030 yet 2028 feels too far for us, if it were possible, we’d want him gone today,” he declared.
The opposition leader also took aim at Zimbabwe’s economic mismanagement, stagnant wages, and the collapse of the pension system.
He described the plight of pensioners as a “national tragedy that brings tears,” adding that the country has failed to restore faith in its own currency since the fall of the Zimbabwe dollar more than two decades ago.
“We live in ghettos with no running water despite our dams being full, our mountains are being destroyed by unchecked Chinese mining.
“Where is the leadership in that?” he asked.
Calling himself a “shield between Zimbabwe and ZANU PF,” Fambi vowed to stand with the suffering masses and resist any attempts to extend the ruling party’s grip on power.
“Let me put it clear to them and what I speak is the collective voice of suffering Zimbabweans crying for justice. Isu tinoti dai zvaibvira aenda nhasi, 2028 kutori kure, imi mototataura zva 2030,” he said.
“ZANU PF must go-not now, BUT RIGHT NOW,” he concluded emphatically.
