Junta and war vets hold secret & crucial meeting

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A group of high-ranking security officials and war veterans are reportedly mobilising to stop President Emmerson Mnangagwa from extending his tenure of office.

Mnangagwa’s push for the #ED2030 agenda—a bid to extend his rule beyond his current term—has met resistance from within, particularly from military-backed Chiwenga loyalists.

This powerful junta reportedly met at a certain farm in Mashonaland Central this week and deliberated on a decisive move to stop President Mnangagwa once and for all.

“You hear what credible war veterans like Blessing Geza are saying. He is not hallucinating; he is communicating a message from the script, and you must listen to him carefully,” said a close source to the group, adding that the junta was losing patience with Mnangagwa’s consolidation of power.

Mashonaland Central has always been the home of anti-Mnangagwa junta activities and a venue for political coups.

The late former Air Force commander Perrence Shiri used to hold secret meetings in the middle of his Bindura Arcadia Dam with his top allies, Paradzai Zimondi, Bindura South MP Remigious Matangira, and top Zanu PF officials in that province.

Both Shiri and Zimondi died under mysterious circumstances during the COVID-19 pandemic, with sources suggesting that Mnangagwa eliminated them.

The two were also part of the 2017 coup that ousted President Mugabe.

While Mnangagwa has worked tirelessly to weaken Chiwenga’s influence, reports suggest that sections of the militaryremain sympathetic to the Vice President.

This has fueled fears that any further sidelining of Chiwenga and his allies could provoke a military response similar to the one that led to Mugabe’s downfall.

Unlike in 2017, however, the current political climate is different—Mnangagwa has fortified his grip on intelligence agencies and purged several senior military officers linked to Chiwenga.

Yet, history has shown that Zimbabwe’s politics remains unpredictable, and if tensions within the security sector escalate, the possibility of another military intervention cannot be ruled out.

The rift between the two leaders, which began shortly after the 2017 coup that ousted Robert Mugabe, has deepened over the years.

Chiwenga, the former military general who played a decisive role in Mnangagwa’s ascension to power, has been steadily sidelined as Mnangagwa consolidates his grip on state institutions and party structures.