Chamisa Attacks Mnangagwa and Chivayo at Burial, Calls Harare Illegitimate

Opposition activist Nelson Chamisa used the burial of a veteran CCC member in Masvingo to launch a blistering attack on President Emmerson Mnangagwa and tycoon Wicknell Chivayo, accusing them of presiding over a corrupt and morally bankrupt system. Chamisa described Harare as a theatre where unpopular politicians brew legitimacy and tycoons flaunt ill-gotten wealth. The speech, delivered at the funeral of Augustine Rashirai, a parking marshal and prominent party member, sought to galvanize opposition supporters by framing the ruling elite as detached and predatory. Chamisa's rhetoric directly challenged the narrative of economic revival pushed by Mnangagwa's administration. The attack exposes the regime's core vulnerability: its legitimacy rests on a narrow patronage network that is increasingly at odds with a population battered by poverty and unemployment.