https://www.facebook.com/100123959500758/

Veteran Activists Association Of Zimbabwe-VAAZ, 010808, Milton Park (2026)

VAAZ is calling on all Zimbabweans who haven't yet responded to the proposed Commandments to do so via e mail to:bills@p...

23/04/2026

VAAZ is calling on all Zimbabweans who haven't yet responded to the proposed Commandments to do so via e mail to:[email protected] and to copy email to
[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected] (Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission Chair)

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]

[email protected]
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)

[email protected]

or to submit in person at the Parliament Building in Harare before 16 May 2026.

KINDLY USE THIS FORMAT BELOW.
>>>>>≥>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
.......................... ..........................

Dear Hon. Member of Parliament

Date ......................

REF: Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2026, No: 3 of 2026

I ............................... lobby you in my capacity as a constituent in the........................... Constituency and also as a citizen of the republic of Zimbabwe, to express to you as my elected official and legislator, my utmost grave concern at the manner in which the Government of Zimbabwe seeks to pass into law, the omnibus Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2026, No 3 of 2026. The bill has far-reaching and unpredented consequences for the lives of Zimbabweans and their hallowed decedes-old democracy.

The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. It is the foundation on which all laws are made. It's review and should be transparent, all-encompassing, and inclusive. It should not be hurried particulary in our case as it is the first post-independence exercise. While the Constitution should be responsible to changes as they emerge, such changes should not weaken nor undermine our long-term national values and aspirations.

The Government of Zimbabwe seeks to enact into law constitutional changes with prior extensive nationwide engagement with Zimbabweans, including the conduct of a constitutional referendum. Zimbabweans have the right to contribute to the second republican people driven Constitution.

Amongst the proposals in the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2026, Bill No: 3 of 2026 are; changes to the extension of presidential, Parliamentarians and Councilor's term to 2030, the changes in the appointment of Judges of our law courts which will make it less transparent and give the President more discretionary powers in their appointment. The judiciary is our last line of defense it offers the sacred protection of every man and woman. The influence of the Executive should be limited. There are other provisions that in our view have not been canvassed for and endorsed by Zimbabweans.

Protecting the rights of Diaspora vote is welcome but should be provided for through an ordinary Parliamentary statutory bill through which elaborate and well-articulated processes and procedures will be promulgated. The said law would guide the processes of Diaspora vote from passport to the termination of the procedures to establish the person's identity. This will cause the amendment of the Electoral Act to accommodate the circumstances of the Diaspora person's.

The above issues are not exhaustive. In my view, Bill falls far too short for a real people's informed process. Zimbabweans has been shortchanged by the Bill. Zimbabweans crave for the independence of oversight institutions; continues direct election of the President; predictable election date; one man one vote etc etc.

I, therefore, urge you to support my views and be audible and loud enough to be heard in the rejection of the Bill, should the government not voluntarily withdraw it for engagement and consultations to afford Zimbabweans their inalienable right to shape their national constitution. I will be listening and watching

Thank you.

Yours faithfully
..................................

22/04/2026

*NO ONE IS SAFE IN A BANANA REPUBLIC: THE VETERAN ACTIVISTS ASSOCIATION ZIMBABWE (VAAZ)*

23 April 2026

By

Mandava Blessing
NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON

The news has been awash with many individuals including some former colleagues in the opposition falling over each other in attempts to grasp Mr ED Mnangagwa's attention hoping to secure a new cow to milk as the Nation bleeds. We have nothing against them and respect their freedom of association and Disassociation thereof.

We seek not to judge, chastise, trivialise nor make them the gist of our statement but we seek to illustrate the cunning nature of the Crocodile Regime, the dangers of being in the proximity of a cannibalistic reptile and interrogate the best way forward for all Citizens across the political spectrum as we continue to fight for the People's Agenda.

We would like to state that every Citizen whether currently aligned with the Regime or against it, is not safe in this Banana Republic, moreso when the Constitution is being amended to suit the whims of a small clique at the expense of the majoritarian Zimbabweans. We are all going to face a Monster which is being created by taking into cognisance that "ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY". One may enjoy the Regime's protection today but may be its victim tomorrow. Dictators have no permanent friends but permanent interests, viz, reinforcing stranglehold on power.

Aligning with the Regime to curry favours from it has a price attached to it. All assets used to aid and abet the Regime to derail the People's Agenda are dispensable and history has taught us that "a condom MUST be discarded after use".

We have learnt and can recount the number of dead bodies that have littered the path to the throne from the Old days. Some once strong Regime Enablers who fought the People's Agenda died painful and inexplicable deaths which defied logic.

By nature, a crocodile is an unforgiving fallacious reptile which thrives on surreptitiously preying on unsuspecting victims. It deceives victims into perceiving it to be a lifeless and harmless reptile yet ambushing them and later attack with lightning speed when they least expect it.

We aver that the best foot forward for Zimbabwe is for all Citizens to unite in fighting the Constitution Amendments to avoid a personalisation of our Homeland by "pigs" who perceive that "some animals are more equal than others".

What Zimbabwe needs are strong institutions of democracy, laws that protect the Nation not individuals, and Constitutionalism. We all need to defend the mutilation of Our Constitution such that no single individual will act like the Alpha and Omega of this Nation. No one should be more equal than all the other Citizens.The Constitution must be a Supreme Law and founding document which our nation is premised on and not be a mere booklet which can be amended in the dark.

The Nation needs laws that cannot be changed to suit individuals. We need Laws which hold leaders accountable for their Acts of omissions and commissions not UNJUST LAWS which grant leaders the power to superintend over injustices without checks and balances.

Our advice to those who seek political expediency at the expense of the Common good is to enjoy it while it lasts. ZANU is cannibalistic, and devours its own. In Zanu anyone is dispensable and there are many graves across the nation where much more stronger men and women than you were interred after they had reached their sell by date. Instead of licking his boots they should be redirecting those boots towards Constitutional Reform Agenda.

We all have a patriotic obligation to protect this nation from anyone and everyone who seeks to effect a COUP ON THE CONSTITUTION.
WE MUST NOT PERSONALISE THE PEOPLE'S STRUGGLE AND RELEGATE IT TO INDIVIDUALS. NO SINGLE INDIVIDUAL MUST BE APPORTIONED SINGULAR BLAME FOR A GENERATIONAL MANDATE. WE MUST ALL TAKE OWNERSHIP OF THIS STRUGGLE AND FIGHT AS ONE.

The time for unity is NOW !

VAAZ : INSIKA

VAAZ : MUSIMBOTI

UKAPINDA : NENI NDAPINDAWO

UNGANGENA :LAMI SENGINGENILE

18/04/2026

*46 YEARS OF WASTED EFFORT:THE VETERAN ACTIVISTS ASSOCIATION ZIMBABWE (VAAZ)*

18 April 2026

By
Mandava Blessing
NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON

The ushering in of the Independent Democratic Republic Of Zimbabwe 46 years ago brought in a new wave of hope for the Citizens who were writhing under the yoke of colonialism for decades. Sadly, the new found freedom was short-lived as the New Regime not only mastered the Old Regime's tricks but perfected it.

Today, we are not celebrating our independence but remembering how our brothers and sisters died for virtually nothing in the Struggle for independence against the Smith Regime because Mr Mnangagwa has literally reversed everything our Cdes fought for.

The liberation Struggle was premised on Ethos which were pro-people but the current ED Mnangagwa Regime through its draconic CAB3 seeks to smuggle into the constitution changes that catapult the Nation centuries back to the Master and Servant days. Mr Mnangagwa and his 2030 Praise and Worship Choir seeks to reverse everything the freedom fighters died for.

Mr Mnangagwa seeks to establish a Dictatorial State yet the Freedom fighters fought for a Democratic Republic where everyone has equal Freedoms and liberties.

Mr Mnangagwa seeks to abolish elections for Presidents and appoint or disappoint Senators w***y nilly yet the liberation Struggle was fought for One Man One Vote Principle meaning that men and women died so that Citizens will choose a President of their own Choice yet Mr Mnangagwa in his wisdom or lack of it thereof seeks to invalidate that great sacrifice.

He seeks to grant Traditional leadership power to officiate as political Commissars to arrest dissent yet the liberation was fought for freedom of expression, speech , association and Disassociation.

The Pro-ED CAB3 is seeking to create a Dynasty yet the Liberation war was premised on creating a Government for the people by the people.

By seeking to appoint Judiciary members the Regime is seeking to control the judiciary and jeopardise its independence which is ultra vires the ethos of the liberation Struggle which sought to create a Republic where justice would not be a preserve for the few but the benefit of every Citizen irregardless of political stature, affiliation, colour or creed

The war was not fought so as to have an all powerful president with sweeping executive powers but a President who is accountable to the People hence having a section of the Parliament to be appointed by the President, compromises the August house's integrity and impartiality thereof.

By and large, this Independence Day has been sucked dry of all the excitement that should be associated with it. It is no longer our freedoms and liberties that we are mourning, but the brazen attempt to rob us of our Nationhood; a shameless attempt to undress the Nation of its integrity, a callous act of egocentrism and arrogant leadership that illegally Extend its sell by date by defrauding the Citizens of their right to be heard.

We would like to categorically make it clear without any ambiguity whatsoever that the Second Republic has betrayed all the freedom fighters of the liberation Struggle and Zimbabweans at large by reversing the Ethos of the Liberation Struggle. By glorifying the chains that bound us yesterday, the Regime is now treading on loose ground .

SILENCE IS NOLONGER AN OPTION WHEN OUR SOVEREIGNTY IS UNDER SEIGE.

IT'S NOT YET UHURU !

VAAZ : INSIKA

VAAZ : MUSIMBOTI

UKAPINDA : NENI NDAPINDAWO

UNGANGENA : LAMI SENGINGENILE

15/04/2026

Shout out to my newest followers! Excited to have you onboard! Nyarai Chikozho, Nokuthula Mabunjwa , Morris Tarwirei, Mwamba Shadreck

13/04/2026

We would like to wish a speedy recovery to The Citizens International Organiser Hon Amos Chibaya and two other Volunteers after they were involved in a car accident on their way to Gokwe.

13/04/2026

THERE IS SURELY EVERYTHING WRONG ABOUT CAB3:THE VETERAN ACTIVISTS ASSOCIATION ZIMBABWE (VAAZ)

13 April 2026

By

Mandava Blessing
NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON

We categorically condemn the unilaterally and illegal firing of the Chairperson of the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission, Advocate Jessie Majome, by the incumbent Mr Emerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa after she had outlined a seies of irregularities that riddled the Hearings.

As The Chairperson responsible for policing the Nation's Human Rights, she had every right to stand up in defence of the people and the constitution. She rightfully acted within her mandate and jurisdiction. Mr Mnangagwa has no locus standi whatsoever to dictate what was supposed to be said and how it was supposed to be said. As the direct beneficiary of the , he has exposed himself as the puppeteer calling for the Constitution Amendment.

It is a fact that time allocated for the public hearings was inadequate and unconstitutional thereof.

It is also a fact that the venues for these outreaches were few and not convenient for Citizens, hence disenfranchising millions from registering their sentiments towards the amendment.

It is also a fact that hired Zanu pf hooligans harassed Citizens, blocking dissenting voices from speaking up, even ZANU PF CENTRAL COMMITEE members, were caught on Camera disrupting these Hearings.

It is a fact that the state media was already canvassing for the support of the bill.

It is a fact that there was no freedom of speech and expression at these hearings which were turned into ZANU PF ED praise and worship rallies, moreso freedom after speech was not guaranteed for those who braved the hooliganism.

It is a fact that there was no meaningful engagement with the Citizens but mere theatrics by ZANU agents, moreso with biased officials picking on ZANU agents to speak and denying known Constitutionalists and other citizens a right to free participation.

For the record, the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission is a Chapter 12 Institution which is supposed to be Independent ie non partisan.

The mask is now off and it is now glaring who the puppeteer was in the fight to promote . It is now also apparently clear that those who orchestrated violence upon innocent Citizens at these so-called hearings were under orders from Shake Shake Building. It is also apparently clear that ZANU has awoken it's Violence Demon and no amount of propaganda may sanitise it from this.

INVESTIGATING OR "EXPELLING" ITS EXPOSED THUGS WILL NEVER ABSOLVE IT OF JEOPARDISING A NATIONAL EXERCISE. BY FIRING A VOICE OF REASON, THE ZANU PF CHIEF ARCHITECT HAS PROVEN THAT ZANU PF IS CONTENT WITH THE VIOLENCE, WARTS AND ALL.

As The Citizens, we wonder if this is the independence that our kith and kins died for?

Is this the independence that left many deceased comrades lying across the borders in neighbouring countries and some in unmarked graves with no finality in sight for their cries from the grave?

Is this the Independence that saw many losing limps for a New Zimbabwe? Is this the New Zimbabwe?

Was the war fought to enact a Personal Dynasty, moreso were Ian Smith and Robert Mugabe removed so that an ED Dynasty is established?

We salute Hon Advocate Jessie Majome for standing up for the People and the Nation. We all need to start doing something before it is too late. Our lives begin to end when we stop doing something about things that matter.

The Constitution is not a partisan document but a National Sacred document which must be protected by all Patriots at all cost.

ALL PATRIOTIC CITIZENS MUST NOT WATCH AS IT IS BEING SHREDDED TO PIECES.

ALUTA CONTINUA

VAAZ:INSIKA

VAAZ : MUSIMBOTI

UKAPINDA : NENI NDAPINDAWO

UNGANGENA : LAMI SENGINGENILE

13/04/2026

*CAB3-WHITHER ZIMBABWE:THE VETERAN ACTIVISTS ASSOCIATION ZIMBABWE (VAAZ)*

31-03-2026

By
Mandava B
National Spokesperson

Chaotic scenes have marred some CAB3 Public Hearings recently.Thugs besieged some of the Public hearings creating a "war zone" which was not conducive to freedom of participation and petitioning in the spirit of the Public Hearings as enshrined in the National Constitution.

The chaotic scenes culminated in a general outcry from some sections of the Citizenry questioning the logic to partake in a flawed process.

*WE SEEK TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION:*

1) Attending the Public hearings is neither being naive, ignorant nor wasting time but Exercising one's Constitutional rights in defence of the National Constitution.

2) Participation is key so that your contribution is captured.A dead lion is not scarier than a live hyena hence a participant whose contribution is captured is better than a warrior who stays silent as the constitution is being mutilated while wishing the process had been done differently.

3) We partake in these Public Hearings despite their shortcomings not to legitise them but to be on the right side of history.

4) Challenging the Amendment is defending the People's Struggle.Boycotting the hearings as some were advocating for is dangerous as ZANU PF will paint a narrative of a Unanimous Vote for * * to the Region and International community.Boycotting is acting in complicit with the 2030 Enablers.*SILENCE IS BEING COMPLICIT WITH THE REGIME.* It is the greatest betrayal to democracy and the gains of our Independence.

5) We're participating because it is our Generational Mandate to do so.Our Fathers fought for the Liberation Struggle,Ours is to protect the National Constitution and the gains of our independence.We cannot just fold our arms and sit on our laurels as the Constitution is being mutilated and a Monarch is being birthed.We should be remembered in history as a Generation which fought for Constitutionalism not a Generation of Cowards and keyboard warriors who lurk behind computers and vent their anger behind closed doors.

6) We are participating to shape up towards Citizens Engagement, Participation and Speaking with one Voice.It is time to find each other and fight for the common good of our land.This could be the means to an end

7) Participating in CAB3 Public Hearings does not mean we have abandoned the broader fight for Reforms nor have we dumped the People's Agenda but we have noted that If CAB3 passes without opposition there won't be any future Opposition to talk about neither will there be any democracy to defend.

Fellow Citizens, it's high time we stand up and be counted.Evil thrives when the Good man does nothing to stop it FLOOD ALL THE PUBLIC HEARING VENUES AND SPEAK TRUTH TO POWER..

Lastly,Brace up to Act more than we talk coz the season of Action is upon us.For future Generations we must!

IT'S NOT YET UHURU!

* *

VAAZ:INSIKA

VAAZ : MUSIMBOTI

UKAPINDA:NENI NDAPINDAWO

13/04/2026

*THE BONES WILL RISE AGAIN: THE VETERAN ACTIVISTS ASSOCIATION ZIMBABWE (VAAZ)*

24 February 2026

By

Mandava Blessing
NATIONAL SPOKESPERSON

"We the people of Zimbabwe united in our diversity by our common desire for freedom, justice, equality and our heroic resistance to colonialism, racism and all forms of domination and oppression" *(The Constitution of Zimbabwe Amendment (No 20) Act 2013)*, find *The Constitution of Zimbabwe (Amendment) Bill No. 3 of 2026* by Ziyambi and Associates not only nauseating but also anti-populace, repressive, partisan, retrogressive, a blow to the gains of independence and a weapon against all tenets of democracy.

In honouring our forebearers who fought for the progress of our nation, we stand tall calling for the Voice of Reason to be heard above the Rabble Rousers of the gluttonous 2030 Praise and Worship Choir who are singing for their supper.

We state with no equivocation whatsoever that the Ziyambi proposed Amendment is not in the best interests of the nation but a product of Selfish and Partisan Agenda tailor-made to benefit the incumbent. *By seeking to avert Presidential Elections it is now clear that ED Mnangagwa lost dismally, hands down to Advocate Nelson Chamisa twice* hence mooting a grand conspiracy to avoid another humiliation in the polls.*ALL THINGS BEING EQUAL WHY WOULD A WINNER CHOOSE TO DERIVE HIS MANDATE FROM A HANDFUL OF HIS LOYALISTS THAN FROM THE ELECTORATE UNLESS IF HIS ASCENDANCY TO THE HELM OF POWER IS FRAUGHT WITH IRREGULARITIES, CONTROVERSIES AND IS ILLEGITIMACY?*

Noting with grave concerns that Ziyambi Ziyambi's Bill has plunged the nation into the darkest days of constitutional quagmire never seen even during Mugabe's days, we depose that any attempt to illegally amend the National Constitution without the People's input will be disastrous and suicidal. A National Constitution crafted through a People Driven Process cannot be amended w***y nilly by a Kitchen Cabinet of blue eyed boys and girls like it is a Burial Society Constitution which can be amended a thousand times in a beer hall without proper checks and balances and legislation governing it whatsoever.

We call for the upholding of the National Constitution as the Nation's Supreme Law and subject any Amendments to a Referendums than to ambush the Citizens and force these draconian, illegal and unconstitutional amendments down their throats without their veto. We condemn this sadistic Amendment Bill with the utmost contempt and vitriol it deserves.

We are alarmed by the deliberate plot to smuggle wholesome changes to the constitution purportedly for the people but without the people. *COULD THERE BE ANYTHING FOR THE PEOPLE WITHOUT THE PEOPLE?* SHOULD THE CONSTITUTION BE MUTILATED FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY OF A FEW AT THE EXPENSE OF THE NATION?

Determined to stop the mutilation of the Constitution and the engineering of a personalised constitution crookedly tabled as an Amendment, we call on all the Voices of Reason to not only Speak Up against this Great betrayal and Great Treachery but to also Act to stop this senseless, unpatriotic, treacherous, treasonous Mutilation of the Constitution. Staying Silent at this juncture is acting in complicit with the Regime.
It is either one is For the Ziyambi Bill or Against It. SILENCE IS NOT AN OPTION AT THIS HISTORICAL JUNCTURE.

Reaffirming our commitment to upholding tenets of democracy we categorically condemn the Regime's attempt to craft legislation and mould it around an individual as it defeats the Agenda of both the struggle for Democracy and the Struggle For The Liberation of Zimbabwe

Recognising the need to entrench constitutionalism, democracy, accountable governance, Rule of law and the unfettered need to build a better Zimbabwe for everyone, we call on the Regime not to treat Zimbabwe as a Monarchy where only a single individual has absolute power. Zimbabwe is a Democracy where the people have power and *everything should be for the people by the people*;suffice to say *there is nothing for the people without the people.*

We maintain that these amendments may sow seeds of discontentment leading to civil strife if the State proceeds with this constitutional onslaught.

Fellow Zimbabweans, Zimbabwe is calling. Are you going to answer her call or are you going to ignore her once again? This is a clarion call to all Zimbabweans to defend the Constitution they overwhelmingly voted for. It is indeed a clarion call for every patriotic Citizen across the political divide to find common ground and speak up with one voice.

By calling on Patriotic Citizens to fight in the same corner we are neither extending an Olive arm to the Judas Iscariots and Delilas nor are we advocating for their reintegration into The Citizens Movement but are calling on Progressive Democrats who do not melt at the sight of freebies to find common ground and stand for what is right.

Defending the Constitution is our birthright.

*VAAZ:INSIKA*

*VAAZ : MUSIMBOTI*

*UKAPINDA: NENI NDAPINDAWO*

*UNGANGENA LAMI SENGINGENILE*

02/04/2026

Can you call a Shambolic Process free,fair and having captured the People's Voice?What was the barometer used to gauge the people's Voice in that chaotic environment?Where is the Freedom of Expression?Are these Public Hearings or ZANU Hearings coz we are witnessing those of divergent views being harassed and intimidated.
U.S. Embassy Zimbabwe
Harare, Zimbabwe
United Nations
SADC

01/04/2026

CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL NUMBER 3 HEARINGS ARE ONGOING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.MAKE SURE YOU CHECK THE VENUE FOR A HEARING IN YOUR DISTRICT.

WE ARE KINDLY APPEALING TO EVERY PATRIOTIC CITIZEN TO ATTEND THESE HEARINGS AND LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.

DON'T EXPECT FOREIGNERS TO FIGHT FOR YOU.WE ARE OUR OWN LIBERATORS.IF WE CHOOSE TO LIE LOW,THEN WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET AFTER THE BILL PASSES INTO LAW.

IT IS BETTER TO DIE ON OUR FEET THAN TO LIVE ON OUR KNEES.

Blessing Mandava
Morgan Gonhi
@

19/03/2026

We have to stand up and defend our Constitution.Let us flood the hearings and register our displeasure.We cannot let the Nation collapse on our watch.The departed guerrillas who never even set foot in Independent Zimbabwe will never forgive us for letting Zimbabwe slide back to the Munhumutapa days.What will our brothers and sisters who perished on the hands of the Regime think of us if we let the gains of the independence be trashed upon?What will our kids say of us in the future when they become slaves in their own land?

LET US ALL STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR OUR RIGHTS.

WE SAY NO TO CONSTITUTION AMENDMENT BILL N⁰ 3.

Veteran Activists Association Of Zimbabwe-VAAZ

23/04/2026

22/04/2026

18/04/2026

15/04/2026

13/04/2026

13/04/2026

13/04/2026

13/04/2026

02/04/2026

01/04/2026

19/03/2026

Address

Telephone

Website

Alerts

Shortcuts

Share

Category