Zimbabweans, we hope you listened very carefully when President Emmerson Mnangagwa slipped and spoke of his true intentions,  when he revealed how he truly sees himself: as a KING who is not accountable to anyone and can do whatever he pleases.

In an interview with ZBC while responding to questions about quietly leaving the country, Mnangagwa openly declared that he does not need to inform anyone when he leaves, before adding that even a “king” can leave and go wherever he wants.

Zimbabweans, underline the word KING.

A president in a constitutional democracy like Zimbabwe is an elected public servant bound by the Constitution and accountable to citizens. He does not rise above scrutiny. 

He does not sit above the law, neither is he supposed to treat the country like personal property.

But Mnangagwa’s own words exposed the real danger behind the term extension agenda that Zimbabweans have continued to resist.

He has exposed an agenda of  one man’s growing belief that he can sit above constitutional limits and reshape Zimbabwe around himself.

In the same interview, Mnangagwa succinctly claimed ownership of the Constitutional Amendment No. 3 process when he said public consultations went well, and this is despite nationwide systematic clampdown on those opposed to the amendments. For years, Zimbabweans were told this was merely the work of supporters and loyalists acting independently, but now the truth is clear. 

The owner of the CAB3 goblin has unmasked himself.

Zimbabweans, please understand what is at stake here. Constitutional democracy survives because no individual is supposed to become bigger than the Constitution itself. 

The moment leaders begin altering constitutional rules to suit personal ambitions, democracy begins collapsing from within.

Because once constitutional democracy is broken, repairing it becomes almost impossible.

Today it is term extension and tomorrow it becomes weakened institutions, then fear, then silence, and of course, eventually,  a nation where elections exist only as a ceremony while power permanently remains in the hands of one man and his circle.

Zimbabweans must also stop pretending that the Munhumutapa holiday coinciding with Mnangagwa’s birthday is meaningless symbolism. 

Authoritarian politics has always relied on symbols, mythology, personality worship, and the gradual elevation of leaders into untouchable figures.

This is how rulers slowly transition from presidents into monarchs.

They begin by demanding more time, then they place themselves at the centre of national identity, and they rise above accountability.

Eventually, citizens are no longer treated as citizens, but as subjects expected to obey without question.

Zimbabweans must resist this with everything they have, peacefully, democratically, and fearlessly.

Because no liberation struggle was fought so that Zimbabwe could replace colonial domination with constitutional manipulation and permanent rule disguised as patriotism.

The Constitution was written to protect Zimbabwe from exactly this kind of power concentration.

And once you allow one man to tear constitutional democracy apart for personal ambition, it never stops with him. Never.

Zimbabweans, your president has now told you exactly how he sees himself. Believe him.