But barely a few days later, Chinotimba has changed tack, once again exposing the cracks that have begun to appear in the governing party. Backtracking Masipula Sithole, a political analyst at the University of Zimbabwe, said ZANU PF may be backtracking on its plan to raid embassies and private companies after realising that the party was venturing into a no-go area in terms of dictates of international politics. The plan has found no takers it has dismally failed to achieve its goal. The plan does not work in the urban areas. Even in rural areas where ZANU PF used to have its way by intimidating voters, resistance is beginning to build.
People are tired of being hoodwinked.
This is just a futile exercise which will not achieve the desired results. The presidential poll is due next year. In last year's parliamentary poll, ZANU PF lost dismally to the MDC in urban areas but secured a narrow majority after the veterans launched a violent campaign in the rural areas and on white-owned commercial farms. Some analysts said the apparent toning down of the veterans' threats was probably ordered by Mugabe, who has never commented publicly on the issue but is widely regarded as directly orchestrating the campaign.