In Zimbabwe, political violence is not just a coincidence. It is a strategy. It is a tool used by a criminal political party — ZANU PF — that does not govern, but rules with terror. This violence is designed to protect the interests of a regime that has long abandoned the people, ignored the constitution, and destroyed service delivery in its desperate bid to stay in power. The result? A country paralyzed, drifting towards total collapse.

ZANU PF is not just a failed political party. It is a self-enrichment machine. It is obsessed with looting. It violates the supreme law of the land, neglects the people’s welfare, and deprives communities of basic services like clean water, roads, health, and education. The citizens suffer, but when they rise to speak out, ZANU PF responds with violence. This is not accidental. It is the method.

The regime uses state institutions — especially the police and military — to crush dissent. These forces are no longer neutral. They are now tools of ZANU PF. The police, in particular, are known to be politicized, impoverished, and unprofessional. Instead of protecting the people, they protect a criminal political elite. When the people demand their rights, they are met with tear gas, beatings, and bullets.

This political violence is most visible during elections. When Zimbabweans try to vote, speak, gather, or protest, ZANU PF unleashes terror. And in rural areas, where most voters live, fear is even more powerful than guns. The rural population — often misinformed, isolated, and manipulated — is held hostage by the fear of violence. ZANU PF knows that fear works. They use it to block opposition campaigns, punish perceived enemies, and force votes.

The purpose of this violence is clear: to convince the people that power does not belong to them. It belongs to ZANU PF. The message is brutal but effective — the people do not decide; the regime does. This is not leadership. This is dictatorship.

ZANU PF wants a one-party state. That is the dream they are chasing. And to get there, they are ready to destroy every institution, abuse every law, and crush every voice that stands in their way. Their violence is not about security — it is about silencing the truth. It is about maintaining control over a country they are looting to death.

This strategy of fear and violence proves one thing: ZANU PF knows it is unpopular. It knows it cannot win fair elections. It knows that, given a chance, the people would choose change. So it turns to force. It turns to terror. It turns to blood.

The real tragedy is that many still do not see the link between this violence and the bigger picture. They do not see how every beating, every arrest, every disappeared activist is part of a larger plan — to keep ZANU PF in power, despite its criminal failures. They do not see that every time the police attack protestors, they are not protecting peace — they are protecting corruption.

ZANU PF has never been about democracy. It has always been about domination. And political violence is their loudest message: we rule, not you. We loot, not you. We live, while you suffer.

But Zimbabweans are not blind. The people are waking up. They are beginning to understand that this violence is not a sign of strength — it is a sign of fear. ZANU PF is afraid of the truth. Afraid of elections. Afraid of the people. Afraid of change.

And when a regime fears its people, its days are numbered. Let the message be clear: the people have the power — not the pests, not the parasites. Not ZANU PF.