Staff Reporter

In a fiery social media exposé that has sent shockwaves through Zimbabwe’s political landscape, Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) legislator Bridget Nyandoro has launched scathing accusations against her own opposition allies, alleging systemic corruption, land grabs, and hypocrisy.

The Southerton representative’s posts, riddled with explosive claims targeting prominent figures like legislator Joana Mamombe and Nelson Chamisa’s brother, Starman, have laid bare deepening fractures within the opposition while raising uncomfortable questions about the opposition’s credibility in challenging ZANU-PF’s decades-long rule.  

Nyandoro’s recent lengthy Facebook post, addressed to Hopewell Chin’ono, pulls no punches.

She accused opposition members of clandestine land allocations, nepotism, and silence in the face of graft.

“Did Joana Mamombe and Denford Ngadziore tell you how many wetlands they have allocated themselves?” she writes, referencing alleged illegal land deals.

Ngadziore is an opposition Councillor in Harare.

Nyandoro further claims opposition MPs, including Mamombe, accepted US$40 000 payments during the 9th Parliament without scrutiny, while criticizing them for “pretending to challenge ministers” only to later “grovel for favors.”  

The legislator saved her sharpest barbs for Chamisa’s inner circle, branding them “untouchables” and accusing Chamisa’s brother of corruption.

She denies personal wrongdoing, insisting, “I have not stolen anything… my only crime is speaking out aboutthe abuse I endured.”

Her rhetoric painted a picture of an opposition riddled with the same rot it condemns in ZANU-PF.

“The people (opposition legislators) you think will rescue you… are more corrupt than those they criticize day and night," said Nyandoro.

Nyandoro further mocked colleagues for denouncing CCC Secretary General Sengezo Tshabangu on social media while covertly collaborating with him.

The posts suggested a blurred line between opposition and ruling party loyalties, with Nyandoro alleging some CCC members attended President Mnangagwa-linked programs while publicly feigning dissent.  

Nyandoro’s outburst underscores the CCC’s precarious state amid persistent infighting.

Once hailed as Zimbabwe’s best hope for democratic renewal, the party now risks being perceived as a failed opposition movement.

Nyandoro’s allegations, if proven, could devastate public trust in the opposition’s ability to govern.  

Nyandoro’s revelations — whether vindictivemudslinging or courageous truth-telling — highlight a stark reality: the opposition’s moral high ground is eroding.

For citizens longing for change, the spectacle of CCC lawmakers trading corruption allegations on Facebook may deepen disillusionment, leaving many to wonder if any political faction remains untainted by the rot of power.