Zimbabweans will never be fooled into celebrating looters disguised as entrepreneurs

📅 Published: August 21, 2025

📰 Source: zimbabwesituation

Curated by AllZimNews.com

To directly receive articles from Tendai Ruben Mbofana, please join his WhatsApp Channel on: https://whatsapp. com/channel/0029VaqprWCIyPtRnKpkHe08 To suggest that Zimbabweans who question the wealth of politically connected elites are somehow envious of success is not only false but a deliberate attempt to gaslight citizens into silence.

Zimbabweans have never had a problem celebrating genuine entrepreneurs.

On the contrary, we take immense pride in those who rise through innovation, resilience, and integrity.

Take Strive Masiyiwa, for instance.

Here is a man who built Econet Wireless into a continental telecommunications giant, created thousands of jobs, and is listed among Africa’s richest people by globally recognized institutions such as Forbes.

His success story is well-documented: he fought protracted legal battles against a government that tried everything to stop him from operating in his own country until then Vice President Joshua Nkomo intervened.

Masiyiwa’s name is celebrated across Africa and the world, and Zimbabweans speak of him with nothing but admiration.

Where is the jealousy Mutambudzi speaks of?

The truth is simple: Zimbabweans will celebrate wealth that is earned, but we will never glorify wealth that is stolen.

Mutambudzi must stop pretending not to know the difference.

When he claims that Zimbabweans vilify their wealthy, what he deliberately leaves unsaid is the character of the so-called wealthy he wants us to respect.

The “Zvigananda” he defends are not builders of industries, but beneficiaries of patronage networks.