HARARE, Zimbabwe — Vice President Constantino Chiwenga has called on Zimbabweans to promote peace, unity and selflessness, framing the three values as essential pillars for nation-building and community development.
The appeal was reported by state broadcaster ZBC News and is circulating in a fresh video clip compiled by Kaguvi News, showing Chiwenga in his capacity as Vice President and Second Secretary of ZANU-PF.
According to the ZBC News account highlighted in the footage, Chiwenga said peace, unity and selflessness are not optional virtues but the foundation on which national progress and local community work must rest.
Why the message is landing now
The remarks land amid intense public debate over Zimbabwe’s political direction, including the fallout around Constitutional Amendment Bill No. 3 and the long-running succession contest inside ZANU-PF. In that climate, any public intervention by the Vice President — a retired general with deep roots in the security establishment — is read closely for signals beyond the words on the page.
Supporters cast the appeal as a call for social cohesion and moral leadership. Critics and opposition voices often argue that unity talk from the top must be matched by open political contestation and respect for constitutional limits. Either way, the clip has quickly joined the stream of Chiwenga moments being dissected on social media.
Nation-building framed as a citizen duty
By tying nation-building to everyday values — peace, unity and selflessness — Chiwenga is placing responsibility on citizens and communities, not only on the state. That line echoes earlier addresses in which he has linked ethical leadership, integrity and rejection of selfish enrichment to Zimbabwe’s development goals.
The Kaguvi News package packages the ZBC report as breaking ZANU-PF news under the title “VP Chiwenga Speaks Out on Zimbabwe’s Future,” underscoring how succession-era politics and nation-building rhetoric now travel together in the same viral feed.
What to watch next
Whether the call cools factional heat or is treated as another coded move in the power struggle will depend on what follows from State House, ZANU-PF structures and the streets. For now, the Vice President’s message is clear on its face: Zimbabwe’s future, he says, needs peace, unity and selflessness at the centre of nation-building.
Video source: Kaguvi News on YouTube (reporting ZBC News).
