By Staff Reporter
JUSTICE Minister, Ziyambi Ziyambi has urged members of the public to dismiss the widely circulated document titled Breaking Barriers Initiatiative with contempt it deserves arguing it was never submitted to the President.
The leaked anti-Mnangagwa dossier, purportedly read by Vice President Constantino Chiwenga before the ZANU PF Politburo recently has sent shockwaves through the ruling party’s top ranks — exposing deep divisions over corruption, power, and President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bid to extend his rule to 2030.
The document accuses Mnangagwa’s closest business allies of “state capture,” massive looting, and orchestrating a “treasonous agenda” to subvert the Constitution and secure the President’s stay in power beyond his second term. In the dossier, Chiwenga draws chilling parallels between the current political climate and the final days of the late Robert Mugabe, warning that “history is repeating itself in the most shameful way.”
However, Ziyambi thrashed the document alongside associated reports that it was handed over to the President, saying such has to be dismissed with the contempt it deserves.
“It has come to my attention that a document entitled “Breaking Barriers Initiative”-bearing no named author and allegedly referenced in a purported “dossier” recently submitted to the presidium of the governing party, Zanu PF-is being disseminated widely across social media platforms,” he said.
He said such dissemination is accompanied by unsubstantiated, unverified, and uncorroborated assertions that the document constitutes an authentic representation of the official stance of Zanu PF and the Government of Zimbabwe regarding proposed amendments to the Constitution of Zimbabwe, intended to implement and give effect to the party’s Resolution Number 1 first adopted in October 2024.
“Whereas multiple submissions from legal practitioners, experts, and scholars have been tendered, proposing sundry amendments and procedural mechanisms for the implementation of the Resolution, and with submissions having been presented since November 2024—some directly to the party, others to Parliament or my office; and whereas no determination has been rendered to adopt, endorse, or advance any such proposals; my office is not able to comment on or verify the authenticity of the circulating document, which may, in all likelihood, be spurious, fabricated or manipulated: particularly in light of the dubious source of its disclosure,” he said.
He said once the relevant authorities make a decision on the precise amendments to be made and the process for their enactment into law, the public will be appropriately and transparently informed.
“Until then, any fascination or preoccupation with a document reportedly leaked from dubious sources— and lacking a named author-is a total waste of time and an unfortunate disservice to the national interest,” he added.
