The Sakunda Republic: How Mnangagwa, Tagwirei and Chivayo bought a party and rented a countryOpening: A Party for SaleIn Zimbabwe, the line between party, state, and private company has never been clear. Instead, the money had been repurposed to build parallel structures of power, bankrolled by Tagwirei and distributed by Chivayo, Sakupwanya, and Nguwaya. Chiwenga reportedly demanded the immediate arrest of the four “benefactors” — Tagwirei, Chivayo, Sakupwanya, and Nguwaya. The arrangement is simple: whenever Mnangagwa contemplates foreign travel, he considers taking along his babysitters — Tagwirei, Chivayo, Sakupwanya, and Nguwaya. Sakunda dividends fund loyalty; loyalty funds dynasty; dynasty funds paranoia.