🇿🇼 Zimbabwe In power: RIGHT
CURRENT MONTH — OCTOBER 2026
LEFT
23
CCC / opposition / constitutional defenders
Governing side
RIGHT
31
ZANU-PF / security-military establishment
Governing side
Higher scores indicate more violent speech
Factions scoped to Zimbabwe political spectrum
Political compass
public mood vs who governs
Authoritarian
Libertarian
Left
Right
Leaning security
Leaning liberty
Leaning left
Leaning right
People
+40 / +68
Politicians
+48 / +78
24-MONTH HISTORY • LEFT VS RIGHT
● LEFT
● RIGHT
│ MAJOR EVENTS
MAJOR EVENTS
June 2024
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Police raid Timba’s home; 78 CCC activists arrested and beaten
August 2024
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160+ opposition arrests as a ‘preventative measure’ before the Harare SADC summit
August 2025
│
ZANU-PF congress drive to keep Mnangagwa until 2030
February 2026
│
Constitutional Amendment No. 3 gazetted: seven-year terms, parliament picks the president
April 2026
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ZANU-PF crowds break up CAB3 hearings; student leaders abducted
May 2026
│
Opposition walks out of staged consultations; student crackdown intensifies
June 2026
│
Senate 75–4 vote branded a constitutional coup
July 2026
│
Mnangagwa signs the amendment ending direct presidential elections
September 2026
│
Amendment takes effect; Mnangagwa packs commissions and local government
PUBLIC vs GOVERNMENT
Lines (left axis): public mood (Spectrum) and who held the state that month on the same left–right axis.
Bars (right axis): gap (public − government), autoscaled.
How to read this
Scores (0–100) estimate how often each side’s public discourse calls for violence or issues threats. Left and Right are that country’s own camps, not US parties transplanted abroad. In power is who holds the state that month. Public mood is where people sit left–right and liberty–order; who governs is the office-holders’ ideology (slow-moving). Higher violent-speech scores mean more violent rhetoric. Scores are for entertainment and experimental purposes. Full methodology