Teaching Early Childhood Development (ECD) pupils about anticorruption without acknowledging the entrenched corruption within the ZANU PF-manufactured environment only serves the interests of the party. The introduction of an anticorruption curriculum might seem to portray ZANU PF as sensitive to corruption, but in reality, it’s a divorce from the truth.

ECD pupils would benefit more from learning about the supreme law of the land – constitutionalism. Instead of empty commitments to anticorruption, this approach would empower students to grow into politically aware adults. By focusing on constitutionalism, ZANU PF’s ability to infringe upon fundamental liberties would be curtailed, and their habitual disregard for the law through manipulation would be thwarted.

ZANU PF’s alleged inclusion of an anticorruption curriculum is a blatant display of their insincerity. It’s a mockery of the suffering and plight of the Zimbabwean population. ZANU PF’s intolerance towards whistleblowers, forums, and platforms that expose corruption contradicts their supposed commitment to fighting it. For ZANU PF to authentically introduce an effective anticorruption curriculum, it would mean admitting guilt for various forms of violence inflicted upon its victims – a scenario as illogical as it is implausible.

The idea that ZANU PF could combat corruption by introducing an anticorruption curriculum, especially at the ECD level, in the wake of engineered electoral violence and human rights abuses is devoid of reason. Such a proposition contradicts even the simplest of logical deductions. ZANU PF’s actions cannot be brushed aside merely as a product of arrogance; they are driven by the insatiable desire to retain power at any cost, even if it means disregarding human lives and property.

ZANU PF’s unwavering pursuit of a one-party state, motivated by its entitled arrogance, stands in stark contrast to the theoretical intentions of the proposed ECD anticorruption curriculum. This curriculum, if implemented genuinely, would require a complete transformation of ZANU PF’s ideology and behavior – an expectation that seems far removed from their current trajectory.

In conclusion, ZANU PF’s attempt to incorporate an anticorruption curriculum appears to be nothing more than a smokescreen for their insincere motives. True change would demand a radical shift in their principles and practices, something that the party’s history and actions have shown little inclination towards. As such, the proposed curriculum seems doomed to be just another hollow gesture in ZANU PF’s long history of political gamesmanship.