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Tsvangirai is shallow, no message for demonstrators - Manheru
16 Apr 2016 at 10:38hrs | Views
MDC -T leader Morgan Tsvangirai had no tangible message to offer during Thursday's demonstration but chose to trumpet the number game.
Herald columnist Nathanial Manheru said Tsvangirai attempted to cover up his "emptiness" through placards that had meaningless statements.
Wrote Manheru in his weekly instalment under subsection "Dearth of messages", : "Tsvangirai looked shrunken, ashen and wistful. It is not my role as a commentator to speculate on his state of health' began Manheru.
"What falls neatly within my purview is to try and interpret what make him wistful, even against glowing praises from the likes of Pedzisayi Ruhanya who sought to be happy on his behalf.
"Interestingly one reason there was so much focus on numbers is because there was no message from the MDC-T leader to topple numbers copy.
"Tsvangirai had no message absolutely. Even the placards said it all, with abortive attempts at a sparkle using the name of Itai Dzamara.
"And of course the $15bn dollars said to have been lost to the country since the start of diamond mining".
A day after the rare demonstration, the media was sharply divided over the number of people who turned up.
Dubbed "Mother of all demonstrations" state controlled and private media offered varied estimates.
Herald estimated the crowed to be 800 or slightly under.
NewsDay and online outlet New Zimbabwe said close to 10 000 while British Broadcasting Corportion settled for about 2000.
Herald columnist Nathanial Manheru said Tsvangirai attempted to cover up his "emptiness" through placards that had meaningless statements.
Wrote Manheru in his weekly instalment under subsection "Dearth of messages", : "Tsvangirai looked shrunken, ashen and wistful. It is not my role as a commentator to speculate on his state of health' began Manheru.
"What falls neatly within my purview is to try and interpret what make him wistful, even against glowing praises from the likes of Pedzisayi Ruhanya who sought to be happy on his behalf.
"Interestingly one reason there was so much focus on numbers is because there was no message from the MDC-T leader to topple numbers copy.
"And of course the $15bn dollars said to have been lost to the country since the start of diamond mining".
A day after the rare demonstration, the media was sharply divided over the number of people who turned up.
Dubbed "Mother of all demonstrations" state controlled and private media offered varied estimates.
Herald estimated the crowed to be 800 or slightly under.
NewsDay and online outlet New Zimbabwe said close to 10 000 while British Broadcasting Corportion settled for about 2000.
Source - Byo24News
