Opinion / Columnist
Grace Mugabe, the biggest opposition asset
18 Feb 2017 at 17:57hrs | Views
In a normal society, the majority of the people will be urging Grace Mugabe to hold more rallies and blowing her whistles louder.
To me, Grace has touched on the biggest weaknesses of our society and why Mugabe will be voted into office even from his grave. First off, Grace has laid bare the fact that ZANU (PF) is an institutionalized organization. People can call ZANU (PF) by all names they want but the basic fact remains that ZANU (PF) has a structure that Grace and his husband realizes needs to be united urgently so that they win the 2018 elections handsomely. As long as the ZANU (PF) structures, Youth, Women, and the Veterans are whipped into line, they will vote for even a dead Robert Mugabe.
At present, the Veterans are giving Mugabe a headache and his message to them is, "If you want me to go, let us go together because we started this together and we are in it together."
The message from Grace is very clear to all the Opposition parties. It does not matter if you come up with a grand coalition. You are nothing but feckless groups with no capacity to organize yourselves into functioning institutions.
Grace challenges the society on one simplistic idea; we are the ones who vote for Mugabe now we cry foul. Grace is being a useful tool; she is spilling the beans. You get organized first and get united, and then you stand a chance. Get united but with no organization then get lost.
Another useful piece of information coming out of these rallies is that Mugabe is the face of ZANU (PF). The opposition does not have leadership. As much as I like what the Reverends are doing; their efforts will keep us in bondage for a little bit longer. Why does Mawarire/Manyika etl think they can now stand as Presidential candidates? Which institution will support their bids; their church followers? Please let us be serious about bringing better solutions to Zimbabwe.
Having so many people clamoring to challenge Mugabe only serves to prevent any efforts of institutionalizing opposition parties in Zimbabwe. To quote Grace Mugabe, "We must do better than that. Whoever is doing things that destroy the party [opposition] should be ashamed….. You cannot go anywhere when you are divided."
To me, Grace has touched on the biggest weaknesses of our society and why Mugabe will be voted into office even from his grave. First off, Grace has laid bare the fact that ZANU (PF) is an institutionalized organization. People can call ZANU (PF) by all names they want but the basic fact remains that ZANU (PF) has a structure that Grace and his husband realizes needs to be united urgently so that they win the 2018 elections handsomely. As long as the ZANU (PF) structures, Youth, Women, and the Veterans are whipped into line, they will vote for even a dead Robert Mugabe.
At present, the Veterans are giving Mugabe a headache and his message to them is, "If you want me to go, let us go together because we started this together and we are in it together."
The message from Grace is very clear to all the Opposition parties. It does not matter if you come up with a grand coalition. You are nothing but feckless groups with no capacity to organize yourselves into functioning institutions.
Grace challenges the society on one simplistic idea; we are the ones who vote for Mugabe now we cry foul. Grace is being a useful tool; she is spilling the beans. You get organized first and get united, and then you stand a chance. Get united but with no organization then get lost.
Another useful piece of information coming out of these rallies is that Mugabe is the face of ZANU (PF). The opposition does not have leadership. As much as I like what the Reverends are doing; their efforts will keep us in bondage for a little bit longer. Why does Mawarire/Manyika etl think they can now stand as Presidential candidates? Which institution will support their bids; their church followers? Please let us be serious about bringing better solutions to Zimbabwe.
Having so many people clamoring to challenge Mugabe only serves to prevent any efforts of institutionalizing opposition parties in Zimbabwe. To quote Grace Mugabe, "We must do better than that. Whoever is doing things that destroy the party [opposition] should be ashamed….. You cannot go anywhere when you are divided."
Source - Sam Wezhira
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