Opinion / Columnist
A leopard will never change its spots - Mugabe and Mnangagwa, same watsapp group
25 Nov 2017 at 18:50hrs | Views
Revolutionary greetings comrades. I have reiterated that we are being consigned from the desert to hell. This consignment will amount to liquidation of the constitution.
If the news that Mugabe was offered $10 million lump sum payment, full salary, medical cover, security as well as protection of his private properties as part of the deal that led to his resignation are true, then Zimbabwe is doomed.
It is the tax payers' money that will be used to maintain the dictator's luxurious life. This makes it clear that his strange hold to power was an economic motivation. Thus i argue that the citizens were supposed to be consulted before such a fraudulent deal was concluded. It's not too late though, Mnangagwa owes the people a proper dissection of the contents of the deal. Tax payers cant service a dictator's expensive life. Does this mean dictatorship is a good political practice and dictators must be rewarded? Are we not by so doing promoting autocracy? Mugabe was supposed to leave power empty handed because its public knowledge that he looted the country broke.
If Mnangagwa wants to arrest corruption, his starting point must be transparency. He must understand that as our servant (as he introduced himself), he must put people first in any weighty decisions.
I therefore urge the Zimbabweans to demand the terms of Mugabe's resignation deal. It is your constutional right to know and understand the economic implications of the deal.
One wonders how the same army that led to his resignation is protecting him and his property. Considering the pain and suffering inflicted upon Zimbabweans by Mugabe, his disciples and the security forces, he does'nt deserve being treated like a hero. Thats an enigma Mnangagwa needs to unpuzzle.
I still unapologetically emphasise that Mnangagwa should have seized all the ill-gotten assets of the resigned demon-Mugabe. The reason why he did not arrest Mugabe is simply because they play for the same team, Zanu Pf. He is equally guilty and unfit to arrest his fellow criminal.
Zimbabwe is the sick man of Africa, suffering from socio-political leprosy which has arrested its economic growth and tribal unity. The disease was caused by ill-governance coupled with tribalism. A holistic approach to the disease can be the panacea.
Truth and reconciliation is one of the vehicles that can heal the nation. The sharp vangefull passions haboured by those who lost their friends and relatives in Gukurahundi and elections violence, can only be quenched by a truth and reconciliation programme.
The politics of independence was nothing less than politics of land. One's freedom is attached to his piece of land hence the landless are not free indeed because they resort to renting and squatting. Thus land is the most essential requirement for life. It is a vital resource of development. I therefore argue that a sound land audit is needed in Zimbabwe so that land is redistributed fairly to the landless citizens. The fact that millions of Zimbabweans are still landless, 37 years after independence proves beyond doubt that Zimbabweans are not free indeed. The attainment of independence without land is what Franz Fanon calls pseudo independence or flag independence. Land belongs to all Zimbabweans, not a few politicians and their connections. I therefore submit that land must also be given to ordinary men regadless of their surnames and political affiliation.
Civil servants have suffered under the Mugabe presidency. They suffered from late payments and absence of a proper bonus system. To threaten civil servants is gross disrespect of their efforts in the midst of economic meltdown caused by Zanu Pf missmanagement. Mnangagwa owes the civil servants a big THANK YOU for working extra hard yet earning peanuts. He also owes them a bold apology for precipitating upon them unwarranted threats in his blunt speech.
Once bitten, twice shy. A stupid man will entrust his riches to a thief. Such a move is stupidity of the highest order akin to moving from blunder to blunder as though led by blind fate. Let us wake up dear Zimbabweans and forget not that we have power over our destiny. No mortal men shall steal our future from us again.
Power to the people dear comrades. Victory is certain, alluta continua.
NPP National youth spokesperson Khulani David Ndhlovu
If the news that Mugabe was offered $10 million lump sum payment, full salary, medical cover, security as well as protection of his private properties as part of the deal that led to his resignation are true, then Zimbabwe is doomed.
It is the tax payers' money that will be used to maintain the dictator's luxurious life. This makes it clear that his strange hold to power was an economic motivation. Thus i argue that the citizens were supposed to be consulted before such a fraudulent deal was concluded. It's not too late though, Mnangagwa owes the people a proper dissection of the contents of the deal. Tax payers cant service a dictator's expensive life. Does this mean dictatorship is a good political practice and dictators must be rewarded? Are we not by so doing promoting autocracy? Mugabe was supposed to leave power empty handed because its public knowledge that he looted the country broke.
If Mnangagwa wants to arrest corruption, his starting point must be transparency. He must understand that as our servant (as he introduced himself), he must put people first in any weighty decisions.
I therefore urge the Zimbabweans to demand the terms of Mugabe's resignation deal. It is your constutional right to know and understand the economic implications of the deal.
One wonders how the same army that led to his resignation is protecting him and his property. Considering the pain and suffering inflicted upon Zimbabweans by Mugabe, his disciples and the security forces, he does'nt deserve being treated like a hero. Thats an enigma Mnangagwa needs to unpuzzle.
Zimbabwe is the sick man of Africa, suffering from socio-political leprosy which has arrested its economic growth and tribal unity. The disease was caused by ill-governance coupled with tribalism. A holistic approach to the disease can be the panacea.
Truth and reconciliation is one of the vehicles that can heal the nation. The sharp vangefull passions haboured by those who lost their friends and relatives in Gukurahundi and elections violence, can only be quenched by a truth and reconciliation programme.
The politics of independence was nothing less than politics of land. One's freedom is attached to his piece of land hence the landless are not free indeed because they resort to renting and squatting. Thus land is the most essential requirement for life. It is a vital resource of development. I therefore argue that a sound land audit is needed in Zimbabwe so that land is redistributed fairly to the landless citizens. The fact that millions of Zimbabweans are still landless, 37 years after independence proves beyond doubt that Zimbabweans are not free indeed. The attainment of independence without land is what Franz Fanon calls pseudo independence or flag independence. Land belongs to all Zimbabweans, not a few politicians and their connections. I therefore submit that land must also be given to ordinary men regadless of their surnames and political affiliation.
Civil servants have suffered under the Mugabe presidency. They suffered from late payments and absence of a proper bonus system. To threaten civil servants is gross disrespect of their efforts in the midst of economic meltdown caused by Zanu Pf missmanagement. Mnangagwa owes the civil servants a big THANK YOU for working extra hard yet earning peanuts. He also owes them a bold apology for precipitating upon them unwarranted threats in his blunt speech.
Once bitten, twice shy. A stupid man will entrust his riches to a thief. Such a move is stupidity of the highest order akin to moving from blunder to blunder as though led by blind fate. Let us wake up dear Zimbabweans and forget not that we have power over our destiny. No mortal men shall steal our future from us again.
Power to the people dear comrades. Victory is certain, alluta continua.
NPP National youth spokesperson Khulani David Ndhlovu
Source - Khulani David Ndhlovu
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