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Afrobarometer survey confirms the truth, Cdes
15 May 2015 at 10:53hrs | Views
Dear Cabinet and Politburo members
COMRADES, I send my heartfelt revolutionary greetings days after my very successful trip to Moscow where I did not just attend celebrations to mark the 70th year of the Russian people's World War Two victory over Nazi Germany, but also finalised one mega deal after another.
I know my detractors are saying a lot about what they see as junkets on my part - he-eh he has travelled so many thousands of kilometres this year alone, he-eh he has wasted so much in State resources, he - he the country is on auto-pilot, blah, blah… they can say whatever they want, but the truth of the matter is that nothing will change the fact that I remain one of the most popular leaders not just in Africa, but in the whole world as well.
I know most of you have had the privilege of studying the results of a survey conducted by Afrobarometer in conjunction with the Mass Public Opinion Institute - results which shows that I remain the most popular leader in the world.
For the benefit of those who might have missed it, below are excerpts of what our Herald wrote:
"A South Africa-based pro-MDC-T think-tank Afrobarometer, says President Mugabe still enjoys popular trust among Zimbabweans, a development that analysts attributed to President Mugabe's good and consistent leadership at a time when the beleaguered MDC-T is trying to paint the picture of a political crisis.
"The group also gives thumbs up to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and other State institutions.
"This is despite a brutal and sustained campaign by opposition functionaries to tarnish the President's image at any given platform.
"In any case, Afrobarometer, which traditionally produced damning reports about Zimbabweans and its leader, condemned opposition parties to murky political dustbins as the least trusted institutions in the country.
"In a survey titled 'Public perceptions on corruption' published on Tuesday, Afrobarometer said at least 63 percent of Zimbabweans surveyed trust President Mugabe adding that he still enjoys popular support in the rural areas where a colossal 70 percent endorsed him.
"The survey further pointed out that the President had made major inroads in the urban centres, which had been for long controlled by MDC-T, a development that probably explains why MDC-T leaders have chickened out of parliamentary by-elections due on June 10.
"It found that at least 45 percent of the urban population trust President Mugabe and support by gender showed that 62 percent of males in the country trusted him while 64 percent of women trusted him.
"Zanu-PF as a party, according to the survey, enjoys the trust of 54 percent Zimbabweans…."
I wonder what our detractors will say about this. In the past they have attributed all our success and good fortunes to Nikuv, so what I now wonder about is whether Nikuv also rigged the results of this opinion poll in our favour.
What Afrobarometer has just done is to confirm what we already know…that I am the best leader and my party is very popular, which explains why we have been bouncing from one electoral victory to another.
If the realities on the ground are as what the survey has just confirmed, then it is not at all surprising that Morgan and his minions have decided to boycott elections. They realised that they have no snowball's chance in hell of winning anything in elections.
Just like the late Cde Mzee once said, Zanu-PF will rule this country until donkeys grow horns!
Kindest Regards
Yours Sincerely
ME
AND CZ'S NOTEBOOK
Worrisome
We are in election mood again. And as is our tradition as Zimbabweans, violence has started in earnest.
His patriotism notwithstanding, these are dreadful moments when Dr CZ regrets being a Zimbabwean because some of the things that we do to each other in the name of elections are so, so primitive.
We hope and pray that the fires that continue to stalk the family of the late Solomon Mujuru are just natural fires and they will soon be coming to a natural end, otherwise we get even more scared. Dr CZ now understands the reason why millions of Zimbabweans have decided to leave their motherland… when home ceases to be a safe place, life loses its meaning.
This country needs prayers!
Just reading!
Dr CZ was just reading this week when he came across this juicy piece that he thought unemployed Zimbos might find not just interesting, but useful as well:
Only about 70 male actors to 10 000 women; US$20 billion p*rn industry under threat
TOKYO: For a man carrying a nation's libido on his shoulders, Japanese "p*rn king Shimiken" looks as fresh as a daisy. The 35-year-old cult hero, described by one director as the Christiano Ronaldo of sex and famed for his Herculean powers between the sheets, grins as he tells AFP, "It's a hard job, but somebody's got to do it."
Shimiken - real name Ken Shimizu - has slept with more than 8 000 women for his 7 500 movies, and recently caused a stir by begging for reinforcements, tweeting that there were more Bengali tigers alive than male p*rn actors in Japan. "There are about 70 male actors to 10 000 women," he said. Shimiken's call to arms was retweeted thousands of times by fans worried about Japan's US$20 billion adult video industry coming under threat. "It is boring for viewers to watch the same actors all the time. That's the biggest worry," he added.
Shimiken insisted he has the staying power to keep on going, despite making an eye-popping two to three films in an average day. "Usually I sleep with two or three girls a day, so I engage in sex for about two hours every day," he chirped. "It's my dream job - I've been doing this for 17 years and I never get bored of it. It beats working in an office. I'll do this until I'm 100."
He may have to, if the decline in male actors continues. Many industry insiders blame the conundrum on a growing social trend known as herbivore men: those who shun sex and traditional masculine values in favour of a quiet, uncompetitive lifestyle. "Mentally, men have become weaker," said actress Yuko Shiraki. "They're less macho, less proactive about sex."
Celebrated director, Tohjiro, agrees that Japanese men are going soft. "I've been in this business for 27 years and you can see the increase in herbivore males," he said. "Men aren't hungry anymore. They've lost their desire.
Everything's on a plate for them. It wasn't like that for my generation. If we got a banana or a pineapple, we went crazy with joy. These days, men don't get excited by anything.
The same applies to sex and attitude towards women and relationships. They just click on the Internet for it."
Friendship
Friendship among women: A woman did not come home one night. The next morning she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's place. The husband called the wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it.
Friendship among men: A man did not come home one night. The next morning he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's place. The wife called the husband's 10 best friends.
Of these eight confirmed that indeed the man had slept over at their places and two went further to said he was still there at their place.
cznotebook@yahoo.co.uk
COMRADES, I send my heartfelt revolutionary greetings days after my very successful trip to Moscow where I did not just attend celebrations to mark the 70th year of the Russian people's World War Two victory over Nazi Germany, but also finalised one mega deal after another.
I know my detractors are saying a lot about what they see as junkets on my part - he-eh he has travelled so many thousands of kilometres this year alone, he-eh he has wasted so much in State resources, he - he the country is on auto-pilot, blah, blah… they can say whatever they want, but the truth of the matter is that nothing will change the fact that I remain one of the most popular leaders not just in Africa, but in the whole world as well.
I know most of you have had the privilege of studying the results of a survey conducted by Afrobarometer in conjunction with the Mass Public Opinion Institute - results which shows that I remain the most popular leader in the world.
For the benefit of those who might have missed it, below are excerpts of what our Herald wrote:
"A South Africa-based pro-MDC-T think-tank Afrobarometer, says President Mugabe still enjoys popular trust among Zimbabweans, a development that analysts attributed to President Mugabe's good and consistent leadership at a time when the beleaguered MDC-T is trying to paint the picture of a political crisis.
"The group also gives thumbs up to the Zimbabwe Electoral Commission and other State institutions.
"This is despite a brutal and sustained campaign by opposition functionaries to tarnish the President's image at any given platform.
"In any case, Afrobarometer, which traditionally produced damning reports about Zimbabweans and its leader, condemned opposition parties to murky political dustbins as the least trusted institutions in the country.
"In a survey titled 'Public perceptions on corruption' published on Tuesday, Afrobarometer said at least 63 percent of Zimbabweans surveyed trust President Mugabe adding that he still enjoys popular support in the rural areas where a colossal 70 percent endorsed him.
"The survey further pointed out that the President had made major inroads in the urban centres, which had been for long controlled by MDC-T, a development that probably explains why MDC-T leaders have chickened out of parliamentary by-elections due on June 10.
"It found that at least 45 percent of the urban population trust President Mugabe and support by gender showed that 62 percent of males in the country trusted him while 64 percent of women trusted him.
"Zanu-PF as a party, according to the survey, enjoys the trust of 54 percent Zimbabweans…."
I wonder what our detractors will say about this. In the past they have attributed all our success and good fortunes to Nikuv, so what I now wonder about is whether Nikuv also rigged the results of this opinion poll in our favour.
What Afrobarometer has just done is to confirm what we already know…that I am the best leader and my party is very popular, which explains why we have been bouncing from one electoral victory to another.
If the realities on the ground are as what the survey has just confirmed, then it is not at all surprising that Morgan and his minions have decided to boycott elections. They realised that they have no snowball's chance in hell of winning anything in elections.
Just like the late Cde Mzee once said, Zanu-PF will rule this country until donkeys grow horns!
Kindest Regards
Yours Sincerely
ME
AND CZ'S NOTEBOOK
Worrisome
We are in election mood again. And as is our tradition as Zimbabweans, violence has started in earnest.
His patriotism notwithstanding, these are dreadful moments when Dr CZ regrets being a Zimbabwean because some of the things that we do to each other in the name of elections are so, so primitive.
We hope and pray that the fires that continue to stalk the family of the late Solomon Mujuru are just natural fires and they will soon be coming to a natural end, otherwise we get even more scared. Dr CZ now understands the reason why millions of Zimbabweans have decided to leave their motherland… when home ceases to be a safe place, life loses its meaning.
This country needs prayers!
Just reading!
Dr CZ was just reading this week when he came across this juicy piece that he thought unemployed Zimbos might find not just interesting, but useful as well:
Only about 70 male actors to 10 000 women; US$20 billion p*rn industry under threat
TOKYO: For a man carrying a nation's libido on his shoulders, Japanese "p*rn king Shimiken" looks as fresh as a daisy. The 35-year-old cult hero, described by one director as the Christiano Ronaldo of sex and famed for his Herculean powers between the sheets, grins as he tells AFP, "It's a hard job, but somebody's got to do it."
Shimiken - real name Ken Shimizu - has slept with more than 8 000 women for his 7 500 movies, and recently caused a stir by begging for reinforcements, tweeting that there were more Bengali tigers alive than male p*rn actors in Japan. "There are about 70 male actors to 10 000 women," he said. Shimiken's call to arms was retweeted thousands of times by fans worried about Japan's US$20 billion adult video industry coming under threat. "It is boring for viewers to watch the same actors all the time. That's the biggest worry," he added.
Shimiken insisted he has the staying power to keep on going, despite making an eye-popping two to three films in an average day. "Usually I sleep with two or three girls a day, so I engage in sex for about two hours every day," he chirped. "It's my dream job - I've been doing this for 17 years and I never get bored of it. It beats working in an office. I'll do this until I'm 100."
He may have to, if the decline in male actors continues. Many industry insiders blame the conundrum on a growing social trend known as herbivore men: those who shun sex and traditional masculine values in favour of a quiet, uncompetitive lifestyle. "Mentally, men have become weaker," said actress Yuko Shiraki. "They're less macho, less proactive about sex."
Celebrated director, Tohjiro, agrees that Japanese men are going soft. "I've been in this business for 27 years and you can see the increase in herbivore males," he said. "Men aren't hungry anymore. They've lost their desire.
Everything's on a plate for them. It wasn't like that for my generation. If we got a banana or a pineapple, we went crazy with joy. These days, men don't get excited by anything.
The same applies to sex and attitude towards women and relationships. They just click on the Internet for it."
Friendship
Friendship among women: A woman did not come home one night. The next morning she told her husband that she had slept over at a friend's place. The husband called the wife's 10 best friends. None of them knew anything about it.
Friendship among men: A man did not come home one night. The next morning he told his wife that he had slept over at a friend's place. The wife called the husband's 10 best friends.
Of these eight confirmed that indeed the man had slept over at their places and two went further to said he was still there at their place.
cznotebook@yahoo.co.uk
Source - fingaz
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