Opinion / Columnist
Mthwakazi: Setting the record
27 Apr 2016 at 00:03hrs | Views
On the another note; we the people of Mthwakazi we are hundreds percent at faulty for the predicament we r in.
When we revived ZAPU we were hoping that it will solve the plight of the Mthwakazi people.
We revived ZAPU first as a pressure group and later transformed to a full flagged political movement, this was during the year 1999 with the likes of Gordon Moyo. Qhubani Moyo. Paul Siwela. George M Khwanazi.Jethro Mpofu. Jethro Mthwakazi. Agrippa Madlela. Cont Mhlanga. Albert Mhlanga. Gifton Dumane Zwe Ncube. former Bulawayo Mayor Elliot Madanke Dube. Sakhile Nkomo. etc.just to mention a few.
we worked tirelessly and managed to establish a movement which shocked the regime of Mugabe, and we were soon to become the enermies of the state we were visible on the ground, and did everything necessary to promote our cause. we werepreaching what people wanted to hear, not even devolution, Federalism was our trump card.When election time came in 2000 the people of Mthwakazi let us down by voting for MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai with the late Gibson Sibanda as his deputy. We put everything behind us and forged ahead. We back to the drawing board to sought the most viable ways to re brand and we even had leadership renewal. Then came the next election, again the Mthwakazi people still went Tsvangirai way.
They still continued shunning the crop of leadership from the region led by Paul Siwela whom we had touted as our future and he had became a thorn in the flesh of the regime.
The regime realising what they were going to face, they started harassing and persecuted Paul Siwela. As that was not enough the regime went for broke by closing his company, his bank accounts were frozen up to this date, but people the people of Mthwakazi still belong to Tsvangirai who isn't even concerned about their plight.
Paul Siwela did all this for the love of free Mthwakazi state.
Now want to end with these questions : Who is Enos Nkala between the likes of Paul Siwela and crew who started this revolution way back and those who still stood and continue to support the likes Tsvangirai with their parties from Mashonaland (Zimbabwe )
There are people like Qhubani Moyo, Gordon Moyo and others presented themselves to Mthwakazi but they were shunned as such by the people. As both activities and politicians, I believe in order for them to keep their political profiles in this prevailing environment they had to shift thier allegiance to the once DARLING of Mthwakazi, Tsvangirai and the now fragmented, devide zanupf.
For all this I believe Mthwakazi is still to take the blame for shunning their own blood who under what secumstances are prepared to risk that much for them to rescue them from these Gukrahundist.Mthwakazi people am appealing to you , don't be docile or the Enos Nkalas.
Lets all arise and this chance which so well present itself.
Aliqunywe
When we revived ZAPU we were hoping that it will solve the plight of the Mthwakazi people.
We revived ZAPU first as a pressure group and later transformed to a full flagged political movement, this was during the year 1999 with the likes of Gordon Moyo. Qhubani Moyo. Paul Siwela. George M Khwanazi.Jethro Mpofu. Jethro Mthwakazi. Agrippa Madlela. Cont Mhlanga. Albert Mhlanga. Gifton Dumane Zwe Ncube. former Bulawayo Mayor Elliot Madanke Dube. Sakhile Nkomo. etc.just to mention a few.
we worked tirelessly and managed to establish a movement which shocked the regime of Mugabe, and we were soon to become the enermies of the state we were visible on the ground, and did everything necessary to promote our cause. we werepreaching what people wanted to hear, not even devolution, Federalism was our trump card.When election time came in 2000 the people of Mthwakazi let us down by voting for MDC led by Morgan Tsvangirai with the late Gibson Sibanda as his deputy. We put everything behind us and forged ahead. We back to the drawing board to sought the most viable ways to re brand and we even had leadership renewal. Then came the next election, again the Mthwakazi people still went Tsvangirai way.
They still continued shunning the crop of leadership from the region led by Paul Siwela whom we had touted as our future and he had became a thorn in the flesh of the regime.
The regime realising what they were going to face, they started harassing and persecuted Paul Siwela. As that was not enough the regime went for broke by closing his company, his bank accounts were frozen up to this date, but people the people of Mthwakazi still belong to Tsvangirai who isn't even concerned about their plight.
Paul Siwela did all this for the love of free Mthwakazi state.
Now want to end with these questions : Who is Enos Nkala between the likes of Paul Siwela and crew who started this revolution way back and those who still stood and continue to support the likes Tsvangirai with their parties from Mashonaland (Zimbabwe )
There are people like Qhubani Moyo, Gordon Moyo and others presented themselves to Mthwakazi but they were shunned as such by the people. As both activities and politicians, I believe in order for them to keep their political profiles in this prevailing environment they had to shift thier allegiance to the once DARLING of Mthwakazi, Tsvangirai and the now fragmented, devide zanupf.
For all this I believe Mthwakazi is still to take the blame for shunning their own blood who under what secumstances are prepared to risk that much for them to rescue them from these Gukrahundist.Mthwakazi people am appealing to you , don't be docile or the Enos Nkalas.
Lets all arise and this chance which so well present itself.
Aliqunywe
Source - Khohliso Maqhoba.
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