Opinion / Columnist
Zimbabwe relieved by the untimely resignation of leader
03 May 2016 at 18:12hrs | Views
In a statement published by Bulawayo24 news on Monday 25 April 2016, Zimbabwe through Tendai Chinembiri, expressed so much rejoice over the untimely resignation of MLF leader General Nandinandi. Chinembiri said he sighed a breath of relief to such news. Chinembiri played down the Mthwakazi restoration agenda calling it a tribal agenda that was pushed by brainless Ndebele people, who according to him were causing instability in Zimbabwe by wanting to create a state within a state yet their home in Ngome (KwaZulu Natal - RSA) remained grazing lands. Chinembiri however expressed his worries over the whereabouts of former MLF secretary general Mr Paul Siwela whom he said still paused a little security unrest in Zimbabwe.
In a telephone interview with David Magagula, the spokesperson of MLF, Magagula described Tendai Chinembiri as a very short sighted toddler who lacked historical background of Zimbabwe. " This boy must know that soldiers die in the front line but the army has never been dismantled because of that instead the deaths of their comrades have always given them reason to fight to achieve their set objectives."
" MLF has never been short of leaders and it is way too early for Tendai and company to be celebrating," said Magagula.
Magagula laughed off Chinembiri's claims that some Ndebele house hold names like Gordon Moyo, Qhubani Moyo, George Mkhwanazi, Sindiso Mazibisa etc, who founded Mthwakazi politics had abandoned the idea after realising that it was only a dream and joined the Zimbabwe mainstream politics. Magagula said the parents and probably the entire Shona community had nothing to thank from Chinembiri as his name could be explained in English. "There no true Shona person who would rejoice at having a Ndebele person in his camp. That he can ask Mugabe and Morgan Tswangirai, they will tell him what it is like. The Zanu that this toddler is seeing today is not the very same Zanu that was before 1987, the Zanu that engineered Gukurahundi?" Magagula explained. " Had Zanu not welcomed Ndebele people in its ranks, Joyce Mujuru, Simba Makoni, and even their tea boy, Morgan Tswangirai could still be part of their setup. Tendai must wake up from his dream.
All these Mthwakazi people in Zimbabwean parties are just as good as deployed for strategic reasons, so it is no harm to the Mthwakazi restoration cause that they are there." said Magagula. Magagula applauded his organization MLF for taking the Mthwakazi struggle to Zimbabwe and urged all Mthwakazi activists to unite and shout even more louder, saying no matter how much Zimbabwe showed ignorance over the issue, deep inside they were feeling the heat and they will one day surrender.
Magagula also took a swipe on the Minister of primary and secondary education Mr Lazarus Dokora, saying he was trying to make fools out of Mthwakazi people by forcing them to pay allegiance to the colonizers' flag. " The Zimbabwean flag does not have any significance to the Mthwakazi people and it is the reason why we once set it alight. During the Gukurahundi killings, Mthwakazi were forced to sing and dance on top of the graves of their loved ones and today Dokora is pushing for them to find allegiance to their massacred loved ones' blood whom his government refused to account for," Magagula concluded.
In a telephone interview with David Magagula, the spokesperson of MLF, Magagula described Tendai Chinembiri as a very short sighted toddler who lacked historical background of Zimbabwe. " This boy must know that soldiers die in the front line but the army has never been dismantled because of that instead the deaths of their comrades have always given them reason to fight to achieve their set objectives."
" MLF has never been short of leaders and it is way too early for Tendai and company to be celebrating," said Magagula.
Magagula laughed off Chinembiri's claims that some Ndebele house hold names like Gordon Moyo, Qhubani Moyo, George Mkhwanazi, Sindiso Mazibisa etc, who founded Mthwakazi politics had abandoned the idea after realising that it was only a dream and joined the Zimbabwe mainstream politics. Magagula said the parents and probably the entire Shona community had nothing to thank from Chinembiri as his name could be explained in English. "There no true Shona person who would rejoice at having a Ndebele person in his camp. That he can ask Mugabe and Morgan Tswangirai, they will tell him what it is like. The Zanu that this toddler is seeing today is not the very same Zanu that was before 1987, the Zanu that engineered Gukurahundi?" Magagula explained. " Had Zanu not welcomed Ndebele people in its ranks, Joyce Mujuru, Simba Makoni, and even their tea boy, Morgan Tswangirai could still be part of their setup. Tendai must wake up from his dream.
All these Mthwakazi people in Zimbabwean parties are just as good as deployed for strategic reasons, so it is no harm to the Mthwakazi restoration cause that they are there." said Magagula. Magagula applauded his organization MLF for taking the Mthwakazi struggle to Zimbabwe and urged all Mthwakazi activists to unite and shout even more louder, saying no matter how much Zimbabwe showed ignorance over the issue, deep inside they were feeling the heat and they will one day surrender.
Magagula also took a swipe on the Minister of primary and secondary education Mr Lazarus Dokora, saying he was trying to make fools out of Mthwakazi people by forcing them to pay allegiance to the colonizers' flag. " The Zimbabwean flag does not have any significance to the Mthwakazi people and it is the reason why we once set it alight. During the Gukurahundi killings, Mthwakazi were forced to sing and dance on top of the graves of their loved ones and today Dokora is pushing for them to find allegiance to their massacred loved ones' blood whom his government refused to account for," Magagula concluded.
Source - McKay Tshuma
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