Opinion / Columnist
Mujuru and Gukurahundi - Its all hypocricy
19 Jun 2016 at 10:47hrs | Views
It is sickening to hear Mujuru, leader of the ZimPF launch a blistering attack on Mugabe and describing his recent rant against war veterans, which invoked ugly memories of Gukurahundi, as reckless.
Mthwakazi peoples do not expect that from her. She should have used the opportunity to tell the people about her role during the dark hour in the lives of the people of Mthwakazi. What she uttered was an insult to the people of Mthwakazi.
Mujuru's hands are as filthy as those of the entire zanu pf leadership that orchestrated the Gukurahundi Genocide (GG). Openly telling Mugabe, that his injudicious tirade, risked threatening the country's relative peace and stability, is ridiculous and hypocrisy. The country has been skating on thin ice for the past fifteen or so years, where was she then?
For Mujuru, to utter anything blaming Mugabe, when she addressed attendees at Stanley Square in Bulawayo was testimony that she was (herself) not remorseful about the killing of an estimated half a million innocent civilians by the army, the 5th Brigade which was mainly recruited with the help of the North Koreans which was mainly made up of Shona youths who were deployed mainly in Matabeleland and the Midlands, in the early 1980s. As Mthwakazi peoples we note with grave concern at her reckless utterances in reference to his former comrade in arms.
"It is on public record that people who were Zimbabwean citizens and civilians for that matter, were killed, raped, tortured and had their homes and properties destroyed by the notorious and infamous Fifth Brigade mainly in and around Midlands and Matabeleland," Mujuru chided Mugabe.
The above statement, evidently unmask Mujuru as a real hypocrite. She was in Zanu PF and she never opposed what was happening as her statement above vividly explains that she was aware then, together with her colleagues. So her business in Mthwakazi deserves is unacceptable.
It is common knowledge that people in Mthwakazi were, through the use of GG, indoctrinated to believe that they were Zimbabweans, when they are not and they will never be. It's very bizarre and strange. Some creatures on Earth, with human lives sometimes forget what they did to some people especially when their comfort zones crush. This is the case with Mujuru. Would she have said all this, had she not been unceremoniously exited from Zanu PF? The answer is an emphatic "NO!!"
Mujuru was reminding the people she was addressing about her dirty past in Zanu PF and people may not be taken wrongly if they say she was boasting about the GG, wherein documented evidence suggests that over 20 000 civilians were killed on unfounded allegations of supporting dissidents, which was a creation of Zanu PF.
She was a hard core part of the leadership then. It is intriguing to realize that those who committed the crime are the ones acknowledging that they butchered about 20 000 civilians. That number is fake, false and criminal. Mthwakazi peoples, who are the victims, estimate that our butchered relatives far surpass that number given by the offender and Mujuru is part of the offenders' crew.
We are saying 500 000 civilians were butchered. We say so because some of them are unaccounted for so we assume strongly that they were thrown alive in the disused deep mines in Bhalagwe among other places chosen by the demons, the 5th Brigade, a Zanu PF crack army created to fulfill what was crafted when Zanu PF cloned from pf Zapu in 1963. We have some Mthwakazi peoples among our midst who believe in the Zanu PF mantra that they killed about 20 000 unarmed civilians during the GG. Such peoples are an extension of Zanu PF and are a dangerous lot amongst the peoples of Mthwakazi. It is then our duty to de-teach that notion from them so that they see the light.
It is true that the peoples of Mthwakazi are still traumatised by the Gukurahundi atrocities and that many children had grown up without parents because of the heinous act of political barbarism so having Mujuru reminding the Mthwakazi peoples about that, is a provocation of great proportions.
As she pointed out that when elected into power in 2018 (if ever that dream will be attained) she would work to close "the sad chapter", by ensuring that all perpetrators of the massacre were made to account in their individual capacities, while victims were compensated. She forgot to tell the people that she will be the first to account. As for the compensation issue, the best is to let off Mthwakazi from Zimbabwe. By so doing, her name will boldly be inscribed in the annals of history and DNA of the Mthwakazi peoples forever.
It is unfortunate that, the Restoration Agenda is drumming louder and she may not have that chance to put her colleagues to account in their individual capacities, as the story will be a different one. Moving towards 2018, will be a telling story as all Mthwakazi peoples must be preparing for a restored State. Every corner of Mthwakazi must know that freedom is just by the corner.
The time for a commission of inquiry to look into the Gukurahundi atrocities is a smokescreen by the offender in the posture of the ZimPF leader. To us, it will be time to act on the offenders. As if afflicted by an all-powerful demon, Mujuru also said that political atrocities that had been committed since 2000 against opposition MDC supporters, including the abduction of journalist-cum human rights activist by the name Ithayi Dzamara, would also be investigated under the ZimPF government. Where was she, when all this was happening? Who is fooling who?
So, as MLF, we strongly object to Mujuru statements in Bulawayo and say that Mthwakazi peoples must be on the watch for opportunistic personalities who pretend to be opposed to what they were yesterday because they want their votes, that's akin to provocation. The only solution and viable alternative is RESTORATION OF Mthwakazi where all the advances of the Shonalised government will be reversed and all the peoples then build a "paradise on Earth" which will be a model to emulate by not only the will be neighbor Zimbabwe,but the world in its entirety. Vuka Mthwakazi Vuka!!!!
"Soyithola Kanjani Inkululeko Abanye Besahleli Emakhoneni?"
Mthwakazi peoples do not expect that from her. She should have used the opportunity to tell the people about her role during the dark hour in the lives of the people of Mthwakazi. What she uttered was an insult to the people of Mthwakazi.
Mujuru's hands are as filthy as those of the entire zanu pf leadership that orchestrated the Gukurahundi Genocide (GG). Openly telling Mugabe, that his injudicious tirade, risked threatening the country's relative peace and stability, is ridiculous and hypocrisy. The country has been skating on thin ice for the past fifteen or so years, where was she then?
For Mujuru, to utter anything blaming Mugabe, when she addressed attendees at Stanley Square in Bulawayo was testimony that she was (herself) not remorseful about the killing of an estimated half a million innocent civilians by the army, the 5th Brigade which was mainly recruited with the help of the North Koreans which was mainly made up of Shona youths who were deployed mainly in Matabeleland and the Midlands, in the early 1980s. As Mthwakazi peoples we note with grave concern at her reckless utterances in reference to his former comrade in arms.
"It is on public record that people who were Zimbabwean citizens and civilians for that matter, were killed, raped, tortured and had their homes and properties destroyed by the notorious and infamous Fifth Brigade mainly in and around Midlands and Matabeleland," Mujuru chided Mugabe.
The above statement, evidently unmask Mujuru as a real hypocrite. She was in Zanu PF and she never opposed what was happening as her statement above vividly explains that she was aware then, together with her colleagues. So her business in Mthwakazi deserves is unacceptable.
It is common knowledge that people in Mthwakazi were, through the use of GG, indoctrinated to believe that they were Zimbabweans, when they are not and they will never be. It's very bizarre and strange. Some creatures on Earth, with human lives sometimes forget what they did to some people especially when their comfort zones crush. This is the case with Mujuru. Would she have said all this, had she not been unceremoniously exited from Zanu PF? The answer is an emphatic "NO!!"
Mujuru was reminding the people she was addressing about her dirty past in Zanu PF and people may not be taken wrongly if they say she was boasting about the GG, wherein documented evidence suggests that over 20 000 civilians were killed on unfounded allegations of supporting dissidents, which was a creation of Zanu PF.
She was a hard core part of the leadership then. It is intriguing to realize that those who committed the crime are the ones acknowledging that they butchered about 20 000 civilians. That number is fake, false and criminal. Mthwakazi peoples, who are the victims, estimate that our butchered relatives far surpass that number given by the offender and Mujuru is part of the offenders' crew.
It is true that the peoples of Mthwakazi are still traumatised by the Gukurahundi atrocities and that many children had grown up without parents because of the heinous act of political barbarism so having Mujuru reminding the Mthwakazi peoples about that, is a provocation of great proportions.
As she pointed out that when elected into power in 2018 (if ever that dream will be attained) she would work to close "the sad chapter", by ensuring that all perpetrators of the massacre were made to account in their individual capacities, while victims were compensated. She forgot to tell the people that she will be the first to account. As for the compensation issue, the best is to let off Mthwakazi from Zimbabwe. By so doing, her name will boldly be inscribed in the annals of history and DNA of the Mthwakazi peoples forever.
It is unfortunate that, the Restoration Agenda is drumming louder and she may not have that chance to put her colleagues to account in their individual capacities, as the story will be a different one. Moving towards 2018, will be a telling story as all Mthwakazi peoples must be preparing for a restored State. Every corner of Mthwakazi must know that freedom is just by the corner.
The time for a commission of inquiry to look into the Gukurahundi atrocities is a smokescreen by the offender in the posture of the ZimPF leader. To us, it will be time to act on the offenders. As if afflicted by an all-powerful demon, Mujuru also said that political atrocities that had been committed since 2000 against opposition MDC supporters, including the abduction of journalist-cum human rights activist by the name Ithayi Dzamara, would also be investigated under the ZimPF government. Where was she, when all this was happening? Who is fooling who?
So, as MLF, we strongly object to Mujuru statements in Bulawayo and say that Mthwakazi peoples must be on the watch for opportunistic personalities who pretend to be opposed to what they were yesterday because they want their votes, that's akin to provocation. The only solution and viable alternative is RESTORATION OF Mthwakazi where all the advances of the Shonalised government will be reversed and all the peoples then build a "paradise on Earth" which will be a model to emulate by not only the will be neighbor Zimbabwe,but the world in its entirety. Vuka Mthwakazi Vuka!!!!
"Soyithola Kanjani Inkululeko Abanye Besahleli Emakhoneni?"
Source - Chrispen Nyoni - MLF Foreign Relations and Acting Spokesperson
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