Mugabe's CIO left Lumumba to dry! He has nothing to lose

What is there to respect from Mugabe whose rule has been insulting ever since he came to power in 1980? What political mileage do you want to gain from the word un-African? That F-word was very mild to describe a monster called Mugabe and his cabals:  in retrospect, Zanu under Mugabe has pillaged the once a vibrant economy, killed, maimed, abducted, been scornful and manipulative, disrespect of human life, makes numerous and expensive journeys to get the best health services in foreign countries, leaving our hospitals and clinics without basics to treat basic ailments, schools both in rural and urban areas are dilapidating, he sends his own children to foreign countries to get the best education, until they give birth in those foreign countries, they do not trust their own clinics. We have seen on social media the presidents birthdays celebrated in style: eating cakes at the glare of the cameras while not far from the hotel of the big celebrations, people are hungry, cannot even manage a decent isitshwala/sadza a day. Is that not insulting enough Hon. Hwende?

Have we not been told casually how an estimate of 15 billion US dollars have gone missing, a national treasury that could have changed Zimbabwe into a bread basket. Do we really deserve this famine and subsequent benefit handouts of food-aid from western countries, our colonisers and we are not even ashamed of it? Worst insults are in the system of government Hon. Hwende, worse than "F**K" word! Don't you think that the running of this government is the highest insult a nation has to comprehend with, compared with a youthful insult of "F***K" Mr. Hwende? Curiously you put too much value on the comment the youthful Lumumba made, a juvenile expression of disgust. "I think using a F**K word on a 92 year old man is un-African and the height of lunacy" you said. As Zimbabweans we must learn to disagree without reaching that level of Lumumba."

Much as I cannot say the "F**K word myself, if Lumumba, in his frustration, was able to air his disgust meted on him by the CIO, that unlawfully intruded into his private affairs, disclosed his video of sexual nature to the public to publicize him in false light, I would support him fully on this. Only a lunatic government can engage in such horrendous nature, I would say go ahead youthful Lumumba and with a big "F**K" word. This government has openly violated the privacy of a growing up young man by making available on social media, indecent movies of him and young girls, with the intention to damage his reputation. The invasion of privacy of that psychological magnitude to young persons of Lumumba's age is an act of desperation. Do you have an idea how psychological devastated this young man is, to be exposed not only his n.akedness but sexual acts too, and that of his girl-friends to the entire nation? What did the CIO gain from exposing ‘Lumumba's indecent video, apart from wild laughs, free bioscope? Did they need to subject children innocent in their p.ornographic video catch? We thought sex is inviolable secrecy! How old is Lumumba to deserve such a horrible revenge by the state and its notorious CIO? Is this youthful man called Lumumba not our offspring to be respected by us elders of Zimbabwe it did not matter how the inner-Zanu conflicts or how he disagreed with the ruling party Zanu? What is else left of him to respect Mugabe still, having been treated in the most barbaric form of violation of rights to privacy, he has nothing to lose? Lumumba's privacy especially of sexual nature should have been respected by Mugabe and the government in the first place. It is typical of our Zimbabwe societies to blame victims to gain whatever mileage, political or traditional. In Shona they say: Gudo riphete muske waro kuti vaduku vazokuchka.

We should respect our offspring in the first place so that in return they respect us equally. Where is this Lumumba going to know respect, who is going to give him good guidance if his privacy is violated in such a manner? His privacy is not respected by that same government that purports to serve its citizens? Much as I cannot not say "F***K" off to Mugabe, I can honestly say "go hang" Mugabe. We wish you to go now as soon as possible we are fed up of you and Zanu people are fed up equally, they pretend to love you, the old man should not get carried away by that one million match, it means nothing, people are fearful and that is the reason why they attended a frog-matched one million match and you are full of it!   

How many innocent children watched those videos and pictures on social media? Do we wonder then about the rise of rape cases in our societies if the very government is casual about sex in the media? Are you also disrespectful to our innocent growing children, to expose them with indecent videos in our social media? Don't you think African-ness should start with a government that should respect its citizens and not the other way round? What decency can still be attached to a government that displays n.akedness as punishment for either leaving a political party or speaking against it? It is not the first time this government has exposed sexual acts on social media; they did that to the Archbishop Pious Ncube. With all his weaknesses he has, regarding sex as a man of Catholic celibacy, there was no reason, no decency to be treated by the "good government" to publicize him with in false light. Those videos where accessible to young children, displayed by government social media at the behest of the government and CIO who entered his home and planted those CCTVs as surveillance tool. Right to privacy is a human right Mr Hwende, which should never be tempered with. I do not know of any civilized country that treats its citizens with such levels of privacy violations as the Zimbabwe government. You need to disagree with the Zanu PF government, you become the target.

Privacy is a fundamental human right recognised by the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the International Convention Civil and Political rights and many other international conventions. The right to privacy is explicitly stated under Article 12 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "no one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference, neither with his /her privacy, family home or correspondence nor to attack upon his/her honour and reputation." Our "civilized and good" government has unlawfully interfered with Lumumba's privacy by invading his private space including tempering with inviolability of his home secrets.

Hon. Hwende please, I do not want to be seen arguing with opposition parties at this point in time. We are together in fighting Zanu PF. Lets concentrate on removing Mugabe from power, and it means all oppositions parties and pressure groups pulling together and not fighting against each other on social media. I can assure you this is my one-off disagreement with you. Lumumba's scatter shots are a small fry compared to the work we have to put together in fighting Zanu PF from the corridors of power.

Nomazulu Thata
Nomazulu.thata(at) web.de