Time for change

The government should stop brewing such cheap political statements that there is a third hand or force behind the demonstrations currently prevailing in the country. The people are allowed to protest anywhere in the country as it is enshrined in the supreme law of the country. They have a valid reason to protest as long as it not associated with violence and destruction of property. The stunt they are pulling is not to seek attention from the western donors or funding but they have genuine issues which they want them addressed by the same government.

Zimbabweans are not all that stupid and dump that they can be told what to do by the West. Its hunger, jobless and poverty which are driving them to go into the streets.

The people want the election reforms , so that there is an even playing field come 2018. I understand President Mugabe went to the summit of the United Nations and added his voice on UN reforms to focus on ensuring that new global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) adopted by the 193 member states last year are put in motion. If he can advocate for UN reforms why does it become so difficult to listen to his own people who are calling for electoral reforms?

I don't think asking for electoral reforms has become a crime in a democratic country. Why the government is pressing a panic button when NERA is pushing for these electoral reforms?. What are they afraid of?

These are misplaced assumptions that the people who are calling for electoral reforms are throwing spanners in the indigenisation policy which they are saying is the driver of job creation and the economic turnaround. The government has failed to implement such an economic blue print such as Zimasset and expect it to be implemented in the remaining two years that is day dreaming .

This government has just overstayed in ruining the country and must just swallow it's pride and pave way for other progressive thinkers to run the show. It is true that the government is now clueless and think that the people's priority is housing hence the allocation of land to young people who are jobless and have no money to start developing the stands more or less build the houses. In 2013 the government promised the youths 2.2 million jobs and three years down the year due to policy inconsistency they have diverted the job promises to residential stands.

Corruption is so rampant and some government officials have been exposed through the mainstream media but not even an arrest was effected. Some cases are just swept under the carpet. We have ministers who have build mansions with government funds and yet the majority are wallowing in abject poverty , this is so disgusting. There's nothing sinister with people protesting against uneven playing field, electoral theft, corruption ,poor governance and service delivery. The government always survives on shooting down any fresh or progressive ideas . Our government doesn't like enlightened brains of the youths, it prefers brawny ones. It's really time for change. We cannot continue digging our own graves on the expense of a few cabal who always think that they are so unique and cannot be challenged.