Is Zimbabwe too small for Federalism?

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@ Stephen u claim to understand devolution broer. There is a gulf btwn devolution and secession. We are tired of being referred to harare 4 all our issues eg. we had to travel to harare to get a birth certificate for our kid who was born in SA. The reason wz tht it takes 3 months for tht process in byo(2nd largest city in Byo). All we are crying 4 is tht let the benefits tht are enjoyed by harare cascade to other provinces. Its selfish, counter productive and stupit for any1 to vote against it, because it aint a Matland issue only: Mutare, gweru, maswingo, kariba etc are also affected.

@mthoko you must not kip quite but stop saying ol shonaprovinces r developed underdevepment is a national problem not mat problem .

in Mberengwa we nid devolution not seccesion @ ndebele we never chose mzilikazi to be our leader ,devolution is da answer

Mthawakazi liberation are not doing anything they just talk with no action they should start the fight or toyitoyi cause we can talk about this the whole night as long when there is no action we won't be free singabi ngama gwala a new capital city is being built using our money

If this goes to a referendum you will be surprised to discover that 3/4 Of midlanders will vote against devolution midlands don't want to be part of mat save for maybe mberengwa zvishavane and lower gwelo

Bantu base Matabeleland ne Midlands asibambaneni sithathe ilizwe lethu esalitshiyelwa ngumzilikazi ,sitshiyaneni le zimbabwe,our country Mthwakazi Republic needs serious attention becaz Zimbabwe has stole its money to build their halale whilst our Gwelo,Bulawayo,Gokwe,Maphisa,Gwanda,Beightbridge Are about to colapes,i advise al people to Join Mthwakazi liberating parties like MLF,MNP,AND OTHERS THEY NEED US DONT JUST TALK ,ASIYENZENI ,ASILWENI,ASIKHABENI ABA KAMGABE SIBA DEPORTE BEBUYELE KUBO

Yes there must be a devolution we are tied of feeding harare whole of our money bt i think the best way lets devide the country ,and take our Mthwakazi republic back from zimbagwe

Yes we understand about devltion bt luk hw can we promote such a move when they iz trible inside we might witness a lot of bloodshed it luks lyke sme ndebele guys wants 2drive shonas back 2mashonaland so pasi ne devltion mumame.

@ Murozwi, what are you suggesting? That we keep quiet abt our Matland, just because Maswingo is also underdvlopd. You guys are also allowed to air your grievances and seek to benefit 4rm your resources. Stop justifying murder mkoma.

y always cry abt mat land ? Have u ever been to Mberengwa / maskingO? What's da difference btwn dis places? Ofcourse we did devolution but lets not say ol shona places r developed .

Phambili nge devolution of power masingakhathali let's fight 4 it

i think after all been said and done what happens to children born out of a ndebele n shona couples....we cnt get jobs at the local government etc....what happens to us...senzenjani toita sei

Gokwe, do you realize you're making the mistake of identified the effect (going to SA) as the cause of the problem (denial of opportunity). People go to SA coz this country denies them opportunity as full and equal citizens. Don't mistake the symptom for the disease.

Problem mandevere kuita grade 7 sengiye goli mama moda ani ashande 4 developpment of matebeleland imi muchideveloper south dzokerai kwenyu kulimpompo kwamakabva kana zvanetsa zvekuno

We need devolution bcz imali etholakala emat south iyathathwa iyesetsheziswa kwezinye indawo eg imali etholakala beitbrige boder post iyathathwa iyesetsheziswa kwezinye indawo abantu be beitbrige behlupeka yikho sifuna ukuzibusa

Let the debate roll on. I can see many are actually in favor of Devolution and/or Federalism.

Zimbabwe definitely needs devolution.the problem is that mandebele have a wrong motive of wanting to take our country to make it another province of south africa.thats why we are saying devolution needs when the country is united

Wena Jimmy Boy, ukhuluma Njani kanti popayi? We are looking at national development not just individual development presently concentrated in one area why not develop different parts of the country in stages that are well planned and transparent? This is why we want to be devolved so we can put our leaders to task because presently none of the nominated governors are answerable to us because they are by the nominee. We want to vote them in and chuck them if they don't perform.

How big are Swaziland and Lesotho?

Oh! Who do u want develop ur province when you all run to south africa come on grow up in mashonaland we have evrythn who cares about victoria falls when we have rich farmland right nw im waiting for the tobbaco auction to open so tht i can make money. Mamwe mandebele arikuita mari kuno makavata munodya devolution wake up and smell coffee! U want always 2 be victims hamuna kubhinya vakadzi vedu here?

The guilty are afraid.

Without Devolution of Political and economical system in the constitution, secession is the answer for those of us who are advancing for a Devolved political authority. ZAPU has noted that Tswangirayi and Mugabe are working against the people of Zimbabwe

There is enough space in Zim for the present generation!

i concur with you peter its pathetic for most of the important services are just found in one city. there should be a decentralization of services across the board.

Zimbabwe is too big.

As long they stil develop 1province Harare devolution iz gud 4 our provinces luk Masvingo province only 3towns no banks no industry

Selfishness and power hungriness

Beitbridge generates a lot of revenue but its not developed at all they take the money to develop harare they are now planning to build a second city we are tired of these greedy Zanu pple let's fight

Selfishness and power hungriness

Isnt it the characters of the perpatrators thats leading pple to call for federalism. What will change after? The same actors are still at play.

the greedy & looters of our resources are afraid of fedaralism coz their will loose bread & butter lets stand up & demand what belongs to us

The issue is nt the area bt population numbers there is virtualy nobody in matebeleland acordong to latest election figures

Problem we are all scared we can only talk and no action,look at south sudan they got their independence let's fight for our rights.

Ony the guility are against Develution their main fear is loss of looting and dominance

zimbabwe is too big. Federalism is suitable for Zimbabwe. who in his normal sense want the current arrangement, where one has to travel from Victoria falls to harare 800km to renew a passport

Lets Discuss!