Mthwakazi hails Zanu PF for heeding people's calls by changing Mugabe celebration venue

Mthwakazi Republic Party has hailed the ruling Zanu PF for heeding [people's calls that it must not hold President Robert Mugabe's birth day celebrations at the Matopo National Parks a stone's throw from the Bhalagwe Gukurahundi victims shrine in Kezi.

Party's president Mqondisi Moyo said they are applauding Zanu PF for taking us serious by shifting the venue of their bloody 21st celebration from Matobo national park. We then further urge the ruling party to move their venue to any of the provinces in Mashonaland because these are the only people to celebrate Robert Mugabe birthday as the beneficiaries of the dreaded Gukurahundi atrocities and the 1979 grand plan," Moyo said.

"The shifting of the venue to Rhodes Estate Preparatory School (REPS) is another insult to the people of Mthwakazi and Matabeleland South as a province, the school still falls under Matobo district encompassing Bhalagwe. The holding of this bash at this school is like adding salt to the wound considering the fact that the school is less than 3km away from the late chief Malaki Masuku homestead who passed away on the 25th of May 2016. It is only nine months after the passing away of our respected chief but Zanu PF sees it fit to come and celebrate their birthday bash. This is a taboo and unAfrican and it goes to reflect how uncultured  Zanu PF is."

"We say in Isindebele lenduna kayikaboli kanti njalo lempahla zayo azikachithwa kanye lalowo ozangena indawo yakhe kakagcotshwa yet Zanu PF want to conduct such dirty celebrations in that area."

He said there was also a decree which was set and passed during the era of the then minister of education David Coltart that no political party function is to be hosted at schools.

"We then wonder when has this law been changed hence we feel Robert Mugabe birthday bash is a Zanu PF function not a state function. Our position is that we don't want Zanu PF to have this bash in Matabeleland south, it is in this province where Khalangas are found where Robert Mugabe said they are criminals and uneducated," he said.

"It is in the same province where Grace Mugabe said that amadoda esindebeleni athanda ukumithisa njalo they only bring bicycles and 2 in 1 blankets from South Africa, rendering them as useless people and clueless. Apparently mthwakazi people cannot celebrate Mugabe's birthday because this is the man who sanctioned the killings, maiming, raping and disappearance of our beloved ones. Celebrating his 93rd birthday is as good as celebrating the Gukurahundi atrocities of 1982 -1987 which claimed more than 20 000 innocent lives."

 He said celebrating one's birthday entells celebrating all the years the person have from day one when it was said "amhlophe" -"congratulations" to him or her.

"As mthwakazi people we are not obligated to celebrate Robert Mugabe's birthday, because his birthday day brought misery to our people. It brought humiliation, untold suffering, displacements of our people to mention but a few," he said.

"Our people are still living miserably up to this day hence we find it very strange to celebrate the day of this old man. We cannot celebrate the 1979 grand plan implementation to our people, not in our life time."