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If Mnangagwa is dead man walking, Mugabe is a goritoto

by Sam Wezhira
06 Oct 2017 at 02:26hrs | Views
The dictator cannot fix the economy. He can kill, he can display anger or irritation but that will not help him an inch.
 
Public anger and resentment has been simmering under the surface under Mugabe's dictatorship. Under Mugabe's leadership, there has been persistent shortages of basic social services such as clean water, electricity, and sanitation. People are suffering severe economic hardships: no jobs, rampant corruption, high costs of living, and zero sanitary conditions. Only the politically connected can utter the word rich. There are no proper words to describe the present gap between rich and poor.  
 
The so-called revolution the Mugabe regime instigated was a hoax. Nobody believes him and his bunch of morons anymore. The true comrades are under a concerted attack - these are people who sacrificed everything for our country yet are now living in abject poverty and constantly being attacked by the greedy mafikozolo vultures. The majority of this country are suffering and have been pushed into tight corners where they cannot complain; they are expected to heap constant praise on dzangaradzimu and now his wife. It is an affront to our intelligence and an insult to our dignity.
 
To the dictator I have small advice, people can take such effrontery and deprecation of their dignity for only so long. There is too much public anger and discontent bubbling under the surface. This will without failure explode into full-blown rage; the explosion will have little to do with politics. All the Mnangagwa, cash barons, saboteurs talk will not save your behind - all I know is its high noon in Zimbabwe.
 
The draconian decrees, the victimization of innocent people, the sacrifices of your lieutenant will not help - it is a dead-end street for a cash-strapped government. This is history from somewhere else repeating itself in Zimbabwe.
 
Look at Iran for example. Unable to afford the US$100 billion annual subsidies on fuel, water, and food such as wheat, sugar, rice, and milk, Ahmadinejad's regime contemplated cuts. Fearful that such cuts could set off a chain reaction of price increases and economic hardships in a country already afflicted with high inflation and widespread unemployment, top police officials sprang into action and warned of sinister foreign plots. "The enemy is lying in wait to create problems," said Tehran's police chief, Hossein Sajedinia. "We must not give them opportunities to hurt the revolution." This sentiment was echoed by another senior Tehran police commander, Ismail Ahmadi-Moghaddam: "With economic pressure they intend to push the country toward chaos, riots and insecurity, and want to bring about civil disobedience." Those delusional statements spoke volumes about police chiefs who were clueless about who the real enemies were - misguided government measures.
 
When the Iranian government placed restrictions on currency exchanges in September 2010, it provoked unrest in currency markets.
 
About the same time, a strike was staged by gold traders at the Tehran bazaar and in a number of cities across the country in reaction to plans to introduce a 3 percent tax on gold transactions. Bazaar merchants feared the tax would skim profits. Back in July, large parts of the Tehran bazaar went on strike for 12 days in protest against proposed income tax increases. "A prominent textile merchant was killed when pro-government paramilitaries raided the bazaar demanding that shopkeepers reopen for business."
 
Now His Excellency the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe Commander-In-Chief of the Zimbabwe Defense Forces, Comrade R.G. Mugabe can you replace the word Iran with Zimbabwe on the paragraph above and tell me if you notice any difference.


Source - Sam Wezhira