Mnangagwa and Mugabe: A case of Siamese twins

Former Zimbabwe President, Mugabe, told the British Prime minister then Tony Blair, "Keep your England and l will keep my Zimbabwe ". A few months after assuming Presidency through the back door words of almost similar tone are uttered by the junta frontman .."America is not the only country in the world".

These statements show a false bravado from our leaders, African leaders love to be cheered on saying reckless statements which have an effect on their states down the line.The economy dwindled further after Mugabe's words because as much as you can deny it an attack on one country is an attack on all the economic powerhouses. There is no way you can say you want to re engage with West then show false bravado in front of cheering people. African leaders watched as whites were driven out of Zimbabwe and accepted them with open arms in their own countries. A case in point is Zambia were their agricultural production has increased, thanks to the former white farmers from Zimbabwe now doing what they know best in their new found states.

Mugabe would appear at foreign gatherings attacking the West in eloquent English while fellow dictators cheered him on. Today we have his former right hand man doing exactly the same. Asked about Gukurahundi recently Munangagwa could only say "it was a moment of madness just like what his predecessor said". He is no different from the former President,he seems to have inherited his predecessor's way of doing things .

Munangagwa goes on to say we have resources in our country, my question is have they been just discovered? Resources need machinery for extraction, they need a market after processing and so on so but identifies SADC and AU member States as potential partners. These states he thinks will come to the rescue of Zimbabwe are doing business with the West. Look at Mozambique, they have invited Western investors in their gas adventure, why do they not seek SADC partners as brotherly love from member States? They cannot do that because they know how corrupt and inefficient we are apart from making reckless statements.

The Chinese and Russian business people you invite are nothing more than briefcase business persons coming to loot natural resources. Stories have been in the media of Chinese nationalities caught trying to smuggle diamonds or gold out of the country. These are nothing more than fake investors which your government has given freeway to do as they want.

As long as you follow your predecessor's style let it be clear Zimbabwe will sink further and further. Venezuela has vast oil fields but what is happening there, their former bus driver President Maduro is cheered on as he attacks the West. Yes, there are plenty of natural resources but without the expertise required in extraction and other fields it is as good as we have nothing.

SADC to be honest should have stuck to its goal when it was formed in 1980, for socio-economic cooperation and integration among member States. The addition of an organ in Politics, Defence and Security in 1996 was a big mistake for now we see the regional bloc defending dictators. They come as election observers with the same motto "See no evil and hear no evil"and after enjoying they declare elections free and fair. The AU is no different, just useless organizations serving no purpose apart from taking care of one another.