Open letter to Mmusi Maimane

Dear Mmusi,
 
I hope this letter finds you well with a stable peace of mind so that you can be able to read and digest my concerns as a worried Zimbabwean citizen.

I was turned off when I read from the media, an article where you said you and perhaps your allies wanted to illegally remove our Head of State, President Robert Mugabe from power. As a matter of fact, President Mugabe was constitutionally elected by the people of Zimbabwe. He was given the mandate to lead Zimbabwe through votes.
 
Maimane, you shamelessly boasted that our dear President must be forced to step down in the manner that Gambia's former President Yahya Jammeh was removed. Mr Maimane, if you really want to be respected in your country and beyond, stay out of other country's politics.
 
My concern is, why targeting Zimbabwe? I understand there are so many political issues that need to be resolved in South Africa. My question is, are you done with politics of your country? As a leader of an opposition party, I guess there is a lot that you and your counterparts should be much worried of rather than interfering in Zimbabwean politics.  I guess you are not in opposition to oppose President Mugabe but to offer yourself as an alternative to the incumbent South African leader. What will it benefit you if President Mugabe is removed, by whatever means, from power?

If you are trying to endear yourself to the Zimbabwean populace, you would do well if you denounce xenophobia which your kins are reportedly mulling over. Zimbabweans hate xenophobia and they love their President with a passion. Lately, we watched in horror how citizens in your country burned foreigners with tyres as if they are not human beings. Are you not troubled about how your fellow Africans are being butchered in your own country?

Also, as an opposition leader, I guess your role is to suggest alternative policies that can make you saleable to the electorate. Zimbabwe politics will never make you win any election in South Africa. Forewarned is forearmed Mmusi, leave Zimbabwean politics to Zimbabwean politicians.

Mr Maimane, let me state that my fellow Zimbabweans and I shall not by any means heed your calls for such nonsense. Is it not the Zimbabweans who voted for President Mugabe to lead us? I fail to understand where exactly you fit in, in Zimbabwean politics.

Surely Mmusi, I for one was disgusted by your sentiments. The trust that I once had in South African politics is all eroded. You have set a bad record for yourself. I am quite convinced that even those who had chosen to support you have withdrawn it following your atrocious sentiments. The reason that will stop you from winning elections in your country is that you expend energy in other countries' political fields leaving politics of your country behind. In short, the best advice that I can give you is to mind your own business.  Stay in your lane.

Mmusi, if it is your wife who is ill informing you to attack our Head of State, please warn her that international politics is not bedroom politics, hence there must be sense in everything that you publicly utter.

Is there any wrong that my President has done to you? I guess nothing. Why then did you directly attack him? To be very honest with you, only fools can bark at their neighbours.

Yours faithfully
Peacemaker Zano