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In German language: 'Chamisa ist nicht mehr zu retten'

27 May 2018 at 15:07hrs | Views
These are sexist and misogynistic punctuations of Chamisa the Advocate yet again. Having made several gaffes the past five months: it appears he needs to open up his mouth, off comes another gaffe from his uncontrolled fast moving scattered mind: worse than the previous gaffes. Chamisa cannot help it, he is a misogynist, patriarchal upbringing that tells him he is better than the woman. Misogyny is inherent, is ingrained in Chamisa's psyche, he cannot help himself, to belittle women by any chance given to him, sometimes unprovoked.  We, women, have to ask serious questions: is this the president material we really want as a replacement of Zanu PF.  

Chamisa is telling us clearly that a woman belongs "to the kitchen, to the living room and that other room." (President Buhari of Nigeria) Chamisa is not schooled, educated about what is happening in the global village surrounding him. Chamisa is ignorant about conventions on women's equality rights globally. Chamisa is telling us in 2018 that women belong to the homes to look after the family.  Is that not development in reverse. Alone the Sustainable Development Goals demand gender equity. Does Chamisa know SDG's? I doubt it, he has never mentioned them in his interfaces because he has never taken the trouble to read them. Apparently, he is ignorant about gender parity enshrined in several global conventions. Is he a presidential material? This young man should never get elected to power, if he won, it will be a disaster in the making.  

I am not a fan of Richard Morgan Tsvangirai, but when he lived, his wife Susan was on his side most of the time. Tsvangirai had great respect for Susan, his appreciation of his wife was all visible for all of us to see, and hence when Susan passed on, most of us; we all mourned her in one way or the other. We felt we lost some dignified and a very impressive personality, her decent demeanor has not left us to this day. Indeed Tsvangirai's success could have been his wife Susan who was always present near him to give him that emotional strength he wanted those trying moments of ups and downs: the cruelty of politics, a trade like no other.

To liken active women like Mrs. Auxilia Mnangagwa: to have grown beard like their husband: "as if they are goats" is an open insult to us women no less. Much as we dislike Zanu PF about its past atrocities, we cannot criticize Mrs. Mnangagwa's work as First Lady because it is just unfair. In so doing we lose sight and focus on our struggle as women. Auxilia demonstrated genuine philanthropic values that left us thinking. We saw Auxilia breaking bread with the most humble citizens in this country. I remember vividly her gesture of respect: she knelt down when she offered food to the elderly men-folk. It was her recognizable genuineness in her service that touched most.

In Zimbabwe alone, there are many men and women who live respectable lives: men and women equality in the home is practiced and emphasized because our cash economy will not permit a woman to sit at home and wait for the hubby's income that is merger. Times have changed, even in Zimbabwe the buzzword is "equal rights for men and women. "Much as we cannot claim that all women are equal in their marriages, a working woman in a family is respected. Here is a young presidential aspirant called Chamisa, as young as 40 years who is still struggling to understand simple equation: equality of men and women in all aspects of our development.   

Chamisa is indeed out of his breath to win an unwinnable election. This boy called Chamisa should never have been the leadership at the presidential level. Chamisa is becoming a clown by the day. The artificial approach of him climbing the steps to the platform in Gwanda wearing indlukula made it even worse, posing with induku that he craved for some time to the extent of faking news, "he got induku ka Mqabuko Joshua Nkomo" Chamisa has just turned into a moving joke.  

"I want to thank you all, this is Mrs. Chamisa," said Chamisa at the rally or interface. I am not an expert of body language, but I did not see any emotional connection between the two: Nelson and Sithokozile, however, their first appearance together in the rally was telling all that all is not well with Family Chamisa. A pastor should never go to that length of deceiving the populace that they are keeping up appearances for the sake of the coming elections.   

Chamisa should know or be told that Grace Mugabe is not Auxilia Mnangagwa. He should be able to make that difference. There are hundreds out there who appreciate Auxilia's philanthropic work and are thankful for it. We read in the media that Mrs. Sithokozile Chamisa is a practicing lawyer with an NGO in Harare. Why is she introduced by her husband as if she is a full-time housewife at home looking after the family? Is that not belittling a wife, a qualified lawyer by profession? Chamisa is just beyond redemption!!  

Women are the greater demographics in this country and we have to think seriously who we are going to vote for in the coming elections. This demographic factor should also determine the vote in the coming elections. Let's think about those presidential candidates who have ideas but have no power. Nkosana Moyo has ideas but has no greater following like Chamisa, what a tragedy! Chamisa has numbers but no ideas. His party is chaotic, they failed to run primary elections without fighting one another: one wonders how they are going to run the government if they won the elections by mistake. We are aware that politics is some kind of employment in Zimbabwe. No candidate will take it lightly to lose primary elections; it means personal existence is threatened. The unemployment population is 95%. Politics is not service anymore, as we know it but some employment.

 Chamisa has two big wars ahead of him: the general elections and the December Party congress that he should win too. We wait to see how many women will be casualties in the coming six months in MDC party under the youthful Nelson Chamisa: general elections and party congress in December.


Source - Nomazulu Thata
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