Could the Bulawayo Zanu-PF skirmish be internal or staged however we view it?

The violence perpetrated at the Zanu-PF rally in Bulawayo on Friday 22 June 2018 is an act of barbarism founded on fear to promote instability against excellent prospects for a successful and peaceful election with a possibly free and fair result according to the people choice. Such acts will not receive support from any peace loving Zimbabweans irrespective of differences. It is with this in mind that an analysis of possible scenario to this act is provided to assist government, political parties and citizens with rational thinking outside the box and concern themselves with long term solutions.

Any history of a struggle has seen human wastage in extreme degrees unavoidably so. Zimbabwe culture has not been of violence ultraviolence the way the Bulawayo rally attempt to kill appeared. The nature of violence has been mainly feast fighting and rude exchange of words. The Mugabe rule was iron feasted and cruel. Many people learnt to survive through and in part by ingratiation to the political powers that be. Security information was volunteered to Zanu-pf on very lucrative arrangements which saw many undeserving people own farms and/or businesses and drive very posh import vehicles with some owning a dozen f world class vehicles while many people go to bed hungry.

After thirty-eight years of poor governance and much human abuse the last thing one would expect is the kind of violence witnessed during a Zanu-Pf rally in the Bulawayo city on 23 June 2018. One can only call for good security Commission to carry investigations without hastily wanting  to find faults but to find cure against any recurrence of such acts of violence once and for all.

One cannot discount unsettlement in Zanu itself to have a possible spillover that could aim to kill or remove those in power in order to retain status quo. Whether this will be blessed of Mr. Mugabe or his ambitious wife none can tell at the moment except project that all things are possible particularly when the actors enjoyed power for over three decades.

The formation of a political party led by Brigadier Ambrose Mtinhiri backed by former President Robert Mugabe who never was happy of his removal could do anything either to get rid of Zanu-Pf current leadership or discredit them from winning the 2018 elections. Whichever way the end game may be played there cannot be a ruling out that the so-called G40s have grown overly ambitious over the few months and entertain loft visions on the control of power in Zimbabwe.

Could some western nation be covertly implicated seeing that there was a mixed feeling on keeping sanctions on Mr. Mugabe alive when the coup of November 2017 took place? The very fact that the November 2017 pseudo military takeover was received very warmly by the western nations indicate some complicity in the west desire over the much needed regime change in Zimbabwe. History tells us that the west staged military coups using personalities in the army more friendlily to them. The Chinese and Russians are no exception today.

Indeed the end activists in the act such as was witnessed in White City stadium in Bulawayo would always be citizens. The question is where their orders came from.  Zanu-Pf is known to have used tax payers moneys in the past to engage mercenaries either from Israel or some such friendly countries to carry their dirty work and disappear immediately after their assignment is carried satisfactorily. All this intelligence information makes the Bulawayo bomb attempt at current Zanu-pf leadership either out of the internal dissatisfaction from among those who left Zanu-Pf after the military coup or just an outside motivated attack so as to derail a peaceful electoral process for 2018 elections.

Indications politically in Zimbabwe so far had shown that opposition can easily whip up a majority votes even if it will not be on one opposition political party if violence is not imposed from Zanu-Pf who are used to champion violence clandestinely in all previous elections. The Zanu-Pf government need run away from previous acts of hiding information from the public. There is need to know who is engaged if found out and why? It is imperative to weigh implications if they warrant large scale of security deployment which will mean that Zanu-Pf machinery will have had opportunity to go in and infiltrate the elections once more.

Thorough examination by forensic forces of where the bomb was made, if it is a simple home detonating bomb or sophisticated. The need to know the parts used are necessary and if they are locally or imported is critical to finding the intelligence behind the attack. The level of unemployment in the country with much high calibre graduates and high school population need teach us into admitting the level of intelligence the country has could easily cause terrible instability. Fear of the unknown can also cause acts of fear and violence from giving up. How we handle these barbaric acts need high form of discipline or we make worse acts of frustrations by a few malcontents.

This is a trial case of how serious Zanu-Pf leadership is on peaceful elections. If animosity is on the population then it's about fear driving into masses so that elections turn out in favour of Zanu-pf. If investigations are thorough and on details with a view to arrest future attempts and restore peace then it could turn tables around people believing Zanu-Pf mean well on peace at any cost.