Opinion / Columnist
Why the Zuva case is no joke: Chamisa destroyed my family
14 Jul 2018 at 17:30hrs | Views
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In 2015, a Supreme Court case changed the history of Zimbabwe's worker-employee relationship. A country that was supposed to care about and look after the weaker members of society all of a sudden became the very opposite.
As I wrote earlier this week, my family was one of those 30,000 families affected. It tore us apart; it broke my father. It took food off our tables. It impoverished the many.
Anyone who saw those videos flying around the internet over the last few days will just get a merer glimpse of what we went through. Overnight, from having a stable job, my father was suddenly kicked out to the wayside. Forgotten by his employers. Forgotten by the system. All because a legal battle against the workers led by Nelson Chamisa.
Some online trolls have spent the last few days attacking the Zimbabwean Workers For Justice for being politically motivated. Well, I sure hope they are!
Because this man, Nelson Chamisa, is both dangerous and selfish. While he was the advocate defending big business and crushing poor souls he was also supposed to an MP; an elected representative member of our parliament! The MDC, I later learned, tried to kick him out after this battle he picked with the Zimbabwean workers. It was an embarrassment for them. It went against everything the party was supposed to stand for. No wonder Khupe and her followers are still holding on to the banner of the MDC. They can't stand to see unionist party fall into the hands of a little rich kid who fights against the workers.
So if this organisation has been set up to keep Chamisa away from State House; good! A man responsible for so much misery and suffering should not be let anywhere near executive power. With great power, comes great responsibility. And we cannot give power to an irresponsible player such as Nelson Chamisa. We just have to examine what he has done with the limited power he has already been given; and it is not good.
Abraham Lincoln once said, "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power". Well, Chamisa has already been tested. He had power as an advocate and he had power as an MP. And his character failed him
Now as he allies with NPF (a Mugabe led party!) his character is once again failing him. And just as he failed my father and my family, we cannot let him fail the people of Zimbabwe.
Support the work of the Zimbabwean Workers for Justice, even if it is politically motivated, and keep this selfish young man far away from our State House.
In 2015, a Supreme Court case changed the history of Zimbabwe's worker-employee relationship. A country that was supposed to care about and look after the weaker members of society all of a sudden became the very opposite.
As I wrote earlier this week, my family was one of those 30,000 families affected. It tore us apart; it broke my father. It took food off our tables. It impoverished the many.
Anyone who saw those videos flying around the internet over the last few days will just get a merer glimpse of what we went through. Overnight, from having a stable job, my father was suddenly kicked out to the wayside. Forgotten by his employers. Forgotten by the system. All because a legal battle against the workers led by Nelson Chamisa.
Some online trolls have spent the last few days attacking the Zimbabwean Workers For Justice for being politically motivated. Well, I sure hope they are!
Because this man, Nelson Chamisa, is both dangerous and selfish. While he was the advocate defending big business and crushing poor souls he was also supposed to an MP; an elected representative member of our parliament! The MDC, I later learned, tried to kick him out after this battle he picked with the Zimbabwean workers. It was an embarrassment for them. It went against everything the party was supposed to stand for. No wonder Khupe and her followers are still holding on to the banner of the MDC. They can't stand to see unionist party fall into the hands of a little rich kid who fights against the workers.
Abraham Lincoln once said, "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power". Well, Chamisa has already been tested. He had power as an advocate and he had power as an MP. And his character failed him
Now as he allies with NPF (a Mugabe led party!) his character is once again failing him. And just as he failed my father and my family, we cannot let him fail the people of Zimbabwe.
Support the work of the Zimbabwean Workers for Justice, even if it is politically motivated, and keep this selfish young man far away from our State House.
Source - Tom Nkala
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