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The wave of change is eminent on the southern region: Big homework for Zanu

25 Sep 2021 at 09:32hrs | Views
The sudden change of political weather has given ZANU-PF a thorn in the flesh as it watches its friends and allies downfall and being dumped by masses through the ballot and political dustbin by voices of anger, rejection, victims of rape, suffering, abductions, murders, captured judicial systems, and many untold painful stories committed by a cartel of tommenters maiming the SADC bloc or the whole southern African region. These rogue pseudo-liberation movements are holding nations to ransom while they personally benefit from siphoning the national resources.

ZANU will not be spared based on current political sentiments and resentment from ordinary folk. This surge and indisputable defeat of ruling parties has energised many a political opposition party. Zapu seems to have been galvanised into action with the son of the late Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo's son comfortably leading a pack of party presidential aspirants. Sibangilizwe Michael Nkomo joins a crowded political field that has been held by MDC and some other brief case political outfits. There is a urge of sprouting political parties. Others are born from the ruling party itself with the same political ideology but unhappy with the current leadership. Its like one singing the Satanic verses in the ears of the ruling party as its trying all it could to stop the unstoppable veld fire. The ageing leadership is getting sleepless nights as they are clueless on how to handle this. They will resort to the tried and tested method they know best: political violence! They tried to shout down the new Zambian ruling party to no avail. The elderly vampires are scrapping about aimlessly clinging to power at ALL costs. Now ED, the toothless lion has dumped the hooliganist Warvet bandits and resorted to the naive traditional chiefs for protection against the Gukurahundi genocide which refuses to go away. What can chiefs do as no one believes in the captured chiefs. The few that stand with the people are persecuted day and night. Take the case of Chief Nhlanhlayamangwe Ndiweni who the state persecutes everytime he raises on any issue affecting the welfare of his people. The answer is written in black and white for the  politically blind to see. Chiefs should not address victims on behalf of the perpetrators who are still alive and in power. Chief perpetrator being the current president of Zimbabwe ED and his VP sidekick who goes by the name of a certain Mr Chiwengwa.

ED has a case to answer on the Gukurahundi genocide and should be answerable in a court of law. His obsession reconciliation talks via the biased NPRC is an attempt to speed up the reburials of the victims who still lie in shallow mass graves. He talks about strengthening infrastructure for peace through building capacities around the ecosystem of peace while on one hand he persecutes those that genuinely seek meaningful closure on the Gukarahundi genocide. Just the other day Mr Mbuso Fuzwayo of the pressure group Ibhetshu LikaZulu was unlawfully detained for speaking out his views on this and other injustices. Then you hear people say things have improved in Zimbabwe and you wonder if these people are all there. Zanu has shown no capacity to change. They have no conscience. Look at how they vandalise commemoration plaques in memory of the Gukurahundi victims. These are being erected by well wishers and community activists spearheaded by Ibhetshu likaZulu. People are not allowed to mourn or remember their loved ones who perished at the hands of Robert Mugabe and Emerson Munangagwa.

ED further insulted our Heroes by posthumously conferring the likes of Paul Gwakuba belated after public outcry over such omissions. This is not surprising considering the former Zapu and ZPRA members have been systematically removed from the true history of Zimbabwe. Zanu and its education system are making up history as they go. No wonder the people of Matebeland continue to experience marginalisation.

To my fellow cdes I say let us overcome our fear to democratically defeat this ruthless regime. It starts with registering to vote en masse. Then actually voting and safeguarding the precious votes and results. It also means fighting ceaseless for the diaspora vote.  Pressure groups, religious groups, non-governmrntal organisations and political parties all have a role to free the people of Zimbabwe.

The double standards are astounding. Take the day the police arrested Phillip Mahachi, Chairperson of Gutu  North MDCA in Zvavahera, for conducting a meeting during Covid 19 lockdown while ignoring a Zanu pf rally 5 km down the road. One rule for them and another for the rest of the country. The only solution is to kick out this regime branch, trunk and roots.
ED further insulted our Heroes by posthumously conferring the likes of Paul Gwakuba belated after public outcry over such omissions. This is not surprising considering the former Zapu and ZPRA members have been systematically removed from the true history of Zimbabwe. Zanu and its education system are making up history as they go. No wonder the people of Matebeland continue to experience marginalisation.

To my fellow cdes I say let us overcome our fear to democratically defeat this ruthless regime. It starts with registering to vote en masse. Then actually voting and safeguarding the precious votes and results. It also means fighting ceaseless for the diaspora vote.  Pressure groups, religious groups, non-governmrntal organisations and political parties all have a role to free the people of Zimbabwe.
The double standards are astounding. Take the day the police arrested Phillip Mahachi, Chairperson of Gutu  North MDCA in Zvavahera, for conducting a meeting during Covid 19 lockdown while ignoring a Zanu pf rally 5 km down the road. One rule for them and another for the rest of the country. The only solution is to kick out this regime branch, trunk and roots.


Source - Sibusisiwe Tshuma
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