Opinion / Columnist
ZAPU must not Capitulate or Bulk under political pressure
27 Apr 2022 at 15:32hrs | Views
My loss under the MDC ticket under Prof Welshman Ncube in 2013 was devastating personally, professionally and politically. We had a great campaign and candidates and hey a great programme to create a New United Zimbabwe. But the Voter has the final say.
The feelings, sentiment and disappointment by the ZAPU faithful is understandable. The party has a rich history and promising future and impressive present under the sun.
The last thing that ZAPU can do is to give up the struggle so early or be lured into empty alliances and compromises with known political thugs, charlatans and dishonest characters on other political parties. With benefit of hindsight an average person knows that Dr Nkomo should not have collapsed his ZAPU into ZANU under the scandalous one page unity accord and equally Prof Ncube should not have surrendered his MDC to Morgan and cabal under the opaque and ill fated Alliance.
The fear of defeat by bigger political parties and the lure of temporary yet useless political power through useless alliances is understandable but historically (and futuristically) disastrous.
Catastrophic. The struggle to establish a truly democratic Zimbabwe and even for that matter a happy Matabeleland where our people are free and treated as equal citizens is not an easy one. It's not about positions but positioning the political parties for the long haul. Nothing short of a relay mentality can win this war.
So stop it. Proportional representation and a few seats and people Centered Projects by parties like ZAPU and MRP will carry the day. Temporary infatuation and ingratiation and flirting with whirlwind parties and characters will be a waste of time
Look at the regret by ZPRA cadres about the unity accord as indicated by SG and we all know time cannot be redeemed.
Well it's my deeply held opinion that we better be pressure groups freely talking about issues affecting our people than be swallowed by Big Tents and always singing for our Supper.
I salute and support all Cadres and Compatriots fighting genuinely and not ready to sing for Supper and Breakfast.
The feelings, sentiment and disappointment by the ZAPU faithful is understandable. The party has a rich history and promising future and impressive present under the sun.
The last thing that ZAPU can do is to give up the struggle so early or be lured into empty alliances and compromises with known political thugs, charlatans and dishonest characters on other political parties. With benefit of hindsight an average person knows that Dr Nkomo should not have collapsed his ZAPU into ZANU under the scandalous one page unity accord and equally Prof Ncube should not have surrendered his MDC to Morgan and cabal under the opaque and ill fated Alliance.
The fear of defeat by bigger political parties and the lure of temporary yet useless political power through useless alliances is understandable but historically (and futuristically) disastrous.
Catastrophic. The struggle to establish a truly democratic Zimbabwe and even for that matter a happy Matabeleland where our people are free and treated as equal citizens is not an easy one. It's not about positions but positioning the political parties for the long haul. Nothing short of a relay mentality can win this war.
So stop it. Proportional representation and a few seats and people Centered Projects by parties like ZAPU and MRP will carry the day. Temporary infatuation and ingratiation and flirting with whirlwind parties and characters will be a waste of time
Look at the regret by ZPRA cadres about the unity accord as indicated by SG and we all know time cannot be redeemed.
Well it's my deeply held opinion that we better be pressure groups freely talking about issues affecting our people than be swallowed by Big Tents and always singing for our Supper.
I salute and support all Cadres and Compatriots fighting genuinely and not ready to sing for Supper and Breakfast.
Source - Sindiso Mazibisa
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