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Susan 'Mother Chinja' Tsvangirai's legacy lives on
15 Mar 2015 at 20:16hrs | Views
Gone but never forgotten!
Born: 24 April 1958
Tragically passed on: 6th March 2009
Tears may dry, but memories the wound of thinking and missing you will never heal. The gap that you left is too big to fill.
Susan Nyaradzo Tsvangirai is the unyielding substratum that formed the foundation of President Morgan Tsvangirai's support, supervision and monitoring during the primitive stages of the formation of the Movement for Democratic Change. Behind every man, there is a hardworking woman in the milieu doing the entire prop up. There are exceptions of course as this does not apply to Robert Mugabe and his Zanu Pf buddies. Behind every Zanu Pf heavy weight, there is a long list of graves, personalizement of the nation, maladministration, corruption, vote rigging and nepotism.
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Years on, the MDC-T kin shares a handkerchief in mourning and celebrating the life of our mother who died in a horrific car accident. Morgan Tsvangirai fortunately survived the crush. Traditionally in Zimbabwe political figures have been known to die tragically in motor vehicle accidents and whenever a political heavy weight passes on through such circumstances, foul play is always assumed, and it is always pointed towards Robert Mugabe and his mercenaries.
There is a long list of deaths in motor vehicle accidents where foul play has not been totally ruled out and they include inta alia: Josiah Tongogara, Movern Mahachi, Boarder Gezi, Eliot Manyika and Susan Tsvangirai. Despite strong circumstantial evidence pointing and suggesting assassination plots, there has been no real evidence linking anyone to these accidents. Even Morgan Tsvangirai in his words shot down any suggestions and hints pointing towards an assassination plot. Morgan Tsvangirai survived the horrific accident, but unfortunately his better half as could not make it.
The nation is still in shock. The Zimbabwean community is united not only in the sole aspiration and craving to pay respects in reminiscence of Mother Zimbabwe, but rather in our natural need to do so. For such was Mother Chinja's extraordinary appeal that even years after, millions of people across the nation still mourn and celebrate her life in solidarity. Even those in Zanu Pf continue to send messages in memory for they also understand that they too lost someone close to them.
Mrs. Tsvangirai was the very essence of absolute compassion, of duty, of style, of solidarity and of love. She was a person completely sold out to the beliefs of her husband, friend and companion: Richard Morgan Tsvangirai. Amai you were a symbol of humanity and a standard bearer for the rights of the truly downtrodden. You are the epitome, the archetype, the quintessence of a real Zimbabwean woman who exceeded, who rose above nationality!
Amai Tsvangirai you made the whole nation happy. You indeed were deep and cultured. You guided Daddy Morgan all the time and you had your way with us all. We will always love you. You were such a powerful couple and we appreciate what you taught Zimbabwe. Amai Chinja you are in the same mould and class as Mama Mafuyana Nkomo and Sarah 'Sally' Francesca Hayfron-Mugabe: the mistake made by the latter was her civil union to Robert Mugabe. Amai you had natural nobility, you were classless and you really proved to the world that you needed no royal title to continue to generate your particular brand of magic.
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With all appropriate esteem to these three humble dominant women who have passed on, we were left with a demon-possessed-blood-sucking-tick in the form and manner of DisGrace Mugabe. What a disgrace to the state. What a disgrace to the womanhood nature as depicted by these three ultra women! The worst form of castigation that Zimbabwe wobbles on is the she-beast that practices under the name and style of DisGrace Mugabe. Mama Chinja without your God-given sensitivity, sympathy and compassion the nation would be immersed in superior lack of knowledge at the anguish of AIDS and HIV sufferers, the plight of the homeless, the isolation and marginalization of the downtrodden.
Having DisGrace Mugabe's name in the same sentence with names of Mama Chinja, Mama Mafuyana and Mama Sally is a treasonous offence punishable by hanging on a banana tree. I am guilty of such offence and in mitigation of sentence I will plead provocation which emanated from the farm invasions by DisGrace Mugabe's farm evictions for the purposes of having a retirement village for Uncle Bob; temporary insanity induced by the Chiadzwa looting!
With DisGrace Mugabe, who lacks the God-given sensitivity to humanity, Zimbabwe finds herself displaced from farms for the purposes of erecting a retirement game park! What a DisGrace to the nation!
Today the nation of Zimbabwe would like to say, THANK YOU for the way you brightened our lives. This is irrespective of the fact that the Almighty granted you half a life.
Celebrating Amai Tsvangirai in pictures!
The South African diplomats celebrate the live of Amai Chinja!. Pound and Company put posters to celebrate Amai Chinja's life!
We miss you Amai Tsvangirai.
Eversince we knew you, the Best you were, the best you are, and wherever you are, the best you shall ever be!
Rest in Peace Amai!
Susan Nyaradzo Tsvangirai you left humility, love, peace, solidarity and courage!
Moruti Chadya Tapiwa Diamond is a Legal Practitioner, a Lecturer, a Researcher, a political analyst-cum-activist and is also the director of Information and Publicity in the South African Youth Assembly of the Morgan Tsvangirai led Movement for Democratic Change. Diamond is a man after God's heart like King David and serves in the House of the Lord at Maritzburg Christian Church (MCC). He read law the University of KwaZulu Natal and is doing Researching towards an LLM. He concomitantly lives in the Natal Midlands and Johannesburg. He can be contacted on 27 (0)84 566 2756 or email him at diamondtapiwa@gmail.com
Source - Moruti Chadya Tapiwa Diamond
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