Opinion / Columnist
Zanele Moyo and Itai Dzamara are both equal before the law?
22 Nov 2015 at 08:27hrs | Views
Late Zanele Moyo, Missing Itai Dzamara
Dear Politicians!
The sight of Professor Jonathan Moyo breaking down at the funeral of his daughter because he had to say goodbye to his daughter Zanele was so painful, it sent many drops of tears to many. I never thought I was capable of weeping for him if the Professor was a sworn member of brutal Zanu PF regime. I confess I did weep when I saw him deeply broken down. I knew exactly the pain he was going through and I as a parent, I asked myself one question, how would it be like if it was my dear son; I wept!
Prof Jonathan Moyo weeps for daughter
It is very strange too that most Zimbabweans wept and mourned Zanele Moyo in various ways, degrees and dimensions, but the bottom line is that people were seriously moved by the emotions of the man (Jonathan Moyo) we all thought he was made of steel only to find that he is a kind with us, very vulnerable equally as us, he can mourn the dead the way we do! In Zimbabwe we do not hold emotions for whatever reason we collapse and cry loud, he did that, just like us! Most Zimbabweans even went to the extent of removing Zanele from her father to mourn her better. One comment said; Zanele is not a citizen of Jonathan Moyo but a citizen of Zimbabwe. This statement made it possible to find genuine emotions to capture her as a Zimbabwean citizen who has untimely left us. We regret this loss, most Zimbabweans regret this too, her untimely her departure from us.
When Comrade Thenjiwe Lesabe died, most of us, we did not cry but we celebrated her departure. Lesabe lived her dreams of a Zimbabwean liberator and she succeeded in her dreams. She is a woman who fought the war of liberation in Zambia, was incarcerated in high prison Chikurubi for some years before she fled to Zambia.
Thenjiwe Lesabe
Zimbabwe was liberated in 1980 albeit in wrong hands of Zanu PF and President Mugabe. She was part of the Unity agreement of Zanu and Zapu she left the Unity Accord in 1987 and joint New Zapu at a time when she thought the Unity Accord was a joke, Zapu was taken for a ride by Zanu PF, was not sincere in the agreement. Everything else is history.
But with Zanele we did not celebrate, what for, to celebrate a life of 20 years, no, we did not but we wept, just as the father wept in the glare of the media, us we did so too, moved. Quickly we thought about the cause of her death; excess, some traces of marijuana and few bottles of beer the father said. We did not want to delve into many speculation of excess just in case we temper with those wounds that are already tormenting a father weeping the loss of a daughter.
On the other hand our questions will always insist in our minds! How did Itai Dzamara die? Did he dig his own grave just like the way Dr. Edgar Madekurozwa died in Zambia during the war of liberation?? If indeed Itai is dead, how did he die, how did he die? Was he strangled, was he thrown into the Zambezi river to be eaten up by crocodiles???? Did Itai Dzamara indeed dig his own grave first before he died in the way most Zanu people disappeared in the liberation struggle?
Itai Dzamara (Picture by Kumbirai Mafunda)
I get sick each time I try to conjure a picture, how Itai could have met his death in the hands of CIO of ZANU PF.
Why is the South Africa ANC now concerned about the death of Zanele Moyo, who apparently died of excess, whereas Itai Dzqamara disappeared trying to liberate Zimbabwe from oppression? Itai Dzamara was trying to stage a spring-revolution and he was betrayed seriously by the opposition parties of MDCs who did not want to be part of it. They want to be the presidents of Zimbabwe yes but they do not want to sacrifice for it. Somebody else was supposed to do the sacrifice and it was Itai Dzamara. All opposition voices we hear in the Zimbabwe social media did not take part with him in the Africa Square and as a result the revolution Dzamara wanted to stage was a flop but just for now.
Itai dzamara's disappearance is of political concern that should move Zimbabwe, Africa and the whole world, how he just vanished, and nobody even the "good" government of Zanu PF is not concerned about his disappearance. But the death of Zanele is of great concern even to the higher echelons of the ANC party. VP Mphoko chipped in, President Zuma has chipped in, all wanting to know what happened to the death of Zanele Moyo. And Itai Dzamara, was he not born of the woman too. So we are not equal before the law! Zanele is more and Itai Dzamara is a lesser mortal.
Why is the same not possible for Itai Dzamara? Why is the South African Government not concerned about the disappearance of a political person like Itai Dzamara but more on Znele Moyo? Are we not the equal before the law? Was South Africa not long ago fighting for those values and principles that Itai Dzamara died for? Did Madiba Mandela and ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe not wage the war of liberation, was incarcerated for 27 years in prison to free those Itai Dzamaras and millions of them, thousands died fighting the Apartheid with their feet and hands so that the Itai Dzamaras of South Africa can have genuine freedom in 1994? Why is the South Africa government so openly selective in their democracy and its judiciary systems today?
There is something fundamentally wrong about our liberation values and principles, our Africa liberation values and principles! Our liberation values and principles need to be visited and revised and edited to meet international human rights. We cannot go on like this whereby we see injustice in our midst and we are timid, blind to act to ask for justice in our life time. If there is no justice in our land, we must demand it and have it even by force. The liberation war was fought on the premise that the white regime did not want any peaceful negotiation of equal rights for all with the black majority blacks. It is now the black oppressor who should be fought by those same values and principles.
We must fight for our rights in the land that belong to all of us now and not the few privileged! Itai, even if he is dead, his legacy will live on. We betrayed him seriously to the extent of not demonstrating for him and ask serious questions; where is he! Where is Itai Dzamara today, his wife children miss him dearly! Professor Jonathan Moyo will concur how much he misses his daughter Zanele Ntombizodwa today by the same blood vein! That blood vein is the same for Itai and his family too. Ukuzala kunye! Kuzvara kumwechete! The pain that went with it.
The sight of Professor Jonathan Moyo breaking down at the funeral of his daughter because he had to say goodbye to his daughter Zanele was so painful, it sent many drops of tears to many. I never thought I was capable of weeping for him if the Professor was a sworn member of brutal Zanu PF regime. I confess I did weep when I saw him deeply broken down. I knew exactly the pain he was going through and I as a parent, I asked myself one question, how would it be like if it was my dear son; I wept!
Prof Jonathan Moyo weeps for daughter
It is very strange too that most Zimbabweans wept and mourned Zanele Moyo in various ways, degrees and dimensions, but the bottom line is that people were seriously moved by the emotions of the man (Jonathan Moyo) we all thought he was made of steel only to find that he is a kind with us, very vulnerable equally as us, he can mourn the dead the way we do! In Zimbabwe we do not hold emotions for whatever reason we collapse and cry loud, he did that, just like us! Most Zimbabweans even went to the extent of removing Zanele from her father to mourn her better. One comment said; Zanele is not a citizen of Jonathan Moyo but a citizen of Zimbabwe. This statement made it possible to find genuine emotions to capture her as a Zimbabwean citizen who has untimely left us. We regret this loss, most Zimbabweans regret this too, her untimely her departure from us.
When Comrade Thenjiwe Lesabe died, most of us, we did not cry but we celebrated her departure. Lesabe lived her dreams of a Zimbabwean liberator and she succeeded in her dreams. She is a woman who fought the war of liberation in Zambia, was incarcerated in high prison Chikurubi for some years before she fled to Zambia.
Thenjiwe Lesabe
Zimbabwe was liberated in 1980 albeit in wrong hands of Zanu PF and President Mugabe. She was part of the Unity agreement of Zanu and Zapu she left the Unity Accord in 1987 and joint New Zapu at a time when she thought the Unity Accord was a joke, Zapu was taken for a ride by Zanu PF, was not sincere in the agreement. Everything else is history.
But with Zanele we did not celebrate, what for, to celebrate a life of 20 years, no, we did not but we wept, just as the father wept in the glare of the media, us we did so too, moved. Quickly we thought about the cause of her death; excess, some traces of marijuana and few bottles of beer the father said. We did not want to delve into many speculation of excess just in case we temper with those wounds that are already tormenting a father weeping the loss of a daughter.
On the other hand our questions will always insist in our minds! How did Itai Dzamara die? Did he dig his own grave just like the way Dr. Edgar Madekurozwa died in Zambia during the war of liberation?? If indeed Itai is dead, how did he die, how did he die? Was he strangled, was he thrown into the Zambezi river to be eaten up by crocodiles???? Did Itai Dzamara indeed dig his own grave first before he died in the way most Zanu people disappeared in the liberation struggle?
Itai Dzamara (Picture by Kumbirai Mafunda)
I get sick each time I try to conjure a picture, how Itai could have met his death in the hands of CIO of ZANU PF.
Why is the South Africa ANC now concerned about the death of Zanele Moyo, who apparently died of excess, whereas Itai Dzqamara disappeared trying to liberate Zimbabwe from oppression? Itai Dzamara was trying to stage a spring-revolution and he was betrayed seriously by the opposition parties of MDCs who did not want to be part of it. They want to be the presidents of Zimbabwe yes but they do not want to sacrifice for it. Somebody else was supposed to do the sacrifice and it was Itai Dzamara. All opposition voices we hear in the Zimbabwe social media did not take part with him in the Africa Square and as a result the revolution Dzamara wanted to stage was a flop but just for now.
Itai dzamara's disappearance is of political concern that should move Zimbabwe, Africa and the whole world, how he just vanished, and nobody even the "good" government of Zanu PF is not concerned about his disappearance. But the death of Zanele is of great concern even to the higher echelons of the ANC party. VP Mphoko chipped in, President Zuma has chipped in, all wanting to know what happened to the death of Zanele Moyo. And Itai Dzamara, was he not born of the woman too. So we are not equal before the law! Zanele is more and Itai Dzamara is a lesser mortal.
Why is the same not possible for Itai Dzamara? Why is the South African Government not concerned about the disappearance of a political person like Itai Dzamara but more on Znele Moyo? Are we not the equal before the law? Was South Africa not long ago fighting for those values and principles that Itai Dzamara died for? Did Madiba Mandela and ANC and Umkhonto we Sizwe not wage the war of liberation, was incarcerated for 27 years in prison to free those Itai Dzamaras and millions of them, thousands died fighting the Apartheid with their feet and hands so that the Itai Dzamaras of South Africa can have genuine freedom in 1994? Why is the South Africa government so openly selective in their democracy and its judiciary systems today?
There is something fundamentally wrong about our liberation values and principles, our Africa liberation values and principles! Our liberation values and principles need to be visited and revised and edited to meet international human rights. We cannot go on like this whereby we see injustice in our midst and we are timid, blind to act to ask for justice in our life time. If there is no justice in our land, we must demand it and have it even by force. The liberation war was fought on the premise that the white regime did not want any peaceful negotiation of equal rights for all with the black majority blacks. It is now the black oppressor who should be fought by those same values and principles.
We must fight for our rights in the land that belong to all of us now and not the few privileged! Itai, even if he is dead, his legacy will live on. We betrayed him seriously to the extent of not demonstrating for him and ask serious questions; where is he! Where is Itai Dzamara today, his wife children miss him dearly! Professor Jonathan Moyo will concur how much he misses his daughter Zanele Ntombizodwa today by the same blood vein! That blood vein is the same for Itai and his family too. Ukuzala kunye! Kuzvara kumwechete! The pain that went with it.
Source - Nomazulu Thata
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