Zanu PF is unconquerable

When we were still growing up in the rural area of Buhera, uncle Lazaurus used to be a fun chap. He would challenge us to a fight while he knelt down with one hand tied tightly on his body. That means he would use one hand to fight the four of us together. Nevertheless, he would beat all of us to a pulp in that condition.

I invoked that memory following developments in the political matrix in Zimbabwe. Opposition parties are living under the delusion that the ongoing internal tiff in Zanu PF will resurrect them. Last week the private media told the nation that Morgan Tsvangirai was capitalizing on the infighting within Zanu PF to reach Zanu PF's rural strongholds.  

This week, Tendai Biti-led People Democratic Party (PDP) was in the newspaper claiming that it had made significant pace in recruiting people in Bulawayo, taking advantage of Zanu PF's internal squabbles. They claim that they are recruiting 3000 members within two weeks. Good for them.

However, Zanu PF's internal squabbles have not gone to unredeemable level. Even with these internal tiffs currently obtaining, the revolutionary party is still unassailable. As Vice President opined, Zanu PF is like an elephant which keeps going steadily while puppies bark at it. Zanu PF will still go on despite barks from puppies in the opposition camp. The internal tiff is a process that actually transforms the revolutionary party into a formidable entity. It is like gold which is purified by being subjected to intense heat. Zanu Pf will emerge from the current situation with a well refined internal democracy.

Zanu PF is like baboons, which despite their difference; fight an enemy as a troop. They forget their differences and face the common adversary. When elections come, those differences will be held in abeyance and they will face the adversary with unity of purpose. It is not the first time that these differences had occurred in Zanu PF. In all the cases, Zanu PF remained as strong as ever if not stronger. Simba Makoni, Dumiso Dabengwa and many others left the revolutionary party but it went on to thrash the opposition in 2013.

The irony of it is that the opposition wants to remove a speck in Zanu PF's eyes when they have a log in their own eyes. There are worse divisions in the opposition that have seriously fragmented it. We have lost count of the splinter parties from the original MDC of 1999. Zanu PF members differ but never on principle or ideology. This is the reason why there have not been as many splinter groups as those from the MDC. Even now, the opposition parties are failing to unite in the so-called grand coalition because of their selfish personal egos. They are diametrically opposed in ideology.

In any case, Zanu PF has never been a dominant party in Bulawayo where PDP is harvesting members. It is an MDC-T's stronghold. In fact, PDP is sharing supporters with the MDC and MDC-T. This is the reason why supporters have been arguing that splitting as they did, divides votes. The 2018 elections will show them that they were merely sharing supporters.

PDP unashamedly lied that they used to be disturbed by Zanu PF youths whenever they held their meetings. If the said youths disrupted them, why didn't they report to police? It is their democratic right to do so.