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Where is Zanu PF voice in all this?
11 Jul 2016 at 14:38hrs | Views
Where is Zanu-PF voice in all this?
Charity Maodza
One would learn true patriotism if he attends a function organized by the Western embassies, especially their national days and receptions of a very important person from their home countries.
The citizens of that country domiciled in Zimbabwe, would all converge at the embassy to celebrate their national day or welcome a dignitary. This is done irrespective of one's political inclination or ideological differences. You rarely hear for instance, Democrats and Republicans attacking each other in public on foreign lands. Neither will you at any time hear Conservatives and Labour party members quarrelling in foreign lands. You can hardly draw a line between members of opposing parties.
Notwithstanding their political and ideological differences, they remain glued by the virtue of being citizens of one nation. That is political maturity which Zimbabweans must emulate. They subordinate their personal interests to national interests. This explains why a party seldom changes policies upon taking power in the Western countries. This is the reason why the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZIDERA) has remained in existence despite change of governments in the US.
In Zimbabwe political immaturity is still prevalence. The opposition parties are always on top of the mountain attacking political rivals and bad mouthing their country. No matter how noble a policy is, it is subjected to vicious attack by the MDC-T. We recently noticed how the Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 was savaged, to an extent of staging destructive riots in Beitbridge. But a sober analysis on the SI 64 of 2016 would reveal that it is a noble policy intended to resuscitate the economy. There is really no reason to resist it and even some Western regime change benefactors whose hand was involved in the protests, are not lost to the decency of that instrument.
What happened in the UK last week epitomizes the level of barbarism that has engulfed our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora. It was bamboozling to see Zimbabweans behaving worse than dogs when they besieged Cde Patrick Chinamasa, the minister of Finance and Economic Development who was leading a delegation that had gone to garner support on the re-engagement plan from the financial markets in the UK and Europe. Surely that endeavour must receive support from every commonsensical Zimbabwean. You wonder what kind of a being which does not want to see an economic revival for his country.
This writer had an opportunity to watch a video clip of these demonstrators on the social media. That was really pathetic. Our brothers and sisters denigrated themselves before the whole world. The white policeman had a torrid time restraining these black rioters from attacking their own kin. You see, there has been an increase of murder cases of black people by police in the West. Currently there are riots in Dallas in the US over this bigotry. While that killing cannot be condoned, at times the behaviour of our fellow blacks put these white police officers in an awkward situation. Their behaviour gives credence to their supremacist and warped notion that blacks are perpetual children who need their guidance and handholding.
Most of these brothers and sisters of ours are economic refugees. They cannot reason out that they will be also beneficiaries of a prosperous economy in Zimbabwe. A few of them managed to buy houses during the hyperinflationary period. Will they not enjoy coming here and living in the comfort of their houses? Definitely those who exhibited that uncouth behaviour have nothing to show for their long period of their slavery in the Diaspora. These are the people who don't want the economy of Zimbabwe to be on its feet again because they know it will spell the end of their asylum status.
Some of them are professionals who are doing menial jobs such as nursing old people. Probably this job that involves wiping poops from very old white people has a bearing on their behaviour problems. Our brothers and sisters now suffer from manic depression. There is one Loveness Rutendo Saurombe from the US who has been posting silly videos denouncing this country. One wonders if that girl comes from an orderly family set up. She has been posting obscenities on her facebook page and now she has turned political, an area where she is visibly a tenderfoot.
While all this is happening, one wonders if there are still Zanu-PF supporters. We have heard of a Zanu-PF branch in the UK but they are not visible on the ground. Where were the Nick Mangwanas when Cde Chinamasa was being besieged by those deranged thugs? We thought it was the best time for them to rally behind such a senior party and government official.
Generally there is a worrying paucity of Zanu-PF presence in many areas where they must be visible. There are public seminars such as those organized by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI), SAPES and Media Center, among others. Zanu-PF representatives in these seminars are always fighting a lone battle characterized by derision and hecklings from opposition supporters. It must be known to Zanu-PF supporters that today's battles are fought on such forums. It is now the battle of the minds.
Zanu-PF members have not been very active on social media. As we have just witnessed recently, social media plays a pivotal role in mobilizing people. If one opens a facebook right now, the dominant voice is that of an opposition. The message that circulates on whatsapp is predominantly that of the opposition. Does it mean Zanu-PF supporters don't have anything good about Zanu-PF to post? The opposition message needs to be neutralized and none other than the supporters themselves can do that.
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Charity Maodza <maodzac@yahoo.com
Charity Maodza
One would learn true patriotism if he attends a function organized by the Western embassies, especially their national days and receptions of a very important person from their home countries.
The citizens of that country domiciled in Zimbabwe, would all converge at the embassy to celebrate their national day or welcome a dignitary. This is done irrespective of one's political inclination or ideological differences. You rarely hear for instance, Democrats and Republicans attacking each other in public on foreign lands. Neither will you at any time hear Conservatives and Labour party members quarrelling in foreign lands. You can hardly draw a line between members of opposing parties.
Notwithstanding their political and ideological differences, they remain glued by the virtue of being citizens of one nation. That is political maturity which Zimbabweans must emulate. They subordinate their personal interests to national interests. This explains why a party seldom changes policies upon taking power in the Western countries. This is the reason why the Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act (ZIDERA) has remained in existence despite change of governments in the US.
In Zimbabwe political immaturity is still prevalence. The opposition parties are always on top of the mountain attacking political rivals and bad mouthing their country. No matter how noble a policy is, it is subjected to vicious attack by the MDC-T. We recently noticed how the Statutory Instrument 64 of 2016 was savaged, to an extent of staging destructive riots in Beitbridge. But a sober analysis on the SI 64 of 2016 would reveal that it is a noble policy intended to resuscitate the economy. There is really no reason to resist it and even some Western regime change benefactors whose hand was involved in the protests, are not lost to the decency of that instrument.
What happened in the UK last week epitomizes the level of barbarism that has engulfed our brothers and sisters in the Diaspora. It was bamboozling to see Zimbabweans behaving worse than dogs when they besieged Cde Patrick Chinamasa, the minister of Finance and Economic Development who was leading a delegation that had gone to garner support on the re-engagement plan from the financial markets in the UK and Europe. Surely that endeavour must receive support from every commonsensical Zimbabwean. You wonder what kind of a being which does not want to see an economic revival for his country.
This writer had an opportunity to watch a video clip of these demonstrators on the social media. That was really pathetic. Our brothers and sisters denigrated themselves before the whole world. The white policeman had a torrid time restraining these black rioters from attacking their own kin. You see, there has been an increase of murder cases of black people by police in the West. Currently there are riots in Dallas in the US over this bigotry. While that killing cannot be condoned, at times the behaviour of our fellow blacks put these white police officers in an awkward situation. Their behaviour gives credence to their supremacist and warped notion that blacks are perpetual children who need their guidance and handholding.
Most of these brothers and sisters of ours are economic refugees. They cannot reason out that they will be also beneficiaries of a prosperous economy in Zimbabwe. A few of them managed to buy houses during the hyperinflationary period. Will they not enjoy coming here and living in the comfort of their houses? Definitely those who exhibited that uncouth behaviour have nothing to show for their long period of their slavery in the Diaspora. These are the people who don't want the economy of Zimbabwe to be on its feet again because they know it will spell the end of their asylum status.
Some of them are professionals who are doing menial jobs such as nursing old people. Probably this job that involves wiping poops from very old white people has a bearing on their behaviour problems. Our brothers and sisters now suffer from manic depression. There is one Loveness Rutendo Saurombe from the US who has been posting silly videos denouncing this country. One wonders if that girl comes from an orderly family set up. She has been posting obscenities on her facebook page and now she has turned political, an area where she is visibly a tenderfoot.
While all this is happening, one wonders if there are still Zanu-PF supporters. We have heard of a Zanu-PF branch in the UK but they are not visible on the ground. Where were the Nick Mangwanas when Cde Chinamasa was being besieged by those deranged thugs? We thought it was the best time for them to rally behind such a senior party and government official.
Generally there is a worrying paucity of Zanu-PF presence in many areas where they must be visible. There are public seminars such as those organized by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI), SAPES and Media Center, among others. Zanu-PF representatives in these seminars are always fighting a lone battle characterized by derision and hecklings from opposition supporters. It must be known to Zanu-PF supporters that today's battles are fought on such forums. It is now the battle of the minds.
Zanu-PF members have not been very active on social media. As we have just witnessed recently, social media plays a pivotal role in mobilizing people. If one opens a facebook right now, the dominant voice is that of an opposition. The message that circulates on whatsapp is predominantly that of the opposition. Does it mean Zanu-PF supporters don't have anything good about Zanu-PF to post? The opposition message needs to be neutralized and none other than the supporters themselves can do that.
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Charity Maodza <maodzac@yahoo.com
Source - Charity Maodza
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