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A narrative is created around Mrs. Auxilia Mnangagwa!
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Auxilia married a murderer Emmerson Mnangagwa, a minister for security back then who went on a killing frenzy in Matabeleland and Midlands and left a carnage, curiously never acknowledged by the ICJ in the Haig. He murdered indiscriminately innocent men, women and children. Again, he was responsible for thousands of deaths during the farm invasions, Murambatsvina, and the systematic killings of opposition members of MDC that perished in their thousands. The war veterans together with army generals, including Jonathan Moyo told Mugabe that Zimbabwe shall never be ruled by a stroke of the pen. The gun is mightier than the pen! My question to Chatufa, was Auxilia also take part in the killing frenzy? Where is Auxilia sighted to be the primary orchestrator of mass killings in these histories of destructions of life in Zimbabwe?
Chatufa TV owner is not the only Zimbabwean man who innately hates women with passion. He is one among millions of Zimbabwean men who hate the sight of visible women. If Auxilia had been invited to the UK, was it even necessary to create a narrative around her life to justify a demonstration against her on arrival in Britain? Demonstrations are justified; she is the First Lady, married to a despotic President Mnangagwa. But creating falsehood about Auxilia as a murderer is wholly uncalled for. Zimbabwe is cruelly a patriarchal society with its structures in government, social settings at home, the military is man-handled, rigidly male; Orpha Muchinguri is a just a figurehead. There are times when I even dispute that Orpha Muchinguri murdered Tongogara on their way back to Zimbabwe from Mozambique. I know the vulnerability of women in such situations and circumstances; now to be given orders to shoot Tongogara at the back, back then? I doubt this very much! Just saying!
It is very easy to lie about women, create untruthful events using women. Amai Mujuru was supposed to have shot down a Rhodesian chopper during the war. When Joyce was about to be kicked away from Zanu, that narrative was removed from her nametag: "Amai Mujuru lied about shooting down a Rhodesian chopper"; they said. Exactly, this is how Zimbabwean women are treated by our societies. We are disposable. They use women and discard them at will. The fact is Zimbabwean independence was not won at the battlefields but through dialogue: our men folk did not win the war through the barrel of the gun! This narrative that our men fought and won the war at the battlefield's is a lie, a diplomacy at Lancaster House Conference ushered independence for Zimbabwe. The Frontline States: Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania did not want a continuation of the liberation war from their countries. Men who could have liberated Zimbabwe through the barrel of the gun were murdered, or they were incarcerated. Read Dzino Manda's book!
I want to talk more about Auxilia Mnangagwa accused of mass murder. In a patriarchal setting like Zimbabwe, who will allow Auxilia to run the party and government? Where does Chatufa get it that Auxilia is running the government because her husband is incapacitated. Has the focus shifted from a failed Geza revolution to a UK demonstration against Auxilia? The Pretoria demonstration was a flop. Don't get me wrong, please. I am for demonstrations to take place in London against Auxilia when she arrives in London. My pain is the creation of falsehood against a woman whose sin is, she married Mnangagwa: she is not a murderer, and she has never been part of mass murder executions. Mass killings have masculinity in executions and never female in character.
I realize that our media likes to create a figure, a person to hate, and they always get it. Previously, Chimhama was the punching bag. Why are these figures, punching bags mostly women? They have created a narrative among themselves that Chimhama is a sellout, something I personally dispute. This tag "sellout" is as common as the length of the liberation struggle itself, used extensively during the war. Somehow, if the accusers cannot reach the target, (in this case it's Mnangagwa) a narrative is created; someone is selling the secret information. The Geza revolution has failed to unseat Mnangagwa. Now they look around for another focus point and not this obvious failure of multiple demonstrations they must bear.
It's Chimhama, it's Auxilia! This time around it is Auxilia Mnangagwa and the invitation to the UK. A narrative is meant for the UK government to realize the mistake of inviting her. The UK govt must be told they have invited a murderer. I would agree if they said Mrs. Auxilia is as corrupt as Emmerson Mnangagwa. Evidently, Auxilia received procurements that did not uplift rural women. Millions of hard-earned taxpayers' money went missing or were misused! Those arguments would have been valid because there are facts. Chimhama has shrunk herself politically. We don't hear of her because she has succumbed to planted accusations, I think. How I wish she could come back. Zimbabwean future needs young women of her age. A challenge is a journey every woman must make. Her political journey was unique.
It's a mockery of a religion if one claims to be religious yet the expressions say different. The very Chatufa movement was laughing at Sengezo Tshabangu for having fallen ill by poison. These are children of God laughing at the demise of their own: Tshabangu is suffering to death: they laughed. They even loudly prepared for the news of his death to openly jubilate and celebrate. Sengezo was the punching bag then. Then came Chimhama who is labelled a "sellout". What exactly did this lady sell out because the recklessness of Geza movement was visible to all; so naïve, and premature: to think that the whole war veteran of Blessed Geza could stage a simple demo to out stage Mnangagwa, cannot even be said much about his seriousness and a credible liberation etiquette.
Chatufa preaching platitudes are hollow even to a non-believer. The euphory about change of government since the beginning of the year has cooled down spectacularly. It demands a lot in people to remove a government. Geza physically does not give a good impression of a liberator. One shoulder visibly hangs down, the loss of front teeth; at 80 years, how people put their hopes in him, he can stage a successful revolution! His wrinkled face tells stories of good living: the vicissitudes of decades. Comrade Mandela was not 80 when he started a revolution; nor was comrade Fidel Castro of Cuba nor was Comrade Che Guevara of Bolivia. The problem is, how does Geza climb down the trojan horse and face the people, tell them, he has failed.
Chatufa TV owner is not the only Zimbabwean man who innately hates women with passion. He is one among millions of Zimbabwean men who hate the sight of visible women. If Auxilia had been invited to the UK, was it even necessary to create a narrative around her life to justify a demonstration against her on arrival in Britain? Demonstrations are justified; she is the First Lady, married to a despotic President Mnangagwa. But creating falsehood about Auxilia as a murderer is wholly uncalled for. Zimbabwe is cruelly a patriarchal society with its structures in government, social settings at home, the military is man-handled, rigidly male; Orpha Muchinguri is a just a figurehead. There are times when I even dispute that Orpha Muchinguri murdered Tongogara on their way back to Zimbabwe from Mozambique. I know the vulnerability of women in such situations and circumstances; now to be given orders to shoot Tongogara at the back, back then? I doubt this very much! Just saying!
It is very easy to lie about women, create untruthful events using women. Amai Mujuru was supposed to have shot down a Rhodesian chopper during the war. When Joyce was about to be kicked away from Zanu, that narrative was removed from her nametag: "Amai Mujuru lied about shooting down a Rhodesian chopper"; they said. Exactly, this is how Zimbabwean women are treated by our societies. We are disposable. They use women and discard them at will. The fact is Zimbabwean independence was not won at the battlefields but through dialogue: our men folk did not win the war through the barrel of the gun! This narrative that our men fought and won the war at the battlefield's is a lie, a diplomacy at Lancaster House Conference ushered independence for Zimbabwe. The Frontline States: Mozambique, Zambia and Tanzania did not want a continuation of the liberation war from their countries. Men who could have liberated Zimbabwe through the barrel of the gun were murdered, or they were incarcerated. Read Dzino Manda's book!
I want to talk more about Auxilia Mnangagwa accused of mass murder. In a patriarchal setting like Zimbabwe, who will allow Auxilia to run the party and government? Where does Chatufa get it that Auxilia is running the government because her husband is incapacitated. Has the focus shifted from a failed Geza revolution to a UK demonstration against Auxilia? The Pretoria demonstration was a flop. Don't get me wrong, please. I am for demonstrations to take place in London against Auxilia when she arrives in London. My pain is the creation of falsehood against a woman whose sin is, she married Mnangagwa: she is not a murderer, and she has never been part of mass murder executions. Mass killings have masculinity in executions and never female in character.
I realize that our media likes to create a figure, a person to hate, and they always get it. Previously, Chimhama was the punching bag. Why are these figures, punching bags mostly women? They have created a narrative among themselves that Chimhama is a sellout, something I personally dispute. This tag "sellout" is as common as the length of the liberation struggle itself, used extensively during the war. Somehow, if the accusers cannot reach the target, (in this case it's Mnangagwa) a narrative is created; someone is selling the secret information. The Geza revolution has failed to unseat Mnangagwa. Now they look around for another focus point and not this obvious failure of multiple demonstrations they must bear.
It's Chimhama, it's Auxilia! This time around it is Auxilia Mnangagwa and the invitation to the UK. A narrative is meant for the UK government to realize the mistake of inviting her. The UK govt must be told they have invited a murderer. I would agree if they said Mrs. Auxilia is as corrupt as Emmerson Mnangagwa. Evidently, Auxilia received procurements that did not uplift rural women. Millions of hard-earned taxpayers' money went missing or were misused! Those arguments would have been valid because there are facts. Chimhama has shrunk herself politically. We don't hear of her because she has succumbed to planted accusations, I think. How I wish she could come back. Zimbabwean future needs young women of her age. A challenge is a journey every woman must make. Her political journey was unique.
It's a mockery of a religion if one claims to be religious yet the expressions say different. The very Chatufa movement was laughing at Sengezo Tshabangu for having fallen ill by poison. These are children of God laughing at the demise of their own: Tshabangu is suffering to death: they laughed. They even loudly prepared for the news of his death to openly jubilate and celebrate. Sengezo was the punching bag then. Then came Chimhama who is labelled a "sellout". What exactly did this lady sell out because the recklessness of Geza movement was visible to all; so naïve, and premature: to think that the whole war veteran of Blessed Geza could stage a simple demo to out stage Mnangagwa, cannot even be said much about his seriousness and a credible liberation etiquette.
Chatufa preaching platitudes are hollow even to a non-believer. The euphory about change of government since the beginning of the year has cooled down spectacularly. It demands a lot in people to remove a government. Geza physically does not give a good impression of a liberator. One shoulder visibly hangs down, the loss of front teeth; at 80 years, how people put their hopes in him, he can stage a successful revolution! His wrinkled face tells stories of good living: the vicissitudes of decades. Comrade Mandela was not 80 when he started a revolution; nor was comrade Fidel Castro of Cuba nor was Comrade Che Guevara of Bolivia. The problem is, how does Geza climb down the trojan horse and face the people, tell them, he has failed.
Source - Nomazulu Thata
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