I decided to finish off one of my old articles entitled "Zimbabweans are trapped in the politics of political correctness" Going back to review my work, a couple of days ago I discovered that the article in question was not only unfinished, but also needed a some breaking down. The idea of writing articles with specific titles does not always work well some times. For examples if I have a minor point to make that cannot be justified by a huge paragraph full of words, that means I cannot write it down because it may not qualify in this normal standard of writing. I must admit that as much as we all claim to be progressive, we often find ourselves trapped in the old styles and ways of acceptable standards as young writers and communicators. Every writer looks and admires some old fashioned folks, who for some unknown reason where taught to use a lot of vocabulary even if they meant a simply thing that could only take a couple of words. I must be clear to mention that not all old writers are suffer from this syndrome.
Coming back to my topic: Anybody who has been following Zimbabwe's politics knows its trends. By this I mean it is predictable. It obviously revolves around tribe and origin and connections. While we all are looking forward to a day when the political landscape of Zimbabwe will be level, we must accept the fact that, for now we are caught in a predicament that we are not able to escape from. There are no surprises in Zimbabwe's politics. I must also admit that as much as we remain stagnant in that area, there have been some little volcano's that almost shock the whole mountain down, but came a little bit short from achieving that goal. Those volcano's were parties like ZUM and MDC lead by the late Edgar Tekere and Morgan Tsvangirai respectively. Tekere lead Zum in 1990. Tsvangirai lead MDC in 2000 and 2008 elections. These two gentlemen were quite impressive under the circumstances.
I should have mentioned that the ZANU PF and PF ZAPU are the very traps that we find ourselves in. I will explain why! Even before and after the meager, depending on which side and you believe, the two parties dominated Zimbabwe's politics. Well, PF ZAPU did not win the majority rule, but in this case they are ruling with ZANU PF. Or at least ruled with ZANU PF, all theses things are subject to argument to a certain extent. I am not really willing to go that route today, but fact remains, these are the parties/ party that lead us from Independence in 1980. Yes there where ZANU Ndongas and some other minor parties, but these did not influence a larger portion of the nation. Again I am not willing to judge PF Zapu /ZANU Pf marriage for now so that point will be proved correct. My humble opinions are meaningless at this point. I would gladly share them in another platform, or when discussing another topic. Like I said, earlier, its hard to follow specific topics and headings but we must be true to them if we are to be relevant at the same time.
The present political landscape prevailing in the country does not only frustrates ordinary men, but politicians , political scientist and scholars. Recently, a well known ZANU PF spin doctor, by the name Jonathan Moyo who is also a political scientist and a Tsholotsho MP was heard expressing his frustration to fellow comrades. He warned fellow party members about corruption and violence. It is believed that there are many in the party who are not happy about the way things are handled but obviously be trapped in political correctness system. Its hard to rise above party level politics and lines, hence we find ourselves travelling on a merry go round time of scenario. Its like trying to put new wine on old wine skins.
Just recently, MDC T leader Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Welshman Ncube's MDC as a regional party. Check the trend. Anything coming from outside Mashonaland is regional. Sound familiar. You are right you have heard it before. Any party lead by a minority is regional party. Cheap politics, even great heroes like Morgan Tvsangirai are subscribing to it. Shame!
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