Mhambi speaks on Mugabe's remarks!
- Mugabe Mocks Zimbabweans in the SA.
May immediate concern is his reference to Matabeleland during his days as a teacher at Empandeni
This is an unfortunate statement from a man who has been a head of state. The comparison with what used to happen in the past might be ok, but is he aware of other factors that have made people go to South Africa post independence? Firstly, some of them ran away from his genocidal stint in the region when he was consolidating his power and ethnic hegemony. As a result of the genocide, which he has never taken any meaningful stand to resolve to date, most of the labour force was displaced in a deliberate program to depopulate the region.
Remember the Simaba Makone 1979 grand plan and its 14 page update? It has been fulfilled to the dot. Morgan has been at the helm of the labour movement when people in the region were being systematically displaced. Meetings were held a hotels in Bulawayo to check on the progress of the diabolic program of emasculating and dismembering the people of the region. For Mugabe to turn around and laugh at our people is tragic. The factors that lead people to go to South Africa pre-independence are also known. This raises questions as to what liberation war some people fought and what they fought for. We assumed that the old generation would have been telling us the correct history of independence and the dynamics that were at play.
This mockery must be censured. A state president cannot be allowed to made such statements in public, honestly we deserve a better deal as a people. Matabeleland must take exception to this kind of talk. The only punishment this man and his party deserves is withholding our vote. Give ZANU no vote. For this the party must definitely pay. If it means him going the genocide way so be it. If God be the God of justice as I know Him to be one day soon, we will be free. Just like He told Moses to tell Pharaoh "Let My People Go!" We are praying and Lamentation 5:1 to the end. God will hear our prayer soon.
What must also be brought to the attention of Mugabe is the fact that we in this mess as country because of his wrong decisions. Before Independence he squandered an opportunity of building a nation by deciding to contest election alone as ZANU. The wisdom of that decision has never been given to date. That leaves it subject to speculation and our experience in the past 33 yrs confirm some of the speculation.The first wrong decision after independence was to kill a whole population for very personal reason. The best response he could give was that it was a moment of madness. Surely. Can he tell the nation that he is happy that he killed/massacred +20 000 citizens because the country is prospering? His other wrong decision was his failure to either read or follow what Nkomo told him in the letter that he wrote to him. The third wrong decision was his failure to implement what is the last chapter of Nkomo's Story of My life -Freedom lies ahead. If there is a favour that he will do for the country, it is just those two tasks. The rest are mere symptoms. Ilizwi lomuntu omdala aliweli phansi. We do not deserve this poverty and instability when Mugabe knows the right thing to do. What must be remembered is that the coming generation may not be as understanding as Joshua Nkomo. May someone close to him have the courage that Nathan had when dealing with David tell the president and first secretary of ZANU that "Thou art the Man" We are in this humiliating situation as a people because of him. What happened to the Switzerland of Africa-The Bread Basket?
Josh Mhambi
D/Director Planning Strategy & Implementation
MDC - Green
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