THE XENOPHOBIA IN SOUTH AFRICA, TIME TO ACT IS NOW: JULIUS SAI MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
South Africa must act tough on the xenophobia which is continuing. Where were the authorities because this thing has been said over a long time and they were denying it? If the perpetrators and those who incited them in the last wave had been brought before the hands of the law that could have been a deterrent, nothing happened and the same elements feel encouraged. There is no doubt in my mind that some politicians there may actually be behind this and the truth needs to be told otherwise we are seeing the seeds of Rwanda germinating and growing. South Africa is a disaster waiting to happen if this is not STOPPED and the time is now. I make no apologies to anyone tall, short, thick, thin, black, white, purple, pink, we are nurturing genocide just because we cannot rebuke South Africa because of its past.
But that is a weakness because all of us have a bad past; Europe has a bad past of NAZI Invasions, Jews have a bad past from holocaust, Afro-Americans have a bad past from slavery, native Americans, Australians and Canadians all have a bad past based on the savagery of colonisation, the former Soviet-bloc has a bad past from Stalin, Cambodia has a bad past from the Pol Pot era, Ndebeles in Zimbabwe have a bad past emanating from Gukurahundi, white farmers and opposition supporters in Zimbabwe have a recent bad past that emanates from persecution by misguided ZANU PF elements, Zimbabweans in general were the collective victims of the barbarism of Ian Smith’s milder form of apartheid with all its repression and humiliation, Malawians were at the receiving end of Kamuzu Banda’s Young Pioneers, the Congolese under Mobutu Sese SSeko, Ugandans under Idi Amin, Latin Americans during the military dictatorships, Tshaka in his youth, Senzangakona and Mzilikazi at the hands of Ntombazi and Zwide, the sons and daughters of Israel under Pharaoh, Muslims during the bloody Christian Crusades, the list is endless. I am sensitive to history but it cannot continue to shape us and we can never use history as an excuse to fail to act against clearly devoid and vile deeds such as the barbaric attacks of foreigners in South Africa.
I find a lot of fault in South African politicians because they appear to love us during day and then turn a blind eye to the savage attacks of our people in their country. The relationship between Zimbabwe, Mozambique, South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland does not start with the sacrifices of the former frontline states during the country’s struggle against apartheid. The relationship predates even colonisation, it is a relationship penned in our genes; these are bloody ties that have been expressed through all the generations. The Venda of South Africa have their roots in the Mwene Mutapa Empire, the Rozwi mainly of Zimbabwe have their roots in the BaLobedu/BaLotzwi and BaPedi of South Africa, the Ndebele have their roots originally in the Ndwandwe and later Tshaka’s Zulu. The fact that we are different countries now is mainly because of the designs of colonisation and with it the utti possedettis doctrine which completely changed the concept of nationhood as it had been known before. It is because of that doctrine that Venda nationhood which was supposed to be on both sides of the Limpopo became Zimbabwe and South African nationhood, and the same goes for Kalanga, Gaza, Zulu or Shona nationhood. I am surprised that we are folding our arms to a minority misguided element in South Africa who may actually have no history of even suffering under apartheid whatsoever. There is a thug element in it and the fact that we are all turning a blind eye on them makes me angry to the deepest vein of my emotion mechanism.
While the deployment of the police and later the army to quell the attacks is welcome this may be window dressing in light of the fact that there is still an international presence in South Africa after the World Cup. I like South Africa and all its people because unlike some people I am always aware of the bloody ties that still remain relevant between its people and our people. Without that symbiosis the histories of the two countries will be incomplete. I have confidence in the majority of South Africans who are more than knowledgeable and enlightened to know what not to do. I have had the opportunity of interacting with South Africans both in South Africa and Zimbabwe and even here in the United Kingdom. I have nothing else but veneration and I cherish the time I have spent with them. I have even taught and represented South Africans at different stages of my professional life and to me they remain my brothers and sisters. My confidence in them is overwhelming. But unfortunately I do not have confidence especially on this matter with the politicians in South Africa, in street language they are playing up simple. They are shrouded in hypocrisy especially on Zimbabwe.
The deployment of soldiers is simply reactive and the risk of re-occurrence remains inherent. South Africa could have done much better by a combination of a clear deterrent in punishing the crime and going back to the grassroots to teach them on the dangers of xenophobia. In particular the government must not shy away from saying why they have opened up to immigration and be honest to the people that the skills that the foreigners are bringing are needed in the country. They should also be clear that there is no alternative if there really is no alternative. And that the Government of Zimbabwe and Simon Kaya Moyo is saying nothing and doing nothing makes it even more painful. South Africa too remains with the duty as a regional power to see to it that they address within SADC the importance of developing coherent strategies and policies to rid the region of poverty.
As long as South Africa is the only industrialised country in the region its own continued growth will be stunted but at the same time the immigrants will be finding their way into the country. The fact that the Government of South Africa is implicit in the blocking of the growth of regional mechanism for promoting the rule of law as seen by Zimbabwe’s continuing contempt to the SADC Tribunal and South Africa’s failure to raise concern in the aftermath of that is testimony of how South Africa’s misplaced priorities are contributory to the problems we see in the region.
All SADC countries without exception can easily grow their own industrial capacities with the diverse resource bases they have. Zimbabwe is even better as those resources are all matched by a relatively developed infrastructure and an educated work force all of which are underutilised because of the corruption and waywardness of its leadership again at the implied encouragement of South Africa. In hoping for the better I encourage serious thinking and actions on the problem which will look at the causes and the corrective measures not only punitive but proactive and also with a deliberate extension of this action-orientation to the SADC system with a view of developing a truly industrialised region in which each individual country will at least be able to retain its own workforce. A country such as Zimbabwe, with its population at around 10 million will be a very rich country with a GDP of US$100billion and given its abundant resource I do not think this is really far-fetched. Xenophobia is a product of failed policies and approaches both in the domestic affairs of South Africa and its foreign policy options that have allowed the region to have sacred cows who can violate human rights and be corrupt with South Africa patting them on the back and shielding them from censor. The explosion of immigration in the country is a case of the products of this failing foreign policy ethos coming home.
Julius Sai MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA is the CHAIRMAN OF COMMUNITIES POINT, A ZIMBABWEAN PRESSURE GROUP but he writes in his own capacity.
Contact mutyambizizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or 07529705413 BLOG: http://juliussaimutyambizidewa.blogspot.com/
Wednesday 21 July 2010
Saturday 17 July 2010
THE CUNNING HYMN: SAI DEWA
THE CUNNING HYMN: SAI DEWA
Smile and smile, for a mile wear the good expression
Beam as if the world belongs to that emotion
Taboos have now been buried
Stereotype was defeated
Obama became the president!
Racism is no longer fashionable
Throw it away as if you are discarding some dirt
Click the shutter as you dispose it to the gutter
For history has bequeathed onto us a New Dawn
Excellence was rewarded.....stereotype is buried
Obama won!
Now not anymore, shall we talk as if we are stalking angry lions
Colour can no longer tie us forever to mediocrity
South Africa shone like the brightest star
The Vuvuzela conquered and became the sound of victory
Stored forever to memory centres
To restore sense to a world struggling with the untruths history created.
Obama vanquished, justice was done
America showed the world and announced a vision
Not based on keratin, not based on melanin
But based on excellence and skill
Racism was defeated it lies flat in the gutter, lifeless, shamed with no takers to restore it
Stereotype is dead, with no epitaph and no grave......humiliated in its death and after life!!!!
Smile and smile, for a mile wear the good expression
Beam as if the world belongs to that emotion
Taboos have now been buried
Stereotype was defeated
Obama became the president!
Racism is no longer fashionable
Throw it away as if you are discarding some dirt
Click the shutter as you dispose it to the gutter
For history has bequeathed onto us a New Dawn
Excellence was rewarded.....stereotype is buried
Obama won!
Now not anymore, shall we talk as if we are stalking angry lions
Colour can no longer tie us forever to mediocrity
South Africa shone like the brightest star
The Vuvuzela conquered and became the sound of victory
Stored forever to memory centres
To restore sense to a world struggling with the untruths history created.
Obama vanquished, justice was done
America showed the world and announced a vision
Not based on keratin, not based on melanin
But based on excellence and skill
Racism was defeated it lies flat in the gutter, lifeless, shamed with no takers to restore it
Stereotype is dead, with no epitaph and no grave......humiliated in its death and after life!!!!
Friday 16 July 2010
COMMUNITIES POINT STATEMENT ON THE CERTIFICATION OF ZIMBABWE DIAMONDS UNDER THE KIMBERLEY PROCESS
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COMMUNITIES POINT STATEMENT ON THE CERTIFICATION OF ZIMBABWE DIAMONDS UNDER THE KIMBERLEY PROCESS:
BY THE CHAIRMAN: JULIUS MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
Communities Point welcomes the certification of Zimbabwe’s diamonds under the Kimberley Process. We join the government and people of Zimbabwe in celebrating the fact that the country will now be able to sell its diamonds to the world and reap something. Like what Finance Minister Tendai Biti said, the proceeds from the sale of diamonds will be useful revenue for the reconstruction of the country. Every penny will count and where there really is an alternative, that money should be from our own coffers rather than from external sources.
But certification under the Kimberley Process has never been the end that we sought. What Zimbabweans want is fairness as regards their natural resources. The collective aspiration of every Zimbabwean is to see the revenue really changing the landscape, making a contribution to the development of the country. The Kimberley Process was not the only risk to the diamond industry in Zimbabwe. There always have been several inherent risks most of which are beta risks rather than external. They include the corruption that has bedevilled our diamond industry and the impunity that follows that corruption. While we note that this has been the norm for quite a time in Zimbabwe, we are encouraged with the recent ZRP action that has ridden above the curtain of political astronomy and has been able to enforce the law without fear of politicians and favour. Such uncommon valour needs to be extended to the volatile diamond industry to ensure that the procurement of diamonds and their sale is fair from the first point to the last.
We request that there be a stringent regulatory framework in the diamond industry, which must be able to strike a balance between the need for investment and the curbing of corruption in an industry that can easily become a curse to our country. The beginning point will be to bring to a final closure on all outstanding issues including that of the ownership of concessions. The fact that the very ownership of Marange is still in dispute does not augur well for the country and the issues of ownership must be brought to a final closure, a just closure that will not be inclined at punishing anyone for their race or political affiliation. The potential Zimbabwe’s natural resources have on the development of the country can never be overlooked. For success there is a case study next door, Botswana. Yet for failures there are lots of case studies again next door, thereby nudging us to challenge our consciences to do the right thing for the common good of the country. We once again call for the strengthening and empowerment of the existing Zimbabwean institutions and call politicians to disengage from interfering with the law and this includes the proper functioning of the police in enforcing the law. We also call for the emergence of new institutions and a people driven constitution that will serve as a common manual for our reference as new challenges emerge in our country.
.www.communitiespoint.com or mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or Julius.mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or 00447529705413
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COMMUNITIES POINT STATEMENT ON THE CERTIFICATION OF ZIMBABWE DIAMONDS UNDER THE KIMBERLEY PROCESS:
BY THE CHAIRMAN: JULIUS MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
Communities Point welcomes the certification of Zimbabwe’s diamonds under the Kimberley Process. We join the government and people of Zimbabwe in celebrating the fact that the country will now be able to sell its diamonds to the world and reap something. Like what Finance Minister Tendai Biti said, the proceeds from the sale of diamonds will be useful revenue for the reconstruction of the country. Every penny will count and where there really is an alternative, that money should be from our own coffers rather than from external sources.
But certification under the Kimberley Process has never been the end that we sought. What Zimbabweans want is fairness as regards their natural resources. The collective aspiration of every Zimbabwean is to see the revenue really changing the landscape, making a contribution to the development of the country. The Kimberley Process was not the only risk to the diamond industry in Zimbabwe. There always have been several inherent risks most of which are beta risks rather than external. They include the corruption that has bedevilled our diamond industry and the impunity that follows that corruption. While we note that this has been the norm for quite a time in Zimbabwe, we are encouraged with the recent ZRP action that has ridden above the curtain of political astronomy and has been able to enforce the law without fear of politicians and favour. Such uncommon valour needs to be extended to the volatile diamond industry to ensure that the procurement of diamonds and their sale is fair from the first point to the last.
We request that there be a stringent regulatory framework in the diamond industry, which must be able to strike a balance between the need for investment and the curbing of corruption in an industry that can easily become a curse to our country. The beginning point will be to bring to a final closure on all outstanding issues including that of the ownership of concessions. The fact that the very ownership of Marange is still in dispute does not augur well for the country and the issues of ownership must be brought to a final closure, a just closure that will not be inclined at punishing anyone for their race or political affiliation. The potential Zimbabwe’s natural resources have on the development of the country can never be overlooked. For success there is a case study next door, Botswana. Yet for failures there are lots of case studies again next door, thereby nudging us to challenge our consciences to do the right thing for the common good of the country. We once again call for the strengthening and empowerment of the existing Zimbabwean institutions and call politicians to disengage from interfering with the law and this includes the proper functioning of the police in enforcing the law. We also call for the emergence of new institutions and a people driven constitution that will serve as a common manual for our reference as new challenges emerge in our country.
.www.communitiespoint.com or mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or Julius.mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or 00447529705413
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Saturday 10 July 2010
COMMUNITIES POINT STATEMENT ON AID AND THE KIMBERLEY PROCESS:
BY THE CHAIRMAN: JULIUS MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
The assertion by President Robert Mugabe that Zimbabwe does not need aid http://www.zimbabwejournalists.com/story.php?art_id=6752&cat=1 is unfortunate because again it is rhetoric rather than reality. His aspirations of a country that will not be modelled on a perennial need to depend on others for its own survival are the same aspirations we hold yet unfortunately given the current situation in Zimbabwe, of a total failure to fully capacitate by almost every sector of the economy actually mean that Zimbabwe definitely cries for aid at least for the meantime.
President Mugabe must be honest when reaching out to the nation as his assertions, although aimed at his own ZANU PF audience, are coming from a Head of State and the fact that they lack any form of empirical origins fly in the face of our collective efforts to bring the situation in Zimbabwe to normalcy. This has been the ZANU PF ethos throughout the 28 years of its singular governance. They have continued to serve the nation a bitter cocktail of empty promises which when they fail to deliver, the failures are blamed on others without looking at the party’s own contributory effects to Zimbabwe’s failure. In fact there has never been an attempt by ZANU PF to take Zimbabwe to self-sufficiency. Yardsticks that had been set in the country for generations such as our own ability to weave our cotton into cloth, a legacy we had acquired from 12th century Zimbabweans who were led by Chibatamatosi, all disappeared under ZANU PF rule. It is a fact that President Mugabe’s rule took away the expertise to make hoes, weave cloth etc that we always had and today all the cotton produced by our hardworking farmers in Hurungwe, Gokwe and other areas is not woven in Zimbabwe but outside the country. The President’s assumption remains as such, an assumption devoid of alternatives and this is not good for a young school leaver who would want to contribute to his own country but who finds himself having to work in other countries as there are no jobs in Zimbabwe.
What President Mugabe failed to say was the chance that the country has had in the 20 years from 1980 to 2000. He has failed to state that these were missed chances to construct a truly home grown industry that captured the aspirations and contributions of everyone in a single effort to make the economy less dependent on donor aid. What he has failed to say is why a country with such an abundant resource base and an educated workforce has failed to develop itself. He has failed to say why the LupGas, that project which aimed at tapping the abundant methane resources in Matableland North, has failed to take off. Had that happened, who knows we could ended up liquefying the gas to produce petroleum and ease our fuel problems in the country. He has totally failed to say why the Chitungwiza Rail Porject, forever present in ZANU PF’s development fantasies has failed to take off not even an inch of rail has ever been constructed in Chitungwiza. Zimbabweans and Zimbabwe have not failed, its sports have not failed, its mines have not failed, its religions have not failed, its music has not failed, its land and agriculture have not failed. Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans have been failed by an inept leadership that has no clue about the challenges of developing the nation. This is the truth, the country lacks the one to steer it to the development it deserves and President Mugabe is the leader of that team of failures.
Coming to the Kimberley Process, the issues being thrown at us are not being thrown by foreigners only. Our own son Maguwu has also said so. The response of President Mugabe’s government has been to arrest him which is again a total failure at apprehending issues. Maguwu is a Zimbabwean, he has the right to be heard. The Government has shown that it is incapable of seizing an opportunity and has again left foreigners to dictate the pace at which things happen. As Zimbabweans we want to see the prosperity of our country and the role the Marange diamonds could play is immense. But I don’t want the money to come at the expense of people’s lives.
Instead of pursuing this line of denials without any evidence President Mugabe’s Government must take the initiative to bring the matter to a final closure. Contrary to what the President is saying the Kimberley Process does not exist to punish Zimbabwe only. It has been there before and it will be there well after the Zimbabwe saga. We need not confront the process but we must take the initiative to prove that the Marange diamonds are clean. There is a clear alternative to this confrontation which is the instituting of an international inquiry by Zimbabwe which will investigate what Maguwu and others have been saying. This independent international inquiry will bring about a verdict on the Marange diamonds that is more credible and which is likely to be accepted by the KP process. Throughout its history the unmaking of Zimbabwe has been caused by our inability to open up, the concept of sovereignty has a troubling definition in our minds that is linked to a fixation on not wanting an independent verdict. By taking the initiative Zimbabwe will also be able to choose the functional, personal and structural component of the international commission. This is what we challenge the Government to do with regard to the Marange saga and the Kimberley Process.
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www.communitiespoint.com or mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or Julius.mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or 00447529705413
BY THE CHAIRMAN: JULIUS MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
The assertion by President Robert Mugabe that Zimbabwe does not need aid http://www.zimbabwejournalists.com/story.php?art_id=6752&cat=1 is unfortunate because again it is rhetoric rather than reality. His aspirations of a country that will not be modelled on a perennial need to depend on others for its own survival are the same aspirations we hold yet unfortunately given the current situation in Zimbabwe, of a total failure to fully capacitate by almost every sector of the economy actually mean that Zimbabwe definitely cries for aid at least for the meantime.
President Mugabe must be honest when reaching out to the nation as his assertions, although aimed at his own ZANU PF audience, are coming from a Head of State and the fact that they lack any form of empirical origins fly in the face of our collective efforts to bring the situation in Zimbabwe to normalcy. This has been the ZANU PF ethos throughout the 28 years of its singular governance. They have continued to serve the nation a bitter cocktail of empty promises which when they fail to deliver, the failures are blamed on others without looking at the party’s own contributory effects to Zimbabwe’s failure. In fact there has never been an attempt by ZANU PF to take Zimbabwe to self-sufficiency. Yardsticks that had been set in the country for generations such as our own ability to weave our cotton into cloth, a legacy we had acquired from 12th century Zimbabweans who were led by Chibatamatosi, all disappeared under ZANU PF rule. It is a fact that President Mugabe’s rule took away the expertise to make hoes, weave cloth etc that we always had and today all the cotton produced by our hardworking farmers in Hurungwe, Gokwe and other areas is not woven in Zimbabwe but outside the country. The President’s assumption remains as such, an assumption devoid of alternatives and this is not good for a young school leaver who would want to contribute to his own country but who finds himself having to work in other countries as there are no jobs in Zimbabwe.
What President Mugabe failed to say was the chance that the country has had in the 20 years from 1980 to 2000. He has failed to state that these were missed chances to construct a truly home grown industry that captured the aspirations and contributions of everyone in a single effort to make the economy less dependent on donor aid. What he has failed to say is why a country with such an abundant resource base and an educated workforce has failed to develop itself. He has failed to say why the LupGas, that project which aimed at tapping the abundant methane resources in Matableland North, has failed to take off. Had that happened, who knows we could ended up liquefying the gas to produce petroleum and ease our fuel problems in the country. He has totally failed to say why the Chitungwiza Rail Porject, forever present in ZANU PF’s development fantasies has failed to take off not even an inch of rail has ever been constructed in Chitungwiza. Zimbabweans and Zimbabwe have not failed, its sports have not failed, its mines have not failed, its religions have not failed, its music has not failed, its land and agriculture have not failed. Zimbabwe and Zimbabweans have been failed by an inept leadership that has no clue about the challenges of developing the nation. This is the truth, the country lacks the one to steer it to the development it deserves and President Mugabe is the leader of that team of failures.
Coming to the Kimberley Process, the issues being thrown at us are not being thrown by foreigners only. Our own son Maguwu has also said so. The response of President Mugabe’s government has been to arrest him which is again a total failure at apprehending issues. Maguwu is a Zimbabwean, he has the right to be heard. The Government has shown that it is incapable of seizing an opportunity and has again left foreigners to dictate the pace at which things happen. As Zimbabweans we want to see the prosperity of our country and the role the Marange diamonds could play is immense. But I don’t want the money to come at the expense of people’s lives.
Instead of pursuing this line of denials without any evidence President Mugabe’s Government must take the initiative to bring the matter to a final closure. Contrary to what the President is saying the Kimberley Process does not exist to punish Zimbabwe only. It has been there before and it will be there well after the Zimbabwe saga. We need not confront the process but we must take the initiative to prove that the Marange diamonds are clean. There is a clear alternative to this confrontation which is the instituting of an international inquiry by Zimbabwe which will investigate what Maguwu and others have been saying. This independent international inquiry will bring about a verdict on the Marange diamonds that is more credible and which is likely to be accepted by the KP process. Throughout its history the unmaking of Zimbabwe has been caused by our inability to open up, the concept of sovereignty has a troubling definition in our minds that is linked to a fixation on not wanting an independent verdict. By taking the initiative Zimbabwe will also be able to choose the functional, personal and structural component of the international commission. This is what we challenge the Government to do with regard to the Marange saga and the Kimberley Process.
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www.communitiespoint.com or mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or Julius.mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or 00447529705413
Friday 9 July 2010
COMMUNITIES POINT STATEMENT ON ZIMBABWE DEFENCE FORCES:
BY THE CHAIRMAN: JULIUS MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
Communities Point is disturbed by the continuing intervention of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces in frontline, partisan politics in Zimbabwe. This position is reached in line with comments attributed to Lieutnant Colonel Malamo in The Herald on Saturday 10 July 2010: http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=21069&cat=1
While Communities Point does not support illegal sanctions not only against Zimbabwe but against any innocent country and would be the first to oppose them where they exist, the issue of their existence and non-existence in Zimbabwe has been the subject of political embroilment and the making of political capital. Since we are pursuing a completely different agenda, chief of which is not to attain partisan political capital, we will not be drawn into the debate of the existence or non-existence of sanctions in Zimbabwe which is a matter for partisan politics to resolve. However we are worried by the statement of Lieutnant Colonel Malamo, whose rank in the army ought to be the senior-most non-political commissioned rank. We expect Lieutnant Colonel Malamo to be able to display the attributes of a professional rank, he is not a one star general; neither is he a Major General, Lieutnant General or General Commander which are all political appointments. He is where he is on merit and the nation shivers when such pronouncements come from people like him.
While we share the same aspirations he has for Zimbabwe to be well defended by a potent, well-equipped and resourced army our departure point is our insistence that the Zimbabwean army be professional by following the country’s Defence Charter which prohibits the army from being partisan political. We stood with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces last year when they embarked on the path of reconnecting with the nation through asymmetric warfare. We offered to assist them as Communities Point has among its ranks people with knowledge of asymmetric warfare. The advantage of winning the hearts and minds of the nation is that the ZDF will have a base from which to recruit for their future campaigns and also a cover where need arises. An army that does not have the support of its own nationals will find it very difficult to win a war regardless of how well it is resourced. This is why the NAZI army lost the World War 2 and here at home, why a well-equipped, and better trained army during the Rhodesian-era lost to guerrilla forces that although with basic weaponry and basic military training managed to win the war because of the immense support it got from the masses. Saying the same things that politicians should be saying is not encouraging. We are against an army that will support MDC, ZANU PF, ZAPU, MKD or any other political party. The army is apolitical, it is for the nation.
Coming to the issue of “sanctions” and weapons Lt Colonel Malamo must be ashamed of himself for crying loud and in daylight to have their own weapons, medicines and other equipment come from another country. No modern army worth its salt should want its own equipment coming from other countries. It is not safe. Modern, high-tech armies are self-sufficient and Communities Point makes no apologies in castigating the political leadership of Zimbabwe for failing the army by fostering and hoisting a philosophy that made our own army hostage to the arms and ammunitions of other countries at our peril. At independence in 1980 we inherited a defence industry that was capable of ensuring this self-sufficiency and now we want other armies to equip us. Lt Colonel Malamo cannot guarantee the nation’s security against the armies of those countries that supply our country. Just like the partisan politicians, he is keen on seeing a country that sells its own security by entrusting the manufacture and sourcing of equipment to foreigners instead of deliberating on a policy that will see Zimbabwe being self-sufficient in key things such as our own medicines, arms and ammunition and the production of food without which Zimbabwe cannot be said to be truly sovereign.
We urge the Zimbabwe Defence Forces to avoid the temptation of belonging to a political party. The Zimbabwe Defence Forces are not ZANLA, ZIPRA, or Rhodesia Front. They are Zimbabwean in nature and character, formed out of a compromise that followed a bloody path that no-one wishes to follow. It is insensitive to ignore this by characterising the army as if it is the extension of ZANU PF. ZANU PF has its own intelligence; Chinyavada and its own youth wing who should be allowed to talk freely about their party and I think they too will be annoyed that the country’s standing army is now usurping that power and giving it to themselves.
www.communitiespoint.com or mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or Julius.mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or 00447529705413
BY THE CHAIRMAN: JULIUS MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
Communities Point is disturbed by the continuing intervention of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces in frontline, partisan politics in Zimbabwe. This position is reached in line with comments attributed to Lieutnant Colonel Malamo in The Herald on Saturday 10 July 2010: http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=21069&cat=1
While Communities Point does not support illegal sanctions not only against Zimbabwe but against any innocent country and would be the first to oppose them where they exist, the issue of their existence and non-existence in Zimbabwe has been the subject of political embroilment and the making of political capital. Since we are pursuing a completely different agenda, chief of which is not to attain partisan political capital, we will not be drawn into the debate of the existence or non-existence of sanctions in Zimbabwe which is a matter for partisan politics to resolve. However we are worried by the statement of Lieutnant Colonel Malamo, whose rank in the army ought to be the senior-most non-political commissioned rank. We expect Lieutnant Colonel Malamo to be able to display the attributes of a professional rank, he is not a one star general; neither is he a Major General, Lieutnant General or General Commander which are all political appointments. He is where he is on merit and the nation shivers when such pronouncements come from people like him.
While we share the same aspirations he has for Zimbabwe to be well defended by a potent, well-equipped and resourced army our departure point is our insistence that the Zimbabwean army be professional by following the country’s Defence Charter which prohibits the army from being partisan political. We stood with the Zimbabwe Defence Forces last year when they embarked on the path of reconnecting with the nation through asymmetric warfare. We offered to assist them as Communities Point has among its ranks people with knowledge of asymmetric warfare. The advantage of winning the hearts and minds of the nation is that the ZDF will have a base from which to recruit for their future campaigns and also a cover where need arises. An army that does not have the support of its own nationals will find it very difficult to win a war regardless of how well it is resourced. This is why the NAZI army lost the World War 2 and here at home, why a well-equipped, and better trained army during the Rhodesian-era lost to guerrilla forces that although with basic weaponry and basic military training managed to win the war because of the immense support it got from the masses. Saying the same things that politicians should be saying is not encouraging. We are against an army that will support MDC, ZANU PF, ZAPU, MKD or any other political party. The army is apolitical, it is for the nation.
Coming to the issue of “sanctions” and weapons Lt Colonel Malamo must be ashamed of himself for crying loud and in daylight to have their own weapons, medicines and other equipment come from another country. No modern army worth its salt should want its own equipment coming from other countries. It is not safe. Modern, high-tech armies are self-sufficient and Communities Point makes no apologies in castigating the political leadership of Zimbabwe for failing the army by fostering and hoisting a philosophy that made our own army hostage to the arms and ammunitions of other countries at our peril. At independence in 1980 we inherited a defence industry that was capable of ensuring this self-sufficiency and now we want other armies to equip us. Lt Colonel Malamo cannot guarantee the nation’s security against the armies of those countries that supply our country. Just like the partisan politicians, he is keen on seeing a country that sells its own security by entrusting the manufacture and sourcing of equipment to foreigners instead of deliberating on a policy that will see Zimbabwe being self-sufficient in key things such as our own medicines, arms and ammunition and the production of food without which Zimbabwe cannot be said to be truly sovereign.
We urge the Zimbabwe Defence Forces to avoid the temptation of belonging to a political party. The Zimbabwe Defence Forces are not ZANLA, ZIPRA, or Rhodesia Front. They are Zimbabwean in nature and character, formed out of a compromise that followed a bloody path that no-one wishes to follow. It is insensitive to ignore this by characterising the army as if it is the extension of ZANU PF. ZANU PF has its own intelligence; Chinyavada and its own youth wing who should be allowed to talk freely about their party and I think they too will be annoyed that the country’s standing army is now usurping that power and giving it to themselves.
www.communitiespoint.com or mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or Julius.mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or 00447529705413
Friday 2 July 2010
POLICE DEFIANCE OF MINISTERS MAKONE AND MUTASA A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: COMMUNITIES POINT CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT
POLICE DEFIANCE OF MINISTERS MAKONE AND MUTASA A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION: COMMUNITIES POINT CHAIRMAN’S STATEMENT
Communities Point applauds Zimbabwe Republic Police and takes the opportunity to castigate and condemn the interference of Ministers Mutasa and Makone for interfering in the due process of law: http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=20772&cat=1
While we have the full understanding of what it means to be a parent, the actions of Minister Mutasa in trying to interfere with law enforcement by seeking the release from custody of his son Martin Mutasa clearly flies in the face of what the Mutasa family endured untold pain and suffering for during the struggle for independence in Zimbabwe. If the story of Zimbabwe is to be told, no-one can ever run away from the fact that one of the most unique features of the liberation struggle were families that went into the liberation struggle as a family unit and the names that quickly come to mind are the Mutasa, Chitepo, Malianga, Moyo, Sithole, Mawema and Chinamano families. The Mutasa family gave its father, mother and sons to the liberation cause and not so many people can easily erase that in our memories. But the struggle the Mutasa family was fighting for was a principled one based on set goals chief of which were democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Unfortunately Martin Mutasa’s decision to hang on with dubious characters and opportunists like Themba Mliswa [whose family credentials in the struggle for independence start post-2000 with their own self-serving invasions of productive farms they then go on to completely run down; leaving a trail of redundant farm-workers and starving families], was at the expense of those principles.
The police cannot allow people to invade firms in the name of indigenisation and even though I come from a similar background of a revolutionary tradition, I do not believe it is enriching to engage in such activities that fundamentally go against what Minister Mutasa and other liberation fighters that also include my own father, mother, brother and uncles, fought for. There is a time to call off these privileges, there must be a stop to excesses and Zimbabwe needs to restore itself and respect its own institutions. Surely the police has been found on the wrong in the past and I would have been the first to castigate them had Martin Mutasa been arrested wrongfully. But the interference of Minister Mutasa, a father figure not only to Martin, but to our contemporary history, flies in the face of all the sacrifices that heroes present and departed sacrificed for. In the same light I want to register my complete disappointment with co-Minister of Home Affairs Theresa Makone. Zimbabwe will quickly lose confidence in a Home Affairs Minister who thinks her role is to remove from lawful custody by coercion, relatives of fellow ministers who would have been lawfully detained for disrespecting property laws.
There is a call for Theresa Makone to understand due process. In a country the police ought to exist as an arm of government that enforces the law and while the home affairs minister is accountable for their actions, she is not expected to supervise personnel and she can never enter police stations to remove detained people from lawful custody whatever the intention, good or bad. Those in the position of Martin Mutasa should instruct defence lawyers if they are challenging their detention. A Minister cannot be that lawyer and surely a minister of home affairs cannot act like a traditional leader using prerogative powers to discharge willy-nilly those she likes and condemn those she doesn’t want to custody. To allow that will condemn the country to dark ages and surely Minister Makone must reflect.
The attitude of Theresa Makone must send shivers down the spine of every Zimbabwean as we contemplate the future scenarios as regards the work of police. If she could do so to people like Themba Mliswa, Martin Mutasa etc what will stop her from trying to release her own relative if they are accused of heinous crimes such as murder or rape? It seems there is a demonstrated clear failure to understand the role of minister. The role of minister does not operate to bully institutions and citizens into one’s whims, rather it exists to facilitate the smooth running of government departments for the common good of the citizenry. In concluding, I call the two ministers to duty and ask them to reflect and challenge them to apologise to the Zimbabwean public for steps too far travelled. I also call Zimbabweans to learn from the debacle and remain vigilant about the continued abuse of power even under the Inclusive Government. We were told that things will be done differently by MDC-T, the actions of Theresa Makone who is a senior member of the MDC-T tell a completely different story. Power corrupts but in the case of Theresa Makone the velocity of the corruption cannot even find space in the Guinness Book of Records for its incredibility.
Julius Sai MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk 07529705413
CHAIRMAN; COMMUNITIES POINT
Communities Point applauds Zimbabwe Republic Police and takes the opportunity to castigate and condemn the interference of Ministers Mutasa and Makone for interfering in the due process of law: http://www.herald.co.zw/inside.aspx?sectid=20772&cat=1
While we have the full understanding of what it means to be a parent, the actions of Minister Mutasa in trying to interfere with law enforcement by seeking the release from custody of his son Martin Mutasa clearly flies in the face of what the Mutasa family endured untold pain and suffering for during the struggle for independence in Zimbabwe. If the story of Zimbabwe is to be told, no-one can ever run away from the fact that one of the most unique features of the liberation struggle were families that went into the liberation struggle as a family unit and the names that quickly come to mind are the Mutasa, Chitepo, Malianga, Moyo, Sithole, Mawema and Chinamano families. The Mutasa family gave its father, mother and sons to the liberation cause and not so many people can easily erase that in our memories. But the struggle the Mutasa family was fighting for was a principled one based on set goals chief of which were democracy, human rights and the rule of law. Unfortunately Martin Mutasa’s decision to hang on with dubious characters and opportunists like Themba Mliswa [whose family credentials in the struggle for independence start post-2000 with their own self-serving invasions of productive farms they then go on to completely run down; leaving a trail of redundant farm-workers and starving families], was at the expense of those principles.
The police cannot allow people to invade firms in the name of indigenisation and even though I come from a similar background of a revolutionary tradition, I do not believe it is enriching to engage in such activities that fundamentally go against what Minister Mutasa and other liberation fighters that also include my own father, mother, brother and uncles, fought for. There is a time to call off these privileges, there must be a stop to excesses and Zimbabwe needs to restore itself and respect its own institutions. Surely the police has been found on the wrong in the past and I would have been the first to castigate them had Martin Mutasa been arrested wrongfully. But the interference of Minister Mutasa, a father figure not only to Martin, but to our contemporary history, flies in the face of all the sacrifices that heroes present and departed sacrificed for. In the same light I want to register my complete disappointment with co-Minister of Home Affairs Theresa Makone. Zimbabwe will quickly lose confidence in a Home Affairs Minister who thinks her role is to remove from lawful custody by coercion, relatives of fellow ministers who would have been lawfully detained for disrespecting property laws.
There is a call for Theresa Makone to understand due process. In a country the police ought to exist as an arm of government that enforces the law and while the home affairs minister is accountable for their actions, she is not expected to supervise personnel and she can never enter police stations to remove detained people from lawful custody whatever the intention, good or bad. Those in the position of Martin Mutasa should instruct defence lawyers if they are challenging their detention. A Minister cannot be that lawyer and surely a minister of home affairs cannot act like a traditional leader using prerogative powers to discharge willy-nilly those she likes and condemn those she doesn’t want to custody. To allow that will condemn the country to dark ages and surely Minister Makone must reflect.
The attitude of Theresa Makone must send shivers down the spine of every Zimbabwean as we contemplate the future scenarios as regards the work of police. If she could do so to people like Themba Mliswa, Martin Mutasa etc what will stop her from trying to release her own relative if they are accused of heinous crimes such as murder or rape? It seems there is a demonstrated clear failure to understand the role of minister. The role of minister does not operate to bully institutions and citizens into one’s whims, rather it exists to facilitate the smooth running of government departments for the common good of the citizenry. In concluding, I call the two ministers to duty and ask them to reflect and challenge them to apologise to the Zimbabwean public for steps too far travelled. I also call Zimbabweans to learn from the debacle and remain vigilant about the continued abuse of power even under the Inclusive Government. We were told that things will be done differently by MDC-T, the actions of Theresa Makone who is a senior member of the MDC-T tell a completely different story. Power corrupts but in the case of Theresa Makone the velocity of the corruption cannot even find space in the Guinness Book of Records for its incredibility.
Julius Sai MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk 07529705413
CHAIRMAN; COMMUNITIES POINT
Thursday 1 July 2010
EXPULSIONS AND DEMOTIONS IN MDC-T: SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH THE TSVANGIRAYI NARRATIVE: JULIUS SAI MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
EXPULSIONS AND DEMOTIONS IN MDC-T: SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH THE TSVANGIRAYI NARRATIVE: JULIUS SAI MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA
Interim ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa recently said Prime Minister Tsvangirai is the same as President Robert Mugabe: http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-2751-PM+no+better+than+Mugabe+Dabengwa/news.aspx
Well from the MDC-T perspective this seems to be a good thing. They cannot deny that because senior MDC-T officials said of President Mugabe at the start of the Inclusive Government: “We misunderstood him”. To me that statement is a resounding endorsement of President Mugabe and the policies of his government including Gukurahundi; violent farm invasions, the arbitrary arrests of MDC members and social justice campaigners including Morgan Tsvangirai himself. It also means there is no incentive for the MDC to try and reign in perpetrators of atrocities and human rights abuses. According to MDC-T all those people understood President Robert Mugabe before them and therefore they cannot be punished for being enlightened earlier on. The fact that their own enlightenment was slow in coming actually makes their “punishment” by those like Comrade Chinotimba who were quick to understand President Mugabe , a good wake-up call and therefore all those people we thought were committing crimes were actually working for a right cause by trying to make the ignorant understand a man they wrongfully misunderstood.
Enough of that, and to the cabinet reshuffle! I am not going to challenge the Prime Minister’s right to appoint. Well, that is his role and surely I have said again and again that in a true democracy there can never be room for revolutionary aristocracy. People cannot keep their jobs even when they are underperforming, just because of who they are and what they did in the past. I believe the reasons for the demotions or sackings were purely meritocratic rather than to try and settle scores.
But I am writing about the Prime Minister’s role in the party. For the fourth time I seem to be hearing that the President of MDC-T has the right to designate party officials into roles. To put it into perspective when the “debacle” with Tendai Biti was referred to the party’s National Executive Committee it was later reported that Tsvangirai as the President of the Party had decided to take some of the responsibilities of Biti as Secretary General because it seemed there was too much in Biti’s plate. And Fidelis Mhashu, Elias Mudzuri and Thamsanqa Mahlangu were all dropped so that they strengthened the party. I am not so sure if I am the only one not understanding this. Maybe I am losing it: “Sai, Moyo,Tate Dewa? Mandla, muisana!”
For whatever it is Tsvangirai in his role as the President of MDC-T cannot designate Fidelis Mhashu to go and sort out Chitungwiza, no, where does he get those powers? And Tsvangirai cannot command Elias Mudzuri, an elected official of the party to do a duty in that capacity. In the case of Chitungwiza or any province the National Executive Council should act through a report of the National Chairman and the National Organising Secretary and empower Mudzuri or any other official to sort out things there. It cannot come from one individual. Biti’s “wings cannot be clipped” by Tsangirai. The office of the Secretary General is supposed to be constitutional and elected and the duties are provided for in their party’s constitution. If Morgan Tsvangirai as a member of the party is not happy with the powers that the post of Secretary General has then he has to air his views at the National Congress as it is the National Congress that has the powers to amend the constitution and change the roles of post-holders. The fact that the President of the party is being allowed to reappoint and redefine roles that only a properly constituted congress can do flies in the face of transparency and must call every interested person to question the seriousness of MDC-T as a political party willing to bring change to the politics of Zimbabwe. If those powers are some of the prerogatives Morgan Tsvangirai now has in MDC-T then there simply is no political party to talk of. MDC-T will therefore be a project; just like Mavambo was, in support of an individual and that individual is acting independently.
That brings me to the issue I have always talked of and which makes me really uncomfortable on my political allegiances. The name of the party; MDC-Tsvangirayi: to what extent does it affect the whole project? I think it does because in essence members of MDC-Tsvangirayi are acting for the good of Tsvangirayi. They exist because of him because he is the organisation. Most will find it uncomfortable and say but the names Movement for Democratic Change mean that the project is not personalised but a party. I beg to differ and I do so strongly. Morgan Tsvangirayi does not even need to put the name Morgan to the name to make MDC-Tsvangirayi a purely Tsvangirai thing even where the names Movement for Democratic Change are present. He can claim the letters MDC as his own initials and no-one can deny it if he says he has three names Movement Democratic and Change. Then his identity will be Mr Movement Democratic Change Tsvangirai with Tsvangirai as the surname and the other three as the first names. We have people with such names in Africa isn’t it? MDC-Tsvangirayi is slowly showing its character; it has become a person’s project and Morgan Tsvangirai has the right to hire and fire personnel in a party that is called after him. It is his movement; his foundation marketing his own principles and those who are voted into power through the name MDC-T exist in those positions because of him. They have to advance his whims.
It is sad though that because of expediency a lot of people in the ranks of MDC-T are failing to challenge that. Morgan Tsvangirai has done a lot for Zimbabwe. He has done a lot for democracy, accountability and transparency. To leave him fall into disgrace in our eyes is not being responsible. Someone must tell him that the path he is travelling is wrong. A political party or movement exists for the nation, not for a family. It is a national project and that must be followed. Its constitution is its body of ethics and must be adhered to. Membership is its pillar; they have to be respected and the leaders they choose must exist in the roles they were given and only them, through their congress, must recall them or disenfranchise them. The name Tsvangirai has become historic, it is a Zimbabwean identity in its own right, but it can choose to be a good or bad Zimbabwean identity. If Tsvangirai falls from grace we will all be complicit and all of those who were his colleagues will be identified as the hyprocrites who criticised ZANU PF and went on to do the same things. Someone must tell him that the party can never be called after him, it is too old to be done now. Power corrupts but we must make sure that it does not corrupt one of us this openly. The President must lead the party not interfere with the democratic process by unconstitutionally reassigning what other elected officials should do. He has the potential to be a good leader we can all be proud of, we are collectively responsible for his failure!!
JULIUS SAI MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or 07529705413
Interim ZAPU leader Dumiso Dabengwa recently said Prime Minister Tsvangirai is the same as President Robert Mugabe: http://www.newzimbabwe.com/news-2751-PM+no+better+than+Mugabe+Dabengwa/news.aspx
Well from the MDC-T perspective this seems to be a good thing. They cannot deny that because senior MDC-T officials said of President Mugabe at the start of the Inclusive Government: “We misunderstood him”. To me that statement is a resounding endorsement of President Mugabe and the policies of his government including Gukurahundi; violent farm invasions, the arbitrary arrests of MDC members and social justice campaigners including Morgan Tsvangirai himself. It also means there is no incentive for the MDC to try and reign in perpetrators of atrocities and human rights abuses. According to MDC-T all those people understood President Robert Mugabe before them and therefore they cannot be punished for being enlightened earlier on. The fact that their own enlightenment was slow in coming actually makes their “punishment” by those like Comrade Chinotimba who were quick to understand President Mugabe , a good wake-up call and therefore all those people we thought were committing crimes were actually working for a right cause by trying to make the ignorant understand a man they wrongfully misunderstood.
Enough of that, and to the cabinet reshuffle! I am not going to challenge the Prime Minister’s right to appoint. Well, that is his role and surely I have said again and again that in a true democracy there can never be room for revolutionary aristocracy. People cannot keep their jobs even when they are underperforming, just because of who they are and what they did in the past. I believe the reasons for the demotions or sackings were purely meritocratic rather than to try and settle scores.
But I am writing about the Prime Minister’s role in the party. For the fourth time I seem to be hearing that the President of MDC-T has the right to designate party officials into roles. To put it into perspective when the “debacle” with Tendai Biti was referred to the party’s National Executive Committee it was later reported that Tsvangirai as the President of the Party had decided to take some of the responsibilities of Biti as Secretary General because it seemed there was too much in Biti’s plate. And Fidelis Mhashu, Elias Mudzuri and Thamsanqa Mahlangu were all dropped so that they strengthened the party. I am not so sure if I am the only one not understanding this. Maybe I am losing it: “Sai, Moyo,Tate Dewa? Mandla, muisana!”
For whatever it is Tsvangirai in his role as the President of MDC-T cannot designate Fidelis Mhashu to go and sort out Chitungwiza, no, where does he get those powers? And Tsvangirai cannot command Elias Mudzuri, an elected official of the party to do a duty in that capacity. In the case of Chitungwiza or any province the National Executive Council should act through a report of the National Chairman and the National Organising Secretary and empower Mudzuri or any other official to sort out things there. It cannot come from one individual. Biti’s “wings cannot be clipped” by Tsangirai. The office of the Secretary General is supposed to be constitutional and elected and the duties are provided for in their party’s constitution. If Morgan Tsvangirai as a member of the party is not happy with the powers that the post of Secretary General has then he has to air his views at the National Congress as it is the National Congress that has the powers to amend the constitution and change the roles of post-holders. The fact that the President of the party is being allowed to reappoint and redefine roles that only a properly constituted congress can do flies in the face of transparency and must call every interested person to question the seriousness of MDC-T as a political party willing to bring change to the politics of Zimbabwe. If those powers are some of the prerogatives Morgan Tsvangirai now has in MDC-T then there simply is no political party to talk of. MDC-T will therefore be a project; just like Mavambo was, in support of an individual and that individual is acting independently.
That brings me to the issue I have always talked of and which makes me really uncomfortable on my political allegiances. The name of the party; MDC-Tsvangirayi: to what extent does it affect the whole project? I think it does because in essence members of MDC-Tsvangirayi are acting for the good of Tsvangirayi. They exist because of him because he is the organisation. Most will find it uncomfortable and say but the names Movement for Democratic Change mean that the project is not personalised but a party. I beg to differ and I do so strongly. Morgan Tsvangirayi does not even need to put the name Morgan to the name to make MDC-Tsvangirayi a purely Tsvangirai thing even where the names Movement for Democratic Change are present. He can claim the letters MDC as his own initials and no-one can deny it if he says he has three names Movement Democratic and Change. Then his identity will be Mr Movement Democratic Change Tsvangirai with Tsvangirai as the surname and the other three as the first names. We have people with such names in Africa isn’t it? MDC-Tsvangirayi is slowly showing its character; it has become a person’s project and Morgan Tsvangirai has the right to hire and fire personnel in a party that is called after him. It is his movement; his foundation marketing his own principles and those who are voted into power through the name MDC-T exist in those positions because of him. They have to advance his whims.
It is sad though that because of expediency a lot of people in the ranks of MDC-T are failing to challenge that. Morgan Tsvangirai has done a lot for Zimbabwe. He has done a lot for democracy, accountability and transparency. To leave him fall into disgrace in our eyes is not being responsible. Someone must tell him that the path he is travelling is wrong. A political party or movement exists for the nation, not for a family. It is a national project and that must be followed. Its constitution is its body of ethics and must be adhered to. Membership is its pillar; they have to be respected and the leaders they choose must exist in the roles they were given and only them, through their congress, must recall them or disenfranchise them. The name Tsvangirai has become historic, it is a Zimbabwean identity in its own right, but it can choose to be a good or bad Zimbabwean identity. If Tsvangirai falls from grace we will all be complicit and all of those who were his colleagues will be identified as the hyprocrites who criticised ZANU PF and went on to do the same things. Someone must tell him that the party can never be called after him, it is too old to be done now. Power corrupts but we must make sure that it does not corrupt one of us this openly. The President must lead the party not interfere with the democratic process by unconstitutionally reassigning what other elected officials should do. He has the potential to be a good leader we can all be proud of, we are collectively responsible for his failure!!
JULIUS SAI MUTYAMBIZI-DEWA mutyambizidewa@yahoo.co.uk or 07529705413
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