Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi, a Zanu PF Minister, was accused of stealing sugar donated to Mugabe by Matuke, a fellow Zanu PF official. If Matuke thinks he is doing Mugabe a favour he is very much mistaken.
Mugabe is shrewd enough to know that Mzembi will know a lot of dirty other Zanu PF officials including Mugabe himself has done. And if push comes to shove, Mzembi will spill the beans. Mugabe has been doing his best to hold his party of thieves and murderers together and one calling another “thief” is not helping. No one, not even the prince of thieves and murderers himself knows how to contain this. This is the beginning of the end for Mugabe because each such finger pointing story amongst his cronies and thugs has the potential of setting off an explosive chain reaction.
Mugabe made Zanu PF a party of crooks and now they are not only stealing from you but they are also exposing the dirty truth you and the party has been up to. The centre can not hold; things fall apart! “Chiwakadya chamuka!”
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@La Quebecoise
I think the owners of the businesses will be paid at least something. What happened with the white farms, were the owners were forced to leave with nothing but the shirt they were wearing, will happen with the business and mines.
You are right, having sold the 51% shares, there will be a battle royal between the original and the new owners. But we also know who will win every time - the new owners; which is why Mugabe insisted in magical 51% controlling share-holding.
The first thing that is going to happen is that the business will find itself forced to take a team of new managers, secretaries, etc., etc. all superfluous to requirement. There will all be Mugabe cronies, their mistresses, etc. They will each want new offices, new cars, etc. over and above their no-expense spared remuneration packages.
It will be a matter of time before the business folds up. It does not matter how viable the business activity might be there is a limit to how many free-loaders it can carry.
The whole indigenous bill is not about giving blacks a share in the wealth of Zimbabwe; the Zimbabwean masses will be worse. It is about Mugabe and his cronies finding a new host to suck blood out of.
I am surprised that many Mugabe cronies who actually believe that they will too will gain something. Zimbabwe’s unemployment rate is seating at 80% plus and at least 15% of those in employment are government employees. That means there are very few private companies still running in Zimbabwe and therefore there will be many, many greed Mugabe cronies who are in for a big disappointment.
The fighting among Mugabe supporters over farms has been vicious but it will be even worse over the few mines and businesses. It will be dog-eat-dog!
What is even more surprising is that some of Mugabe’s cronies actually believe the current political arrangement where the ruling elite grab everything of any value at the expense of the rest of us is sustainable. Mugabe does not believe it is that is why he would drag out the implementation of this law for as long as possible. The law was actually passed in 2007. He did exactly the same thing with the white farms – the farm invasions started in 2000 and it is still going on today. As long as he has something to dangle before his cronies, Mugabe knows, he will continue to have their blind loyalty. He is hoping that the whole edifice he has built all these years will hold long enough for him to die in office. After that it can fall like a house of cards, he does not care.
The truth is, Mugabe should have his dentist install a cyanide capsule in his tooth because the house of cards is set to collapse an day now and when it does it will happen quickly and will not be pretty! For the millions of Zimbabweans, it would not happen soon enough and they will certainly celebrate his demise! Many of his cronies will be the ones left holding the bag – their fall will not be pretty either. Trust me, none of them will be missed; it will be good riddance.
@Fungayi
When you talk of "Zimbabweans are educated enough to understand the value of wealth creation and distribution" you are not counting Mugabe and his cronies, like you; are you? Because if they did understand all that then Zimbabwe would not be in the mess it is in now will it?
Zimbabwe's economic mess has more to do with having an incompetent, corrupt and repressive regime in power for thirty years. Nations with not so many educated people have in the past done infinitely better than Zimbabwe has done; all that was required here is common sense and the humility to know no one is infallible.
Reading some of the nonsense you keep writing, it is clear neither you nor many of your fellow Mugabe cronies understand what I am talking about. Do not worry, you master's house of cards is certain to collapse; then and only then you people like you begin to understand!
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