tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post4238996109423495857..comments2024-03-27T15:38:36.614-07:00Comments on Zimbabwe Light: Mutasa hit hard times - the scourge hardening Zanu PF resolve to rig 2018 elections. P GuramatunhuZimbabwe Lighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-35593035814777772222017-07-12T06:10:31.052-07:002017-07-12T06:10:31.052-07:00We fought a bitter liberation war so that we could...We fought a bitter liberation war so that we could we enjoy freedom, liberty, justice, peace, economic prosperity, one-man-one-vote, etc., etc. Many of our people both in the front line and civilians lost property, limps and hundreds of thousands lost their very lives. It is a great tragedy that after all that sacrifice all we did was remove an oppressive white colonial regime only to replace it with a tyrannical, corrupt and incompetent black regime.<br /><br />Comrade Didymus Mutasa and all the other Zanu PF leaders are guilty of betraying the nation and all we fought for and for landing us in this mess. Mutasa has had the last 3 years to reflect on what has happened and one would have thought he would now be filled with remorse and begging the nation, especially the victims of his murderous acts for forgiveness. Instead the old crow is whining about how his fellow Zanu thugs are laughing at him; it is always me, me, me with him and his kind! He has not even noticed the full extend of the hell the regime created.<br /><br />I hope Zimbabwe will one day have a competent government that will document properly what has happened here these last 37 years with the view of establishing the true historic facts and to recover some of the looted wealth from those responsible or their estates! What has happened here is an outrage we must recognize it as such and deal with it accordingly!Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03002527980821483437noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-63946316281712965802017-07-11T15:02:17.684-07:002017-07-11T15:02:17.684-07:00"Aiva madziva avamazambuko!" I would hav..."Aiva madziva avamazambuko!" I would have said “Zumbu rakapindanyoka!” (Chicken hut that has been ravished by a snake!) After 34 years of three course meals, designer suits, etc. Comrade Mutasa was not taken well to sadza nemajuru (a meal of maize meal with termites), and the ill-fitting cloths from Sayaso! <br /><br />In the first decade or so after independence Mugabe always managed to get his cronies he was sending out to pasture some cushy jobs. This was one of the reasons why the civil service, army, parastatals, etc. have all ballooned. We have so many very well paid chefs and very few ill paid workers doing the useful and productive work; which in turn has contributed to the economic decline. It was just a matter of time before the whole phony economic prosperity blow into Mugabe’s face. For years now all those put out to pasture by Zanu PF have been allowed to readopt from the gravy train lifestyle of unlimited luxury to poverty. <br /><br />I agree with you there Patrick, the economic drop, with it the standard of living, from one used to the luxuries of the gravy train to surviving day by day on subsistence is the greatest fear amongst the ruling elite. “Kupona nehwaku mukwaku seguguvo!” as one would say in Shona. By destroying the country’s economy what Zanu PF has done is destroy the middle class. In Zimbabwe you are either one of the few filthy rich of you are one of the millions making do on $200 per year income, according to New World Wealth report. It is this fear that forced people like Grace Mugabe to fight like a cornered shrew, first, to “baby dump” Mujuru and then to take on Mnangagwa to make sure she succeeds her husband as President. <br /><br />If Grace Mugabe does not get the presidency there is no doubt she will find it impossible to hang on to the Blue Roof Mansion and all the family has looted. She can never explain how the family earned it all legally and in the face of the grinding poverty in the land it will only be just that the loot is given back to its rightful owners – the people. What is true of the Mugabes is equally true of the rest in Zanu PF. Of course, Zanu PF will not want to give up power without a fight, not with grinding poverty ready to embrace them the very day they lose power. <br />Zimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-91786877702773942912017-07-11T14:31:34.711-07:002017-07-11T14:31:34.711-07:00“The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said econom...“The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said economic activity in Zimbabwe is projected to remain subdued, in the medium term, pending adjustment and reform that will enable the economy to restore fiscal and external sustainability and achieve its growth potential,” reported Spotlight –Z.<br /><br />True enough and there will never be any meaningful reforms until the nation finally deals with this cancer of bad governance by implementing the reforms designed to dismantle the de facto one-party state. The nation has had many opportunities to end the dictatorship, with the best chance coming during the GNU, but has wasted them all. <br /><br />SADC leaders warned the country of the need to implement the reforms but we refused to listen. Next year the country is set to go into the elections with no reform in place. It is madness as this will not change anything as Zanu PF will just rig the vote as before.Zimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-65285136775225300442017-07-11T14:17:30.640-07:002017-07-11T14:17:30.640-07:00"Aiva madziva avamazambuko!" I would hav..."Aiva madziva avamazambuko!" I would have said “Zumbu rakapindanyoka!” (Chicken hut that has been ravished by a snake!) After 34 years of three course meals, designer suits, etc. Comrade Mutasa was not taken well to sadza nemajuru (a meal of maize meal with termites), and the ill-fitting cloths from Sayaso! <br /><br />In the first decade or so after independence Mugabe always managed to get his cronies he was sending out to pasture some cushy jobs. This was one of the reasons why the civil service, army, parastatals, etc. have all ballooned. We have so many very well paid chefs and very few ill paid workers doing the useful and productive work; which in turn has contributed to the economic decline. It was just a matter of time before the whole phony economic prosperity blow into Mugabe’s face. For years now all those put out to pasture by Zanu PF have been allowed to readopt from the gravy train lifestyle of unlimited luxury to poverty. <br /><br />I agree with you there Patrick, the economic drop, with it the standard of living, from one used to the luxuries of the gravy train to surviving day by day on subsistence is the greatest fear amongst the ruling elite. “Kupona nehwaku mukwaku seguguvo!” as one would say in Shona. By destroying the country’s economy what Zanu PF has done is destroy the middle class. In Zimbabwe you are either one of the few filthy rich of you are one of the millions making do on $200 per year income, according to New World Wealth report. It is this fear that forced people like Grace Mugabe to fight like a cornered shrew, first, to “baby dump” Mujuru and then to take on Mnangagwa to make sure she succeeds her husband as President. <br /><br />If Grace Mugabe does not get the presidency there is no doubt she will find it impossible to hang on to the Blue Roof Mansion and all the family has looted. She can never explain how the family earned it all legally and in the face of the grinding poverty in the land it will only be just that the loot is given back to its rightful owners – the people. What is true of the Mugabes is equally true of the rest in Zanu PF. Of course, Zanu PF will not want to give up power without a fight, not with grinding poverty ready to embrace them the very day they lose powerZimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-767045843636553342017-07-11T08:14:26.368-07:002017-07-11T08:14:26.368-07:00@ Maita
"So she knows Zanupf is using state ...@ Maita<br /><br />"So she knows Zanupf is using state projects to campaign how then does she expect the opposition to use the state projects," you said.<br /><br />The point here is that Zanu PF uses State institutions and resources to rig elections and the point is not to contest the elections until democratic reforms designed to stop these abuses are implemented. MDC not only failed to get even one reform implemented when they had the chance to do so during the GNU but dragged the nation into flawed 2013 elections. <br /><br />MDC have promised they will not contest another election until reforms are implemented but have now changed their minds for no reason other than greed for the few gravy train seats Zanu PF gives away. <br /><br />Your trouble my friend is that you cannot accept that MDC leaders are corrupt and incompetent even with a mountain of evidence in front of you. <br /><br />There is no logic in contesting an election you know is going to be rigged. The only reason Tsvangirai & co. contested the July 2013 elections contrary to SADC leaders warning the elections would be rigged is greed. The opposition are doing the same again next year for the same reason – greed. <br /><br />We, the ordinary people, gained nothing from a rigged 2013 election other than being stuck with Zanu PF and forfeiting the chance to implement the reforms. It would be folly to allow these selfish, corrupt and incompetent opposition leaders with their blind-as-a-mole supporters (half of whom are in fact CIOs) to drag us into yet another flawed election process! <br />Zimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-48816581084392707782017-07-11T07:47:48.712-07:002017-07-11T07:47:48.712-07:00Linda Masarira, the pro-democracy activist, said c...Linda Masarira, the pro-democracy activist, said chances of the opposition winning next year's election were next to zero as they have no strategy to outwit Zanu-PF.<br /><br />"MDC-T leaders were equally corrupt and clueless during the Government of National Unity," she added.<br /><br />Linda is not the only ordinary Zimbabwean to openly admit that MDC leaders are corrupt and incompetent many others are saying the same thing. Zimbabweans have been slow to accept the political reality of how Zanu PF blatantly rigged the 2013 elections sweeping aside MDC’s repeated assurance that the elections would be free, fair and credible, for example. MDC’s claim of the new constitution being the bulwark to stop vote rigging turned out to be just another example of Chinua Achebe’s egotistic dog who claimed to put out the furnace fire “with its puny fart!” <br /><br />There really is no plausible excuse for MDC or anyone else in the opposition camp for contesting in next year’s election when everyone with eyes to see and half a brain to perceive knows the election are flawed and Zanu PF will rig the vote. The only reason the opposition are contesting is out of greed, they know Zanu PF will give away a few gravy train seats and these are the ones they are after. <br /><br />The electorate can see through the opposition’s lies and know of their greed. Zanu PF rallies are well attended by school children, as we saw in the Masvingo rally last week, and anyone else the party thugs can frogmarch to attend. As for the opposition, gone are the days of a “sea of red” of MDC supporters in their party colours. <br /><br />Zanu PF will rig next year’s elections but will not get away with it because the whole world can see this is stage-managed sham election in which the regime is even parachuting in opposition candidates to shore up the fast disappearing opposition credibility! <br />Zimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5937946029621043741.post-86773792533756609772017-07-11T07:03:18.885-07:002017-07-11T07:03:18.885-07:00@Daphine Zulu
“The Shona adage, shiri ine muririr...@Daphine Zulu<br /><br />“The Shona adage, shiri ine muririre wayo haiuregeri best describes the MDC-T when it comes to elections, as the party seizes any opportunity to grumble over the possibility of losing an election to rigging or any imaginary unfair play,” you say.<br /><br />Whilst it is true that MDC-T has been at sixes and sevens on what is wrong with our electoral system much less what should be done about it. The fact of the matter is vote rigging in Zimbabwe is a real and very serious problem. It is now abundantly clear that contesting next year’s elections is not just madness but high treason because those doing it know it is futile but are doing it out of selfish greed!<br /><br />Since the 2008 elections Zanu PF has learnt that as long as it allowed the opposition to win a few gravy train seats; the regime can continue to rig the elections and still have a full house of opposition opponents. <br /><br />The only solution to vote rigging is to implement the democratic reforms designed to end Zanu PF’s corrupting and undemocratic control over ZEC, Police and all the other State Institutions. MDC leaders had the golden opportunity to implement the reforms during the GNU, SADC leaders reminded them to do so repeatedly. In the five years of the GNU, MDC has failed to get even one reform implemented because of their blundering incompetence and greed. <br /><br />Morgan Tsvangirai has failed to give even one pausible excuse why his party is forsaking it “No reform, no election!” stance given that not even one reform was implemented since the July 2013 rigged elections. The whole world can see that the only reason opposition is contesting these flawed elections is greed. Everyone can see that Zimbabwe elections are sham and the prospect of the international community, including SADC and the AU, refusing to recognise the elections result as a true reflection of the democratic will of the people of Zimbabwe is looming large! <br /><br />With no democratic reforms in place, of course, Zanu PF will rig next year’s elections. Some people are saying the vote rigging is done and dusted already, all the regime is waiting for is to announce yet another Zanu PF landslide victory! The only big worry for the regime is whether it can get away with it this time; a totally discredited opposition will make that IMPOSSIBLE! <br />Zimbabwe Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660690160173744190noreply@blogger.com