WE NEED A DISCERNING ELECTORATE: NOTHING CAN EVER BE ACHIEVED IN ZIMBABWE UNTIL THEN!

@Fungayi
Starting another political party is clearly not the panacea to Zimbabwe’s political and economic problems. You have just listed 12 parties that have been formed in Zimbabwe in the last 30 years alone, just short on a new political party every two years. And yet Zimbabwe’s problems very got worse not better.

By the way, the same problem can be seen in other areas too. Take education for example; I have lost count of how many universities we now have in Zimbabwe chaining out thousands of new graduates but, sadly, most of them ill educated. This is not the students, they are as keen as mustard to learn. But how can they do so when the institution is so poorly funded that it has neither the equipment nor the staff.

Thirty years of totalitarian rule has had an adverse effect on the nation’s psycho, we have become obsessed about quantity and forgot quality. The political parties have all failed because the few competent individuals have welcomed all deadwood and rubbish in their midst just to make up the quantity. “Kukuvarira zvose mavhu namarara!” as one would say in Shona.

And we, the electorate have done no better ourselves because we have welcome each one of the twelve political parties with open arms.

What Zimbabwe needs above all else is a discerning electorate one that can distinguish quality leaders from the rubbish that now in power. That is where I come in, to encourage Zimbabweans to open their minds, to ask the difficult questions of themselves and those aspiring to be leaders and to think for themselves! I have also taken it upon myself to ensure the all them rats who have made our lives a misery for the last thirty years are hunted down and hanged. You have to admit it Fungayi; that is definitely a lot more challenging and fulfilling than being an acolyte of a demented dictator!

@ Alex Nhando
I agree with you that Tsvangirai is “brave”. Yes he stood up to confront the ruthless and brutal dictator, Mugabe, when no one else would.

Alex, the exact same sentiment were said about Mugabe soon after independence. He was a national hero per excellence, alright for he too confronted an equally ruthless and brutal white colonial regime. What did we do? We went and placed Mugabe on a pedestal and worshiped him like a God who could do no wrong. Naturally Mugabe took full advantage of that and undermined the judiciary system, the Police, media and all the country’s democratic institutions so he could have absolute power. He systematically eroded our individual basic human rights, the right to have a meaningful say in the governance of the country and ultimately the right to life. Anyone who dared complain about the mismanagement of the nation, the corruption or the growing repression was labelled a counter revolutionary or a puppet.

Mugabe will never tie of reminding us of his heroic contribution in our war of independence and of his continued heroic stand against those threatening our freedom and sovereignty. The tragic truth we are not free and all our pre-independence dream of freedom, peace, liberty and economic prosperity have all been shattered.

Whilst it is true that Mugabe has always wanted absolute power, it must also be said that by placing him on the pedestal and treat him as someone who can do no wrong we made it ease for him to be a dictator. Sadly we seem to have learnt nothing from that because we are again doing the same thing with Tsvangirai.

Let talk about how Tsvangirai got Mugabe off the hook by signing the GPA after the sham elections of 2008; just one of Tsvangirai’s many blunders. The worst person like you Alex have said about it is that he “is not perfect”. Is that all? Here is a monumental blunder that has set us back ten years in our fight for democratic change, will post pone the much hope for economic recovery, will cost hundreds more of innocent lives because Mugabe has another chance to use violence to win another election, etc.

Why are you reminding me that Tsvangirai was brave to confront Mugabe in the first place? Because you can not talk of the present without talking of the past; and thus tying yourself up in knots.

Tsvangirai was the brave leader MDC needed from 1999 to 2005 or 2008 at the latest. After that he was making too many blunders, it was time for him to go and let someone else take over. By the same token Mugabe was the courageous leader the nation needed during the war of independence and five years after independence. After that Mugabe had ran out of ideas and thus resorted to force to retain power.

The British regard Winston Churchill as a great Second World War hero and yet they voted him out at the very first post war election because the people believed the great man’s idea of where to go next did not appeal to them. You elect someone on the basis of what they will do today and tomorrow not on what they did in the past! In a free and fair election the electorate have the chance to access all the contesting candidates and then cast their vote without fear of what the losing candidate might do next.

Alex there is a lot more to democracy than blind allegiance to a past hero! Think about it.

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@Fungayi
“Wilbert Mukori you asked what will happen to me? The answer is simple, I will remain a Zimbabwean expressing my views as I see fit. As for Zanu PF crumbling, dream on!” You say. No Fungayi it is you who is dreaming.

After the sham presidential run-off in June 2008 the international community refused to recognise Mugabe as the Zimbabwe’s “legitimate” head of state. Even the Hear-Nothing, See-Nothing and Say-Nothing AU Election Observer Team condemned the run-off as a farce for its sheer brutality. What made it worse is that the Police, Army, CIO and other Security Agencies were not only doing nothing to stop the violence but were actually spear heading it!

I know you and Mugabe keep harping on about the sanction being responsible for Zimbabwe’s economic collapse. The true cause of Zimbabwe’s economic melt down is mismanagement and rampant corruption. Mugabe has “privatised” Zimbabwe in that he commandeered the nation’s wealth and resources for the exclusive of himself and his cronies (bride for their blind loyalty to him) at the expense of public good. Whilst schools and hospitals were closing for lack of funds Mugabe and his cronies driving around in the latest models of Hammer and Mercedes Benz. Was it the sanctions that stopped government buying medicines and paying teachers whilst spending billions on the latest models of Hammers and Mercedes Benz? The people are not that stupid.

The over zealous Zanu PF Youth and Women League members were among the last to see Zanu PF for the what it is a corrupt and repressive regime. And when the penny finally dropped they deserted the party in droves. In the past Mugabe had depended on them to do the dirty work of intimidating and terrorising the electorate. In 2008 Mugabe had to dig deep and use the Police, Army, etc.

It was ease to see why the top brass in the State Security Organs have aligned themselves with Zanu PF; they have all had a share of the loot and, worse still, many of them have the innocent blood of the hundreds of thousands murdered by the regime to establish this de facto one-party state.

One of 2009 Zanu PF Congress resolution was to force all State Security Organs to align themselves to Zanu PF and put the party’s selfish interest above public good and the nation. No nation worth its salt can ever accept that and so every Police Commanding Officer and Army General have to square this circle for themselves. The rank and file know this is not right; it was them who reported how they were forced to vote for Mugabe in June 2008.

Fungayi Mugabe will never win a free and fair election in Zimbabwe; that is a fact. So his only way out is to use violence again, probably worse than that used in 2008 to be sure. Even if he can talk Tsvangirai or whoever to form another GNU, I do not think even SADC will stomach that!
No Fungayi, Mugabe’s days in State House are numbered alright, Zanu PF is crumbling. Take it from me, that is a given. So ask you once again, what will happen to you?