MDC’s Minister of Public Service, Ms Matibenga, and a former Trade Unionist herself, has been under increasing criticism for not pushing hard for civil servant wage increases. Her excuse for doing nothing is that she “can’t run with the hounds and the rabbits together.”
What the civil servants and the nation at large want to know, Minister Matibenga, is why this government had the money to pay Ministers like you good salaries and generous perks but have no money to pay civil servants a living wage? Yes Minister, you are now a member of the pampered ruling elite, the hounds, and you certainly can't hunt with the hounds and run with the rabbit! You are no longer one of the oppressed and impoverished mass.
Mugabe and his Zanu PF thugs were yesteryear’s national liberation heroes but as soon as they tasted power they became the ruthless tyrants we see today. Tsvangirai and his MDC friends have undergone a similar transformation. What the nation need is leaders who really care about building a free, democratic and just nation and not people who pay lip-service to these values.
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Police Commissioner’s Chihuri’s term of office came to an end on 31 January 2012. MDC want him replaced as part of the security sector reforms. Mugabe has resisted all democratic reforms and insisted on appointing his own highly politicised supporters in key positions including those in the security sector, Attorney General, Governor of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe, etc.
We are used to hearing MDC saying they want this and they will do that but when the chips are down, it is always what Mugabe want or do that carries the day! I bet the result will be the same this time.
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