Zimbabwe Preaches Committment Whilst People Suffer

As induviduals , this life has taught us so many lessons. One such lesson is put your mouth where your money is and be careful not to be seen as the pack leader, lest you will have to shoulder a lot more responsiblity that others. It is good if you know your strengths and not back down when the time comes for you to stand and be counted.

Zimbabwe is a counrty that needs a lot of support at the moment and that support has to come from outside the country. It may be in the form of humanitarian support, logistics or what the Zimbabwe military chiefs were looking forward to with no doubt, hard cash injections from the so called West.

One other thing they are missing that is keeping them on their toes is immunity from prosecution. No wonder why they are holding on to Roy Bennett so they can use his incaceration as their ticket to freedom. This is like a game of chase and if the MDc thinks the game is over, well they have something coming!. ZANU PF can never be trusted, even when they all seem to be sleeping!. Its just unbelievable what a few people can do to millions of people.

Yesterday I had a conversation with one guy from Zimbabwe and he asserted to me that the blame was not on Robert Mugabe alone, but on the people of Zimbabwe too. When I questioned him why he believed so he replied “ the people of Zimbabwe must learn to unite and fight for one cause”. It is , to a certain extent true. But the question remains and it boggles my mind that a few people can loot the country with tax paying law abiding citizens and turn it to a circus like Zimbabwe. It is now evident that these few individuals were feeding on the country’s resources like blood thirsty vampires on a rampage sucking each and every bit of blood out of any pumping heart or organ.

Nobody ever said “hey guys slow down, take it easy”, except when they were busted by Geoff Nyarota and company with their Willovale Scandal. From then, Robert Mugabe decided never to release any commission findings to the public as it was slowly eroding and deminishing his party. But what about the people? The answer to that question is “the people will look after themselves like they have always done”. Stll they say so as they feed like possessed vultures, reaping rotting chunks of sticky meat off the bones of prey. It seems everytime there was a new office bearer, that person will racing to amass as much wealth as they possibly could in a short period with total disregard for the poor people of Zimbabwe. State funds have been squandered, no doubt.

I understand that this is reconciliation and the MDc is trying to take that reconciliatory stand in order to try and afford Zimbabweans the peace and democracy they had promised. But I have my own reservations about the stance ZANU PF is trying to take in terms of trying to display a non-reformist kind of attitude. They must repent, period and bow in front of Tsvangirai. If they dont do it now for themselves, well they must do it for their children for their children will almost certainly be left without fathers in the years coming.

these people think they will be in chrge for ever. Look at what they are doing to Roy Bennet??. Do the newly appointed attorny General believe that what he is doing is adding a positive effect to the GNU?. Why is it that these people do not ask themselves??, They think in a box!!!, and one of these days they will regret and remember the years they had in their hands in which they failed to use the opportunity to properly reconcile and make good the worst years. They are not immortal, that is one thing for sure and politics is just as dynamic as the business world....there will be a “cases crunch” in Zimbabwe, soon. Look at what is happenning in Sudane. Look who is defending these murderers .....South Africa again is coming to the rescue of these despotic idiots!. Why? why? why?....you can ask yourself a hundred times.

Well South Africa has taken its place in Africa as the Big Brother. Well the country is the Big Brother to the African States and it does have some rule of law and some democracy to a certain extent but not entirely. There are still instances when the big brother has left a lot of questionable acts on His way. But for the Big Brother to be defending dictators and murderers, I think He is taking his defence a bit too far. These people defended by South Arica are human beings with children who were left in despair without anybody to take care of them and the perpetrators must simply face the music they made for themselves and dance to it. They made the beds, so they must sleep in them.

South Africa has said it can only try and extend credit lines to Zimbabwe. So then, what about this $5Billion dollars that Zimbabwe needs?. Trevor Manuel emerged from the SADC meeting of regional Finance Ministers still not sure what Zimbabwe wanted, but is estimated to be $2 billion for now. Where are the sources for such a colossal amount of money?. SADC must start talking sense , not in riddles as they are the organisation that forced the MDC into this booby-trapped, land mine infested ground. All along SADC new that Zimbabwe will need a lot of money for its reconstrution and they raised their tails high and opened their mouths wide. Now they have turned the MDC into Mugabe’s beggers while he takes a backstand and wait with one eye clossed pretending to be sleeping.

The world must know that he is wide awake, like a crocodile waiting with its mouth agape waiting for the moment to trike and swallow all the flies in its stinky mouth. Whist the MDC must continue in its path to peace and democratising Zimbabwe, they must remain resolute and speak out if there is anything they feel is not going to plans. They must not falter, but calculate their steps so they do not fall into pits intentionally dug by ZANU PF.

A lot of people are saying we are prophets of doom, but we are not in real truth. If a horse starts a race, the jockey keeps charge of it until the final split second when it wins. Here we are trying to keep the reigns taut. We have to hold on until its safe for us to let go, thus we hall continue to post our comments until then....

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