Letters

EDITOR – It’s sad hearing such devastating sentiments from our brothers and sisters in South Africa, may I take this opportunity to remind you about Mandela’s sentiments, he said, ‘South Africa is for all who stay inside it’, and the constitution clearly states that we are all the same and we are all protected in it.

If I could take you back during the times of apartheid most of you will be shocked at the reception which we rendered during your hard times. There where no kwerekweres in our motherland, we shared almost everything we had for you to be able to liberate yourselves, some of our parents lost their lives for what South Africa is today. Most of you were exiled in our country, we shared education, food, shelter, clothes and all our resources with you, our parents fought hard alongside you guys. Let’s unite and assist one another in solving the crisis in Zimbabwe. Chasing us away is not the solution; give us warmth and courage so we can be strong in removing the regime that has been there for almost nearly three decades.

2010 is just around the corner, how are we going to visit you when you are so wild? You are only capable of giving Smith/Whitehead a hand killing your own black brothers and sisters whom you share skin colour and culture. Let’s put our differences aside and work towards rebuilding a new democratic Africa for all Africans and the world at large.

Last but not least, give a warm hand to your fellow Zimbabweans – we are all the same, we didn’t plant problems in Zimbabwe, if you could shift your anger towards Zanu (PF) government officials who come to South Africa day in day out for shopping your courage will be greatly appreciated. Some of us are married to your brothers and sisters, how are we going to treat one another if the situation continues like this? Africa, let’s unite and fight poverty and the Aids pandemic for the benefit of all Africans, rather than wasting time and energy chasing one another.

GIYANI DUBE, by email

Gono does not set economy ablaze  

EDITOR – When Dr Gono started, he had a deep driving desire and a vigorous determination to serve the proletariat, but he entirely lost sight of current events and joined those isolators who are most completely negligent and corrupt.

He used Reserve Bank resources to back the hastened and unplanned land reform; it was hastened after they realised that it was one of the priorities on the MDC manifesto.

His past turnaround programmes, kunova kwakazova kutenderera, he used to underscore inflation as number one enemy, but this time he subscribed to it. In other words, he failed to entrap the parallel market. He couldn’t beat them, so he joined them.

The situation is now turbulent, frenzied and haywire. Maybe as a businessman he is putting his interests first.

SIYAPHAMBILI DUBE, Harare

 

Mnangagwa driving terror campaign

EDITOR – We are hearing that Robert Mugabe is a broken man. When he saw the election results he wanted to give in and take whatever was on offer. However, the police and army chiefs and his long-time protégé Mnangagwa, plus the hardliners refused to let him.

At this point in time it is Mnangagwa who is running the country and seems to be the heir apparent. This man orchestrated the Matabeleland massacre in 1980. He is completely ruthless, and is the orchestrator of the violence here now.

The violence is shocking everywhere, and the most brutal beatings, killings, torture and maiming are taking place. In Harare alone, the hospitals are overflowing with the victims. There is no escape and people are fleeing their homes everywhere. In the rural areas they sleep in the bush at night, and it is winter. The thugs are not War Vets – they are paid youths.

Mugabe on the other hand lives in fear. He no longer uses the sirens with his cavalcade, as he is afraid that his enemies will know where he is and kill him. Apparently it happened to one of his comrades further north in Africa. He sits in Cabinet saying nothing, while Mnangagwa runs the show. He refuses to go anywhere or do anything. He has long been afraid of his protégé and has tried unsuccessfully to get rid of him in the past. His fears are now realised.

I believe that God is allowing Mnangagwa centre stage right now so that there will be plenty of evidence gathered against him for the final collapse of the cronies. Meanwhile, the country is terrified – another Haman for God to deal with.

I cannot go to the rural area to the village, for safety reasons. Whites are not wanted moving about the rural areas. One of our village residents has risen up and challenged the Pastors, refusing to work and trying to have us removed from the area. Political activists in the area are spurring him on. He has gone to the politicians out there saying the Pastors are MDC etc.

The father of the young man we put in Bible School earlier this year, who kicked his son out of the rural home because he would not become a Vapostori like him, is furious that his son is now happy and doing well. He is also behind the challenge.

This has happened to us before and the challengers were not successful. I know that God will protect his village if He wants it to continue. These people are now fighting against God. I would value prayer backing for this whole situation.

The price of food is incredible now, and people are very hungry indeed. I have sourced what we need in the ministry for the time being. We must tough it out a bit longer and allow God to make His moves.

BLESSINGS, by email

 

Continued arrest and detention of ZYM members

EDITOR – We are alarmed by the continued arrest and detention of members of the Zimbabwe Youth Movement. Last Friday our Shurugwi district chairperson Mr W. Mahachi, together with his organising secretary, Mr M. Marumise were severely assaulted by a gang of junta-sponsored thugs at Adare farm in Shurugwi. These thugs asked the two why they were passing through the farm holding cell phones and they were thus charged with surveying the farm and surreptitiously dealing with the former white farmers to facilitate the later from reclaiming their farms. The two were then taken to a Stone Age kangaroo court and beaten thoroughly before being handed over to the Police.

As we write the two are still in police custody and they have not received any medication whilst the police are still working overtime to manufacture charges for the two revolutionaries.

ZYM, by email

 

People must not lose hope

EDITOR – This stubbornness shown to his people and to other communities abroad by Mugabe has really caused havoc.

The nation has tried different methods to remove Mugabe, but without succeeding. We even used the legal system to remove him. Mugabe kept cheating the nation by not announcing the election results on time. Even a mad man knows that Mugabe lost Presidential results. The situation for a re-run will automatically favour the notorious dictator.

The beatings and torture, which took place soon after the parliamentary results, will cause fear for those who may vote against Mugabe.

To all lovely Zimbabweans within and outside the country, mathematically we have won the elections and recount fairly both Parliamentary and Presidential. It’s only a matter of time before the brutal leader realises how much pain he has caused to his own people.

The only problem is the ruling party led by Mugabe is not willing to accept defeat. Since 1980 the man has been causing chaos.

I’m appealing to Britain and the United States of America to help us withstand this vicious attack and slavery treatment to Zimbabweans by Mugabe. Help us please! We are suffering. Everyone back home is living as an orphan.

I visited Zimbabwe in the last few days and found the situation to be very tense. The economy is really collapsing each and every day. The queues in the banks are disgusting. Being turned down after several hours is really awful.

We have entered the rerun of Presidential elections. People must not lose hope. We are the victors. Even if we are cheated of our rights and freedom we will thrash Zanu (PF) in the end. This time we are bulldozers. We will win by a wide margin. The country has suffered enough. We need a change of parliamentary and presidential leadership. We can’t bring back the times of Mengistu, Nkrumah and Saddam.

Mugabe’s time to surrender has come. I’m quite devastated that even after almost three decades of his evil, Mugabe still wants to kill his own people. Mugabe surely is not a true Zimbabwean. It was a big mistake for Zimbabweans to choose such a leader for all these years.

Being uncertain of Mugabe’s plans, and as we are approaching the final and most important moment of the rerun of our freedom, we must know that this time the truth will reveal itself.

Zimbabweans let’s go and vote and show Zanu (PF) that we can do it again.

AARON DUBE, South Africa  

 

Honour Siphiwe Madondo

EDITOR – I read with anguish the Xenophobic attacks in Alexandra and elsewhere in the ” Rainbow nation”. So many comments have been made by so many writers condemning this barbaric act.

However I have one request that I would like to make to the powers that be: Please declare Siphiwe Madondo a national hero for refusing to participate in this barbaric act and for paying for this with his life. May his soul rest in peace and may his family find courage and comfort in knowing that millions of people in the world over respect him and will forever cherish his ideal that he died for.

May all Zimbabweans in South Africa and other foreign nationals join their South African counterparts in paying their last respect to this gallant son of Africa who refused to be used by a bunch of criminals for a few pieces of silver. In future even rename London Road Siphiwe Madondo in honour of his memory.

MPILO MOYO, by email

 

Mugabe will soon pass  

EDITOR – I have no political stake in your election. I am, however very interested in your plight because I am human. I read your papers online finding myself saddened by the utter brutality being faced by your citizens. Mussolini, Hitler and now Mugabe joins the long list of dictators who spoil their land, exploit their people and leave destruction in their wake.

Thousands of miles from your shores am I, yet not so far that I am untouched by the brutality found with each new day in your papers.

To Mugabe, I hesitate to use the word “Mr.” as there are no formalities with this self-made monster, I would say, you will soon pass from this earth leaving no lasting legacy. You will simply become a part of the soil and will no longer terrorise your people.

This will be a happy day for your country and for humanity. Your fingerprint will be simply smudged from humankind and your people peaceful again. Good day.

BARBARA, USA

Thumbs up, The Zimbabwean

EDITOR – Of all the newspapers in Zimbabwe, The Zimbabwean has proved beyond questionable doubt to be, “A voice for the voiceless”. While this is not meant to discredit any newspaper, THE SAD TRIO is proud to have an amplified voice during these TRYING times when voices of many are fainting out in face of the malicious threats from the, “military junta”.

We thank you guys for making our articles especially a poem, “THE SOUNDS OF SILENCE”, a part of your publication. Guys may you publish it again for the benefit of “The Zimbabwean” readers ahead of the forthcoming RUN-OFF. Right now, the sounds of silence are still hammering the ears of many people in crescendos of terror. We promise more still to come.

To our fellow Zimbabweans, it is high time that we come out of our shells and stop living in fear. Let’s speak with one voice, no matter what it costs. Imagine Zimbabwean government without Mugabe and Zanu (PF), it begins with you.

Finally brethren and sistren in Zimbabwe and abroad, take courage and remind the dictators that if they urinate on our heads, they will never successfully convince us that it is raining.

Most significantly, we salute you gallant sons and daughters of Zimbabwe for your support in the just ended HARMONISED ELECTIONS. Now that we have shown through the ballot our true version of how to safeguard our sovereignty, the dictators will not dictate this to us anymore.

SAD TRIO cum CHIGS, by email            

Mugabe’s brutal record

EDITOR – Let it be clearly and widely known that Mugabe will never leave office because of a vote. Mugabe has a known record of being very brutal, merciless and he is not at all interested in anybody’s advice.

Look back to what he had said in the past e.g. he said who ever is going to challenge me… uchandiona. Many people had been called with very horrible names like mahure, mazura and zituta.

He is accusing of whites for inciting regime change and yet it was the people of Zimbabwe who had voted.

Kuti Mugabe aende, varume ne vakadzi ngatiisei musuro pamwe chete, Mugabe

haaendi ne X.

Ndatenda hangu, musaisa zita rangu nokuti handidi kusangana neruoko rwake

Chimutashu.

TD, by email

Zims should demand their country back  

EDITOR – We salute the brave Zimbabwe electorate for voting out both Mugabe and Zanu (PF) in the face of continuing intimidation, but this only gets half the job done. While Mugabe steals their election victory, all they have managed to do so far is protest to a non-committal world. Why have they not taken to the streets in vast numbers to secure their victory?

There are many “ifs” that need to be answered before we can give spontaneous opinions about the so-called hamstrung predicament of the Zimbabwe opposition.

If the MDC have won the elections, then where are their 1.5 million or so voters, and why are they not on the streets?

If Morgan Tsvangirai is a true leader, capable of leading Zimbabwe to a near impossible economic recovery, then why can’t he motivate his people to get onto the streets to remove an already defeated regime? If he can’t gain access to the presidency without appealing to the international community, then he will not succeed in the more arduous task of bringing Zimbabwe back to the international commercial world.

If Zimbabwe, as a nation, have to run to the outside world every time they have an internal problem, then what will they do in five, 10 or 20 years from now, as these problems will always keep recurring?

If Zimbabwe was able to rid itself of colonialism by defeating the very efficient and tenacious Rhodesian Security Forces, then why can’t they rid themselves of an octogenarian despot, who commands an army that has never seen real military action. Perhaps the often used lie of a Zanla/Zipra military victory has come home to haunt them. Independence came to Zimbabwe, through continual international political pressure, years of mandatory United Nation’s sanctions and a Rhodesian Front government that was less intransigent than the current Zanu thugs, and not by military victory.

The argument that the opposition need outside help because they are not armed does not hold water. The government may have the force, but the people still hold the power, as this power is derived from their vast numbers, and these numbers are close at hand in the cities and towns. They need to come out in their millions and literally demand their country back.

No army or police force can control a crowd of a million people. We need only look at the method the Filipino people used to remove President Marcos, in February, 1986 to see how the job can be completed. Between one and two million people were able to defuse the Filipino Army and Air Force by non-violent resistance, exposing massive election fraud after Marcos had declared himself President. By the end of the month he had fled to Hawaii and then to the U.S.A. The rule of Mugabe, with all the assassinations, brutality, deceit and selfishness is a carbon copy of the rule of Marcos, and his demise could be the same if the Zimbabwean people just believed it and acted.

BOB MCCHLERY, South Africa  

Please come home to vote again

EDITOR – Once again in a few weeks time the angry, hungry and tired Zimbabweans will be voting. Good .But I wish to advise our brothers and sisters in neighbouring countries and abroad to please come back home and cast their votes.

The Mugabe regime is busy displacing our supporters in rural areas. Shame indeed. Let us all come in millions to vote for the honourable President Morgan Tsvangirai.

I also intend to remind millions of people in Matabeleland at large that when we go to vote let us all remember GUKURAHUNDI MADNESS that we all know to took away the lives of many innocent people.

The dictator must just go once and for all in gaol. We will purge Mutasa Didymus too, for lying and threatening the Zimbabweans with war. We can not live with a thug here in Zimbabwe.

T.S, Harare

Campaign of terror in Chegutu

EDITOR – Some terrifying events are taking place in Chegutu, about 90 km from the capital city, Harare. Today, 17 May 2008, I spoke (over the phone) to the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), leader, Mr. Gift Konjan.

Mr. Konjan said the whole Chegutu area is under fire from Webster Shamu, Zanu (PF) MP in Msengezi Area (30 km from Chegutu). During 29 March 2008 elections, it was alleged by MDC supporters that Shamu was arrested by police in the Mhondoro area. Police refused to confirm as they always do in such cases. He is very close to the so-called president Robert Mugabe. In 2000 he lost the parliamentary seat to MDC supporter Philimon Matibe.

The MDC leader, Gift Konjan confirmed that one white woman (he did not give me a name) was attacked on 15 May 2008 and is at Avenues Clinic in Harare. Twenty-five farm workers at Wietkley farm have been abducted by the militias; none have been informed about their whereabouts. It is feared that they may be dead.

Farmers William and Annette Rogers were attacked by ZANU PF militias at Chegutu Extension Farm. Mr. Rogers said: “They told me that l had two minutes to vacate my property otherwise they will send the mob there and the house is not worthy sacrificing my life for because we would lose our lives. They said they (ZANU PF mob) were like hungry lions.”

At Chikanga farm near Chegutu an MDC Councilor for Ward 22 has been beaten close to death by ZANU PF militias. Many houses of political dissenters in Chegutu and surrounding areas have been burned

I have known Mr. Gift Konjan for many years. Recently, l met him a few days after elections and he told m: that a house belonging to MDC local leader in Mhondoro (near Chegutu) had been burned down by Zanu (PF) partisans (police don’t do anything most of times they are used by Mugabe to do evil); how Zanu (PF) rigged elections in Musengezi area, where he was campaigning to be an MDC MP. Konjan was voted by the people to be MP, but elections were rigged. Mugabe stays on power by rigging elections and murdering and torturing political opponents.

Currently Konjan is taking care of 25 people, victims of violence, torture, abductions and murder. I asked him how l can help. He said he needs some relief aid, transport to take people to clinics. The situation is desperate.

Please if you can help or know of people who can assist, kindly let me know.

The Bible requires us to show love to our enemies, how much more to our brothers such as Mr. Kojan and those being murdered, abducted, and tortured, everyday in Zimbabwe. Please pray for his safety and those he is assisting.

COLLEN MAKUMBIROFA Foundation of Reason & Justice

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