Mnangagwa has Matabele blood on his hands

Mnangagwa has Matabele blood on his hands

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By Dumisani Zifa Ndlovu

EMMERSON Mnangagwa is a brutal and violent man as evidenced by his involvement in the Gukurahundi massacres in Matabeleland and the Midlands, and also his activities with the notorious Central Intelligence Organisation after Zimbabwe's Independence from Britain in 1980.

If Shakespeare was alive today, he would have written a play littered with tragedy and him being the main character. Indeed, a typical Machiaevillian character (elaborately cunning and deceitful).

What is Mnangagwa trying to achieve (as reported on this website) by saying the PF Zapu leadership was to blame for the genocide in Matabeleland and Midlands in the 1980`s? Is he trying to gain political mileage by manipulating the most sensitive issue in the Zimbabwean political arena? This is political expediency and typical Zanu PF tactics, especially before a major election.

I have no doubt that Mnangagwa is preparing the stage for Zanu PF`S next major "PLAY" , the 2005 elections. That he is doing this with the mandate and full backing of his cohorts, especially Mugabe.

In the 2002 elections it was the land issue and whites that buttressed the "play" and the major characters being the likes of Chinotimba and Jonathan Moyo. Now Zanu PF through Mnangagwa is using the Gukurahundi genocide to polarise the electorate and ensure their victory in 2005.

I have no doubt this will work and Zanu PF will win by any means necessary. They are doing this knowing very welll that Matabeleland is the bedrock of the opposition and no one in his right senses will vote the present Zanu PF. Therefore, Mnangagwa is tribalising the 2005 elections and from experience we know the gullible Zimbabwean populace will be duped. That is the tragedy of Zimbabwean politics - TRIBALISM! or the Ndebele - Shona factor.

"I remember then as a young boy growing up in Kezi, people disappearing during the night. These people were never seen and will never be seen. Some of them were thrown into Antelope mine and some butchered and buried in mass graves at Bhalagwe"

DUMISANI ZIFA NDLOVU

Even when MDC was formed a sharp mind was able to read that there were ingridients of tribalism. For example, how was Tsvangirai elevated to his position of president ahead of Gibson Sibanda his senior in labour circles and Welshmen Ncube who is miles ahead of him intellectually? To me Tsvangirai is not a better leader than the two. Perhaps this explains why MDC is crumbling.

Rationality will not prevail until Zimbabwe gets responsible leadership. Leaders who will accept their mistakes, shun nepotism, corruption, racism and tribalism. Until such a time, democracy in the true sense of the word not according to Zanu PF definition will remain a dream.

Dabengwa was right by reacting angrily to Mnangagwa`s deluge of political rhetoric. Who is the president? Dabengwa or Mugabe? What did Mugabe do? He kept quite because Mnangagwa`s diatribe will benefit him and his party. My heart bleeds because I was affected by the Gukurahundi genocide. I remember then as a young boy growing up in Kezi, people disappearing during the night and the shock in the village the following morning. These people were never seen and will never be seen. No doubt, some of them were thrown into Antelope mine and some butchered and buried in mass graves at Bhalagwe.

Zanu PF has never accepted their responsibility. To people like Mnangagwa, Perence Shiri and Mugabe, this is fiction but I am talking from empirical evidence. Thus the gulf between the Shona and Ndebele will widen despite the 1987 Unity Accord. There is clear evidence of this, especially when Highlanders plays Dynamos because the game is more than a game of football but a struggle between Ndebele and Shona. In the UK, Shonas and Ndebeles fight for positions in the MDC and even during my student days at the University of Zimbabwe, it was taboo for a Ndebele student to become the leader of the union.

This is clear evidence that Zanu PF politics of tribalism have permeated every aspect of Zimbabwean life. And as long as the likes of Mnangagwa continue in this way, generations of Zimbabweans will embrace and habour tribal feelings instead of promoting social rapport. This is because our leaders continue to bombard the youth with lies. Why not release the findings of Dumbutshena inquiry and those of the Chihambakwe commission so that people will know the truth instead of blaming former Zapu leaders?

Whither Zimbabwe? We need leaders , responsible leaders for that matter!!!!!
Dumisani Zifa Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean educationist and activist based in Manchester, UK
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