Tsvangirai's long walk to work

Tsvangirai's long walk to work

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By Staff Reporter

ZIMBABWEANS forced to walk to work due to a critical fuel shortage have been joined by a celebrity casualty -- opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai.

The Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) says Tsvangirai will walk to and from work with hundreds of ordinary Zimbabweans "until the situation improves".

Tsvangirai's spokesman Willliam Bango revealed: "Mr Tsvangirai has been particularly touched by the plight of workers and ordinary people hit by an unending fuel shortage that he has decided to join millions of Zimbabweans now walking across the country to conduct their businesses.

"With effect from Friday, 16 September 2005, Mr. Tsvangirai shall be walking from his Strathaven home in Avondale West to and from his office at Harvest House in Nelson Mandela Avenue, central Harare until the situation improves."

Bango said at a personal level, Tsvangirai had tried unsuccessfully to get fuel in the past month, and was depending on friends and well-wishers equally affected by the crippling fuel shortage.

"Harare has completely dried up of any supplies, even at the stations where fuel is being sold at US dollar-denominated prices. Mr. Tsvangirai believes there shall be no end to the current Zimbabwean crisis as long as the Robert Mugabe regime and Zanu PF remain firmly holed in a denial mode," said Bango.

" Without food, without fuel, without foreign currency, and without friends, the Mugabe regime has gone full circle back to the dark days when Zimbabweans were forced to fight for their rights against colonialism. Zimbabweans are experiencing the impact and uncertainty of the darkest hour, which, as you all know comes before dawn.

"The MDC can no longer counsel patience among the people. Zimbabweans who see the crisis in this country must stand up, organize and protect themselves against the current form of violence and abuse, says Mr. Tsvangirai.

"Mr. Tsvangirai believes the Zimbabwean dictatorship no longer possesses the wherewithal and resolve to cling on power. What remains is for the people to muster the tools at their disposal and push the regime and its parasitic bureaucracy to realize the emergencies confronting the nation and pave the way for a new beginning, a new Zimbabwe."
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