Opinion: Gen. Chiwenga there are other solutions to problems than firing people!

There are days, when Vice-President Constantino Chiwenga was a military man and the powerful man, the former Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Force. Since the Coup d’etat or the Operation Restore Legacy, where the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) decided to drop Mugabe for Mnangagwa. That we all know by now.

The PFee has changed, Gen. Chiwenga is supposed to be Second in Command after the President. The man who is the friendly side-kick and the man who helped using the army to get the Lacoste fraction to power. However, the seems to be misconceptions in the power of the VP. If this government are supposed to be better than the Mugabe administration. Than, The VP better change-up.

The Zanu-PF and Chiwenga can act in many different ways, it is foolish to fire nurses, doctors, junior doctors and teachers. Chiwenga even gotten media persons like CapiTalk Station Manager Napoleon Nyanhi and Star Presenter Ruvheneko Parirenyatwa in August 2018. I’m sure, he has tried to get various of media persons and social media influencers off-line, as there been questions about his health and his whitening dilemma.

However, as the VP, this micro-managing of firing people because of strikes, demonstrations or even articles, radio-shows and whatnot. Is showing weakness, not strength. The PFee loyalists might like it and get some good smirks out of it. Nevertheless, on the other side of the barrel, it might not be so rosy.

The VP should think of his kids and grand-children, as they could get into serious problems. As the lack of good-governance and care for protocol. There is lack of care for the civil servants and the ones serving the state in various position all across the Republic. They are there trying to their job. What they are fighting for is just salaries, fair working conditions and all the other matters, which the VP should support.

Gen. Chiwenga, talk and reason with the ones demonstrating for a better future and a more serving state. This shouldn’t be shocking, the VP should see this and he needs to see this. They wouldn’t do it this way, if they didn’t see it fit to do industrial action. The VP has to grow up and understand that. Find measures and search for positive ways to find solutions, this is the way to build a better republic.

To fire educated personnel over strikes and demonstrations, will create a brain-drain and the ones, who has gotten educated and working in crappie conditions could easily get jobs abroad. They are easily becoming the diaspora and not serving the PFee.

An old man Chiwenga shouldn’t need this schooling by anyone, but when he acts like a fool. He needs to hear it. Not from me, but from others with common sense. It is time for the VP to govern and not to rule. There is vast different between doing one or the other. Peace.

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Zimbabwe: MPs demand Land Cruisers to pass the Budget!

 

This here should be a joke, it should be satire, and it shouldn’t be real news. However, in the world we living in, it is the reality. That the Members of Parliament (MPs) of the Republic of Zimbabwe. A republic in dire financial distress and inflation, where the economy is on the rocks, the worst in a decade. Still, the MPs in this hour of need. If they want the Parliament to pass the 2019 Budget, the MPs needs Land Cruisers 4×4 Wheel Drive to drive on the shoddy roads of the Republic.

That is the state of affairs as we are going into Christmas, as the Bond-Notes and US Dollars are lacking, fuel crisis and problems of having enough cash to import foreign goods to the shops. It is at this very moment, the MPs decides to get themselves a Luxurious Car in the bargain with the state.

If this isn’t insulting, nothing is, as the MPs are in total disregard of the plight of the common citizen. They are not minding the hardships and lack of prospects. As they adding another tab to be eaten. They are even wanting better deserts after their lunch in the parliament, as their per diem is to low. They want Ipads and other gadgets too, not just the car. They are really going all in. They want to wheel in all the money over the budget. To secure the wealth and the luxury that is possible, while they are in power and has the seat.

With all of this in mind, as we are soon clocking in for the Christmas Eve, they are not the Santa Claus for the people, but the Grinch stealing all of Christmas. They are taking everything at their disposal and the ZANU-PF are showing their disrespect to the public. By assuming this is okay and good work.

The MPs should be ashamed of their greed, of their acts and the their will. They are willing to eat even more of the publics plate, without even caring about serving them. The MPs want to live lavish, want to be knights and kings, they want to be royals, they want to be all the above. Without doing the work or anything. Just writing it off as expenses on the tab of the state. Which is so far from noble as it can possibly be. Especially in a time of inflation and austerity, in a time of need and hurt.

This year shouldn’t be the time for this measure. This year the ZANU-PF have shown their true character of disregard and ignorance about their people. It is proven, by acts and words. This sort of play, shouldn’t even be considered, but it is. Peace.

 

A look into the Motlanthe Report on the 1st August 2018!

Today, Kgalema Motlanthe Commission who was appointed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to investigate the 1st August Post-Election Violence in Harare have released the Report on the Investigation today. However, what is vital before reading this report, is that the President has recently promoted the Commander behind the violence, this being Anselem Nhamo Sanyatwe, who has gone from being a Brigadier-General to Major General in the Presidential Guard. Therefore, don’t expect much pain to befall the ones who did the crimes. As they are already vindicated.

With that in mind, lets take the gist from the report:

The demonstrations which became riotous and caused extensive damage to property and injury had been incited, pre-planned and well organised by the MDC Alliance” (…) “Six (6) people died and thirty-five (35) were injured as a result of actions by the Military and the Police” (…) “The demonstrations started peacefully in the morning in front of Harvest House, MDC Alliance headquarters, and degenerated into violent protests as the demonstrators split and moved to HICC, ZEC Headquarters and ZANU PF headquarters (western side of the CBD) and ZANU PF Provincial Offices (eastern side of CBD) as the day progressed” (…) “The fact that the Police were severely depleted because of duties at polling stations throughout the country and that they were ill- equipped did not help the situation. As the demonstrations degenerated into a riot, the Police were overwhelmed” (…) “The deployment could only have been avoided if the Police were adequately experienced, better equipped, sufficient in numbers and more suitably organised. While recognising that in the circumstances, the deployment was unavoidable, the Commission considers that it would have been preferable if the Police had been able to deal with the situation on their own” (…) “However, the use of live ammunition directed at people especially when they were fleeing was clearly unjustified and disproportionate” (…) “The use of sjamboks, baton sticks and rifle butts to assault members of the public indiscriminately was also disproportionate” (…) “The Military should conduct an immediate and full audit of its standing orders and procedures for engagement in law and order enforcement operations, including riot control, in order to identify in an appropriate public report the lessons learnt and the tailored safeguards and targeted training to be undertaken to prevent any ill-discipline that could lead to loss of life and injury in the future on the part of its forces in highly politicised, tense, and stressful situations of crowd control. This would include the firing of warning shots not in accordance with its standing operational procedures” (…) “Those particular members of the Military and the Police found to have been in breach of their professional duties and discipline on the 1st of August 2018 should be identified as soon as possible for internal investigations and appropriate sanction, which should include hearing from the victims and their families for impact assessment and to provide the necessary compensation” (Mothlanthe Commission, 2018).

This is what I see as vital information from the Report. It really says the gist. This is the parts that says what is needed to know. It is the basic basis of what happen on the 1st August 2018. As there was violence and acts from authorities.

What I found striking was this:

The whole demonstrations started peaceful, but when the police got worried about the situation, they called in the Police and Army got into it. Than, the stirring of the pot and the violence got into play. The Police is ill-disciplined and the Army wasn’t following protocol concerning use of warning shots or live-bullets. They we’re acts who was disproportionate, they acted violently against the civilians who was not armed. That is the reality. The Commission has found the army and police acting vile. They we’re attempting to quell the demonstrations, but they seemed also to amplified it. That is how you can look into the report and understand it.

What is also special about the Commission is the blame on the MDC and the speeches there, but they didn’t say anything about the President or what he had done until the polls. Only that both parties had direct inflammatory speech. It wasn’t only Chamisa who spoke, it was also Mnangagwa too. That is if you follow the campaign, you could see it too. The hostility wasn’t a one-way street, there was to parties fueling this, but the Commission was ONE-SIDED on this manner. As they pledges in the beginning that the President is on the journey to inclusive and reconciliation of the Republic in general.

Nevertheless, the Report is saying something important that the Police and Military needs to investigate the ones behind the violence and harmed the public. That is hard to believe it will happen, as the Commander gotten higher ranks recently. This is a gift of pleasure, as the President offers a favor for favor. The President wants loyalty and therefore, giving him a higher position. That is the reality and why I don’t trust the Army to look into itself. Unless, the Operation Restore Legacy starts to work backwards and shots the Vice-President in his leg. But that will not happen. We all know that, only the naive believing that Mnangagwa do something after promoting the Commander behind the violence.

Pretty please, lets Pimpin’ Curly talk the business, because everyone else knows how this goes. ZANU-PF will not target itselt. They are only targeting the opposition and the men who stands in their way. Peace.

Reference:

Mothlanthe Commission – ‘ REPORT OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE 1ST OF AUGUST 2018 POST-ELECTION VIOLENCE’ 18.12.2018

Opinion: You don’t need a Goblin, when you have a Crocodile!

We know little or nothing has changed, as the Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (ZANU-PF) hasn’t changed since the November 2017. The August 2018 Elections haven’t changed the Presidency either. President Emmerson Mnangagwa is acting like nothing changed. While the public had faith in that, but the goblin left. Mugabe left. However, the Crocodile is acting like him. They are maybe to different individuals, but the ZANU-PF system is pumping like it was a year ago.

The Goblin did certain things. Now the Crocodile does the same. To way that the President have created growing inflation, lack of foreign currency, a fuel crisis and steady unemployment. Just like it was done under his predecessor. While the Crocodile has a short term and brief moment as the Executive. Still, he hasn’t done anything significant or used his powers to any good.

The Crocodile haven’t created much substantial, other than being endorsed for the next elections. That only months in. This before he has even done anything. The economy is in tatters, strikers are detained, shops are empty and fuel stations without fuel. ATMs without cash. Still, he is not the problem.

I was triggered to write all of this because of The Herald Assistant Editor Isdore Guvamombe, as the Herald wrote: “His propensity for political showboating through demonstrations is not only childish but self-serving especially when dealing with a mature democracy like Zimbabwe’s under Zanu-PF. Yes, they will allow him to demonstrate on the streets and yet at the end of the day, it is much ado about nothing, full of sound and fury, but signifying nothing. Nothing! Besides showboating, spending the day on the streets, the demonstrations of that type prove nothing. It is a waste of time by any standards. It defies logic — assuming Chamisa still has some semblance of it — that he wants to have talks with President Mnangagwa, yet he does not recognise him as the Head of State. What nonsense!” (Isdore Guavamombe – ‘Chamisa is THE problem’ The Herald, link: https://www.herald.co.zw/chamisa-is-the-problem/).

Why I am curious about that mature democracy, why are demonstrations and strikes shut down by a mature democracy? Why are activist left behind and never surface again? How come the election results was so hard to come by and looking like precooked stew fit for the ruling party? We have seen all of this mess before with the Goblin and the Harmonized Elections in 2018 was no different. Only the peaceful campaigns until the 1st August Post-Election Violence. That is the ZANU-PF under the Goblin and now also under the Crocodile.

The Herald Assistant Editor tried to mock and make Chamisa look foolish. As he is not Presidential or have the leadership skills. Not to the greatness and grand stature of ZANU-PF. However, the ZANU-PF cannot be that great, when they are every 10 years destroying the economy and making shortages of goods in the Republic. It is special to call Chamisa self-serving, when the ZANU-PF are serving themselves. That is evident in the case of Zimbabwe.

The Republic deserves better leadership, also another voice than the Herald. They are so entitled and self-praising, that the Assistant Editor doesn’t see his viciousness. Chamisa isn’t perfect, but that isn’t Mnangagwa either. However, Mnangagwa has had years in the leadership and doesn’t change. He acts just like Mugabe did.

That is why the Herald has to make a fool out of themselves in favor of Mnangagwa. So, they hope the naive… are eating it like candy, but they shouldn’t. They should think on their own. Peace.

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