The Nation (Nairobi)
22 August 2008
President Robert Mugabe's ruling Zanu PF has resolved not to give in to the opposition's demands for executive powers in any power sharing arrangement.
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Your preferred person is not people. Zimbabwe needs progress in the economic front NOW! Let all faculties of state and gvt function to alleviate more suffering. An individual coming to gvt is not God who will bring manna for the people unless he only opens the keys that he/she locked to make people suffer. While personal interests must be entertained independently of a working gvt let us address monetary issues. Let any gvt come into being and declare the lifting of illegal sanctions through the able SADC body.
If anyone dreams that politicians come into being to cede power to other power craving opportunists then go get some sleep and dream again. Mugabe is not there to give Tsvangirai power so is Tsvangirai is not there to give Mugabe power. The situation on the ground, agreed by SADC gives Zimbabweans an impetus to chart the way forward with Mugabe president and Tsvangirai prime minister, he who refuses will be for personal ego and can go to hell. Our situation no longer require individuals but a collective national and regional effort, when the west was applying economic sanctions to our country the majority who still crave for a fight thought it was to remove Mugabe while their relatives are the one to suffer. That war is over if you need Tsvangirai alone go to Buhera and stay with his mom, Zimbabweans of all walks of life need each other now than never just to plug our country out of this economic quagmire.
The more you look in any individual is the more you become an empty numskull. Tsvangirai brings nothing to gvt but his non-intellectual head for his western backers would not release funds for him in a non-sweeping gvt that does not reverse the property rights policies to pre 2000 setup all in an effort to favor those whites with repossessed lands. If the economic interests of the marginalized are regarded in a new gvt then the western backed opposition becomes a nonentity.
Power to the people? Oh my! Gordon Brown does not have any election mandate to rule Britain nor his labor party has morality to lead gvt for it is being slaughtered by the conservatives in opinion polls. Go get power from Queen Elizabeth and give it to the people! Who really wants to be run by George Bush in America. The situation in Zim calls for a GNU in the Now and Here, period.
Poor onesoulzim1, where will your rotten mind take you to? Thanks God, a majority of Zimbabweans do not recognize the lunatic logic you hold.
"Poor onesoulzim1, where will your rotten mind take you to? Thanks God, a majority of Zimbabweans do not recognize the lunatic logic you hold."
Prem, I'm sure that the a far greater majority of Zimbabweans agree with Onesoulzim1 views than they do with your brand of one-note lunacy.
If they do agree with him and yourself then Zimbabwe is doomed to die forever.With the mindset of both of you Zimbabwe will never in a million lifetimes recover. Your mindset is the problem with Zimbabwe not the solution.
Amen Amen Amen my son. Pamberi newe mupwere!!!
Everytime I read your comments , the word 'NUMBSKULL" comes to mind !
SORRY my friend your emotional posturing does not help. Cool down! There is nothing to be achieved by shouting insults and slogans ... believe it or not, it wont get us together anywhere. Besides sending RMG and his team to be tried by muzungu in the Hague, what is your vision of Gt Zim's future??? After some years in English jails, they would come back to Zimbabwe and then whats next on your agenda assuming that you would be still angry and frustrated. No sir, being vengeful is not the solution to our problem ... namely that the main source of our inability to run anything is our lack of accountabilty in all we do ...in the MDC one sees that tendency. In ZANU, this is compounded by permanent arrogance and stubbornnes. Our hope is in our young people in the diaspora who have seen how other countries run their affairs....especially that Advancement and Modernity grows out of the ability to collect REVENUE through taxes at all levels of society, including the CHEFS. This is the problem in the RSA where only the very few vazungu continue to pay taxes and the majority dont bother or are not aware of the need to meet this national obligation. The result is an UPSIDE DOWN pyramid, 95% of population being supported by only 5%. Even you, my son, agree that it is an unattainable and unsustainable situation
I agree with you "power to the people" although this is a slogan that has become merely a dream on the African continent. it seems to me that it is abominable for an incumbent president to loose an election. If not the case, how do you explain the skirmishes that took place in Kenya, Uganda in the 2006 presidential elections, and lately our motherland Zimbabwe? Why even elections? Do they make sense anymore? Hundreds of people have fled their beloved motherland because they exercised their right to vote. They have become refugees because they exercised their right to vote for a person they believed would bring change in the country. Zimbabwe, my motherland Zimbabwe, I cry for you day and night. One day the song of victory will be head in the four corners of Zimbabwe and our oppressors will pay for their sins.
Prayers!!!!!
Dear brothers and sisters:We believe here in America that Tsvangirai is holding up progress because he's getting his signals from that Sanction Group.USA/BRIT.Jabulani Sibanda, you're right to succeed.Let Tsvangirai and that Monster Quartet(Chaney,Bush,Blair, and Brown worry about Georgia and Russia.God bless Africa's 53 States.(UNITE)!!!!!!!.... Oweij Liebo,Tarboro,North Carolina U.S.A.
Leviboone, I'm not sure which America you live in , but every time I have visited there , even black civil rights leaders proclaim their disdain for Mugs and the thugs . Besides that , if you hate west so much and it's leaders get back to the cesspool in Afrika !
Many thanks to all of you. My question is when did Cede Robert Mugabe become a dictator? Just few years ago Mugabe was a darline of the West simply because he allowed the citizens of the west to used our farm land for their selfish gain. Remember that Mugabe only became dictator when he took our farms land from the citizens of the west. Ladies and Gentlemen, we should not allow ourselves to be used no longer. Whenever I open an article to read, Cede Mugabe name is mentioned thousand times describing him as dictator. We need to be mindful of what we say about our leaders. I do not really know why have we been so stupid for too longed. When are we going to learn and know about the whiteman strategies/tricks? The whiteman only aim is to divide and conquer. The whiteman aim is to see us fighting and while we are fighting, they sit back and laugh and make money through their NGOs. Remember that all of the NGOs workers are all retired CIA, FBI and Army operatives that are sent to Africa to watch and report to Washington on how we do things in Africa. Take a moment and compare george bush and Cede Robert Mugabe, then you will get to know who is the main dictator. A hint to a wise is quite sufficient. May God Almighty Bless Africa. We shall overcome one day.
Funny Mr. Kwacha or Baba Uhuru , what ever your name is, the CIA actually helped your terrorist friends during the bush war , no pun intended ! Sad you lot are so ignorant as to events in Afrika . The "selfish gain " of the evil whites was your bread and butter then , funny now the blacks farm the land (kabaga?)and the shelves are empty ! Why don't you address your people in your own laguage as opposed to using the "evil west's English", try "Warume, Amadoda , Mfazi's " instead of Ladies and Gentlemen !
Hi Freedom!
You must have discovered an easy way to make quick bucks!
Just set up and lead your own NGO. Should I give you a tip? The Zimbabwe Exile Forum would appreciate you set up a branch inside Zimbabwe. You being an admirer of criminal Mugabe, the CIO would not dare terrorise you.
I don't need any commission from you for this trip!
Good luck!
"Many thanks to all of you. My question is when did Cede Robert Mugabe become a dictator? Just few years ago Mugabe was a darline of the West simply because he allowed the citizens of the west to used our farm land for their selfish gain. Remember that Mugabe only became dictator when he took our farms land from the citizens of the west. Ladies and Gentlemen, we should not allow ourselves to be ..."
And our thanks to you for posting these truths. While many here my try to deny it, you score some very good points for what is real.
Hello again Loser, there you parroting someone else's words ! Nyoni !
levi...do us all a favour...go live in zimbabwe for 3 months then come back on here and tell us what you believe! All you are showing yourself up to be is one big idiotic fool to be honest. you are talking on matters you have NO accurate knowledge on and it is embarrassing reading your posts!!
Dear Freedom, you need to emancipate your mind. Westen leaders look after westen interests. They will rob and plunder other nations for the benefit of their nations. It is the duty of our leaders to ensure that this doesnt happen. Like a security guard minding a premises. If that premises continuosly gets burgled you change the guard/security company. Dont blame the burglar. If such puny sanctions can bring a nation to the state ours is in then our government has failed. We are not under total embargo, moreover why 20 years after indepencence was this gvn still relying on the west to the extent that the targeting of a few individuals brings the nation down.
Let me remind you again, we were waving red cards and the open palm before the land invasions. Its us Zimbabweans who are fed up with Mugabe. Its Zimbabweans who are getting persecuted everyday. Its Zimbabweans who are starving everyday. ITS ZIMBABWEANS WHO VOTE IN ZIMBABWE.NOT GORDON BROWN,NOT BUSH, BLACK ZIMBABWEANS WHO ARE DEMANDING A CHANGE
Leviboone, you make it quite clear that you loathe the west, the USA in particular, and think of that malignancy that is Mugabe some kind of demi-god. What exactly are you doing here in the America? Surely you should go home to Zimbabwe…as a matter of fact, Please go! If I could afford it, I would buy you the ticket myself.
The truth of the matter is, President Thambo Mbeki has not only let Zimbabwe down, he has become brought shame to Africa. I was born and raised in Zimbabwe, yes President Mugabe was our Hero, but was he really one? Turning against your people, butcher them, arrest, and even permit rape, then move around deceiving the poor common man that you're a liberator? This has become the African syndrome; I have seen it in nothern Uganda, in Darfur western Sudan, the DRC former Zaire, etc. Where are we heading Africa?
Robert Mugabe knows he is an illegitimate President and a murderer. The blood of innocent Zimbabweans will haunt him for the rest of his life.
Africa, enough is enough, it is high time our leaders showed some love of the people they claim to lead
The idiots who are cheering the buther, mugabi, on don't give a damn if Zimbabweans live or die, because the're laughing all the way to the bank. They're under estimating the power of the people. Eventually, they'll wake up and administer justice to their butchers.
POWER TO THE PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!