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Botswana: Makoni Tries His Luck in Gabs
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The Voice (Francistown)
1 April 2008
Posted to the web 2 April 2008
Maphisa Maphisa
Francistown
Zimbabweans go to the polls tomorrow to elect a new president. On the ballot box, there are four potentials - three really; President Robert Mugabe, his former ally and ex-finance minister, Simba Makoni, and long-time opposition leader, Morgan Tsvangirai.
With many Zimbabweans in Botswana, Makoni's people were this week in Botswana campaigning for "change" and "getting Zimbabwe working again".
The Voice caught up with Brighton Munanyati, a Makoni agent, who estimates that over five million have registered for the Saturday elections, 30 000 of those are in Botswana and his aim was to educate them about Makoni and elections.
Munanyati explained that his main mission to Gaborone was to encourage those who have registered for the elections to go home and fulfil their electoral obligation. "I want to encourage my fellow Zimbabweans to vote, whether it's for MDC or Simba or anyone, they should vote."
Munanyati revealed that he has been negotiating with Bus owners to give those who have registered a discount in bus fares, to go home and vote.
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Patriotic Daniel Shumba, who has been living in Botswana since January, was one of those ready to heed Monanyati's call. The 25-year old Shumba has registered and revealed he planned to go and vote for a candidate who was ready to deliver, one that will demolish unemployment, create better diplomatic relations with other nations, and also revive Zimbabwe to the food-basket it once was.
"People shouldn't fear anything; they should elect someone of their choice, preferably someone that can bring change and development to the country. They should look back at how far Zimbabwe has come, they should analyze the Mugabe rule since 1980 and make the best choice looking at their needs," he said.
Maliwa Luyanga, a Zimbabwean electrical technician based in Botswana, regretted that he was not registered. "I couldn't go and register because I was busy working. Nevertheless, I can only encourage those who have registered to go and vote, because we need change, that's all we need, we should forget about tribalism and focus on change in a positive direction."
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