THE leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change, Morgan Tsvangirai asked the Botswana government for an armoured car and armed escorts to help return to Zimbabwe safely saying that his life was under threats, reports the weekly Sunday Mail.
According to the weekly publication Tsvangirai's request was turned down by the new president of Botswana, Ian Khama who is reported as saying Tsvangirai's life was not in danger and that armed men would not be allowed into Zimbabwe.
"President Khama told him that his life was not under apparent threat and that Zimbabwean authorities would not allow armed foreigners in their territory," reports the weekly paper.
President Mugabe is said to have known about the plan for some time.
According to the paper, "President Mugabe ... said he had heard of Mr Tsvangirai's unusual request in Botswana but dismissed it as a futile attempt by the opposition leader to portray himself as a president."
The paper also quotes President Mugabe as saying to media personnel: "He was making all kinds of requests. I suppose he wanted to come back clothed in new presidential attire with armed men and an armoured car."
The paper also alleges that the MDC-T leader is "working in cahoots with some Rhodesian elements to set up underground structures that are behind the anti-immigrant attacks in South Africa and the terror campaigns in Zimbabwe," and had recruited young Zimbabweans in South Africa who are being deployed to cause terror in Zimbabwe.
The paper claims that some of the youths are quartered at a farm outside Tswane (Pretoria) while a second group is known to be based at a farm outside Pietermaritzburg where at least 15 of them are being trained by former Rhodesian Selous Scouts.
The Selous Scouts was a special forces regiment of Prime Minister Ian Smith's Rhodesian Army which operated from 1973-1980. The charter of the Selous Scouts directed "the clandestine elimination of terrorists/terrorism both within and without the country.
Selous Scouts and Rhodesian forces are said to have introduced the form of attack called necklacing, which is now being used in xenophobic attacks on foreigners in South Africa.
Following the dissolution of the regiment in 1980, many of its soldiers travelled south to join the South African Defence Force, especially the 5 Reconnaissance Commando.
The Secretary for Information and Publicity, George Charamba, confirmed that they had received reports on the existence of these underground structures.
He said that Zimbabwean and South African authorities were carrying out investigations into the issue.
"Unfortunately for them (MDC), the whole operation misfired, degrading it into indiscriminate and gratuitous violence against all and sundry including South Africans. This is an imprecise political missile that has backfired.
"Our security structures are working hand-in-glove with their counterparts in South Africa and we are expecting results very soon," Charamba is quoted as saying.
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It usually takes a sharp mind to figure out if what you are reading is true or just fabricated.This story does not need any brains at all to figure out that its outright lies.These are lies which can only make sense to the writer or the Zanu people who seem to be living in the dreamland of the brain dead. Most ofall if you knew the South African history you would notclaim that necklecing was started by the Smith regime and Zimbabweans working for Tswangirai in South Africa are now using it there. We used necklecing in South Africa during our struggle with Apartheid. It might be a very wrong thing to do but please dont claim to know things that you dont. or even to write about things you know little or nothing about.
The trueth of the matter is that the Mugabe regime has just destroyed Zimbabwe. End of story. You might try to link Tswangirai to the Smoth regime to fool the Zimbabweans. If they do buy these sick lies, then I would be proven wrong. Every interligant person knows that Britain is not the reason why Tswangirai is fighting for the freedom of the Zimbabweans. Mugabe is the reason why. If Mugabe was doing wellas the president of Zimbabwe and there is no reason to oppose him, why will Tswangirai oppose him. Tswangirai is the onethat is now trying to save the lives of the sad and poor people of Zimbabwe. Mugabe wasa good boy to the British until 2002. Why? He loved and worshiped the British, untill they chose to follow the Lanchester House agreements.Then Mugabe turned and punished the whites through the land grab policies. Was he doing that for the good of the people of Zimbabwe or for himself. Mugabe became a president oof Zimbabwein 1980. Why did take him so long to realise that the land was still in the hands of whites in Zimbabwe? is it because he is bling or simply stupid? The land is not the issue in Zimbabwe.
I stayed and worked in Zimbabwe since 1980 to 1994. Blacks and whites in Zimbabwe had no issues. It was the most beautiful and peacefull place on earth. Zimbabweans are very loving,kind inteligant and respectful people. Mugabe just turned his people aganist each other about land the very same way he did when about 200 000 people from Matebeleland were killed by his special brigade,Gukurawundi. I was teaching in Matebeleland at that time.
Dont shift the blameto Tswangirai and plant witchhurnt that willdivide the country morejust for your political propaganda. The fact is that you destroyed your own country for political gains. just be man enough and stand up with those who arewilling to restore it to its mightyness again.
Whaaaat hogwash !! What a patronising piece of wishwashy...Seriously though. . . how do you manage to spout out so much stuff with so little factual relevant content? Clearly you are not an African. You are just another extremely zealous European who automatically switches to missionary mode once he/she talks about Afrika or to Afrikans. Tell me . . . why is it that you do not want us Africans to relate our present to our past experiences. Is it this is so because our history fills you up with either guilty or pride depending on the time of the day. And you Europeans still talk of the European wars of the last century and the effect it had on your psyche, eg, No German in military uniform is allowed to enter the UK or would you ask the sons of Jacob, the Israelis, to forget their experiences at the hands of Europeans. You wont dare ! Mind you, His Excellency, President Robert Mugabe, was allowed to vote for the FIRST TIME in his life when he was over 60 years old. See now how one cannot help being suspecious of your motives when you talk of human rights, the bill of rights,democracy etc etc when these things dont exist now in the UK as the country is a Kingdom with no constitution and no such frivolities enshrined in the mondus operandi.They are irelevant as things seem to be functioning pretty well. God bless and save the Queen.....
Whaaaat hogwash !! What a patronising piece of wishwashy...Seriously though. . . how do you manage to spout out so much stuff with so little factual relevant content? Clearly you are not an African. You are just another extremely zealous European who automatically switches to missionary mode once he/she talks about Afrika or to Afrikans. Tell me . . . why is it that you do not want us Africans to relate our present to our past experiences. Is it this is so because our history fills you up with either guilty or pride depending on the time of the day. And you Europeans still talk of the European wars of the last century and the effect it had on your psyche, eg, No German in military uniform is allowed to enter the UK or would you ask the sons of Jacob, the Israelis, to forget their experiences at the hands of Europeans. You wont dare ! Mind you, His Excellency, President Robert Mugabe, was allowed to vote for the FIRST TIME in his life when he was over 60 years old. See now how one cannot help being suspecious of your motives when you talk of human rights, the bill of rights,democracy etc etc when these things dont exist now in the UK as the country is a Kingdom with no constitution and no such frivolities enshrined in the mondus operandi.They are irelevant as things seem to be functioning pretty well. God bless and save the Queen.....
Whaaaat hogwash !! What a patronising piece of wishwashy...Seriously though. . . how do you manage to spout out so much stuff with so little factual relevant content? Clearly you are not an African. You are just another extremely zealous European who automatically switches to missionary mode once he/she talks about Afrika or to Afrikans. Tell me . . . why is it that you do not want us Africans to relate our present to our past experiences. Is it this is so because our history fills you up with either guilty or pride depending on the time of the day. And you Europeans still talk of the European wars of the last century and the effect it had on your psyche, eg, No German in military uniform is allowed to enter the UK or would you ask the sons of Jacob, the Israelis, to forget their experiences at the hands of Europeans. You wont dare ! Mind you, His Excellency, President Robert Mugabe, was allowed to vote for the FIRST TIME in his life when he was over 60 years old. See now how one cannot help being suspecious of your motives when you talk of human rights, the bill of rights,democracy etc etc when these things dont exist now in the UK as the country is a Kingdom with no constitution and no such frivolities enshrined in the mondus operandi.They are irelevant as things seem to be functioning pretty well. God bless and save the Queen.....
Whaaaat hogwash !! What a patronising piece of wishwashy...Seriously though. . . how do you manage to spout out so much stuff with so little factual relevant content? Clearly you are not an African. You are just another extremely zealous European who automatically switches to missionary mode once he/she talks about Afrika or to Afrikans. Tell me . . . why is it that you do not want us Africans to relate our present to our past experiences. Is it this is so because our history fills you up with either guilty or pride depending on the time of the day. And you Europeans still talk of the European wars of the last century and the effect it had on your psyche, eg, No German in military uniform is allowed to enter the UK or would you ask the sons of Jacob, the Israelis, to forget their experiences at the hands of Europeans. You wont dare ! Mind you, His Excellency, President Robert Mugabe, was allowed to vote for the FIRST TIME in his life when he was over 60 years old. See now how one cannot help being suspecious of your motives when you talk of human rights, the bill of rights,democracy etc etc when these things dont exist now in the UK as the country is a Kingdom with no constitution and no such frivolities enshrined in the mondus operandi.They are irelevant as things seem to be functioning pretty well. God bless and save the Queen.....
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