Edward Chingwende
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@LynneStactia ๐ฏ We're Back Here Again, Just That This Time The Criminals Around The President Are Brazen, Shameless & Publicly Parade & Flex Their Loot From The Public Purse. The Late Lt General SB Moyo (RIP) Must Be Rolling In His Grave Because Of These Criminals Around HE. #2030AnengeAsipo
We should also ask ourselves why black South Africans have developed a negative attitude toward black Africans,. SA was historically open to migrants. 1. Politicization of grievance 2. Poverty breeds anger 3. Failing politics across the continent put immense pressure in SA
I have been made to understand that some Dzakutsaku, Patrick Chinamasa, @ChinamasaPA, who was never a member of Zanu, or Zanla, during the liberation struggle, has bizarrely declared that "how a President of the country was to be elected, whether by people or by parliament, was never an issue on the table during our liberation history." I am also made to understand that he dared "anyone to retrieve from NDP, ANC, ZAPU, ZANU, Zipra or Zanla pre-independence" literature any excerpts to the contrary Anyway, here you are Mr Dzakutsaku. I am fortunate that my father used to take me to Zanu night meetings in Mkoba in Gweru as a five year-old & I developed a keen interest in our liberation history & as soon as I learnt how to read English, I began to interact with literature on the liberation struggle which was available in the house. I have kept some of the literature. For the purposes of the discussion started by @ChinamasaPA, I am referring him to pages 11 & 22-23 of the November 27, 1973 "Mwenje No2 Zanu Political Programme." The "Zanu Political Programme" booklet makes it clear that in a free Zimbabwe, "EVERY CITIZEN of Zimbabwe shall have the right to exercise A FREE VOTE to elect members of the National Assembly and ALL OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS." Surely, the office of the President is one of the most important parts of what the document here refers to as "ALL OTHER STATE INSTITUTIONS." In the spirit of the document, the occupant of that office should be elected by "Every citizen of Zimbabwe." The same document pledges that " the supreme legislative authority shall rest in the "MASSES OF THE PEOPLE" and that "usurpation of the POWERS OF THE PEOPLE will not be permitted." The Zanu policy document was even clear on subjecting "major policy issues" to "referenda." The document reads, "ALL CITIZENS of Zimbabwe shall participate in decision-making and policy formation through the Party, REFERENDA on major policy issues and effective use of the people's power in ALL institutions of the state." The document even mentions that terms of office were supposed to be 5 years for every office holder and that these office holders were not supposed to be imposed on the people by "Party bosses." The same document also proposed the abolishment of the colonial parliamentary system and all its discriminatory laws. So those arguing for taking us back to the colonial parliamentary election system are antithetical to the very transformation of the system that Zanu proposed in the policy programme. The document reads, " the present National Assembly will be abolished and all its discriminatory laws declared null and void" So the system of reserved seats for whites had to be abolished. The indirect election of MPs had to be abolished and the election of the Head of State by Parliament had to be abolished. Thats the transformation that Zanu promised and that's the basis on which cadres were recruited to fight the liberation struggle. So Mr Dzakutsaku, @ChinamasaPA be instructed accordingly. It's unfortunate you weren't part of the liberation forces, you were fighting to preserve the colonial system with other counter-revolutionaries like Mzorewa so you have no idea why the war was fought. Anyway, I am attaching the quoted pages for your own reading.
Shona leadership priorities
Scenes from Area A in Mufakose, Budiriro North Constituency, at the unveiling ceremony of boreholes drilled under the Presidential Borehole Drilling Scheme.
๐๐ข๐ฅ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ก ๐๐๐ง๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ก ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ก ๐ฆ๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐๐ก๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐ก. Today in Budiriro we saw the celebration of new boreholes being put in that township. As a nation, it is worrying that we are now considering boreholes in the city as progress when our aim should be to pipe treated water into every home from Kunzvi and other dams that our government is investing in building. The celebration of boreholes in the city is the celebration of the ruralification of our cities. We need people who promote Zimbabwe to also be able to speak truth to power by saying that lowering our city standards to using borehole water is admitting defeat. Lastly, the continuous use of underground water leads to the depletion of aquifers that cannot recharge at the rate of borehole extraction. This in future will create a very dire crisis for us. Our government needs to begin investing in replacing pipes and installing new pipes in our cities to pipe water into every home in Zimbabwe.
โOur Political Climate is undergoing a detox. All the time it is the presidential Election which some claim are rigged. Well, under #CAB3 that claim wonโt hold anymore..โ Minister Ziyambi
Why are we celebrating this in the cities, this is not progress its failure
The true size of Zimbabwe ๐ฟ๐ผ
