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Original Post Date: 2001-11-20 Time: 13:58:06 Posted By: Jan
“It is not so much a matter of the MDC’s popularity, but sheer hatred
for Zanu PF”
By Tony Hawkins in Harare
Fears that President Robert Mugabe’s government is moving towards the
declaration of a state of emergency in Zimbabwe are growing following his
accusations that the opposition Movement for Democratic Change is guilty of
“terrorism”. In an emotionally charged weekend speech at the funeral of Cain
Nkala, former war veteran leader, the president referred to the MDC and the
country’s white farmers as “terrorists” at least 20 times. Political analysts
say that this is partly an attempt to associate Zimbabwe with the global
coalition against terrorism, but also to prepare public opinion for a move
against the MDC.
“The MDC and their supporters should know that their days are numbered. The
time is now up for the MDC terrorists,” he said. The president’s accusations
are supported by news reports in the state-owned media. Both state radio and
the government-owned daily newspapers claim repeatedly that the “suspected
MDC terrorists” abducted and murdered Mr Nkala. Mr Nkala was kidnapped the
day before he was due to give evidence in court about the disappearance of
Patrick Nabanyama, an MDC activist who vanished during the election campaign
17 months ago. Opposition and human rights groups claim Mr Nkala was on the
brink of fleeing to Britain because he believed his life to be in danger from
war veterans in the Bulawayo area.
The government version is very different. It claims that last Friday the MDC
attacked and burned down its own offices in Bulawayo to destroy incriminating
evidence of the party’s involvement in Mr Nkala’s murder. State radio also
said the MDC had prevented the fire brigade from putting out the blaze. But
eyewitness reports say war veterans and supporters of the ruling Zanu PF
ransacked and burned the MDC’s regional office. On Sunday, the state media
reported that at a secret meeting with western diplomats, Morgan Tsvangirai,
the MDC leader who will stand against Mr Mugabe in the presidential election
in March, had promised to reverse the government’s fast-track land
resettlement programme. The Sunday Mail claimed that Mr Tsvangirai made this
pledge to western diplomats at a meeting at the US embassy in Harare. But a
senior western diplomat yesterday described the claims as false, adding that
no such meeting had been held.
In a political cartoon, unintentionally highlighting Zimbabwe’s isolation,
the state-owned Herald newspaper yesterday depicted Mr Tsvangirai as an ally
of the independent media in Zimbabwe, the European Union, the Commonwealth,
Britain and Denmark. The official media are also being used to portray a more
favourable picture of the economic situation than that outlined in the recent
budget by Simba Makoni, the finance minister. State radio reported on Monday
that the officially calculated 97.9 per cent inflation figure for October was
inaccurate because it failed to take account of price controls, imposed last
month. Economic “experts”, reported by the radio, said price controls would
lead to a fall in inflation by the end of the year.
“The fact that official propaganda is becoming increasingly hysterical, as
well as unbelievable, underlines growing government panic that is losing the
battle for the hearts and minds of the electorate,” one MDC politician said.
Although MDC leaders say next year’s election cannot possibly be free or
fair, they remain confident of winning. “It is not so much a matter of the
MDC’s popularity,” says one analyst but “sheer hatred” for Zanu PF.