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Original Post Date: 2011-04-22 Time: 16:00:03 Posted By: News Poster
By Dingiliswe Ntuli
Nothing lasts long enough to make any sense. Nothing fits this description more perfectly than independent Zimbabwe. On Monday, we celebrated our 31st independence anniversary and as a patriotic Zimbabwean, I was looking forward to following all proceedings on television at home.
I was eager to listen to President Robert Mugabe’s Independence message. But Zesa threw my plans into disarray through its relentless blackouts by cutting off my neighbourhood from 7am to about 6pm on Independence Day.
My mood for celebration was completely cut off by Zesa and it got me thinking. Was it really Zesa’s fault? My mind raced down memory lane to the eve of Zimbabwe’s Independence on April 17 1980. The then Prime Minister- designate Robert Mugabe delivered a reassuring speech which won the hearts of many sceptics.
Most Zimbabweans showed great enthusiasm for the speech and steadily warmed to him. In part of his captivating oratory, which left many admirers and foes in awe, Mugabe said: “Our majority rule could easily turn into inhuman rule if we oppressed, persecuted or harassed those who do not look or think like the majority of us. Democracy is never mob-rule. It is and should remain disciplined rule requiring compliance with the law and social rules. Our independence must thus not be construed as an instrument vesting individuals or groups with the right to harass and intimidate others into acting against their will.”
This speech was supposed to lay a solid foundation for a new Zimbabwe, but it turned out to be just words camouflaging the bloody path to despair and desperation that Mugabe would later steer the country towards. Actions have shown us what is really inside his mind. Today, he presides over a regime which uses brute force and violence for political objectives. No sooner had the echoes of his speech died down that Mugabe moved very fast in achieving absolute power for himself.
He assembled a rigid hierarchy with an effective network of informers and enforcers and intelligence that instilled fear in the population. He chose to be feared, rather than to be loved, as a means to retain power. Although Zimbabwe has never skipped an election as Mugabe conveniently reminds us, it’s no secret that he has maintained his uninterrupted grip on power through intimidation and force, and dividing people by turning them against each other.
Periodic waves of repression have left the masses severely paralysed by fear, including Mugabe’s ministers and some religious leaders. Zimbabwe is full of flatterers and dissemblers who have yielded to the desires to please Mugabe. Defence minister Emmerson Mnangagwa and Media, Information and Publicity minister Webster Shamu take the title. They have dangerously exalted him to godlike stature and vowed that only Mugabe can rule Zimbabwe.
This custom of offering praise to people is one that results in great evil, but where is the church in all this? Do religious leaders share these sentiments or are they fearful of being exposed for their hypocrisy? It’s shocking that they have cowered in their cathedrals and churches even when Mugabe is being blasphemously raised to divine level.
The Bible warns that where there is no vision, the people perish. Where there is no counsel the people fall, but in the multitude of counsellors, there is safety. Where are Zimbabwe’s visionaries and counsellors? Is Mugabe presiding over millions of corpses? It’s frightening that in Zimbabwe today, Mugabe has become everything, the first and last all the time while the common citizen has dwindled down to less than nothing.
This explains why our cities, towns and villages have sunk into a state of utter neglect and despair. Most of our roads have fallen into decay and industry has come to a standstill.
The economy is being plundered time and again while civil servants have virtually become professional beggars. There is even an attempt to make poverty an acceptable condition in Zimbabwe.
Our leaders have failed in the principles of integrity. They live luxurious lives and have appetites gratified with the most delicate and expensive dainties. The effects of this luxurious living and the free use of fine expensive alcoholic beverages have clouded their intellect.
They blame sanctions for all our ills except for their palatial residences. So obscene is the wealth of well-connected individuals that some even have lifts in their houses.
How do the likes of Local Government minister Ignatius Chombo and his ilk explain their wealth when Zimbabwe is supposedly reeling under severe sanctions? They own multiple properties, farms and businesses while ordinary people have to be content with daily assurances that they are the backbone of the revolution.
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Original date published: 20 April 2011
Source: http://allafrica.com/stories/201104220525.html?viewall=1