that the accident did not happen. I arrived at the scene of the accident less than five minutes after the accident. Even today as I write this letter, there are marks of the fatal accident on the railway line.
Your reporter claims that the car was cream in colour and had a small dent after the so-called accident. To begin with, the car was not cream but white. After the tragic accident, the car was badly damaged on the front and Gunda could not have survived the crash. Around 4pm on the same day, the wreck was towed away by an army truck.
I cried at the disturbing sight of the accident. Did I cry at nothing? I saw it happen and your false report is outrageous, ridiculous and disturbing. I saw the military police ambulance, the army trucks, the army helicopter and onlookers at the site. Could this have been a dream?
My message to your paper is: As much as we enjoy radical reportage, we do not want lies. You need to start worrying about the credibility of your paper.
Please do not get me wrong. I am not Zanu (PF) but simply an honest citizen who witnessed what your reporter and his ‘sources’ did not see.
EK SAMAZ, Marondera
Macheso is not a hero
EDITOR – Does Tsvangirai know what is a national hero? Please check your Oxford dictionary. Remember, Tsvangirai, we are not your children, to be told that Macheso is a national hero.
Mutambara was right and I am doubtful of your credentials. There are elections yet you are busy travelling all over the world doing nothing for ordinary Zimbabweans. You are waiting to tell us that the elections have been rigged whilst you are doing nothing and Mugabe is busy preparing the elections. Please wake up, Tsvangirai.
You are saying Macheso is a national hero and Mugabe is saying Hunzvi is a hero, so the difference is the same.
JOHN VINCENT CHIKWARI, Zimbabwe
Teach good governance
EDITOR – I have heard ad nauseam that young people are tomorrow’s leaders. But the trillion-dollar question I would want to ask is, what is it that stops us being today’s leaders? Why can’t we be today’s leaders and subsequently tomorrow’s future? I want to introduce young people to the world of good governance.
We, young people in Zimbabwe, affirm that each person has the responsibility to participate in the building of a free and just society. We acknowledge that human dignity is the foundation of every human right and call upon all to give of themselves in order that society may be justly governed.
We recognise that each person must answer the question, “Who am I?”, and that the discovery of the answer takes place through work carried out in solidarity for the common good.
The common good consists of the well being of the persons in a community. The common good arises from the person’s free and deliberate choice to pursue something beyond himself, both for his own benefit and for the benefit of the community.
The responsibility of every person at all levels of society to work in solidarity for the protection of human dignity is the basis of good governance.
Solidarity, a key building block of good governance, is the unified commitment of persons to work in trust toward the common good, fostering a sense of community.. Good governance entails the just use of power to create conditions for unity and trust, and to inspire in the governed the desire to contribute to the common good. Good governance includes the rule of law, transparency and accountability, as well as free expression and participation.
Corruption is an assault on the inherent dignity of the human person and a betrayal of one’s responsibility to others. It is the pursuit of one’s interests at the expense of the good of others.
We call on all persons, and in particular young people, to embrace their responsibility to foster free and just societies by actively promoting good governance and just leadership.
MUTSA MURENJE, President of the Harare Chapter of the World Youth Alliance (Africa), Zimbabwe
Only fools would invest
EDITOR – Recent media reports suggest that President Robert Mugabe has urged ‘true and genuine friends’ to invest in Zimbabwe’s natural resources, promising that their investments will be protected by his security forces. (Notably, not by proper lawful local constitutional rights, other appropriate sanctioned application, or by any other international lawful standards!).
He chose not to list his ‘extensive’ schedule of his assumed ‘numerous genuine friends’!
Perhaps only comrade Thabo Mbeki remains?
Clearly, China has at last had enough of being embarrassed and looted by the Zanu (PF) greedy, cling-on regime.
What he apparently overlooked, in his usual hallucinatory denial, is the proposed ‘Indigestion Law’ (that will strip assets from external and local investors); how well his regime has ‘durably respected’ human and property rights and international law; how the state is now run by light-fingered, self-serving stooges (particularly in his party, and in politicized Judicial and State-sponsored militia organs); and how his criminal warriors are still looting and benefiting from intimidation and from stolen assets, including mining, farming, businesses and properties.
Also omitted was that his close radical comrade, Didymus Mutasa, has a racist agenda, and had earlier stated that the regime has no intention of respecting government-signed International BIPPA’s. (He was quoted saying that international agreements were not worth the paper on which they were signed).
Recent reports indicate that assets and property protected by international BIPPA’s are still being looted, stripped and acquired by the regime’s fellow criminally enabled and prosecution-immune thieves.
Anyone who believes that Zanu (PF)’s Zimbabwe is worth investing in is plain stupid, or has been promised (not guaranteed) side-kicks by the crooks temporarily in charge of the nation.
That the head-honcho will be gone soon (one way or another) is no longer in dispute.
What is relevant now is whether his dead-beat followers try to sustain their protected criminal conduct and self-survival, or whether they will capitulate and surrender in the hope of immunity from future prosecution?
BRAIN-DEAD ANALYST, Bloemfontein, SA
Stevenson belittled liberation struggle
EDITOR – Trudy Stevenson, the Member of Parliament for Harare North, recently circulated an email titled ‘Myth and Reality’. I must say such straw-grasping tactics are regrettable.
She tables 20 questions, all calculated to demonise Morgan Tsvangirai, most of which are childish and expose her political immaturity. One serious matter is that she belittles the liberation struggle, and I am afraid I cannot help but see hidden racism.
She says Tsvangirai’s Zanu (PF) background is regrettable. Stevenson needs some serious background briefing about our independence. She has to know that at one time all Zimbabweans were either Zanu (PF) or PF ZAPU, and it was not a crime to belong in either one of these organizations.
To pour scorn over on independence and nationalist movement is deeply regrettable for someone who sits in Parliament. It shows disrespect for people who fought for this country.
The liberation war was about removing a minority white government that was racist and exploitative. The nationalist movements were called terrorists, communists, saboteurs, and foreign-sponsored Marxists – the same thing Stevenson called Tsvangirai.
Participating in the liberation war and being a member of any of the nationalist movements was an honour.
I am deeply disturbed by Stevenson. Is she really fighting for the emancipation of Zimbabweans? It would seem her true allegiance is not with this country.
ASHER TARIVONA MUTSENGI, Canada
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