Only through the control of finance will the MDC be able to stop state sponsorship of militants in the rural areas. By controlling Home Affairs, and with it the police, all perpetrators of violence will be arrested. He also added that because of the divisive propaganda churned out by the state media, control of Information is going to be vital in order to change things around.
Zunga, who is also a treasurer for the Zimbabwe Diaspora Development Chamber, even suggested, ‘the appointment of a SADC police commissioner, ‘whose tasks will be to eliminate rural terror structures and clean the police,’ if the deadlock persisted. He argues that at independence Zimbabwe turned to a Pakistani army general to help with the integration of the various armed forces from the guerrilla groups, ‘so it’s not new.’ Any calls for a re-run of elections supervised by the UN, ‘will not necessarily neutralize the rural terror gangs,’ he argued.
Zunga feels the current SADC mediation team has over-simplified the Zimbabwean problem into a conflict between two parties that need to work together. He believes the problem lies deeper in the ZANU PF culture of violence and intolerance. ‘Our view is that President Mbeki is aware of the rural control. If so, his support or recommendation for Mugabe to take control of these ministries transfers the liability for the death and starvation of these people to the doorstep of South Africa,’ he added.
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