Mugabe wants to rule a nation of skeletons.

Right now there is an outbreak of cholera in Zimbabwe that has left a
lot of people dead. Mugabe does not want to share power with Tsvangirai
even though he legitimically lost the elections. He does not want even
to work with him. And yet he cannot supply clean and safe water to the people. He cannot
repair bursting and licking sewages anymore. He cannot collect rubbish
from the cities anymore. There is massive load shedding all the time
meaning to say people cannot have warm meals and there is no power to
boil the dirty water. All what the old man and his comrades can afford
to do is dig borehole for themselves and their families and let the
majority at the mercy of the disease. They buy generators fore
themselves. Health workers and concerned citizens took to the streets
to strike against the collapsing health system and he sends his blood
thirsty black boots to deal with them. Mugabe lost the elections to
Tsvangirai. In the re-run to the second elections Zanu Pf sent their
hooligans to abuse people. This forced MDC to pull out of the elections
and the old man went on to contest alone and win. SADCC urged the two
parties to form a government of national unity whereby Mugabe was to
remain President, Tsvangirai Prime Minister with Mutambara as his
deputy. But up to now Zimbabwe is just running like a headless chicken.
There is no government because Zanu does not want equal distribution of
power. Still Mugabe is acting as head of state but he does not want to
create an office for Tsvangirai. People are dying daily; there are no
drugs in hospitals. Majority of the population are suffering from HIV
and aids, and yet there is no ARVs there is no food in the shelves.
National coffers are empty. The new season has just started but still
there is no light at5 the end of the tunnel. Surprisingly the old man
remains aloof. He does not want others to help him, he does not need
anybodyʼs advice. All he wants is to be life president of Zimbabwe and
to rule a nation of skeletons. Zanu Pf has ruined everything that had
been rich and glorious, it has changed order into chaos, turned
abundance into want , leaving behind them only the glory of their past.
They have turned the once breadbasket of Southern Africa into a house
of hunger. Things continue to worsen , party chiefs continue to amass
wealth, and yet they keep on urging the hungry masses to pay any price,
bear any pain , meet any hardship support and friend and oppose any
foe. Zvino tinosvika riini tichilkwata tiri vana vevhu, tichipemha
zunde riri redu , tichirwara gona riri redu, tichitemura tigere
nemhuka.This coming February the old man would be turning 85.
Nonetheless he is not ashamed to see young people die of hunger,
cholera, aids  and state sponsored violence. Bob should have retired
long back and by now he should be a member of the elders not refusing
them entry to come and give him advice on the troubles in his country.

BY MAXWELL PERKINS KANEMANYANGA

The writer is a journalist based in SA.

mknaemanyanga@yahoo.com