Rise above petty tribal politics

Robert Mugabe, now portrayed as the greatest champion of the revolution who founded Zimbabwe nationalism, was a man who rose from obscurity in the seventies and wrestled control of ZANU from Edgar Tekere.

Tekeres political career was unceremoniously frozen for his divergent views which despised Mugabes undemocratic one-man show. It is a fact that Robert Mugabe was recruited into Zimbabwe politics by the gallant heroes who came before him and murdered no one.

Following former South African President, Thabo Mbekis, illegitimate child in Harare in the form of the so-called Global Political Agreement, the unholy Government of National Unity was formed in February 2009. The GNU was to give a window to Mugabe orchestrated mayhem and facilitate the urgent re-shape of the countrys economy.

Hanging on to power

Interestingly, the 86-year-old despot has paid no attention to the above brief and only concentrated on hanging onto power. Good governance luminary, former South African President Nelson Mandela, was quoted as saying that it was not at all profitable to keep a man of 85 in active political office. Mandela was responding to views within the ruling African National Congress of South Africa that he take a second presidential term.

Mugabes day one in the GNU marked the acceleration of preparations for rigging the next election. Fully aware that he no longer commanded any legitimate clout to win a free and fair election in Zimbabwe, he has opted to form window-dressing political entities to tout his terrorist Zanu (PF) in order for him to borrow more time in office.

In the last election, the Kusile/Mavambo Movement of political rejects, Dr SimbaMakoni and Dr Dumiso Dabengwa, both former politburo members of the terrorist Zanu (PF), was a grand partisan Central Intelligence Organisation (CIO) project designed to paralyse the MDC-T and MDC-M.

It was Zanu (PF)s belief that both puppets would perform outstandingly well in their respective regions and erode the MDC-T support base to elevate Zanu (PF) mediocrity into a landslide victory. They further planned to form alliances with its puppet parties to increasingly entrench kangaroo rule over the ailing citizenry in a legitimate way. Very brilliant! However, the desired impact was not achieved.

Mugabe did not give up! He has gone on to develop the Total Strategy with the creation of Dumiso Dabengwas equally frivolous Project Revival of PF-ZAPU to target the vulnerable angry and hungry, atrocity weary Matabele people in a more direct and appealing way.

Informed sources reveal that the tyrant was incensed by the visible signs that political clown, professor Mutambara, with his little party, would not be seeing any light beyond March 29, 2008. In this deal, Dabengwa, inclined to the Retired General Solomon Tapfumaneyi Mujurus Zanu (PF) faction, was tipped for one of the Vice President positions. Makoni gets something lucrative too in the period post election.

Thenjiwe Lesabe, as former PF-ZAPU respected party elder, was equally deployed to back Dabengwas cause in the process of rigging the next election the smart way. Dabengwa, since the days of the Mavambo Movement, both publicly and privately revealed that the mission was to stop power going the Zambian Trade Union way. Avoid being governed by people who cant govern.

This was in direct reference to MDC-T faction which showed all the capacity to win the election.

Dabengwa has been very clear that the project revival of PF-ZAPU would work for an alliance with Zanu (PF) (Mujuru), and not Mnangagwa or MDC-T.

ZAPU rift

Dabengwa was responding to Project Revival of PF-ZAPU stalwarts who were more inclined to want Tsvangirai as an alliance partner. This was the major cause of an irreparable rift in PF-ZAPU that led to the expulsion of founder members Smile Dube and Alderman Charles Mpofu.

While political monkey and now very prominent Presidential Praise Singer, Professor Arthur Mutambara, and entourage are presently hanging on the GPA for hand-outs, they are destined for the political dust-bin the Gabriel Chaibva way in the period post GNU.

Inga vaMugabe varikuda kusunga ruzhinji rwe Zimbabwe mbira dzakondo zvachose vakomana!

The citizenry has got to be very cerebral and rise above petty tribal politics in its desire for the fulfilment of its aspirations for high quality standards of living in the land of its birth. It is a fact that grave moments need a brave citizenry!