“As a mother and grandmother, I feel strongly about this. I would therefore want to urge all Zimbabweans to take heed of the call by the political leadership for violence-free campaigning so that we do not invite undue criticism from the outside world,” she said.
No parent wants to see his or her children fight each other, let alone kill or maim each other, said Joyce Mujuru.
“We are one people and one nation. Let each one of us strive to play our part at our various stations in life wherever we are guided by the simple philosophy of Hunhu, Ubuntu, dignity of belonging to this motherland,” she said.
Mujuru added that political parties should demonstrate maturity, sense of patriotism and unity of purpose by conducting elections in a peaceful environment.
“We are in this together…that is the churches, industrialists, farmers, youths, traditional leaders, our tertiary institutions– we are one and all,” she said.
Mayowe died of cancer in South Africa last Saturday where he had gone for medical attention.
He was among the first Zimbabwean diplomats in 1980 and served in various countries including Angola, Romania, Senegal, Bulgaria, Mozambique, Sweden and DRC.
President Robert Mugabe and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai have repeatedly called for peace during this year’s polls, but those call have not been matched by the actions of the police which has systematically clamped down on civil society in recent weeks.
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