More arrests?

On the day of the police dawn raid at Kudzayi’s home, Mathuthu’s house was burgled. The security guard was struck by a severe case of temporary deafness – similar to that experienced by the farm guards when General Solomon Mujuru died mysteriously in an inferno. What are the chances of that happening?

Mduduzi Mathuthu
Mduduzi Mathuthu

The intruders got away with, among other things, the tool of Mathuthu’s trade – his laptop. As if anyone has accused them of anything, police say there is no link to their raid on Kudzayi’s home and the almost simultaneous burglary at the Mathuthu residence.

One would be forgiven for thinking that Mathuthu is nervous about something. If Kudzayi’s arrest is linked to the ‘enemies within’, as said by Mugabe in his funeral rant, Mathuthu might very well be wondering if there are more arrests to follow.

Kudzayi once wrote for New Zimbabwe and is credited with an article which revealed Bona Mugabe’s alleged rape in Singapore. In the chilly, lice-infested silence of remand prison, he must wonder what demon of naivety had possessed him to think that the past would not return to haunt him. It is possible that Kudzayi has been targeted for his past association with New Zimbabwe. But he is not the only turncoat within Zanu (PF). Psychology Maziwisa who regularly shares his educated opinion on the MDC-T is also a former critic of Mugabe, as is Jonathan Moyo.

State propaganda pushed onto the masses via state media has aided in keeping Zanu (PF) in power way past its sell-by date. The downfall of one of their own will not give many Zimbabweans sleepless nights. However, the arrest of Kudzayi is further confirmation of the Mugabe regime’s intolerance of anyone whose opinion differs from its own.

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