She wants to please her husband, Robert Mugabe, the tyrannical despot interested only in his own good and wielding power for the sake of satisfying his ego. Her remarks have betrayed her. Not only is Grace a political novice, but she is also long on myopia and short on memory.
Zimbabwe is a perfect example of patient endurance under suffering. Tsvangirai is being called a puppet just because he has refused to kowtow to the illegal regime’s wishes. Those of us who are solidly behind him aren’t oblivious of the fact that a cessation of violence is a necessary precondition for any talks. Your remarks, Grace, will not separate us from our leader.
The problem with your husband, the disgraced dictator, is that he tramples down the weak and helpless. We don’t want a leader who ill-treats the weak and oppresses the poor. Prosperity in Zimbabwe today is limited to the ruling elite, and feeds on injustice and oppression of the poor.
Furthermore, your husband carries out his plans to hurt others. The evil plots he makes are as deadly as the eggs of a poisonous snake. He’s always planning something evil and he can hardly wait to do it. He never hesitates to murder innocent people. Everything he does is unjust. Mugabe follows a crooked path, and no one who walks that path will ever be safe.
These examples will suffice: Gukurahundi (1982-1987); an attempt on Patrick Kombayi’s life (1990); forced eviction of 4 000 families on Churu farm (1993); mari kuma war vets (1997); DRC war (1998); illegal detention and torture of journalists Mark Chavhunduka and Ray Choto (1999); illegal land seizures and political violence that saw at least 150 MDC supporters dead (2000-2002); Murambatsvina (2005).
Need I say more? What about electoral rigging since his defeat in the referendum of the year 2000? What about the violence that followed the harmonised elections of March 29, 2008? More than 100 people lost their lives, 200 000 people were internally displaced, 20 000 homes were destroyed, 10 000 people were injured, and more than 5 000 people are missing. Ko munoti muri kunatsa here? You have not lost friends and relatives due to political violence but we have ourselves. Imi munochengetwa 24 hours kuState House!
In light of the above, I call, with passion and courage, for justice to “flow like a stream” (Amos 5:24). Tell your husband to make it his aim to do what is right, not what is evil, so that we will be perfectly happy. Tell him to hate what is evil, love what is right, and see that justice prevails in Zimbabwe. Tell Kunonga and Manhanga that “What God the Father considers to be pure and genuine religion is this: to take care of orphans and widows in their suffering and to keep oneself from being corrupted by the world” (James 1:27). Your husband should, without wasting time, remove the chains of oppression and the yoke of injustice, and let the oppressed go free. Tell him to put an end to oppression and to every gesture of contempt.
Last but not by any means least, we want to share food with the hungry and open our homes to the homeless poor. We want to give clothes to those who have nothing to wear, and we do not want to refuse to help our own relatives. If we give food to the hungry and satisfy those in need, then the darkness around us will turn to the brightness of noon.
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