Zimbabwe, 33 years of independence

Today I take a special note of the true heroes of the liberation struggle…the povo. Had the masses not opened their homes, had they resisted the ‘liberators’ from taking their cattle n goats and chickens, even their wives and daughters…the war would have had a different outcome. Had they all worked like clock work and sold out every ‘soldier’…I could go on listing what the masses could have done differently, what they could have resisted yet they did not.

I know that at least every family in present day Zimbabwe lost someone…be it to death or to trauma, displacement, prison, to the other side or whatever else took people during the war…it is a loss all the same and must not be trivialized.

My prayer this Independence day, is that the masses are once again really free. Free, most importantly from political tyranny and corruption , free from Zesaless and dirty-Zinwaless days. It is my prayer that, just as the masses chose to overlook the brute and entitlement attitude of the ‘liberators’  to their resources…I pray that this year, (33 years after being feed from British rule) the masses are not under some sort of obligation to overlook the ‘entitlement’ attitude of the political and cultural leaders we currently have (as well as in future).

May 33 years of Independence resonate with true independence for every citizen in this our beautiful, country not just from the mouths of politicians who want to use the words as some sort of hypnotist’s charm.

May our leaders sleep soundly at night knowing that when they stand up and say that Zimbabwe is free, their consciences do not burn and itch them. May out be that when Zimbabweans hear that our country is free, may there be no grumbling nor complaining and bitterness in our minds. It is my prayer that we don’t envy the freedoms of other nations. I pray that we celebrate this day in all joy and in doubt whatsoever, at our freedom.

Being a ‘born free’ I can only pray that no one dates to stand on some podium and caricature and castigate my thoughts, prayers, goes and  wishes for my country simply because I was born post colonial rule…no one chose when they would be born, neither did anyone choose when Zimbabwe would attain freedom from colonial rule….
#SentimentsOfAYoung Zimbabwean

Of presidencies and political opposition parties

If MDC-T has been in existence for close to fifteen years, how many terms of office has it’s headship/ presidency have already? In this whole time, I have heard of ONE president of the party. With all due respect to what Morgan has been through at the helm of the party, does it therefore not follow that the opposition is crying for the ouster of H.E, Cde RG (bcz he has been the sole national president since) but they are not looking at themselves (as a democratic party) and failing to see how they are exactly like Zanu PF? Are they also not in danger of creating a life presidency just like Zanu PF has?…I think they have already created one.

To be really democratic, I would think that the opposition should have a constitution that is clear, transparent and is FOLLOWED by everyone…esp where terms of office are concerned:
Who is the next in line at the helm of the party? How long is their term of office?

Does MDC-T have another goal other than to have Morgan dwell in the State house? If the party’s goal is that, then they might as well be called Morgan’s Dream Campaign not Movement for Democratic Change.

At least Zanu PF has come out in the open and declared that they want H.E as life presidency…(by life here, I dare to think that it’s the party’s they mean)… they have ignored their own constitution and have amended it to suit their wishes…and their supporters are ‘fully’ behind this…at least that is the generic impression given to the rest of us.

Hypothetically thinking, what if H.E does contest this coming election and by some something or the other, Zimbabweans decide to vote in a close to 90 years of age individual for whatever reason to be the continuing president? Does that mean that Morgan will once again be the sole candidate in the MDC-T camp to contest H.E in whatever elections that will come again?

And just why is the west and the rest of Africa silent on Morgan’s lengthening stay at the party’s headship? Btw, I forget at times, that it is HIS party…MDC-Tsvangirai…to do with as he pleases. So much for democracy!! Can’t someone tell Morgan that ‘democratically’ he is unable to unseat H.E…his party’s constitution does not allow him to do so…he has out served his terms of office and any further efforts to fight or challenge H.E are making some of us Zimbos wonder at the genuineness of the ‘democracy’ his party is proffering…how any different is it from that under Zanu PF leadership? (MDC-T’s real hope is that they have youth on their side…we want young, active leaders, leaders who are tech savvy and can speak confidently at all platforms…we want a country that will play an active role in saving trees by cutting out paper work and going digital in a lot of areas such as in the Registrar General’s office (hint hint someone, but this is but one example of the several improvements that we want as a nation)…let’s Go Green (for the earth and for youth…so for we are brown and very old…lol)

Have I digressed! My apologies, but I had points to make…anyway, Morgan’s stay is lengthening and it is now a cause for worry, someone must speak up (I have). We need parties that see beyond the individuals and have the nation at heart as a matter of priority. Are we to imagine that we shall be having MDC-X fifty years from now because Xolani will be leading it then? At least, it looks like Zanu PF will still be Zanu PF then…just not too sure who will be it’s president then. But then again, Morgan might still be heading MDC-T fifty years from now!! :O…it’s possible hey, in a country where a presidential candidate contesting is almost 90 years old!

You might have noticed that I have ignored the other ‘parties’…seriously, who are they on the political arena of Zimbabwe but agents of dividing the vote? Some are even agents of diving the party name itself!

Seka hako, wechidiki (laugh out loud, young person/ youth) but we surely are very short sighted as a nation….

Comrades, the link

http://www.velourfilm.se/transfer/Comrades2_480p.mov.zip

An Open Invitation To His Mistress(es)

Please accept this invite

Hi there,

Normally, I would not have communicated with you in such a manner but I think that it is best we put my husband’s interests at the fore and forego petty jealousies. You already know my name and I will say that I got your ‘name’ from my husband’s phone. It was saved as ‘Mechanic’ and I want to think that this is just a decoy. Anyway, I am proposing a win-win situation:

May you please accept an invitation to dinner or coffee or some such meal or tea where we can get to know one another. I have it on good authority that when you and I get to know one another, we can then understand each other and together, we can safeguard our health and that of our mutual man. Please note that I say ‘mutual’, it is not meant as a slur but I am being open… just in case, you know these things.

For starters, we have to reduce our attractiveness to him and also to other men. There have been proposed measures we should take and I will elaborate on them as I go.

1. I am not sure that I can carry a bald look.
   

   Not a lot of women can carry the bald look, I prefer keeping my hairdo

2. I have had four children and unfortunately, I come from the gene pool where our stomachs tend to publicly declare and show off our baby-pooches therefore loosing weight is out of the question for me. I am almost a granma, my eldest daughter is turning twenty-eight and she could get married and have a baby any day now.
3. As for the cutting my bath times, I must admit that I have become too accustomed to the luxuries of bathing twice a day and I am not willing to give up my daily regime. Maybe you can reduce your bath times to say- twice a week and when you are menstruating, you will be allowed to add one more bath. You will have to discuss this with my husband just so you can agree on what will make him not be attracted to you that much. I heard from my own tete that he now values me for the children I bore him. Well, I will not get into the details of my bedroom life with you.
   

   Give up my baths??

4. I am not too sure what your wardrobe looks like and consists of but it has been proposed that we dress shabbily. I am not too sure I will be able to successfully pull it off seeing that I was socialised into being a smart woman, who always dresses well to please her man (mukadzi anopfeka zvinopachiremerera kuzita remurume wake.) I am sure that this is one topic we can discuss over tea or lunch or something…we are both women and we were used to dressing to the nines.
5. Seeing that I am hitting menopause soon, I will not be needing any such creams that will drain the moisture from my nether regions and I am almost sure that having a Female Genital Mutilation at my age would be too traumatic for my body. I know that I am sounding too selfish but I want to believe that for all that I have given and sacrificed for my family, I am entitled to some selfishness. You want to be a part of my family and besides, ndimi muchirikutemwa dzinobva ropa so I am sure that you will quickly bounce back from the circumcision. In the meantime, I will try my best to keep him satisfied so he wont go to someone else whilst you are recuperating.  I would really hate to do this invitation thing to someone else.
6. I will try to talk my husband to agree with us having sex once a month. I am not too sure when the pill to curb his sexual libido will be on the market. You would have to tell me when you would want to be having sex with him so that I do not administer the pill to him that morning. (I am assuming that the pill will work like an anti-viagra.) Details pertaining to the pill will only be finalised once it has been availed for purchase.

As you can see, there is a lot at stake and I would be more than willing to pick out a ‘small house’ for my husband should you decline my invite. I can easily check if ‘Office’ is really the office number or not. Or I can just as easily make her my new ‘friend’. I am merely being courteous seeing that you and him had already begun some sort of a relationship underneath my nose. I noticed that you seem to call him more frequently than ‘Office ‘ does. I am not threatening you but I am sincerely welcoming you in the hope that you will think like me that us (you and I) becoming friends is the sure most way of keeping tabs on my husband and ensuring that we all stay safe in this day and age when HIV n AIDS are playing havoc in our part of the world.

Fear not, I have received this advice from our national leaders, MPs at that, so trust you me, it is very sound and we would be foolish not to follow it. Help me play a part in the global campaign to fight HIV n AIDS by accepting my invitation.

Let us join in the fight

Yours sincerely wishing to get involved in the fight to end HIV n AIDS as well as willing to save my marriage at all costs,

Mrs Man.

ps: Do let me know when we can meet and catch up soonest. I would have to re-arrange my diary but for my marriage and our health, I will gladly do it.