tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71048211895210545892024-03-13T14:08:47.176-07:00Edmore Mbuzana MlamboI write on all things in Zimbabwe and I speak my mind!!!Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.comBlogger123125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-41690012989451091532024-02-13T04:35:00.000-08:002024-02-13T04:39:48.719-08:00Nelson Chamisa is Blue<p> </p><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Nelson Chamisa may be the finest example of what’s ailing the Zimbabwean opposition. Nelson Chamisa has never been voted in or out of his "leadership" position since 2013. He illegally claimed the MDCT presidency in 2017, and nicodemusly the MDC Alliance and then CCC.</span><div><br /></div><div>Legimaticy<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">I wrote about <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2022/09/nelson-chamisas-leadership-qualities.html" rel="nofollow">Nelson Chamisa's</a> lack of legitimacy when he hijacked the MDC Alliance in 2017 my opinions on it have not changed since then.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Nelson Chamisa has tried to portray himself as a mass movement leader. A mirage of great proportion in his own mind and few bootlickers around him. The fact is that until Nelson Chamisa can be democratically elected to a leadership position his political career will never truly take off.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>FEAR OF ELECTIONS<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Alongside this weakness Chamisa is paranoid and he is afraid of people around him to the point of failing to delegate his "authority" to legit structures of his so-called "mass movement".I also talked about his student politics approach to national politics. He foolishly tried to alienate and isolate his fellow leaders in the opposition. People like Tendai Biti, Welshman Ncube and Thokozani Khupe have been the victims of Nelson Chamisa's fundamental leadership weakness.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">In other words,<a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2022/09/nelson-chamisas-leadership-qualities.html" rel="nofollow"> Nelson Chamisa's</a> weakness and paranoia have caused him to surrender his CCC presidency. He has no real supporters within the mass movement. This is the result of the personalisation of the CCC movement.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>CONGRESS AND THE BOOTLICKERS<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">What the reader may find interesting though is that Nelson Chamisa should have called for a Congress instead of surrendering the CCC presidency. The decision to step done was selfish and individualistic. The decision has split CCC between his bootlickers and the real opposition. We now have two or three main camps.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">I have seen and heard the noise from the bootlickers and others. The bootlickers have showered Nelson Chamisa with praises and the other camps have also quiped in with equal measure of anger. The perennial bootlickers like Fadzayi Mahere have resigned from Parliament in solidarity with Nelson Chamisa.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2022/09/nelson-chamisas-leadership-qualities.html" rel="nofollow">Nelson Chamisa's </a>leadership style attracts a certain type of person. The </span><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">bootlicker and the hangers-on, people who have no ideology and the cash activists. These people will hang on to Nelson Chamisa's every word and ideas. They believe in him and if you disagree with them they will label you a ZANUpf infiltrator. This bootlicking mentality is what drives Nelson Chamisa's ego. The bootlicking mentality masks the mediocre leadership qualities of Nelson Chamisa.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">This polarization between bootlickers and the other camps of the CCC has come into play. You will have to look at Promise Mkwananzi's bootlicking stance against Job Sikhala's position. This is a crystal clear example of the cracks in the opposition and is the direct result of Nelson Chamisa's lack of good leadership qualities.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>FROM RED TO YELLOW AND NOW BLUE<br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">Finally, I would like to point out that the cracks in the opposition are due to a lack of true elected leaders. We cannot blame Sengezo Tshabangu, ZANUpf or other external forces for the crises in the opposition. The blame has to fall at the door of Nelson Chamisa and his bootlickers. We must not forget "strategic ambiguity" or "God is in it" and the odd bible verse on <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2022/09/nelson-chamisas-leadership-qualities.html">Nelson Chamisa's</a> social media handles. </span></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">We must also not forget the bootlickers and the hangers who have supported and propped up mediocracy from the MDC (RED) to CCC (Yellow) and now Blue. </span></div><div><span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br /></div></div>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-13986919364706239592023-09-07T01:54:00.001-07:002023-09-07T01:54:46.428-07:00The Case for the use of our Local Currency <p>Cash versus the Digital Currency and RTGS</p><p>The RBZ should know that ordinary people in the street need cash for various reasons. The people in the informal sector and the unbanked need both the Zimbabwean dollar and the US dollar for transactional purposes for their day-to-day use. The informal sector and the unbanked do not need digital currencies(RTGS) but want hard cash unlike the formal sector and those who have access to banks and banking facilities. The RBZ is making it difficult for the informal sector by reducing bank cash withdrawals.</p><p>Effect of Low Cash Withdrawl Limit </p><p>The effect of the low cash withdrawal limit imposed by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe has caused the rates of the RTGS against the US dollar and the Zimbabwean dollar to rise sharply on the black market. It is the formal sector that is driving the rate of the RTGS black market rate as companies are buying the US dollar on the black market instead of going to the RBZ auction. The informal sector plays a small role in the black market as they have little or no access to the RTGS. The cash rate in the informal sector is lower than both the black market rate and the RBZ auction rate. </p><p><br /></p><p>Value of Physical Money and Cash Rate</p><p>The RBZ is failing to appreciate that physical money in Zimbabwean dollars or USA dollars has an intrinsic value which carries a positive premium versus the negative premium on RTGS.The negative premium results in the RTGS having costs loaded on every RTGS transaction.</p><p> Physical money, which a person can touch and get immediate value after a transaction carries more weight than the RTGS or its digital equivalent which needs third parties to complete a transaction. It is a fact that almost all transactions in the informal sector are done on a cash basis as compared to the formal sector. </p><p>The Power of Cash</p><p>The cash rate, the value of cash against the US dollar, is lower than the RBZ auction rate and the black market rate. This indicates that the Zimbabwean dollar has a role to play in our economy both in the formal and informal sectors. The RBZ should exploit the power of cash by pegging the Zimbabwean dollar cash withdrawal limit to the auction rate. The RBZ must recognise that the local currency withdrawal limit plays a role in stabilising the foreign exchange rate.</p><p>Accessibility as a Cost</p><p>The informal sector, the unbankable and the rural population need help accessing banking facilities like bank cards and banks. These people can only access banks through third parties at a cost. The costs of using RTGS are loaded on their transactions via government taxes, bank charges, unavailability of power, mobile network availability and transport costs to convert the RTGS into cash at the physical bank.</p><p>My argument is that the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe must increase the withdrawal limits for the people to have access to cash. This will improve the use of our local currency and increase our confidence in the Zimbabwean Dollar.</p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-43656533614924152622023-05-26T07:06:00.000-07:002023-05-26T07:06:05.993-07:00Of Consensus, Democracy and Confusion<p><br /></p><p> <b style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 13px;">Where is the democracy in the CCC outfit??</b></p><br /><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">The election is a democratic process of choosing a person to get into public office. The process here in Zimbabwe starts typically at the grassroots level. Nelson Chamisa has come up with a weird and ambiguous way of coming up with candidates. The process which he calls "consensus" is a way of imposing favoured friends as election candidates. The imposition of candidates is a sure way to lose an election. </span><br /><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="background-color: white;">Our questions as Zimbabweans to the CCC are;</span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="background-color: white;"> Where is the democracy in this secret process of "consensus"? </span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="background-color: white;">Who is the democratically elected leader of the CCC?</span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="background-color: white;">Where are the primary elections of aspiring members of parliament?</span></span><br /><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nDgqz8Ai_Xw/WoFl_baeZmI/AAAAAAAA2hQ/bFRdrw7k70IeZOYfQeAG3JyHAFHvn3naQCPcBGAYYCw/s1600/Chamisa%2BWhispering%2Bto%2BTsvangirayi.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="660" height="203" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-nDgqz8Ai_Xw/WoFl_baeZmI/AAAAAAAA2hQ/bFRdrw7k70IeZOYfQeAG3JyHAFHvn3naQCPcBGAYYCw/s320/Chamisa%2BWhispering%2Bto%2BTsvangirayi.jpg" width="320" /></a><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><br /><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #1d2129; font-size: 13px;"><b>Bribing The Leader And Forgetting the Voter</b></span><div><span style="color: #1d2129;"><span style="font-size: 13px;"><b><br /></b></span></span>The opposition party or cult, the CCC, has sitting Members of Parliament paying $1000 to the self-imposed Nelson Chamisa to get their place in the next election. </div><div>The question here is, is this a democratic process? Are the same MPs going to pay the voters in their constituency? The CCC approach to the election process is undemocratic and it will cost them voters and they will definitely lose the elections.<br /><div><br /></div><div>The MPs have bribed their leader and forgotten the people who are going to vote for them.<br /><br /><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #14171a; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tx4SynlN3WA/WucAG8VlCQI/AAAAAAAA7Jg/d7Q5Qj86_AQi0JG2jjjx0WyBH36l1uWQwCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG-20180310-WA0028.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="477" data-original-width="480" height="316" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tx4SynlN3WA/WucAG8VlCQI/AAAAAAAA7Jg/d7Q5Qj86_AQi0JG2jjjx0WyBH36l1uWQwCLcBGAs/s320/IMG-20180310-WA0028.jpg" width="320" /></a><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: #f5f8fa; color: #14171a; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><b>The Parties and Primaries</b></span></span><br /><br /><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">The Zanu-PF primaries are the true democracy at play. Let the masses elect their leaders, young, middle-aged or old. The crux of the matter is the ability of the chosen candidate to perform. The general public must question the way the CCC alliance is handling the election process. Those shadowy NGOs and fake civic organisations must comment on the going on in the CCC.</span><br /><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 13px;"><b>Youth Vote And Generational Renewal</b></span><br /><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span><span face=""helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129;">This notion of thinking that youngsters are the alternative leadership is misplaced. The Zanu-PF primaries</span><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; white-space: pre-wrap;"> indicate that a party can undergo generational renewal using the available democratic processes. A good leader will always be identified by the electorate.</span></span><br /><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br />The youth vote is not the monopoly of the opposition parties as seen by the youth participating as voters and candidates in the Zanu-Pf primaries. The CCC must look at itself if they need to be relevant and appealing to the youths of Zimbabwe.</span></span><br /><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We the people of Zimbabwe are all for the youth. The future of the country and the revolution is in their hands. Let the youths play a role in all our democratic processes.</span></span><br /><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Zimbabwe is forever!!</span></span></div></div><div><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span face=""segoe ui" , "arial" , sans-serif" style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Notice </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #14171a;"><span style="background-color: #f5f8fa; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The above blog post was previously published on 20 April 2018 on this <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-primaries-and-undemocratic-process.html">blog</a></span></span></div>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-71101141520617419692023-05-13T22:51:00.002-07:002023-05-14T06:54:36.638-07:00Zimbabwean Gold Mafia Exposed<p>The so-called Jeezera series on the so-called Gold Mafia of Zimbabwe has come and gone. The "expose" that Al Jazeera Investigative Unit (I-Unit) copied and pasted from what I believe is an old CIA plot generated by the US Embassy. It is a tall tale and a web of falsehoods.</p><p>The people involved in Zimbabwean Gold Mafia are a group of people employed by the Zimbabwean government to export gold on the government’s behalf. It is a scheme to bust the USA and EU sanctions placed on political leaders and government entities².</p><p> LOOTING OR SANCTION BUSTING</p><p>The so-called Gold Mafia have one goal: Sanction Busting! Here is a government that is under sanctions that have been declared illegal by the United Nations. The government is buying gold from licenced dealers, who in turn have bought it from artisanal miners.</p><p>The licenced dealers sell their gold to Fidelity ( a wholly-owned government company run by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe). The Reserve Bank with concurrency of the Zimbabwean Treasury(Ministry of Finance) and the Cabinet ( Office of the President and Cabinet) can sell the gold to anyone. The three institutions have the people of Zimbabwe's mandate to sell gold, without consulting the USA, UK or the Al Jazeera Investigative Unit (I-Unit). </p><p>The process of selling our gold is legal and above board except if you are a USA citizen because the Zimbabwean Government act is at odds with the ZIDERA sanctions bill made in the USA senate in 2000.</p><p>TALL TALE or NGANO DZATSURO NAGUDO</p><p>The Al Jezeera Investigative Unit has told us a tall tale. The very act of having a phone call without a face at the other end of the line is a sign that they are selling us the people of Zimbabwe a lie. In this age and hour where we can Skype, Google Meet or Zoom the clever guys at Al Jazeera would like us to believe that we are still in the 1970s. In Shona, we say "Ingano dzaTsuro naGudo" .....a tall fairy tale!!</p><p>HOW TO JOIN THE GOLD MAFIA</p><p>The Al Jeezera Unit should have had a fifth episode of how a Zimbabwean can be part of the Gold Mafia. It would have been helpful to the doubting Thomases among us. </p><p>It will have gone like this: you can buy a claim or go to the nearest river, I recommend Mutare River and take your sieve and start work. If you get your gold point, sell it to a licenced buyer. Get your money and be part of the gold Mafia.</p><p>For those with money, you can apply for a gold buying licence from Fidelity, buy gold from makorokoza in the above paragraph, process the gold and sell it to Fidelity. Get your money and you are now part of the Gold Mafia.</p><p>I am waiting for the Al Jeezera Investigative Unit to come out with Episode 5 of the Gold Mafia. I know they can not investigate with half-telephone conservations on this one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Source: Conversation with Bing, 14/5/2023(1) BREAKING: Al Jazeera Investigative Unit’s Zimbabwe Gold Mafia .... https://www.zimeye.net/2023/03/02/breaking-al-jazeera-investigative-units-zimbabwe-gold-mafia-documentary-unleashed/ Accessed 14/5/2023.</p><p>(2) How a ‘Gold Mafia’ is looting Southern Africa, washing dirty cash. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/3/23/gold-mafia-looting-southern-africa Accessed 14/5/2023.</p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-70660408104953620822023-03-31T01:04:00.003-07:002023-03-31T01:07:16.814-07:00Nelson Chamisa And The White Supremacists Sponsored Poll<p><br /></p><p><b>The Poll from Hell</b></p><p>Early this month I woke up to see not only one tweet but a barrage of tweets on my Twitter timeline. It was not your usual tweet but a tweet announcing that Nelson Chamisa had come out tops on a poll survey. He was leading Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa by a wide margin.</p><p> </p><p> I looked at it at the team that had done the poll and I laughed at the name! I looked at the sponsors of the survey and I nearly choked over my cup of tea! I looked up and wondered at the objective of flooding my timeline with those tweets. I then realised that it was a poll made in hell. Why you may ask me?</p><p> </p><p><b>Cecil John Rhodes</b></p><p>Rhodesia was founded and plundered by a company called the British South Africa Company a charted company created by Cecil John Rhodes with the blessing of Queen Victoria, the Queen of England. </p><p> </p><p>This company was to become the owner of all of the land and minerals between the Zambezi River and the Limpopo River. It was the start of the white supremacists' domination and the creation of one of the most complex systems to oppress black people. It is also the source of the poll from hell that has jettisoned Chamisa to the top of the white supremacists' favourite lists.</p><p> </p><p><b>Anglo American Corporation</b></p><p>When Cecil John died in 1902 the British South African Company was transformed into Anglo America Corporation. The company was inherited by the Oppenheimer family from Rhodes. The company was into every aspect of the Rhodesian economy. The AAC ran everything from farming, mining, manufacturing, finance and banking. </p><p> </p><p>The AAC's hold on the Rhodesian economy was only to break up into nebulous and obscure subsidiaries with head offices in Johannesburg, Pretoria, Cape Town and London in 1980 after Independence. A point to note is that AAC subsidiaries were the conduit that the Rhodesian supremacists used to beat the United Nations sanctions. This white supremacist complex still has deep holds on our economy and our politics. The need to reclaim and control the Zimbabwean land resources is the reason for the poll from hell.</p><p> </p><p><b>The White Supremacists' Industrial Complex and Brenthurst Foundation</b></p><p>Let me now link the poll from hell with the white industrial complex. The link is the Brenthurst Foundation and the so-called Sabi Trust poll survey. The Brenthurst Foundation is the baby of the Oppenheimer family which is funded by the former AAC companies. The Brenthurst Foundation in turn funded the poll from hell.</p><p> </p><p>I would like to lead the reader to why Chamisa come out tops on the poll from hell. Nelson Chamisa attended secretly a workshop on regime change (you can give it another name) in November 2018. The workshop was disguised as a "human rights" workshop. The workshop was to explore ways to fund opposition parties in all former British Colonies.</p><p> </p><p>I personally view the poll as a reward to Chamisa for attending the workshop. This point out how the Rhodesian white supremacists' industrial complex has continued to influence our politics.</p><p> </p><p>Pasi neMhandu !! Down with the enemy !! Zimbabwe will never be a colony again!!</p><p><br /></p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-11527719041668877792023-02-28T01:25:00.005-08:002023-02-28T01:25:45.293-08:00Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's wrong turn on Withdrawal Limits<p> <span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">I was
surprised by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">announcement of the increase in the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">weekly </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">withdrawal limit from
ZWL$5000 to ZWL$15000 on personal accounts. The announcement was </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">made too late as the increase was not in
tandem with the rise in the value of the United States dollar on the
auction rate. There is no logical explanation or justification for the </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">new withdrawal limit.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The RBZ had no
rational explanation for the low withdrawal rate in as much as it affects the
informal sector and the so-called unbankable rural citizens. The move by
the bank to increase the withdrawal limit on personal accounts without
increasing the monthly withdrawal limits ceiling is baffling. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The RBZ
deliberate move to increase the unbankable group of our citizens into poverty
as cash access to both the Zimbabwean dollar and the USA dollar will now be
available only through the black market. The move will in the long run
discourages saving and increase the informalization of our economy.
Informalization will in turn decrease the country's taxation base.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The RBZ should
have tied the withdrawal limit to the USA dollar equivalent, for example using
the poverty datum line, the weekly limit should be around USD125.00 which will
add up to USD 500. This is at today's black market cash rate of ZWL137500 weekly and
ZWL550 000 monthly. These two limits should be allowed to move in tandem with
the RBZ weekly auction rate.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The RBZ move to keep the cash withdrawal limit at unrealistic low levels will cause the margin between the Black Market Rate and the RBZ auction rate to widen.</span></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><o:p></o:p><p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The Governor
explained that the withdrawal limit is in line with average wages earned is
an insult. The Governor must be made aware that the wages are inadequate and people are living below the poverty line. The majority of our citizens
both in formal and informal sectors have to hustle to cover the difference
between their wages and the poverty datum line to survive. The hustle to cover the gap needs cash.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The RBZ should revisit the cash withdrawal limits and increase them to realistic levels.</span></p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-33981426178168809922022-09-20T01:22:00.074-07:002023-02-28T03:42:19.412-08:00Nelson Chamisa's leadership qualities and fear of elections<b>The Faulty Begining</b><div> <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-illegitimate-leader-of-illegitimate.html">Nelson Chamisa's </a>story in politics started with college protests against a sitting black government. The demonstrations were all about food and allowances. He was a leader of misguided students who used their stomachs to think. The demonstrations were a direct act of peer pressure without political direction or conviction. It is against this background that the leadership qualities of <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-illegitimate-leader-of-illegitimate.html">Nelson Chamisa</a> become questionable today.</div><div><br /></div><div><b>Rhodesian Leanings </b></div><div><br /></div><div> When Nelson Chamisa left college he moved into the newly formed and Rhodesian-sponsored Movement of Democratic Change. The MDC was sponsored by the land-dispossessed white settlers and fronted by Morgan Tsvangirayi. Nelson Chamisa by joining the MDC makes him a sellout from my point of view. The MDC under Morgan Tsvangirayi and on behalf of its Rhodesian sponsors called for and assisted in the drafting of the ZIDERA sanctions bill in 2001.
Nelson Chamisa and Tendai Biti had the guts to beg for an extension of the ZIDERA sanctions in February 2018. The very act of a black Zimbabwean flying to Washington DC and sitting in the United States Senate and calling for an extension of sanctions against his own people and country is disgusting. There is no sane Zimbabwean who can trust an unpatriotic person and character like Nelson Chamisa to be the President of Zimbabwe.</div><div><br /></div><div><b> Nelson Chamisa an Unelectable Dictator </b></div><div><br /></div><div> <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-illegitimate-leader-of-illegitimate.html">Nelson Chamisa</a> has not only displayed dictatorial and dishonest from the very day he lied that he had been "appointed" by Morgan Tsvangirayi to lead MDC-T after the latter's death. He was never elected to be a leader of MDC -T and even avoided going to congress. Nelson Chamisa dodged the MDC-T congress and formed the MDC Alliance.
It is a fact that<a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-illegitimate-leader-of-illegitimate.html"> Nelson Chamisa</a> had to form and appoint himself President of CCC formation after the courts stopped him from using the name and offices of the Movement of Democratic Change. The fact to all Zimbabweans is that Nelson Chamisa has not been in any party elections since the year 2013. </div><div><br /></div><div>Our question as Zimbabweans, is how can a person who has never contested in his own party or party win national elections? How can a person who leads an unelected and structureless entity win an election? </div><div><br /></div><div> <b>The 2023 Verdict</b> </div><div><br /></div><div> The truth is that <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-illegitimate-leader-of-illegitimate.html">Nelson Chamisa </a>will not win the 2023 election because of the question of legitimacy, his stance of supporting sanctions and the gap between his structureless group of friends from the grassroots electorate. He cannot be the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe.</div>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-77117521989382423202022-04-29T07:16:00.000-07:002022-04-29T07:16:08.718-07:00 Of Congress, Chaos and Democracy<p> The story going around is that the Citizens Coalition for Change Leadership wants to go into the 2023 general elections without going to congress. It is a surprise move coming to people who claim to be champions of democracy. The people of Zimbabwe are surprised and confused that in 2022 a democratic party can not hold a free and fair selection of its leadership. Nelson Chamisa has handpicked a clique of his friends and cronies and catapulted them into the CCC leadership and executive without the approval of the general membership of the party.</p><p><br /></p><p> The CCC membership has got an imposed executive and leadership but has it got the right candidates to contest an election? Where are the so-called structures which will coordinate the party's activities? Are Zimbabweans stupid enough to vote for imposed candidates? Democracy must prevail over dictatorship and cronyism.</p><p> Nelson Chamisa has been talking about rebranding after losing the name of the party, the party headquarters and his leadership of the MDC. I believe it is time that he recognises that he must change his tactics of bulldozing and imposing himself on people. It is time he recognises that without following due processes he will definitely lose support and will lose the elections come 2023. </p><p>Is CCC a party or just a group of Nelson Chamisa's friends and bootlickers? I would like to quote Methuseli Moyo of ZAPU who said "Without a congress, CCC remains a collection of friends deploying each other into positions. As such, they be handicapped to challenge ZANUpf on any issue to do with democracy and procedure". It is a fact that Nelson Chamisa lost the 2018 elections and what if his membership wants to change candidates? This was reflected in the March by-election when the CCC imposed a candidate, Regai Tsunga in Mutasa South, and it lost the seat to ZANUpf. </p><p><br /></p><p>What we see here, the so-called paragons of democracy are denying their membership their democratic right to choose candidates of their choice by dodging Congress. It is not the first time that Nelson Chamisa has dodged congress. He smuggled himself into Harvest House after the death of Morgan Tsvangirayi without following due processes and the party's constitution. He went on further to hold a sham congress at midnight in Gweru. It is a habit only found in dictators.</p><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;" /><br />Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-50499981819043065762022-03-29T06:40:00.010-07:002022-03-31T07:02:06.529-07:00 CCC Yellow Baby And ZANUpf Old Habits<p><b> A new baby or a New Yellow baby Suit??</b></p><p> <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2018/05/chamisa-hanging-between-legitimacy-and.html">Nelson Chamisa </a>claimed that the party he had formed was a new party. This was despite the fact he remained an unelected leader of the new party. The MDC Alliance leadership was and is the same CCC leadership. The CCC stance and narrative on <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-closer-look-at-zidera-sanctions.html">sanctions</a> echoed the MDC Alliance calls. The confusion to the voter was apparent.</p><p>The confusion manifested itself in Sakubva . Although <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2018/05/chamisa-hanging-between-legitimacy-and.html">Nelson Chamisa </a>claimed to have filled the Sakubva Stadium, the majority of people in ward 4 voted for the Zanu-PF candidate. The people actual voted the same in Mutasa South where Regai Tsunga lost about 2000 voters as compared to the 2018 elections. </p><p><br /></p><p><b>Of Supporters, Floating voters and Members</b></p><p><br /></p><p>It is important to note that the floating voters affect the bye-election. The floating voters are the sympathisers. These are the voters the politicians prey on. These are people whom we see being given freebies by politicians. The freebies can be money, food and t-shirts.</p><p>It is a fact that CCC has sympathizers and supporters while as ZANUpf on the other hand has members. Supporters and floating voters have little or no conviction to participate in elections. They need to be incentivised while members can easily be mobilised to vote through their organisational structures. Members who are mobilised have a duty to vote.</p><p>The floating voter is the CCC advantage in urban areas and is a ZANUpf disadvantage in urban areas. Membership and coherent structures are ZANUpf's strengths in the rural areas and CCC's weaknesses. <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2018/05/chamisa-hanging-between-legitimacy-and.html">Chamisa</a> has no structure to talk about in rural areas.</p><p>This was reflected here in Manicaland in the Dangamvura/Chikanga and Mutasa South by-elections </p><p><b>Old Habit And Wrong Candidates selection</b></p><p>The choice of candidate does matter in an election. It is folly to put up an unpopular candidate like Isau Mupfumi. He is a perennial loser and also a bad loser. The ZANUpf leadership were fooled at the primaries. Mupfumi lost the primaries and there was no way he could win the by-elections.</p><p>The CCC leadership also used its undemocratic "consensus" to impose Regai Tsunga on the people of Mutasa South and cost them the elections.</p><p>The Mutasa South residents supported Misheck Mugadza who had won the ZANUpf primaries free and fairly. The ZANUpf candidate is well known as a community developer and hence loved in the area.</p><p>The outgoing CCC MP lives in the urban part of his constituency and is rarely seen in the rural parts of his constituency.</p><p><b>Who won the Elections?</b></p><p>As a parting shot, ZANUpf won an extra Member of Parliament seat in Manicaland. Democracy won the by-elections. Imposition of candidates by consensus or threats lost the elections. That is the lesson for 2023 Elections.</p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-77976826907691380802022-02-02T02:02:00.007-08:002023-02-07T09:03:33.533-08:00The Coalition of Confused CitizensThe proclamation of the by-election by the President of Zimbabwe has caused the opposition parties to react differently. The MDC-T paid a visit to the State House and urged the President to "bring genuine, inclusive and unconditional dialogue. Our proposed dialogue issues include political, social and economic reforms." said Senator Douglas Mwonzora. <div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div> There was a completely different reaction by the Chamisa-led MDC Alliance. It was not only the proclamation of the by-election, which caught Nelson Chamisa and friends by surprise but the visit to the State House by Douglas Mwonzora. The visit to State House by the MDC T delegation was distorted by MDC Alliance social media brigade as a move to have the by-elections stopped. </div><div><br /></div><div> The noise on social media by the Chamisa Chete Chete brigade was a reflection of the unpreparedness for the by-elections. The so-called MDC Alliance ( led by Nelson Chamisa) has no political structures to talk about. It is a loose group of people opposed to the MDC-T.</div><div><br /></div><div>The proclamation of the by-elections scuttled and unsettled Nelson Chamisa's plans. He was left with no choice but to come up with a new name. A new party called Citizens Coalition for Change was formed from the ashes of the so-called MDC Alliance. The effect of this name change will have some effect on the diehard MDC Alliance supporters. It is bound to cause confusion for both the supporters of MDC-T and the general public on voting day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Nelson Chamisa claimed that he had formed a new party without any changes in its leadership, ideology and empty party structures. This was to culminate in the party fielding multiple candidates on nomination day. This confusion on both the nominee and supporters was fuelled by an undemocratic imposition of preferred cadres by "consensus". The process caused the party to fail to field some candidates in some areas.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">The MDC Alliance supporters who supported Chamisa are now confused with the whole process. The electorate will have to accept the candidates selected by the CCC leadership and not their choices. This undemocratic process will cost the new party dearly at the polls. </span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">We are going into the by-elections having a coalition of confused citizens. Let the fun begin!!!! </span></div><div class="cxmmr5t8 oygrvhab hcukyx3x c1et5uql o9v6fnle ii04i59q" style="background-color: white; color: #050505; font-family: "Segoe UI Historic", "Segoe UI", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0.5em 0px 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div dir="auto" style="font-family: inherit;"> </div></div>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-61426814418452438042021-11-12T21:00:00.001-08:002021-11-16T01:25:47.114-08:00MDCA circus goes ruralI wanted the headline of this blogspot to read "MDCA fake attacks and the rural votes" but l said no. Why you may ask? The above headline is the most accurate to describe the drama and excitement that Nelson Chamisa and his MDCA hooligans are generating on social media.<div><br /></div><div> UN Rapporteur Circus</div><div><br /></div><div> The child president and his team has taken their circus to another level.We can say they have upped their childish game, and the result as usually will backfire when elections time come. The circus was for the UN Rapporteur benefit but she never mentioned it in her report. </div><div><br /></div><div> Here is a party , which claims to be popular, but potraying itself unpopular by setting up its own fake roadblocks, fake car chases and fake gun attacks.It is as if the rural people are attacking them but to them it is "Zanupf elements" and "state security agents". </div><div><br /></div><div> Of Herdboys and Cattle Crossing </div><div><br /></div><div> I would like to inform the MDCA drama team that the rural areas are 100% Zanupf and for the record our state security agents do not miss targets. The MDCA team should also take note that herd boys and their cattle crossing a road does not constitute a roadblock. Just wait for the cattle to pass......and the catapult on the herd boy's neck are not guns too!!!
The rural voter at all the places where the MDCA drama groups have staged false attacks and fake roadblocks will not vote for a fake party. </div><div><br /></div><div> The Facts and Conclusion </div><div><br /></div><div> There are ten electoral provinces in Zimbabwe and only two are have 80% urban population, that is Harare and Bulawayo. The eight other provinces are 80% rural.
The MDCA have a lot of work to do rather than playing games.They have to cover 2000 wards in 200 constituencies and have at least 11000 election agents to cover every polling station.</div><div><br /></div><div> Can we have less noise on social media and less drama in the rural areas? If the circus continue ZANUPF will win with a bigger margin than before.</div>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-46149477295235645102021-10-29T02:06:00.012-07:002022-03-30T03:28:10.358-07:00 A summary of the UN Special Rapporteur Report on sanctions against Zimbabwe<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>The illegality of Economic sanctions</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> The United Nations Special Rapporteur indicated and highlighted that <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-closer-look-at-zidera-sanctions.html">unilateral economic sanction</a>s against Zimbabwe are illegal. The USA and EU sanctions are a violation of international law and they violate the human rights of all Zimbabweans and hence they must be lifted</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Effect on the general population</b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"> She went on further to point out that even the United Nations has stopped imposing legal economic <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-closer-look-at-zidera-sanctions.html">sanctions or targeted sanction</a>s because they affect civilian human rights. The USA and EU sanctions are targeted at all Zimbabweans and as a result, and the economy has not been performing well and the general population were being affected.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Forced Reforms</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Special Rapporteur said in her report that no nation must be forced to undertake any reforms based on <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-closer-look-at-zidera-sanctions.html">sanctions</a>. She indicated in her report that dialogue between international players and internal players must be done with consideration of rule of law, international law, human rights and without the use of sanctions.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><b>Consequences of Economic Sanctions</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">The Special Rapporteur was of the opinion that<a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-closer-look-at-zidera-sanctions.html"> sanctions</a> are forcing economic and business players in Zimbabwe to look for opaque methods to bust the sanctions. These methods have led to the formation of cartels and corruption.</div></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /></p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-61971232242593078192021-09-24T01:05:00.001-07:002021-09-24T01:05:16.021-07:00Basking in the Social media light<p dir="ltr">I believe to build a business empire, own an opinion (not a marketing budget)<br>
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<p dir="ltr">Haters gonna hate. But likes and retweets from raving fans start pouring in almost instantly.</p>
<p dir="ltr">My blog just go show you the Zimbabwean politics: polarised and toxic!!</p>
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Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-90037103611616857902021-05-18T03:57:00.004-07:002021-06-21T05:42:39.164-07:00Malaba's Saga and functions of a functioning government<span style="color: #073763;"> THE SAGA EXPLAINED</span><div><br /></div><div> I have been forced as a layman to comment on Justice Malaba's Saga. Yes, it is a saga where half baked lawyers and the perennial paid political activists have head a field day trying to sell a dead horse to the people of Zimbabwe. The High Court has literally told us that CJ Malaba was fired. Where on this round Earth has that ever happened? The High Court can not fire the Chief Justice!!! It has neither the authority nor the right!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VEA0KsxSf5Y/YNCInqAv2yI/AAAAAAABKy4/ENY-ucmEWgwDLtCSh_w6drUlIn4Pz64GQCPcBGAsYHg/s3264/IMG_20210616_083556.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2448" data-original-width="3264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VEA0KsxSf5Y/YNCInqAv2yI/AAAAAAABKy4/ENY-ucmEWgwDLtCSh_w6drUlIn4Pz64GQCPcBGAsYHg/s320/IMG_20210616_083556.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #2b00fe;">THE ANALOGY TO THE SAGA</span></div><div>My point as a layman and a citizen of this country is explained here figuratively, of course. If an employee of a shop is caught stealing. The police are called in and he is arrested,.The thief is sent to a competent court of law, where he will be tried and sentenced. Now here is the catch, he will be found guilty and sentenced to a suspended sentence (because he only stole a sweet!). Will he go back to work...it is the employer who will decide to fire him or accept him back. Do you see why the court can not fire the person? </div><div><span style="color: #073763;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #073763;">SEPARATION OF FUNCTIONS</span></div><div> Now let me go back to parliament which the learned people call the Legislature. This is where the law that enabled the Executive to extend the Chief Justice term of office, was passed. It is the parliament right to pass the laws of this country. The High Court which is part of the Judiciary can not sit and vote on any bill in Parliament. The very act of the Judiciary trying to override the Legislature is unethical and unconstitutional.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #073763;">CONFUSION OF THE FUNCTIONS</span></div><div>The Judiciary has not only tried to upend the Constitution of Zimbabwe but is acting like the Executive. The mechanics of implementing the law lies with the Executive.
The Judiciary is responsible for the interpretation of the law. This separation of duties between the three arms of Government is well known even by us laymen. So why do we have lawyers acting like village or township idiots!!</div><div><br /></div><div> These crazy lawyers will not want us all to know is that the High Court set as a court of first instance on this constitutional matter. The judgement is not binding and hence the judiciary can not force either Parliament to repeal the amendment or cause the Executive to fire the Chief Justice. The final arbiter in this matter is the Constitutional Court.</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #0c343d;">IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LAW</span></div><div>Final I would like all Zimbabweans to accept that we have a functioning and competent institution in the Executive and Legislature. The separation of functions is important for a government to function. No one arm of government should interfere with the functions of another arm.</div><div><br /></div><div> Here is the catch. The High Court can not fire CJ Malaba. The High court can not appoint a new CJ.
It is the sole responsibility of the Executive to hire and fire the CJ. The Executive must implement the laws of the country without fear or favour.</div><div><br /></div><div>Let us go to Concourt!!!!</div></div>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-47185411267343684292021-04-30T01:41:00.004-07:002021-05-06T01:29:16.423-07:00Of Sellouts , Convergence and Constitutionalism<p> </p><p><b>The Sellouts</b></p><p>There are questions that we may ask as Zimbabweans. How is it that about 300 000 White settlers dominated 7 million blacks in Rhodesia? The answer is simple: Black folks helped them to sustain colonialism. These are our own sellouts our very own black kith and kin who can sell our country for a few pieces of silver like the biblical Judas. These are the <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-closer-look-at-zidera-sanctions.html" target="_blank">cashvists </a>, outright sellouts and those USA award-winning journalists. They do not care about our rights as a people, our constitution or our country.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSAsmiARlTg/W3adr0Y9WjI/AAAAAAAA948/j5sawZ37KlAssn9YtpYh_MIa0vnhHiIrACPcBGAYYCw/s1200/38849781_1325402807594903_4177137178926645248_o.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="957" data-original-width="1200" height="255" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSAsmiARlTg/W3adr0Y9WjI/AAAAAAAA948/j5sawZ37KlAssn9YtpYh_MIa0vnhHiIrACPcBGAYYCw/w521-h255/38849781_1325402807594903_4177137178926645248_o.jpg" width="521" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Nelson Chamisa. Tendai Biti and Godwin with the then USA ambassador after the hearing in the USA Senate on the extension of sanctions in February 2018</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>The Hopeless Political Activists cum Journalists</b></p><p>This month we have had political activist cum journalist <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2021/02/am-just-blogger-and-i-do-not-want-to-be.html" target="_blank">Hopewell Chin'ono</a> make a lot of noise on social media. This earned him the attention of the public and he got his fair share of criticism on his Twitter and Facebook walls. Hopewell has gone too far even by his own rabidly misleading standards. This journalist lies can not go unchallenged even now. Here is a black man and a Zimbabwean who vigorously defend racism and Western evils like slavery, colonialism and <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-closer-look-at-zidera-sanctions.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">sanctions.</a> </p><p><b>Convergence in Confusion</b></p><p><span face="Archivo, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.0015px;">In April we have seen<a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2021/02/am-just-blogger-and-i-do-not-want-to-be.html"> Nelson Chamisa </a>apologising to his followers. He has been slapped hard by both common sense and common law. He indicated clearly that the <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-primaries-and-undemocratic-process.html" target="_blank">2018 MDC T primaries</a> were not properly conducted. He stopped short of saying that the primary elections were rigged. I strongly believe that he has seen the 'convergence in his 'confusion', to borrow his words. I think he should go ahead and apologise to real MDCT supporters about how he stole the MDCT presidency. He has not been reading his former party's constitution.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w3pCy3D6Zs0/W5pcH-xMATI/AAAAAAAA9-M/pEoyL0QM1uYU--JU_u_slPNQb_5xNfe3wCPcBGAYYCw/s552/IMG-20180419-WA0008.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="368" data-original-width="552" height="213" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-w3pCy3D6Zs0/W5pcH-xMATI/AAAAAAAA9-M/pEoyL0QM1uYU--JU_u_slPNQb_5xNfe3wCPcBGAYYCw/w503-h213/IMG-20180419-WA0008.jpg" width="503" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #2b00fe;">Nelson Chamisa shaking President Mnangagwa hands on his inauguration as the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.0015px;"><b>The Real Convergence</b></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.0015px;">The emerging opposition party MDCT led by Douglas Mwonzora has an important role to play. It has to be a patriotic opposition. It has to leave the <a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2020/09/criminalization-of-chimurenga-revolution.html" target="_blank">MDC Alliance positions and attitudes.</a> The party must embrace and accept revolutionary politics. It has to decouple itself from foreign powers and influence. The role of a proper opposition party is to ensure accountability and transparency on governance issues. This is what I call the real convergence.</span></p><p><br /></p><p><span face="Archivo, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.0015px;"><b>Constitutionalism and the Second Amendment</b></span></p><p><span face="Archivo, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.0015px;">In April we saw the Legislature pass the second amendment to the Constitution. The amendment reflects the will of the Zimbabwean people. It also shows our<a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2018/04/the-primaries-and-undemocratic-process.html"> political system </a>is capable of renewal and adapting to gradual changes, as our nationhood matures. It is a fact that the opposition was against the amendment but democracy prevailed.</span></p><p><span face="Archivo, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.0015px;">In conclusion, we are still one nation, we have our own enemies amongst us and the spirit of the Chimurenga lives on. We have a revolution to defend.....iwe neni tine basa!!</span></p><p><span face="Archivo, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; font-size: 15.0015px;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-64858392085854577522021-03-26T04:54:00.002-07:002021-03-29T05:09:53.437-07:00Threat of a Nation Address<p> Much Ado About Nothing</p><p><br />The state of the nation address by Nelson Chamisa turned up to what we have expected. We have the usual empty but potential dangerous threat of public disorder and a call to his "stupid" followers to break the law. This has been said and been done before., and we expect nothing to come out of the "threat" of the nation address!!</p><p> I would like to familiarise you with the famous English playwright William Shakespeare play called "Much Ado About Nothing". In this play, a couple is in love and a lot of drama and mischief is done to destroy the relationship. People are arrested, people are confused, some people are lied to in this well-written play. The twist in this play is that the couple will marry at the end despite all the chicanery and noises.</p><p>The play is parallel to the life of the MDC Alliance and its leader Nelson Chamisa. He started with nothing in 2018 when he declared himself the de facto leader of a non-existent party. He went on to contest the elections and come out with nothing. He orchestrated numerous demonstrations and he comes out with nothing all the time!! Nelson Chamisa's political journey has been about nothing!!</p><p>Empty Threats</p><p>In his address, Nelson Chamisa is threatening a sitting government by telling that he is ready to govern and urge his supporters to follow what he calls a "New Zimbabwe Blueprint." The so-called blueprint is just a list of empty threats of pending and imagined civil disobedience. How can you be ready to govern if your party is haemorrhaging members?</p><p> Nelson Chamisa actual state in his address that his non-existent party will create "pockets of resistance". These are empty but very dangerous threats. It is in Nelson Chamisa best interest to form a party and attract followers so that he can win the 2023 elections and govern.</p><p>Fading lies </p><p>In his speech, he calls his former party the MDC-T, a government-controlled opposition and I believe his imagined party, the MDC Alliance, is independent of any form of control. Members are defecting and leaving the party in droves to ZANUpf and to MDC-T. The MDC Alliance is fading into the horizon. Nelson Chamisa permanent campaign of lies about a stolen 2018 election <span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.03); color: #0f1419; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">and illegitimacy of President Emmerson Mnangagwa has failed to impress both his handlers and his supporters.</span></p><p>Context and Content</p><p>Finally after all is said and done, the speech can be discounted to call for recognition and to attract attention. The content of the speech was to threaten the general populace by calling for civil disobedience. The context, in this case, was to create in our minds a " twin crises' of the COVID19 pandemic and to cover up the exodus of MDC Alliance supporters to MDC-T and Zanu-PF.</p><p>Zimbabwe awaits Mr Nelson Chamisa next list of threats!!</p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-6498876407796503102021-02-15T03:43:00.038-08:002021-03-17T02:56:25.115-07:00The Chimurenga counter-revolutionaries: <p> I am just a blogger and I do not want to be confused with those award-winning journalists. I write to free my memory and to express the feelings and opinions of people around me. What l hear or read l always want to debate and interrogate its historical context. I believe nothing can happen for no reason....and reason rests in the past.</p><p>To put my idea to test today l want to explain why a USA award-winning journalist like Hopewell Chin'ono is unemployable in the United States as a journalist but can play James Bond against his own home country government. I want to explain why a whole Professor Alex T Magaisa spent his time writing anti-government diatribe packed with half-truths and has the cheeky to call it the Big Saturday Read. </p><p><br /></p><p>The reason for both men attitude towards the Government of Zimbabwe is historical. We should understand why Hopewell Chin'ono would like to attack Jah Prayzah on social media. We must understand why Alex T Magaisa would attack Morgan Tsvanirayi's son on social media. The two are not only seeking attention on social media but the attacks the reflects self-hatred seeded in them by white supremacists associations that sponsors them.</p><p><br /></p><p>Hopewell Chin'ono hatred of the state emanates from his upbringing. He is the proverbial Zimbabwean born person who went to the diaspora after independence. He came back only to find out some of his contemporaries had moved on in life. The contemporaries had more money, political power and had fitted well in the post-independent Zimbabwe. You can feel the bitterness in his writing and documentaries.</p><p><br /></p><p>Alex T Magaisa is just like Hopewell Chin'ono and more. Here is an academic who has been here and there, and he believes he knows it all. He comes back in 2009 to be a special advisor to the then Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai of the failed Government of National Unity. Magaisa was a total failure at his task as Morgan Tsvangirai's advisor that the MDC literally broke up during his tenure. Magaisa had no option after MDC lost the 2013 election, but to put his tail between his legs and pack his bags.</p><p><br /></p><p>What we have in the two gentlemen of Zimbabwe origin is the deep Rhodesian narrative in their writings and conduct. How can a journalist like Hopewell Chin'ono specialise in espionage on behalf of people who have sanctions against our country? How have we allowed him to call sanctions-busting corruption? Why have we not questioned his sources of information? Is it not crazy that the USA will award him another prize for excellent journalism for his antics of regular visits to Chikurubi Maximum Prison?</p><p>On Alex Magaisa, I have noticed he spent some weeks writing his so-called Big Saturday Read trying to discredit the land reform in general and the Chimurenga Revolution in particular. He rubbished the whole land reform program and even came up with a list of people he wanted to "expose".</p><p><br /></p><p> The likes of the two are what l call intellectual bankrupt academics. These are people who believe that they have a monopoly of the knowledge of not only our political system but of the destiny of our nation. In reality, these are counter-revolutionaries who have sold their souls to the white supremacists. </p><p>I believe this quote accurately describes the two to the point; "They are harbingers of hate, violence and intolerance. They are just misguided and violent thugs and hooligans who possess neither a solid ideological grounding nor a viable alternative to governance. They belong in jail" said Obert Gutu on Twitter. I think following the #Demloot video every Zimbabwean knows where Hopewell stands and this dovetails with Obert Gutu's description above!!!</p><p>I have to go back to history to conclude this post. Chimurenga is our history. In the history of the Chimurenga revolution, counter-revolutionaries have come and gone, our revolution has not stopped as the will of the people is supreme. You cannot stop a revolution by writing rubbish or by posting one-liners on social media. The people power lives beyond the pen and keyboard. It is out there with the electorate.</p><p>Finally, I would like to quote John Lewis, a disciple of Martin Luther jr and the USA civil rights activist who passed away in 2020 but had recently said, "Ours is not the struggle of one day, one week, or one year. Ours is not the struggle of one judicial appointment or presidential term. Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part.'</p><p>Counter -revolutionaries cannot stop the Chimurenga revolution, they can only delay our progress!!!</p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-79068289358625535392021-01-25T00:34:00.001-08:002021-01-25T00:34:59.675-08:00COVID 19 for The Reckless, The Ignorant and The Innocent<p> The Reckless</p><p><br /></p><p>The Covid19 pandemic is reeking havoc through our communities and some of us has been reckless, deliberately spreading it by action, word and conduct. </p><p> </p><p>I was surprised by the comments of the MDC alliance leader Nelson Chamisa when the lockdown was announced. He made some reckless comments as he described the government call for level four lockdown as aimed against poor people.He goes further to say government should have consulted stakeholders before imposing the lockdown and reading between the lines he see the lockdown as political motivated. The statement reflects not only Nelson Chamisa's naivety but may actual be reflection of the common and uninformed sections of our people. The recklessness is born out of ignorance of the disease which we are dealing with. </p><p><br /></p><p>Law enforcement agencies has been reckless in allowing people to pass on roadblocks without letters of authority. They have been reckless to allow illegal passenger vehicles to pass in exchange of bribes. The passengers have been reckless to board unsafe and unsanitary vehicles. We have been a reckless nation and we must pay the price. We will pay the prices for these action by the deaths of our family members and our fellow citizens.</p><p><br /></p><p>People have ignored government call to stay at home.People are not wearing masks. People are not practising social distance or observing the physical distances in crowds...some people are refusing or avoiding sanitisation.People are just being recklesss and we as Zimbabwe will pay the price of this recklessness.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Ignorant </p><p>There is a lot of misinformation about Covid19. A quick browse on social media posts and the ignorant content will surprise you. There are wild stories of the origin of COVID19, there are thousands of homemade remedies and even fake stories of survivors. It is this ignorance which is helping to spread the virus </p><p><br /></p><p>It is true that crowds or any gathering are super spreaders of COVID19. We have ignorantly held parties,conducted private lessons, attended funerals and even held music shows , like the Chilspot guys from Mbare. It is this level of ignorance that government must target all its efforts.</p><p><br /></p><p>Law enforcement agencies must intensify their efforts in the best way they can in order to bring this disease under control.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Innocent </p><p>Lastly we have the innocent children amongst us. We should protect our children from the disease. Schools are super spreaders and teachers who are conducting lessons of any kind must be prosecuted. Parents who send their children should be prosecuted, as they are no different from the Mbare trio.</p><p> </p><p>In conclusion we have to change our attitude towards this disease, we have to treat and see the disease as an enemy. We need to hide from it...by staying at home ....masking up ....and let us give it the respect it deserves. Let us fear it and let us fear death. Covid19 is a death sentence! !</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-21789558847589095872020-12-03T03:13:00.002-08:002020-12-04T00:32:50.305-08:00Mbuya Nehanda, The Bones and the Statue Rising<p> My people, I mean Black Zimbabweans just love to display publicly their self-hate on social media. I just love the discussions around the Mbuya Nehanda statue! Mbuya Nehanda is a spirit medium who has been with the Shona people for centuries. It is a fact that she has come out in many woman's forms and shapes over Shona generations., but alas, some enlightened middle-class gutter journalists and social media warriors think they have a monopoly and copyright to the spirit medium image.<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OHUlwidRu5M/X8jHpswsyTI/AAAAAAABI_0/v5ElfdxcmhcGCsolgBIexcoj1Mw6BID-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s341/Mbuya%2BNehanda%2Bphoto.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="341" data-original-width="148" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OHUlwidRu5M/X8jHpswsyTI/AAAAAAABI_0/v5ElfdxcmhcGCsolgBIexcoj1Mw6BID-gCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Mbuya%2BNehanda%2Bphoto.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Our people feel they should contribute to the shape and form of Mbuya Nehanda since she is part of our heritage and a national symbol and I am glad that we are talking. It is those that would like to silence the debate by making as much noise as possible that I hate. This is not a political distraction as some of our detractors say but a national narrative that we should pursue to its very end.</p><p>The artist, David Mutasa, who was commissioned to do the job has done an excellent job. He has captured the Mbuya Nehanda in his African and Manyika mind. What we expected was a very ugly and old Mbuya Nehanda....something that looks like Gagool in H. Rider Haggard's book. As I have alluded earlier the Mbuya Nehandas has manifested her spirit in women of different names, shapes and sizes. the artist has done justice to all manifestations of an intergenerational image of Mbuya Nehanda.</p><p><br /></p><p> It is the colonial hangover in our people that make us believe that an ugly Nehanda is an appropriate statue. The colonialist has done a perfect job of showing us a tortured, raped, and broken woman. That is what the white settler wanted the African person to believe is Mbuya Nehanda. The only colonial photograph of Nehanda as a prisoner does not do justice to her beauty and to her powers. The image does not do justice to her legacy and heroic works.</p><p>The image of an incarcerated Nehanda has been etched into our psyche so much so that some amongst us refuse to believe the possibility that she could have been a young, beautiful, well embodied and strong African woman Let us Zimbabwean refuse to remember the last image we have of Nehanda.It was taken after she has been brutalised in prison by the white Rhodesian settlers. Let us remember Mbuya Nehanda as an African spirit that fought the colonialists in all the Chimurengas of past years. Let us remember Mbuya Nehanda in the present as we fight the counter-revolutionaries of Chimurenga.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pakDYJ6gUTw/X8jHpslgt8I/AAAAAAABI_w/gmQa2I2O2UUjm-d-luDhhieXXFQ10HTyACLcBGAsYHQ/s300/Mbuya%2BNehanda%2Bstatue.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="168" data-original-width="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pakDYJ6gUTw/X8jHpslgt8I/AAAAAAABI_w/gmQa2I2O2UUjm-d-luDhhieXXFQ10HTyACLcBGAsYHQ/s0/Mbuya%2BNehanda%2Bstatue.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><p>Mbuya Nehanda still lives amongst us today.! She told the hangman that her bones shall rise and that has come to pass. The denial of this fact is the centre of this debate, not the form or shape of the statue. We have to overcome the raw self- hate pumped into us by evil white supremacists for over a century.</p><p>Aluta continua</p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-33451303639142856302020-12-02T01:47:00.000-08:002020-12-02T01:47:23.739-08:00The Bond Note And Forex Market<br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: inherit , serif;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">Every adult in Zimbabwe was affected in one way or another by the foreigner's attack on the Zimbabwean dollar. It is the fear of the repeat of 2008 that panicked the public into the hoarding frenzy and the subsequent hike in prices. The panic attack was triggered by professional political agitators on social media.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 9pt;">The fear of a repeat of 2008 keeps us in bondage and helps to perpetuate the very system that you are fighting against. Foreign-owned and controlled industry, the underground economy and the paid politically agitators have continued to fight against the bond notes. It is again this time there is bull run on the stock market and people are trying hard to ride on the dual listing of Old Mutual. It is not a coincidence that Old Mutual has a finger in all the listed companies. It is the benefactor of the panic buying and the attack of the bond notes.The lesson learnt here is that the foreigner owned companies that are systematically abusing our people and our economy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 9pt;"> On a lighter note, our conspiracy theorist buddies believe that last month's panic buying of everything was instigated by the powers that be. They say the move was to get people to bring out all that cash they been keeping out of the system. The bulk buying did indeed put money into the formal sector, but it is what the informal sector is doing with the money that the Reserve bank should ask this sector.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #1d2129; font-family: "inherit" , serif; font-size: 9pt;"> We have learnt as Zimbabweans that just because the rates and price have stabilised, and the money changers have disappeared it doesn't mean the problem has been solved. Our fears as Zimbabweans is that are our threats are<a href="http://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2016/05/the-sanctions-and-bonded-zimdollar.html"> external.</a> Our government, industry, commerce and the ordinary people should come together and work to exorcise the demon of sanctions on our country.</span></div>
Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-2036677227060710062020-10-26T23:25:00.009-07:002020-11-03T03:46:41.152-08:00My 2021 Budget Proposals<p> Re<span face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: small;">source Tax</span></p><div class="adn ads" data-legacy-message-id="17520b40b8c8112e" data-message-id="#msg-a:r-8549673011573031985" style="background-color: white; border-left: none; color: #222222; display: flex; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; padding: 0px;"><div class="gs" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 20px; width: 950px;"><div class="ii gt" id=":om" style="direction: ltr; font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 8px 0px 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><div class="a3s aiL" id=":ol" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; line-height: 1.5; overflow: hidden;"><div dir="auto">Zimbabwe was once run by a company called British South African Company. The company sole purpose was to exploit resources and export them to feed the British manufacturing industries in the UK. After the 1922 referendum which was about joining the BSAC territories to South Africa, the company split its interests into various companies like Anglo American Corporation, Lonrho, Meikles, British American Tobacco and various other entities.<br /><br />The above narrative still stands. The surrogate companies under the British South Africa Company are still exploiting the Zimbabwean resources and feeding into the British economy at our disadvantage.<br /><br />The following resources need to be taxed on point of export as the BSAC surrogates have been under-invoicing and resulting in serious revenue leakages.<br /><br />1.Tea......per tonne US$100<br />2.Timber (indigenous +exotic) cubic metre US $100<br />3 Fruits<br />4 Horticulture<br />5. Game animals<br />6. Game meat<br />7. Leather and hides.<br /><br /><br />Motor Vehicle tax<br />I feel the duty on second-hand cars should be paid only on vehicles which are more than ten years. My take is that only individuals imported vehicles should be exempted while as car dealers should pay a prohibitive duty of 100%.<br /><br />Fuel tax<br />Taking into consideration the scrapping of duty on second-hand vehicle, the government should charge about 15% of the cost of fuel as tax.<br /><br />Industrial property and land tax<br />Local authorities must be allowed to charge tax on all unlicensed and unproductive industrial properties and land.<br /><br /><br />Infrastructure Direct Rebates<br />A 100% tax rebate must be granted to firms in industry and commerce on infrastructure development. The rebates can be claimed after certification and inspection by the District Development Fund.<br /><br />1. Access roads<br />2. Pavement repairs<br />3 . Dams on farms<br />4 . Irrigation equipment<br />5. Road Construction equipment<br />6.Electrification of adjoining rural areas.</div><div dir="auto"><br /></div><div dir="auto">Grain Incentives</div><div dir="auto">A premium of 25% on international maize meal price should be paid to all farmers who deliver to the Grain Marketing Board. This premium should be fixed for the next five years.</div><div class="yj6qo"></div><div class="adL"></div></div></div><div class="hi" style="background: rgb(242, 242, 242); border-bottom-left-radius: 1px; border-bottom-right-radius: 1px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"></div></div><div class="ajx" style="clear: both;"></div></div><div class="gA gt acV" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top: none; color: #222222; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 0.875rem; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: auto;"><div class="gB xu" style="border-top: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="ip iq" style="border-top: none; clear: both; margin: 0px; padding: 16px 0px;"><div id=":on"><table class="cf wS" role="presentation" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td class="amq" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px 16px; vertical-align: top; visibility: hidden; width: 44px;"><img class="ajn bofPge" data-hovercard-id="embuzana@gmail.com" id=":m5_6" jid="embuzana@gmail.com" name=":m5" src="https://www.google.com/s2/u/0/photos/public/AIbEiAIAAABDCIfJ9rfMlf7ubyILdmNhcmRfcGhvdG8qKGZjYzI5M2I5MGI5MjE3OGVmYWU1ZmE5N2ZmOWE5ZmFmZDhlOWZjMzgwARKHFpV9tAvfJNc1lhEYcRfx4Nnh?sz=40" style="border-radius: 50%; display: block; height: 40px; width: 40px;" /></td><td class="amr" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; width: 950px;"><div class="nr wR" style="border-radius: 1px; border: none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #222222; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: none 0s ease 0s;"><div class="amn" style="align-items: center; color: inherit; display: flex; height: auto; line-height: 20px; padding: 0px;"><span class="ams bkH" face=""Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" id=":n3" jslog="21576; u014N:cOuCgd,Kr2w4b;" role="link" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-user-drag: none; align-items: center; background: none; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-shadow: rgb(218, 220, 224) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5f6368; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; font-size: 0.875rem; height: 36px; justify-content: center; letter-spacing: 0.25px; margin-right: 12px; min-width: 104px; outline: none; padding: 0px 16px 0px 12px; position: relative; user-select: none; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0">Reply</span><span class="ams bkG" face=""Google Sans", Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" id=":nl" jslog="21578; u014N:cOuCgd,Kr2w4b;" role="link" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -webkit-user-drag: none; align-items: center; background: none; border-radius: 4px; border: none; box-shadow: rgb(218, 220, 224) 0px 0px 0px 1px inset; box-sizing: border-box; color: #5f6368; cursor: pointer; display: inline-flex; font-size: 0.875rem; height: 36px; justify-content: center; letter-spacing: 0.25px; margin-right: 12px; min-width: 104px; outline: none; padding: 0px 16px 0px 12px; position: relative; user-select: none; z-index: 0;" tabindex="0">Forward</span></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-68497840835489997762020-10-05T00:32:00.000-07:002020-10-05T00:32:25.685-07:00 The Elusive Zimdollar<div class="separator"><div class="separator" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="640" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-n6kkkd4YQWg/X3rKRSGDf9I/AAAAAAABIvw/xwl9wdyIXVct_EtWCZcEkMw4sWq7P8V9ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/Munthuli%2BEconomic%2BProgram.jpg" style="text-align: left;" /></div></div><p><br /></p><p>The forex auction by the RBZ has slowed down the runaways rate of Zimdollar versus the USA dollar. The effect of the government policy on the errant and arrogant twins of the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange and mobile money agents seems to have taken the steam of the black market rollercoaster.</p><br /><br /><p><br /></p><p>The forex auctions have unbelievably mirrored the foreign currency demands of industry and commerce. The forex auctions have taken the voodoo analysts and bush economists by surprise. These voodoo analysts and bush economists are already claiming the auctions are rigged.....</p><p><br /></p><p>The Multinationals Dilemma</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p> Multinationals particularly those in the retail sector are still putting a premium on the Zimdollar prices in an effort to channel forex from the formal economy into their greedy and dirty hands. This is evidence of their role in the fueling of the black market. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Multinationals which l have dealt with OK, Pick and Pay and FedEx tends to have a lot of exchange rates in effect. They are not charging the official exchange rates. </p><p><br /></p><p>These firms are buying the US$ using a rate of 81 but pricing their products using the black market rate of about 100 ZWL.</p><p><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dQ6DVNiu0vo/X3rKBcAHkzI/AAAAAAABIvo/t-Va6B4tBKU72eTekfECgT6CEyM6yJf6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s648/ce%2Bof%2BTrade%2BFigures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="441" data-original-width="648" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dQ6DVNiu0vo/X3rKBcAHkzI/AAAAAAABIvo/t-Va6B4tBKU72eTekfECgT6CEyM6yJf6ACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/ce%2Bof%2BTrade%2BFigures.jpg" width="320" /></a></p><p>The Government and the RBZ Financial Intelligence Unit should take action against Ok, Pick and Pay and FedEx to mention a few who are charging a premium on their ZWL prices. </p><p><br /></p><p>My experience was with FedEx who is charging US$5 and $600Zw for overnight delivery.....it is cheaper to pay in US$ than to use the Zim dollar.</p><p><br /></p><p>Competition and Tariff Commission</p><p><br /></p><p>The above practice of putting a premium on Zimdollar price is an unfair trade practice. The Competition and Tariff Commission should play a proactive role and penalise the entities that are caring out the unfair trade practice. Policy coordination between the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe and Competition and Tariff Commission is not clear. There is a grey area of the policy here..it seems as forex control, inflation-fighting and money supply are the preserve of Treasury (the Ministry of Finance and Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe.) This is wrong as there are departments which should be fighting this unfair trade practice starting with the Consumer Council, Competition and Tariff Commission and the police to mention just a few.</p><p><br /></p><p> We as consumers although we have identified the unfair trade practice we do not know where to report. The RBZ has a toothless department called the Financial Intelligence Unit whose only interface with the public is a WhatsApp number which is inactive and useless. I speak from experience.</p><p><br /></p><p> This pattern of activity by industry and commerce is outrightly illegal, but the grey area of the RBZ policy on the pricing of goods in Zimdollar and forex make it even more difficult for other government departments to enforce or to make legal and regulatory decisions to protect the general public.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Minister of Finance and the central bankers must give directions through statutory instruments so that any given illegal activity on pricing is prosecutable.RBZ should authorize given government departments to enforce its interests and priorities in the economy.</p><p><br /></p><p> As it stands, the forex auctions have worked well, but it is being entirely ignored by industry and commerce. This is going to undermine, in the long run, the confidence of those entities that are participating in the forex auctions. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Ministry of Finance should engage authorities and actors' for the forex auctions to have an impact on the lives of all Zimbabweans.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-18513686081341364542020-09-21T03:25:00.002-07:002020-09-21T03:25:38.305-07:00Heroes of Zimbabwe: Remembered<p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>As you know, August is the month we celebrate our heroes. The heroes of all the three Chimurengas. This is the month we celebrate all the "butt-kicking" heroes who freed us from the colonial yoke of the British and Rhodesian settlers</p><p><br /></p><p>The fight towards freedom and equality was made with great sacrifice both on the battlefield and in all communities. </p><p><br /></p><p>The price of the struggle to independence to our nation was high, nearly 60 000 died. Every family was affected in many painful ways. Blood, tears, loss of limbs and lives were the sacrifice our heroes paid for our independence </p><p><br /></p><p> Over the coming months until next August, I would like to encourage all citizens of this great nation to celebrate our Chimurenga heroes and heroines</p><p><br /></p><p>It is with this in mind that I am launching a new campaign to remind all our brothers, sisters, mothers, husband, wives, friends , heroines and heroes, just how amazing they are. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How to get involved?</p><p><br /></p><p>Step 1: </p><p>Think about a person who inspires you or who you would like to recognize for the amazing person he or she is. Visit the persons and chat with them. Make them see you appreciate their contribution to our country </p><p> </p><p>Step 2:</p><p>Upload an image and share some kind words to make him or her feel special. This could be anything from a quote to "thank you note". </p><p><br /></p><p>Step 3:</p><p>Sit back, relax and let us share your special message with them. I will send a letter, a text message or email to the person you nominate to recognise them for being amazing. Email me at embuzana@gmail.com </p><p><br /></p><p>Step 4:</p><p>Keep the conversation going by joining us on social media. Upload a selfie with an inspirational hero or heroine on your twitter handle or Facebook wall</p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-56642684113679518132020-09-09T04:27:00.002-07:002022-03-30T03:32:35.920-07:00Criminalization of the Chimurenga Revolution<p> One of the heartbreaking moments in the history of Zimbabwe is the Nyadzonia massacre. It is a story that needs to tell again and again as it has some important pointers to our current political situation. </p><p><br /></p><p>Nyati was a ZANU cadre who worked as a double agent for the Rhodesians. It is said one morning he called for a routine parade, with the full knowledge that the Rhodesian army and airforce were going to make an attack on the base. What followed was a bloodbath as innocent people including unarmed women and children were killed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Alex Magaisa's so-called Big Sunday Read expose on the<a href="https://edmorembuzanamlambo.blogspot.com/2019/09/a-closer-look-at-zidera-sanctions.html"> land reform</a> and the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe's Farm Mechanisation is a similar attempt to derail the land reform and criminalization of the whole of Chimurenga. </p><p> </p><p>Here is a whole Professor and a lawyer calling a process that went through our own Parliament and became a law, illegal. The irony is that process was done when Magaisa was a special adviser to then Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirayi. He was privileged to have access to the list of the defaulters. It is surprisingly funny that he chose to discover the list now.</p><p><br /></p><p>For the record, the list of defaulters is a public document and the extent of the debts written off is known,</p><p><br /></p><p>Magaisa is drinking poison from the Rhodesian propaganda cup. Every black person on the defaulters' list is a criminal to him. This is the same label that the Rhodesians gave to blacks during the second Chimurenga...terrorist or terrorist's collaborator!! </p><p><br /></p><p>Alex Magaisa wants us to call all those that benefitted not only from the mechanisation scheme but all beneficiaries of the land reform program criminals. It is exactly how the disposed of white Rhodesian settler farmers call all resettled black farmers.</p><p><br /></p><p>The likes of Magaisa are counter-revolutionaries who are bent on subverting the Chimurenga revolution. As indicated earlier in Nyati's story at Nyadzonya, counter-revolutionaries could not stop our liberation. Chimurenga will go to the next level.</p><p><br /></p><p>Aluta Continua</p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7104821189521054589.post-64051047081647160372020-09-09T00:17:00.002-07:002021-05-13T01:50:59.831-07:00Your Story is your History<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GTEEySgH34M/YIvf2iwUiBI/AAAAAAABKJQ/1FVgVnSCX2IZTWi8cNQW_jrnh4WlUadyACPcBGAYYCw/s1057/FB_IMG_15557760010599261.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1057" data-original-width="794" height="200" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GTEEySgH34M/YIvf2iwUiBI/AAAAAAABKJQ/1FVgVnSCX2IZTWi8cNQW_jrnh4WlUadyACPcBGAYYCw/w151-h200/FB_IMG_15557760010599261.jpg" width="151" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d;">Mapungubwe/Chapungu/Dzimbahwe</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><b>Tell me your story</b><p></p><p><b>Tell me your future</b></p><p><b>History is yesterday's story,</b></p><p><b>Today is yesterday's dream</b></p><p><b>This future we built it yesterday,</b></p><p><b>We shall live it today,</b></p><p><b>And make it our story</b></p><b>This day</b>T<p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-exdnZ2fseqA/WD6f0Nu74RI/AAAAAAAAj1o/7Bday58wThwt9qM5GydSJLzEiKx_jMtBwCPcBGAYYCw/s384/IMG-20161016-WA0012.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="384" data-original-width="384" height="206" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-exdnZ2fseqA/WD6f0Nu74RI/AAAAAAAAj1o/7Bday58wThwt9qM5GydSJLzEiKx_jMtBwCPcBGAYYCw/w206-h206/IMG-20161016-WA0012.jpg" width="206" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d;">A Slave Today or Always A Slave ...Nhapwa yaMutape</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p><b>Is made up of yesterday, </b></p><p><b>And today.</b></p><p><b>We can not have today</b></p><p><b>Without yesterday.</b></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /><br /><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Our history was alive before today</b></p><p><b>And let us cherish it today</b></p><p><b>That is your story</b></p><p><b>That is your history</b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UxVdTL-N5qc/Wly_m3yy6nI/AAAAAAAA1h4/q_RE08H3iUcWLm-Zl3ZEA9rkMy0fMuScwCPcBGAYYCw/s575/Munhumutapa%2BKingdom%2BDzimbahwe.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="492" data-original-width="575" height="130" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UxVdTL-N5qc/Wly_m3yy6nI/AAAAAAAA1h4/q_RE08H3iUcWLm-Zl3ZEA9rkMy0fMuScwCPcBGAYYCw/w166-h130/Munhumutapa%2BKingdom%2BDzimbahwe.jpg" width="166" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #20124d;">The Munhumutapa/Dzimbahwe</span></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p></p>Edmore Mbuzana Mlambohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11844538481599469852noreply@blogger.com0