Of Sellouts , Convergence and Constitutionalism

 

The Sellouts

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 cashvists , outright sellouts and those USA award-winning journalists. They do not care about our rights as a people, our constitution or our country.

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

The Hopeless Political Activists cum Journalists

This month we have had political activist cum journalist Hopewell Chin'ono 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 sanctions. 

Convergence in Confusion

In April we have seen Nelson Chamisa apologising to his followers. He has been slapped hard by both common sense and common law. He indicated clearly that the 2018 MDC T primaries 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.

Nelson Chamisa shaking President Mnangagwa hands on his inauguration as the President of the Republic of Zimbabwe

The Real Convergence

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 MDC Alliance positions and attitudes. 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.

Constitutionalism and the Second Amendment

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 political system 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.

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!!