BY DR MASIMBA MAVAZA
MDC A may reason with their blind judgment and unsanctified minds until 2023 and not advance a step toward emancipation they may debate and dispute the elections before the elections are done and yet grow more and more self-deceived, and become far and far away from the electorate. What is their fault? They rejected the freedom which ZANU PF had already given them and were seeking for some new light by which they might so interpret democracy so as to sustain their actions.
ZANU PF COMMISSARIAT has adopted a more friendly and welcoming strategy to win the electorate and sustain the gains of freedom.
The ZANU PF National Political COMMISSAIR Comrade Matemadanda has unpacked a ZANU PF powered by the New Dispensation full of tolerance and understanding. Comrade Matemadanda said not every person is an enemy of the party.
“When people,Gallant people of Zimbabwe through a process of conscioutisation some individually and others like students, workers and other mainly marginalised groups realised the levels of colonial oppression upon them, decided individually to leave mother land to go and take up arms to fight colonial injustices.
However, we also initially made the same mistake that is being made by MDC A, which will cause them not to win elections perpetually. We initially were thinking that everyone who had not joined us was an enemy, anyone who opposed because of not understanding us was an enemy, anyone who was white was an enemy not knowing that some whites would eventually join the liberation struggle, anyone who had their money was a bourgeoisie classified and hence was an enemy, we did not realise that we would need material support from such people, anyone who had not decided to go and take up arms was vulnerable and was siding with the enemy but we soon realized that we needed mujibha chimbwido. There were a lot of misconceptions that we had. So basically when you looked around there were more enemies than allies or those who would one day come to support the liberation struggle until we went back to the drawing board.”
Comrade Matemadanda insisted that every a Zimbabwean is very important for the observance of democracy. He pointed out that the Morden ZANU PF views every Zimbabwean as a potential member and in his or her own way contributes to the development of the party. “We discovered that for every revolution to succeed, it simply needed a rallying point, it had to have a common rallying point for a common people with a common reason wanting a common end.
Hence the popular saying by the late National Hero RG Mugabe that ” our war is (was) a just war” that was not his personal coining of words but that of the revolutionary armed struggle which would be inspiring both forces and the people because there was a ” just cause ” for and of the revolution.”
Comrade Matemadanda urged the youth to embrace the party and to spread the message of love.
The current ZANU PF does not sow divisions it aims to unite Zimbabwe against poverty against corruption against selfishness.
He said “The revolutionary efforts did not now belong to the leadership in Zambia and Mozambique or Tanzania but to the people of Zimbabwe where ever they were. We realised then that our struggle had to do with classes of people hence we fought against class” The selfishness exhibited by the opposition must be scorned at.
Unlike MDC where Chamisa sells to steal the glory for himself. We in ZANU PF we say ZANU vanhu. The party is the people and the glory is for the people.
ZANU PF has moved away from the individualistic tendency which has polluted the political platform.
Comrade Matemadanda stated that There must then be a common ideology,line and policy. What we called the Party Line, Party policy and Party ideology. These will clearly tell people within and without how for example you relate, how you do things, who your intended beneficiaries are.
You never win a revolution with a group of uninformed drunkards, who may not even know who their leader is and what he stands for. Ours was a protracted armed liberation struggle which we did not know when it was going to end but we were prepared to be in it for as long as it would take. You can not start with the “FINAL PUSH ” When you have not done the first push. Said Cde Matemadanda.
Then commissariat is transforming ZANU PF to be the party of all times not for a season. How do you maintain the momentum on people of varying opinions? When we finally came from the liberation struggle, despite that we had virtually won the armed struggle, we did not waste our time telling people how we had won, we went straight into campaigning producing one of the best Manifestos for both black and white former protagonists.
Noone would resist our programs and we continue to build on that even up to now. Added cde Victor Matemadanda. “The new dispensation has programmes which are designed for the people of Zimbabwe, regardless of their war credentials. ZANU PF is a big pocket we all fit in without problems”.
Comrade Matemadanda warned MDC that “You don’t win people’s hearts by threatening violence or a violent take over because reasonable people know how dangerous that will be”You can not win people’s hearts by denying them the right to earn a honesty living encouraging them to be thugs.
You don’t win people’s hearts by publicly abusing the standing of others because people who listen to you may be knowing those people better than you do and they realise you are a pathological liar.
You don’t win people’s hearts by telling them that you can do what they know you cannot do because they know your capacity. You cannot win people’s hearts by teaching them to hate.
Above all you can not win people’s hearts by threatening to overthrow a government they voted in when you can not give them an assurance that you will not be overthrown yourself. You can not win people’s hearts by refusing to be bound by the law when you intend to become the custodian of the same law. And finally, people want prosperity, peace and development among many other things, you can not win their hearts when you deny them the same things because you are not yet in power when they know that you will never be in power.
Comrade Matemadanda invited all peace loving Zimbabweans to come together and unite. United we stand divided we fall.
We are now in a period of humanity and love. ZANU PF resembles love.
