Tinashe Sambiri|Zimbabwe Is not yet independent, the MDC Alliance Assembly of Women has said.

In a statement released on Sunday, the MDC Alliance Assembly of Women, condemned the persecution of female political activists by the Zanu PF regime.

The Zanu PF leader, Emmerson Mnangagwa is plotting to create a one-party State, according to the MDC Alliance.

Read full statement below:

MDC ALLIANCE ASSEMBLY OF WOMEN STATEMENT ON INDEPENDENCE DAY 18/04/2021

NOT YET UHURU

Today (Sunday) marks 41 years of independence in Zimbabwe since 1980.

We should be celebrating and rejoicing in our homes because of Covid 19 but we are not, instead we are miserable.

Miserable in that we have nothing to put on our tables because of the economic hardships caused by Emmerson Mnangagwa.

The economy has totally collapsed and no sector is functional except the mining which is only benefiting the few elites whilst the majority are in abject poverty. We might be independent as citizens, but not free. Mnangagwa has closed all the democratic space by silencing dissenting voices because he wants to create a one party state.

We are being arrested and incarcerated each and every day for speaking out, for telling the truth that Zimbabwe is a failed state, that Mnangagwa is an illegitimate leader who is failing to resuscitate the economy. Rigging the elections might be easy but the economy cannot be rigged. Zimbabwe needs another revolution and new leaders who would free it from bondage.

Every institution is captured by Zanu PF from the Judiciary, the police, the army, the commissions as they are no longer serving the people but the dictators.

The human rights violations continue to escalate and noone is safe as Mnangagwa wants to consolidate his power by silencing the people.

We will continue fighting for our rights as women because we have suffered enough.

We need better lives and sustainable livelihoods and only this can come under the able leadership of President Advocate Nelson Chamisa. A caring President who have the people at heart.

“Our lives begin to end the moment we become silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther Jr.

“The hardest lesson of my life has come to me late, it is that a nation can win freedom without its people becoming free”. Joshua Nkomo

NotYetUhuru

Barbara Gwangwara Tanyanyiwa
Spokesperson – MDC Alliance Assembly of Women