…Today the world woke up to news pointing and suggesting that prolific activist Itai Dzamara has been murdered by the CIO. This development comes as the grand women’s boycott nears that Dzamara inspired when he wrote his master-letter to Robert Mugabe telling him to leave…. READ ON
A sixth and last letter to all women in Zimbabwe in preparation for the grand boycott!
“Passive resistance”
This is the sixth and last letter, a two days before the grand boycott starts.
This time we ask not only men/ husbands, brothers, sons, men friends, men in the police- and the armed forces of the Republic of Zimbabwe. We are extending our cause to the Honourable Members of Parliament in the opposition. We are saying to those Members of Parliament who are in the opposition please smell the coffee and come and join us in the Grand Boycott by not only staying away from Parliament but actually resigning and make the government of Zimbabwe collapse and we start all over again in the general elections.
Please Mai Mujuru, tell your fellow Members of Parliament who have been purged just like you to resign this March and bring that government to a standstill. Please President Tsvangirai, tell your Honourable Members of Parliament to resign from the sitting Parliament and bring that government to a standstill. Please Honourable Holland/Biti/Ncube/Mangoma, tell your sitting Members of Parliament to march out of Parliament and resign so as to make the government of Zimbabwe collapse and we start all over again and have credible elections without rigging.
Mai Mujuru, you have nothing to lose but all to gain if you told your fellow Members of Parliament not only to boycott Parliament but to actually resign from Parliament and call for fresh elections. If you did that you will make history for yourself and your legacy will be: it’s Mai Mujuru who brought down a despotic government that has no respect for other fellow citizens. Mai Mujuru, you lost your hubby, one, you lost your Vice Presidency, two, you lost your Parliament Seat, three, you lost the Zanu party membership, four, you are labelled a killer five, you are told you are now a witch, you solicited witch doctors to kill “The Great Leader” six. Now what is there to lose still if you told yourself that enough is enough? Parliament Speaker, Mudenda has shown us how hypocritical he can be to throw out Mutasa and Mliswa out of Parliament but not doing the same in the same situation with MDC-T MPs. It is the fear that Zanu PF the government will collapse if your MPs left the Parliament and resigned. Use this fear Mai Mujuru, let them fart on their dresses and trousers. This is yet a golden opportunity to bring change in Zimbabwe that will surprise you to capture that fear Zanu PF has and use it to change the statuesque forever.
President Morgan Richard Tsvangirai, instead of boycotting the By-elections, tell your MPs to resign and bring the government to a halt, to a standstill. Boycotting by-elections is not effective, you know this yourself. Why go for ineffective solutions and never consider very bold and effective moves to change government? You are no longer beholden of Zanu PF, Richard Morgan. The answer to Zimbabwe’s problems is right on your reach, you fail to act at the spur of the moment all the time the past 15 years as opposition leader. You can do two things, boycott By elections and tell your MPs to resign and the government will have no option but to call for elections, general elections Can’t you see this as the most possible solution to oust Zanu from power? Work together with Mai Mujuru and the renewal team that has MPs in Parliament too, to tell your MPs to resign and disable the Parliament. Do not think too much about the stomachs, sacrifice were it is effective once and for all.
Dear UMDC and your valued Members of Parliament, let’s bring change, make us all proud by working together with MDC-T and Mai Mujuru to all at the same time boycott _Parliament and also resign from Parliament and bring the government to a stop! There shall be a standstill that will set shock waves across Zimbabwe and inflict fear to the ruling Zanu PF, fear of change that will be inevitable only by your resignation from Parliament participation.
Let’s also think it at a different angle. This Parliament of the Republic of Zimbabwe is bloated. We have a President, two Vice Presidents, several Ministers, and numerous Members of Parliament. The good question what for? Which economy are they administrating as our economy is collapsed? The unemployment is 90% and companies are closing down every month. Is this bloated Parliament a way of giving people employment or what? If so then it shows very poor management skills on the part of an African government. How can we have such a big administrative government and with little or nothing to administrate? Ever since the Parliament sat after the elections what significant projects have been implemented by the Parliamentarians? Which department is designated to address the curse of rape cases that are rising by the day? What are the women Parliamentarians saying in Parliament about it?
Why do opposition members of Parliament continue to sustain the government they purport to hate with passion? It was understandable perhaps back then when Biti wrote a letter to Parliament speaker to halt their dismissal from Parliament following a letter from MDC-T to expel the Parliamentarians from the renewal team. The significance of it was going to be minimal indeed just scoring cheap political ends. Now we have a larger opposition in Parliament that can change and shift the politics if there is some political will from all opposition to change. Can you not see that the purging of Mai Mujuru out of Zanu is a blessing in disguise? God is giving us answers and we do not utilize those possibilities because of selfishness in politics, no less.
Please opposition Members of Parliament, we shall take you seriously if you boycott Parliament and also stage a blanket resignation of all opposition MPs and bring down this government openly and constitutionally. We shall then know you and respect you; you are politicians who serve the interest of the people of Zimbabwe. Let your continued stay in parliament not be construed as the politics of the stomach, whereby you are saying “we are fine until the next elections; at least we have our monthly pay.” (Pangu pakanaka until 2018 elections) If that is so, then you will have demonstrated meanness in your politics. Then you are not servants of the people. You know better than me dear opposition Honourable Members of Parliament that millions of people especially in the country side and indeed in towns and cities are languishing in abject poverty unprecedented in the history of Zimbabwe. We are indeed a laughing stock in Africa and the world. We are people who know how to cry and show self-pity and nothing beyond crying. We run away from problems and seek asylum in far off countries. We cannot always run away from problems. Let’s face our government head on bring it down and change it to the democratic system that we all want. I am a text book case of one of those who thought staying in a far away country (Germany) will give me the freedom I yearned for. It is my conscience I could not silence. It constantly tells me that you must go back home and work hard for those young girls and boys who deserve better future in Zimbabwe.
We also ask the 90% unemployed citizens to be vigilant the whole of March. Taking to the streets will be harmful please do not go out into the streets and demonstrate. We do not want any more drop of blood as we have shed already enough of it the past 35 years. Taste the waters and see if the police and the armed forces are going out in the streets and demonstrating, bring down the rot Zanu PF government. Your support will be necessary in the event of any police and army demonstrations in towns and cities. We need more than courage to do this exercise. We need commitment and dedication to take this grand boycott to action. I do not know any section of our societies who are happy about what is happening politically in our country except those in the corridors of power, those who are eating and their stomachs are full because of dire selfishness. It is therefore very easy to take this grand boycott to action as everyone is just fed up with it all. God will hear our prayers and he will answer them by and by. Let’s take those opportunities He opens up for us to grab and utilize. This opposition Parliamentary boycott and collective resignation of MPs was an absolute opportunity never to be missed by any one person in the opposition party.
Dear women of Zimbabwe please see to it that you have enough food in the kitchen shelves as the day is coming that we want to use to bring change in the country we all love most. Remember we have only this one country. We cannot be in servitude for so long, it is not normal at all. Zimbabwe belongs to all of us and not selected few. We want the national resources shared equally to all citizens and not a few selected ones. Let’s look and learn from other countries how they serve their citizens, we could do the same. We want development in the country and not these dilapidated infrastructures left to us by Ian Douglas Smith. We have never managed to do better or at least maintain them. Zimbabwe is now a byword for a failed state.
“I repeat; peaceful protests and industrial actions are the only way that is going to bring a change of government in Zimbabwe. Forget about the ZANU PF controlled ballot system“. By Zanda Shumba
Fasting during the time of boycott is essential as we are telling God to bring change in our lives. We cannot afford to live the lives of servitude for 35 years. We the citizens of Zimbabwe want to break the bondage and be free. We fast by giving up exactly what we think is very important in our spiritual lives, sex. Fasting is a holy and blessed time to talk to God in complete humbleness and dedication. We lift our heart and ask God to hear our humble prayers. I rest my case in you citizens of Zimbabwe.
Yimi Ugogo omncane
Ndini Chirikadzi Yenyu
Yes we can!
Nomazulu Thata is a political activist who resides in Germany. This call to boycott is a call to all women citizens of Zimbabwe of all political parties and non political oriented persons at the dawn of the International Women’s Day 2015. She can be contacted on: [email protected]
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Mhamha you have made a very significant contribution. Apart from only parliamentarians,I urge all people in work ; in civil service and private just to down their tools.Shops should be closed and those in transport halt their services. Indeed the government will crumple. People argue that It is God who puts rulers in power. That is very true,but it is God again who allows sinful rulers to be overthrown.King Ahab, Rehoboam, Saul to name a few, fell out of favour with God and they were removed from power.I believe that God is seeing and hearing our cries,just as he did during the time of Moses in the book of Genesis.
Mhamha you have made a very significant contribution. Apart from only parliamentarians,I urge all people in work ; in civil service and private just to down their tools.Shops should be closed and those in transport halt their services. Indeed the government will crumple. People argue that It is God who puts rulers in power. That is very true,but it is God again who allows sinful rulers to be overthrown.King Ahab, Rehoboam, Saul to name a few, fell out of favour with God and they were removed from power.I believe that God is seeing and hearing our cries,just as he did during the time of Moses in the book of Genesis.
The author of this article not only PSYCHOTIC/DERANGED but also suffers from an incurable case of DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR!!
Let’s look at the harsh realities:
(a) the issue of Dzamara’s alleged kidnapping & death hasn’t been conclusively proved yet so it’s ill-advised to talk of “Dzamara has been murdered by the CIO”. What if it turns out that he is still alive??!! Or that whatever happened to him had nothing to do with the CIO??!!
(b) there is the infantile talk that the only way to fell the govt is thru “peaceful protests and industrial action”…where was the author when Tsvangison & Co engaged in a series of boycotts and “mass” stay-aways??!! Do you still remember “the final push”??!!
(c) it’s very simple-minded and naïve to assume that all opposition forces can coalesce just to topple Mugabe…isn’t it clear that this option will not succeed for the simple reason that the personalities involved are all power-hungry; munhu wese anoda kuita “shefu”!! Look at the endless circus of the so many MDC formations & their ill-fated alliances: zero plus zero = zero!!
(d) the author is brazenly disrespectful and arrogant: “…we are TELLING [my emphasis] God to bring change…” Excuse me, this is the Lord Almighty who created the heavens & earth & all whom you approach so casually to “tell” or order what you want!! What happened to “asking”/ “requesting” / “pleading”??!!
(e) it’s telling that the author is actually based thousands of km away in Germany and so expects OTHER people to do the dirty work for her!! If you’re really serious, why don’t you come home and directly face the police truncheons or tear gas??!! Cowardice is your middle name!!
(f) It’s laughable that the author imagines that the most important thing in our SPIRITUAL lives is sex!! This rubbish cannot be dignified with a response!!
The author of this article not only PSYCHOTIC/DERANGED but also suffers from an incurable case of DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR!!
Let’s look at the harsh realities:
(a) the issue of Dzamara’s alleged kidnapping & death hasn’t been conclusively proved yet so it’s ill-advised to talk of “Dzamara has been murdered by the CIO”. What if it turns out that he is still alive??!! Or that whatever happened to him had nothing to do with the CIO??!!
(b) there is the infantile talk that the only way to fell the govt is thru “peaceful protests and industrial action”…where was the author when Tsvangison & Co engaged in a series of boycotts and “mass” stay-aways??!! Do you still remember “the final push”??!!
(c) it’s very simple-minded and naïve to assume that all opposition forces can coalesce just to topple Mugabe…isn’t it clear that this option will not succeed for the simple reason that the personalities involved are all power-hungry; munhu wese anoda kuita “shefu”!! Look at the endless circus of the so many MDC formations & their ill-fated alliances: zero plus zero = zero!!
(d) the author is brazenly disrespectful and arrogant: “…we are TELLING [my emphasis] God to bring change…” Excuse me, this is the Lord Almighty who created the heavens & earth & all whom you approach so casually to “tell” or order what you want!! What happened to “asking”/ “requesting” / “pleading”??!!
(e) it’s telling that the author is actually based thousands of km away in Germany and so expects OTHER people to do the dirty work for her!! If you’re really serious, why don’t you come home and directly face the police truncheons or tear gas??!! Cowardice is your middle name!!
(f) It’s laughable that the author imagines that the most important thing in our SPIRITUAL lives is sex!! This rubbish cannot be dignified with a response!!
Rubbish and foolish thinking.Let them do and see if what you think will happen. If you failed during the hyper inflation what makes you think this time is the right time. You are fighting a losing battle. Muri kurwa nemhepo yaMwari musikavanhu so my advice is forget and smile. Batsiranai kusimudzira nyika navaMugabe. Be constructive not destructive. Our President has been through thick and thin. Taurirai vanonyora nekupasisa mitemo mulower house and upper house kuti they must follow what they have agreed. VaMugabe havasi iwo vanonyora mitemo vanongosaina chete. Havasiwo vanomirira matunhu, kune vanomiririra ikoko.VaMugabe chavasingade chete kuti mugonzi ndimi vene venyika asi hupfumi huri mumaoko evauyi. Kana neniwo ndinoti kwete. Saka siyananai nenyaya yekuda kuuraya nyika muchitadza kugadzirisa nyika. VaMugabe Mwari vawo anovadawo ndosaka zvamunoronga hazvibudiriri.
Rubbish and foolish thinking.Let them do and see if what you think will happen. If you failed during the hyper inflation what makes you think this time is the right time. You are fighting a losing battle. Muri kurwa nemhepo yaMwari musikavanhu so my advice is forget and smile. Batsiranai kusimudzira nyika navaMugabe. Be constructive not destructive. Our President has been through thick and thin. Taurirai vanonyora nekupasisa mitemo mulower house and upper house kuti they must follow what they have agreed. VaMugabe havasi iwo vanonyora mitemo vanongosaina chete. Havasiwo vanomirira matunhu, kune vanomiririra ikoko.VaMugabe chavasingade chete kuti mugonzi ndimi vene venyika asi hupfumi huri mumaoko evauyi. Kana neniwo ndinoti kwete. Saka siyananai nenyaya yekuda kuuraya nyika muchitadza kugadzirisa nyika. VaMugabe Mwari vawo anovadawo ndosaka zvamunoronga hazvibudiriri.
Let’s not forget Vampire PF’s other victims:
(i) EDWIN GOMO : died after being hit on the head by a stone thrown by ZANU-PF
supporters during clashes in Bindura : 27 March 2000.
(ii) ROBERT MUSONI: killed by ZANU-PF supporters in Bindura, 28 March 2000.
(iii) DOREEN MARUFU: 6 months pregnant: died after being assaulted by
ZANU-PF after leaving an MDC rally. Mvurwi, 2 April 2000.
(iv) CONST FINASHE CHIKWENYA: Shot dead at Marondera while trying to carry out his
duty and arrest war veterans who had assaulted people 4 April 2000.
(v) DAVID STEVENS: Arizona Farm – commercial farmer: shot to death after systematic
beating by “war veterans” after Steven’s workers attacked farm invaders. 14 April 2000.
(vi) TICHAONYA CHIMINYA: burnt to death after a petrol bomb attack on his vehicle
by ZANU-PF supporters, Buhera, 15 April 2000.
(vii) TALENT MABIKA: burnt to death in the same incident as Chiminya. Buhera, 15
April.
(viii) MARTIN OLDS: commercial farmer – shot to death after a long gun battle with
100+ “war veterans” specially sent from Harare to assassinate him, police refused to
come to his aid. Nyamandlovu, Independence Day : 18 April 2000.
(iv) Mr BANDA: murdered in Shamva. 24 April 2000.
(x) PETER KARIDZA: murdered by ZANU-PF supporters. Shamva, 24 April 2000.
(xi) LUCKY KANYURIRA: murdered in Kariba and his mutilated body displayed at a
shopping centre. 25 April 2000.
(xii) NICHOLAS CHATITAMA alias [BISHOP CHATIMA]: a security guard who died
in same attack as Kanyurira, Kariba 25 April 2000.
(xiii) MATTHEW PFEBVE: brother of MDC candidate beaten to death at night in his own
home in front of relatives. Bindura, 3 May 2000.
(xiv) ALAN DUNN: beaten to death on his commercial farm in Beatrice by people
believed to be war veterans. 7 May 2000.
(xv) LABAN CHIRWA: murdered in Rugare. 7 May 2000.
(xvi) JOHN WEEKS: commercial farmer, Beatrice. Shot in his own home by “war
veterans”. 11 May 2000.
(xvii) SGT ALEX CHISASA: beaten to death with an iron bar, allegedly for criticizing
ZANU-PF policies. Chipinge. 13 May 2000.
(xviii) ROGERS MURIRAWANHU: murdered in Karoi, May – exact date unclear.
(ixx) TAKUNDWA CHAPUNZA: killed outside the “surgery” of Dr C H Hunzvi in
violent clashes. Torture of MDC supporters is alleged to have been conducted in this
surgery. Harare, 16 May 2000.
(xx) MATIONA MASHAYA: United Party supporter, beaten to death by ZANU-PF
supporters. Mudzi, 17 May 2000.
(xxi) ONIAS MASHAYA: son of Mationa, beaten to death in same incident. Mudzi, 17
May 2000.
(xxii) MESSIAH KUFANDAEDZA: campaign manager of a ZANU-PF candidate, shot to
death by rival ZANU-PF faction. Gwanzura, 26 May 2000.
(xxiii) THADEUS RUNKUNI: MDC prospective candidate, beaten to death, Bikita, 31
May 2000.
(xxiv) Mr SIMUDANANHU: farm worker killed in Shurugwi on Chess Farm in clashes
with invaders. 30 May 2000.
(xxv) ANTONY OATES: shot dead on his farm near Harare. Trelawney, 31 May 2000.
(xxvi) Mr CHINYERE: senior MDC official in Mashonaland, pulled off a bus and beaten to
death.
(xxvii) FINOS ZHOU: abducted, and beaten to death by “war veterans” in Mberengwa.
Died on 9 June 2000.
(xxviii) SCHOOLTEACHER: unnamed. Beaten to death by war veterans for pulling
down Dr C H Hunzvi’s election posters in the school grounds. Chikomba, 10 June
2000.
(xxix) PATRICK NABANYAMA: abducted by unknown assailants from his house in
front of witnesses. He was an MDC polling agent, Bulawayo South. He has never
returned, and is missing. Presumed dead. Abducted 19 June 2000.
(xxx) ZEKE CHIGAGWA: beaten to death with iron bars by 20 ZANU-PF supporters.
Gokwe 22 June 2000.
(xxxi) MANDISHONA MUTYANDA: 60 year old MDC ward chairperson for
Kwekwe’s Amavani suburb died of head injuries after being beaten up by 30
suspected ZANU-PF supporters.
(xxxii) WILHELM BOTHA: farm mechanic killed by unknown assailants on a farm in
Beatrice, 23 July 2000.
(xxxiii) SAMSON MBEWE: farm worker beaten to death by farm invaders while moving
irrigation equipment. Ruwa, 9 August 2000.
(xxxiiv) Mr NDEBELE: a school teacher from Plumtree who suffered serious beatings
before the elections, died in United Bulawayo Hospitals as a result of his injuries. 19 July
2000.
(xxxiv) MDC SUPPORTER: unnamed : an MDC supporter from Zvishavane who was
beaten two days before the election and subsequently suffered brain haemorrhages, died
in Mpilo hospital in Bulawayo after weeks of treatment. 28 July 2000.
(xxxv) GLORIA OLDS: Mother of the late Martin Olds (killed under similar
circumstances) was shot 15 times by at least two suspected “war veterans” as she
went to open the gate of her farmhouse at Silverstreams, Nyamandlovu. 4 March,
2001.
(xxxvi) PETER MATARUSE: MDC youth member in Muzarabani. He was chased
by a band of 80 ZPF supporters. He jumped into the flooded Musengezi River to escape,
and drowned. 15 March 2001.
(xxxvii) ROBSON TINARWO CHIRIMA: MDC youth member in Muzarabani.
Chirima was surrounded by a gang of Zanu PF youths and war veterans. They
beat him with heavy logs and gouged his eyes out of their sockets. He was killed
instantly. 21 March 2001.
(xxxviii) BATANAI HADZIDZI, a University of Zimbabwe student, was dragged from
his hostel at 3am and beaten by police. Students had been protesting rising fees and the
unbearable cost of living. Police raided the hostels and tear gassed the campus. They
found Hadzidzi in his room and dragged him out in to the street, where they beat him to
death. 9 April, 2001.
Let’s not forget Vampire PF’s other victims:
(i) EDWIN GOMO : died after being hit on the head by a stone thrown by ZANU-PF
supporters during clashes in Bindura : 27 March 2000.
(ii) ROBERT MUSONI: killed by ZANU-PF supporters in Bindura, 28 March 2000.
(iii) DOREEN MARUFU: 6 months pregnant: died after being assaulted by
ZANU-PF after leaving an MDC rally. Mvurwi, 2 April 2000.
(iv) CONST FINASHE CHIKWENYA: Shot dead at Marondera while trying to carry out his
duty and arrest war veterans who had assaulted people 4 April 2000.
(v) DAVID STEVENS: Arizona Farm – commercial farmer: shot to death after systematic
beating by “war veterans” after Steven’s workers attacked farm invaders. 14 April 2000.
(vi) TICHAONYA CHIMINYA: burnt to death after a petrol bomb attack on his vehicle
by ZANU-PF supporters, Buhera, 15 April 2000.
(vii) TALENT MABIKA: burnt to death in the same incident as Chiminya. Buhera, 15
April.
(viii) MARTIN OLDS: commercial farmer – shot to death after a long gun battle with
100+ “war veterans” specially sent from Harare to assassinate him, police refused to
come to his aid. Nyamandlovu, Independence Day : 18 April 2000.
(iv) Mr BANDA: murdered in Shamva. 24 April 2000.
(x) PETER KARIDZA: murdered by ZANU-PF supporters. Shamva, 24 April 2000.
(xi) LUCKY KANYURIRA: murdered in Kariba and his mutilated body displayed at a
shopping centre. 25 April 2000.
(xii) NICHOLAS CHATITAMA alias [BISHOP CHATIMA]: a security guard who died
in same attack as Kanyurira, Kariba 25 April 2000.
(xiii) MATTHEW PFEBVE: brother of MDC candidate beaten to death at night in his own
home in front of relatives. Bindura, 3 May 2000.
(xiv) ALAN DUNN: beaten to death on his commercial farm in Beatrice by people
believed to be war veterans. 7 May 2000.
(xv) LABAN CHIRWA: murdered in Rugare. 7 May 2000.
(xvi) JOHN WEEKS: commercial farmer, Beatrice. Shot in his own home by “war
veterans”. 11 May 2000.
(xvii) SGT ALEX CHISASA: beaten to death with an iron bar, allegedly for criticizing
ZANU-PF policies. Chipinge. 13 May 2000.
(xviii) ROGERS MURIRAWANHU: murdered in Karoi, May – exact date unclear.
(ixx) TAKUNDWA CHAPUNZA: killed outside the “surgery” of Dr C H Hunzvi in
violent clashes. Torture of MDC supporters is alleged to have been conducted in this
surgery. Harare, 16 May 2000.
(xx) MATIONA MASHAYA: United Party supporter, beaten to death by ZANU-PF
supporters. Mudzi, 17 May 2000.
(xxi) ONIAS MASHAYA: son of Mationa, beaten to death in same incident. Mudzi, 17
May 2000.
(xxii) MESSIAH KUFANDAEDZA: campaign manager of a ZANU-PF candidate, shot to
death by rival ZANU-PF faction. Gwanzura, 26 May 2000.
(xxiii) THADEUS RUNKUNI: MDC prospective candidate, beaten to death, Bikita, 31
May 2000.
(xxiv) Mr SIMUDANANHU: farm worker killed in Shurugwi on Chess Farm in clashes
with invaders. 30 May 2000.
(xxv) ANTONY OATES: shot dead on his farm near Harare. Trelawney, 31 May 2000.
(xxvi) Mr CHINYERE: senior MDC official in Mashonaland, pulled off a bus and beaten to
death.
(xxvii) FINOS ZHOU: abducted, and beaten to death by “war veterans” in Mberengwa.
Died on 9 June 2000.
(xxviii) SCHOOLTEACHER: unnamed. Beaten to death by war veterans for pulling
down Dr C H Hunzvi’s election posters in the school grounds. Chikomba, 10 June
2000.
(xxix) PATRICK NABANYAMA: abducted by unknown assailants from his house in
front of witnesses. He was an MDC polling agent, Bulawayo South. He has never
returned, and is missing. Presumed dead. Abducted 19 June 2000.
(xxx) ZEKE CHIGAGWA: beaten to death with iron bars by 20 ZANU-PF supporters.
Gokwe 22 June 2000.
(xxxi) MANDISHONA MUTYANDA: 60 year old MDC ward chairperson for
Kwekwe’s Amavani suburb died of head injuries after being beaten up by 30
suspected ZANU-PF supporters.
(xxxii) WILHELM BOTHA: farm mechanic killed by unknown assailants on a farm in
Beatrice, 23 July 2000.
(xxxiii) SAMSON MBEWE: farm worker beaten to death by farm invaders while moving
irrigation equipment. Ruwa, 9 August 2000.
(xxxiiv) Mr NDEBELE: a school teacher from Plumtree who suffered serious beatings
before the elections, died in United Bulawayo Hospitals as a result of his injuries. 19 July
2000.
(xxxiv) MDC SUPPORTER: unnamed : an MDC supporter from Zvishavane who was
beaten two days before the election and subsequently suffered brain haemorrhages, died
in Mpilo hospital in Bulawayo after weeks of treatment. 28 July 2000.
(xxxv) GLORIA OLDS: Mother of the late Martin Olds (killed under similar
circumstances) was shot 15 times by at least two suspected “war veterans” as she
went to open the gate of her farmhouse at Silverstreams, Nyamandlovu. 4 March,
2001.
(xxxvi) PETER MATARUSE: MDC youth member in Muzarabani. He was chased
by a band of 80 ZPF supporters. He jumped into the flooded Musengezi River to escape,
and drowned. 15 March 2001.
(xxxvii) ROBSON TINARWO CHIRIMA: MDC youth member in Muzarabani.
Chirima was surrounded by a gang of Zanu PF youths and war veterans. They
beat him with heavy logs and gouged his eyes out of their sockets. He was killed
instantly. 21 March 2001.
(xxxviii) BATANAI HADZIDZI, a University of Zimbabwe student, was dragged from
his hostel at 3am and beaten by police. Students had been protesting rising fees and the
unbearable cost of living. Police raided the hostels and tear gassed the campus. They
found Hadzidzi in his room and dragged him out in to the street, where they beat him to
death. 9 April, 2001.
The best solution is to target the big fish. One by one, put necklaces around their necks and burn them alive.
The best solution is to target the big fish. One by one, put necklaces around their necks and burn them alive.
A well thought programme of action, if one may say. However ,you need to understand that you are dealing with a cunning and manipulative animal. You can resign those seats in parliament. But knowing what zanu is, they will simply call by elections and field their own candidates. Whether people vote or not, is another matter. To make matters worse, there is no redress from the country’s courts as they are strictly controlled by mugabe. This is by no means an act of discouragement. I truly appreciate and respect your position. Either way better doing something than not. All the best. We are all in this together.
A well thought programme of action, if one may say. However ,you need to understand that you are dealing with a cunning and manipulative animal. You can resign those seats in parliament. But knowing what zanu is, they will simply call by elections and field their own candidates. Whether people vote or not, is another matter. To make matters worse, there is no redress from the country’s courts as they are strictly controlled by mugabe. This is by no means an act of discouragement. I truly appreciate and respect your position. Either way better doing something than not. All the best. We are all in this together.