Zimbabwe

To me the Zimbabweans are the most complicated political lot I’ve ever had the invidious task to follow. Here are people who are supposed to have voted the opposition party into majority of government, and speculatively presidential seat. They’re rightly asked by that opposition into a stay away strike until the electoral results are released. What do they do? Only 15% of them heed the call. What do you call that? It completely baffles me.

Some have said Zimbabweans are afraid to stay out because they’d loose their jobs. But I thought private business in Zimbabwe was supposed to be on the opposition side, ipso facto, one would expect them to support that call. Others have said Zimbabweans are too poor and hungry to heed stay-away. Do they think people who fight for political change in their respective countries do so because of full stomach? Two things are possible here. Either those who report on Zimbabwean issues do not know what they’re talking about; or have vested interests in reporting as they do.

Personally I maintain the stance that Zimbabweans, and no one else, know exactly what is going on in their country. And as outside people the best we can do is to support their endeavors, but we can do the work for them. In my opinion, it wrong what the ZEC is doing, withholding electoral results for this long. It can only foster a bad situation into flared up civil war. Please, let’s here more condemnations from our leaders that the situation there is untenable. Zimbabwe is tottering into a very, very bad situation. Zimbabwes, please, it is time you take up the situation in your country into your own hands wherever you are. You cannot keep saying we’re running away from a monster (Mugabe). Monsters, when are slain is by ordinary people who become heroes to their your own inspirations. Mandelas are not born, but made by circumstances.