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Fight tribalism to free next generations
Read more: Fight tribalism to free next generationsWhen we call upon people of Matabeleland to fight against tribalism, it is out of principle; it is because we genuinely believe, like all forms of discrimination, it is wrong not just because we are victims of it. We believe in the unconditional, uninterrupted, and universal enfranchisement of all people in Zimbabwe. Without this, independence…
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Politics and a lack of media independence
Read more: Politics and a lack of media independenceReaching out and working in partnership with the public is what good governments do and ZANU PF-controlled Zimbabwe government does not. In its tyrannical nature, ZANU PF is building barriers to free speech through draconian legislation – the Patriotic Bill being the latest – to withhold information and ensure state control of the flow of…
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Compassion politics essential for change
Read more: Compassion politics essential for changeDecolonisation of Africa is a process not an event; the cessation of armed hostilities was a big leap forward, but we need to do more to achieve our freedoms and liberty. We are under no illusion that the past bears meaning today and we recognise that it is essential that we do not historize colonialism,…
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Quality of politics and public trust
Read more: Quality of politics and public trustQuality is the principal currency of politics; the quality of politics projected by political players does affect public trust and level of involvement in politics. The media and politicians exaggerate impact of political apathy in Matabeleland while minimising the need for political ideas to be relevant to communities. By quality, we are referring to the…
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Gradualism to reshape Matabeleland politics
Read more: Gradualism to reshape Matabeleland politicsEthnic identity is the embodiment of African society and organising people around identity is as old as our history. That worked well until Zimbabwe and ZANU PF happened and started redesigning of the fabric of reality. And ethnic identity was politicised for the benefit of certain population groups. People started thinking with their clans ignoring…
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Calling for a solution driven narrative
Read more: Calling for a solution driven narrativeRegaining political control was central to decolonisation yet decades into independence testimony from postcolonial Africa is that the black regimes have been nothing short of disastrous experiments of leadership, and lives of ordinary black citizens have not improved. Colonialism was inhuman, but we have deeper political problems in the independent Zimbabwe today, arguably, than we…
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Checks and balances vital to democracy
Read more: Checks and balances vital to democracyFor the reason that humans are fallible and not impervious to error, for their own good, those holding power ought to be mistrusted and be prevented from holding too much of it. Those who govern must have just enough power to preside over the governed, and never to be allowed unconstrained power over themselves.
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If you despise us, you cannot lead us
Read more: If you despise us, you cannot lead usCharacter of the political space in the independence in Zimbabwe is compromised by a convoluted system that withdraws liberties from certain population groups – it is a more repressive environment enabled by a despotic, tribal supremacist State advancing the interests of the ethnic Shona majority but despising and repressing certain population groups.
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For progressive politics
Read more: For progressive politicsIndelible, ugly scars of injustice define the social, economic, and political space of Matabeleland with no realistic signs of an immediate recourse. Idle industrial sites, informal traders fighting for survival, etc., characterise the Bulawayo scenery. This is a result of decades of unobstructed ZANU PF policy founded on Shona supremacism and a palpable hatred for…
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Build Matabeleland not excuses
Read more: Build Matabeleland not excusesDelays kill the future. Our future is heavily dependent on the reconstruction of local politics. And building a new kind of politics in Matabeleland relies upon an understanding of the past and acknowledgment of the present.
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