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Matabeleland must not succumb to ZANU PF politics of fear
Read more: Matabeleland must not succumb to ZANU PF politics of fearUsing fear as a political motivator has proven to be not only an effective tactic but a widely used tactic across the globe. This is no more apparent as in the fact that the fear of a nuclear attack is used to keep the world order on check. To varying degrees terrorism fear has been […]
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Nobody is spared, the ZANU PF system is only loyal to itself
Read more: Nobody is spared, the ZANU PF system is only loyal to itselfReign of two perverse governments. Rhodesia was governed by white racial supremacist fanatics, to guard the welfare of white people, they created a biased system that worked brilliantly for the white man and woman, but it also protected the country’s broader economic interests. Then came independence in 1980, ZANU black tribal supremacist fanatics took over […]
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Why didn’t ZAPU of the last generation do more to combat ZANU tribalism?
Read more: Why didn’t ZAPU of the last generation do more to combat ZANU tribalism?Bashing ZAPU of yesteryear is not the objective of this article, political enlightment is; the situation in Matabeleland today is too dire for us to act from habit—to re-enact again and again the same solutions that brought us to our present extremity; today we are in no better position than we were during the colonial […]
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Raise the moral bar to better Matabeleland political systems and institutions
Read more: Raise the moral bar to better Matabeleland political systems and institutionsPublic disenchantment has become a key feature in independent Zimbabwe, particularly in Matabeleland where under the pretext of addressing insecurity in the region, thousands of Ndebele civilians were starved, tortured, raped, abducted and murdered in a state conjured military operation. Following the tribal, hate-fuelled murderous and dehumanising military activities of the 5th Brigade in an […]
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1980s Gukurahundi Killings
Read more: 1980s Gukurahundi KillingsDark clouds covered the sky over Matabeleland, day was turned to night; everyone including the law, fell silent as the predominantly ethnic Shona black government of Prime Minister Robert Mugabe deployed a specialist Fifth Brigade military unit to kill and maim unarmed civilians between 1983 and 1984. Just for belonging in a different tribe, Ndebele […]
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