Political Capital – MTHWAKAZI INDEPENDENT

Changing leaders but retaining poor institutions isn’t enough

Africa’s Achilles’ heel is weak institutions and limited access to justice which remain a great threat to sustainable development. Strong institutions are the pre-requisite to sustainable development, there is no substitute. Matabeleland needs a clean break from the perennial inefficiency of mainstream politics in Zimbabwe and take responsibility in building effective, accountable and responsive local…
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Unending internal conflict is pervasive to Matabeleland’s political space

Underhand political activities that threaten to reshape the Matabeleland social space must be confronted for our nation to live. We have always defined Matabeleland as a peaceful nation, a culturally diverse society made up of communities with divergent backgrounds, perspectives, and ideas. It would appear that narrative is based on a pervasive selectivity and sanitisation…
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What’s the long-term political capital of the criticism of Joshua Nkomo’s decisions?

Generations upon generations have come and gone, and each generation has left its own legacy. Matabeleland has its own past for which Joshua Nkomo, the leader of PF ZAPU and most powerful and influential Ndebele in modern history, remains a significant figure; we must not seek to fix the blame for Nkomo’s past decisions which…
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Sinn Fein lessons for Matabeleland smaller political parties – patience pays

For years we have lamented that for many Matabeles the hope of a new era of equality and prosperity promised by the Zimbabwe independence in 1980 and later, the Unity Agreement of 1987 has failed to materialise. Years of political instability left Matabeleland underdeveloped in all areas; the region has some of the highest levels…
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Strategy of appeasement and concessions to ZANU PF has failed since 1987 and has no chance of succeeding

Resolving political challenges faced by Matabeleland requires an acknowledgement that a policy of appeasement has been the only constant and significant enemy of our political prosperity and peace. The appeasers have been powerful; they have controlled the Matabeleland political landscape; they have been largely drawn from the PF ZAPU political elite, and their betrayal of…
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Public influence on policy shows no sign of growing

Core to the functional feature of a political system is who runs things or rather who does the system permit to run things because this determines the shape, capability and responsiveness, that is, the ability of institutions to facilitate desired actions in a timely manner. The consistent feature of the four decades of independent Zimbabwe…
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Raise the moral bar to better Matabeleland political systems and institutions

Public disenchantment has become a key feature of independent Zimbabwe 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 brutal state orchestrated military operation. Following the tribal, hate-fuelled murderous and dehumanising military activities of the 5th Brigade in an…
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Proactivity must be core to Matabeleland’s approach

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How does the Mthwakazi movement build political capital?

Building political capital is central to framing the Mthwakazi/ Matabeleland movement influencing and shaping the local political landscape. Great movements do not only exude talent but have exceptional ability to attract followers; they do not only convince, they motivate the public to act in ways they would otherwise not act. The movement needs to take…
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Rebuilding Matabeleland

The bravery and spirit of Ubuntu that oversaw Mzilikazi’s escape from King Shaka Zulu’s brutal reign and not only create a nation from scratch but model a new brand of politics; the same spirit that inspired Lobengula to wage a war against the white invaders of the 19th Century cannot die. It must be recaptured…
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Category: Political Capital