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Advancing a smart Mthwakazi political agenda
Read more: Advancing a smart Mthwakazi political agendaOur priority is to create a system that promotes diversity, a system supported by institutions that bring different population groups into dialogue that preserves the ethnic and cultural diversity that nourishes the Mthwakazi nation.
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Mthwakazi be not fooled
Read more: Mthwakazi be not fooledBy and through Gukurahundi, ZANU PF tried to bring us to our knees but we have stood up even stronger. However, internal political indiscipline, naivety, incompetency and strategy inconsistency are significant factors threatening to bring down the Mthwakazi resuscitation movement.
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Gukurahundi focus: Why the intra-Mthwakazi quarrel?
Read more: Gukurahundi focus: Why the intra-Mthwakazi quarrel?You know something is seriously wrong when the crusade for inaction on Gukurahundi atrocities threatens to overhaul our political culture, become the most active and loudest political movement within the Mthwakazi socio-political space. Who is sponsoring this crusade, who is talking, and on whose behalf?
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Matabeleland history, Matabeleland responsibility
Read more: Matabeleland history, Matabeleland responsibilityThere is no question about Matabeleland past, it did happen; our concern is its misrepresentation, the Matabeleland history which is now effectively a version of past events as decided and agreed upon in Harare. We have yet to write our own history because we are not in control of the systems that determine what constitutes…
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Ideological credibility key for Matabeleland nationalism
Read more: Ideological credibility key for Matabeleland nationalismThe fundamental aspect of any political ideology is its credibility not how exciting it sounds. Matabele are responsible for the conditions of their socio-political space; we are the only major blockade to the manifestation of our political dreams and we are the only solution.
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Moving Mthwakazi politics forward
Read more: Moving Mthwakazi politics forwardThree decades plus of ZANU PF and Zimbabwean independence has been three decades plus of variable independence across Mashonaland and three decades plus of constructive alienation of Matabeleland from realpolitik. It is three plus decades of being remote from sources and processes that affect decisions that impact our lives.
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Matabeleland better grab liberty
Read more: Matabeleland better grab libertyZimbabwean independence has not lived up to the best intentions of the 1960s and ’70s liberation struggle. The ‘independence’ has failed to keep the promise of liberty, freedom and equality for all; Matabeleland, in particular, has suffered the brunt of ZANU PF’s tyrannical regime. Harare continues to actively ignore the rights of non-ethnic Shona nationals;…
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Zimbabwean independence, Matabeleland disempowerment
Read more: Zimbabwean independence, Matabeleland disempowermentTogether, Mashonaland and Matabeleland (Zimbabwe) fought colonialism and the white racist government of Ian Smith to gain liberty; our requirement of liberty was the need to reform our social system that was full of inequality among other injustices. 35 years on, our society is still saturated by discrimination and the exploitation of a minority by…
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Promote Matabeleland diversity; promote internal peace
Read more: Promote Matabeleland diversity; promote internal peaceThe reports accompanied by a disturbing video and images of renewed xenophobic attacks in parts of Durban in South Africa, the disappearance of over 200 girls and ongoing terror attacks in Nigeria and the many current civil wars within the independent African territory are a disturbing reminder of the continent’s continued failure to create a…
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Condemning corruption Matabeleland’s duty
Read more: Condemning corruption Matabeleland’s dutyCondemnation of corruption has to be one of Matabeleland’s central objectives if we are to see real progress. Corruption undermines all systems and processes; it compromises confidence in the functioning of any society and Matabeleland is no exception. It is a scourge that is fast turning out to be the biggest betrayal of our nation.