Mugabe May Not, After All, Be Insane!
OPINION
4 July 2008
Posted to the web 4 July 2008 by Abraham Tangwe
The recent avalanche of insults and negative publicity directed towards
Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe cannot leave any keen African observer
indifferent.
The idea is not to exonerate him from any wrongdoing per se. This is so
because he is guilty of some, but hardly enough for us to be so hard on him.
It is even more pathetic and frightful when an authoritative and respected
iconic figure like Mandela decides to join in this dance of the Vampires.
Our gullible natures have pushed us blindly into the waiting trap of western
propaganda through the snares of their media entanglements, which is always
tele-guided by their government policies.
We are so happy, and sadly so, to sit back and take for gospel truth what
somebody sits in a cozy office in Europe or America and tells us about
something happening in our backyard. Otherwise, all these talk of
insensitivity to the aspirations of the people, election rigger, dictator,
insane old man, power drunk, failed leadership etc would not arise.
Why is the case of Zimbabwe so peculiar? Is Mugabe the worst leader on the
continent? What has happened that somebody whose country was one of the best
managed, socially, is witnessing such a dramatic down turn? Why would a
Knight suddenly turn round to be mad, as claimed?
You may recall that independence, as granted to African States, was simply
cosmetic. It was arranged so that the white faces in all public places were
simply replaced with black faces. In all fairness, the white men went
through the door and came back through the window.
This has given rise to the new phenomenon called Neo-colonialism, where the
Europeans have taken the back seats but with a stranglehold on African
economies.If you wanted to guarantee your stay in power, as a leader, it was
prudent not to challenge the established order or you were simply booted
out.
When you accepted it then your mouth was always oiled while your people
languished in poverty. If you doubt what I say, then meet the former
President of the Congo Republic, Pascal Lissuba, to explain to you why he
was booted out by a pro-French leader like Denis Sassou Nguesso.
We have leaders in Africa who are more vicious and have stayed in power than
Mugabe. Why are they not being mentioned? Check round their States and see
whether the people are any better.
Mugabe's only woe is that, so far, he is the only one who is taking the
liberation struggle of the African people from a political realm to an
economic realm! This is a no go area and it is tickling the bile of the
British. The land issue is very thorny but the former British Prime
Minister, Tony Blair, knows the truth.
Mugabe had negotiated with John Major, another former British PM. Major was
warm towards compensating the British landowners for the land to be given
back to the blacks but Blair called off the deal. This irked Mugabe, and
what followed is now history.
Have you bothered to find out what gave Mugabe his knighthood which has been
hurriedly withdrawn by the Queen? It is true the Zimbabweans might not have
had the necessary technical know-how to manage the farms but that cannot be
responsible for the collapse of the economy.
The answer is that there is a conspiracy by the west to foster regime change
using economic sanctions.That is the more reason why it is difficult for
east and southern African leaders to condemn him outright for it would be
foolhardy. Staying in power this long is out of place for him, like all
others, and so for Mugabe to be kicked out, all others should be pursued
equally with vim and alacrity.
He is not the worst human being. All the others are left at bay because they
are allowing the whites to have their way economically, but Mugabe who dared
to challenge such an order is the devil incarnate and must be discarded!
Mugabe is not mad but doing things that we do not have the courage to do.
The west is insisting that African leaders in the ongoing AU summit must
condemn Mugabe but this is not working as they have chosen to embrace and do
business with him. Instead of condemning him, they have rather called for a
national union government, which means the leaders accept his leadership. Is
that not an indicator that there is something wrong with the Western
campaign?
Let us try to wear our thinking caps and stop being led by the nose and told
what to do in the 21st century courtesy the BBC and CNN. These cable
connections in our homes may be more destructive to us and is acting as a
preventive mechanism for the decolonisation of our current neo-colonialist
ethos.
It is high time we created our own BBC and CNN to counter such negative
portrayal of happenings of the continent.
4 July 2008
Posted to the web 4 July 2008 by Abraham Tangwe
The recent avalanche of insults and negative publicity directed towards
Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe cannot leave any keen African observer
indifferent.
The idea is not to exonerate him from any wrongdoing per se. This is so
because he is guilty of some, but hardly enough for us to be so hard on him.
It is even more pathetic and frightful when an authoritative and respected
iconic figure like Mandela decides to join in this dance of the Vampires.
Our gullible natures have pushed us blindly into the waiting trap of western
propaganda through the snares of their media entanglements, which is always
tele-guided by their government policies.
We are so happy, and sadly so, to sit back and take for gospel truth what
somebody sits in a cozy office in Europe or America and tells us about
something happening in our backyard. Otherwise, all these talk of
insensitivity to the aspirations of the people, election rigger, dictator,
insane old man, power drunk, failed leadership etc would not arise.
Why is the case of Zimbabwe so peculiar? Is Mugabe the worst leader on the
continent? What has happened that somebody whose country was one of the best
managed, socially, is witnessing such a dramatic down turn? Why would a
Knight suddenly turn round to be mad, as claimed?
You may recall that independence, as granted to African States, was simply
cosmetic. It was arranged so that the white faces in all public places were
simply replaced with black faces. In all fairness, the white men went
through the door and came back through the window.
This has given rise to the new phenomenon called Neo-colonialism, where the
Europeans have taken the back seats but with a stranglehold on African
economies.If you wanted to guarantee your stay in power, as a leader, it was
prudent not to challenge the established order or you were simply booted
out.
When you accepted it then your mouth was always oiled while your people
languished in poverty. If you doubt what I say, then meet the former
President of the Congo Republic, Pascal Lissuba, to explain to you why he
was booted out by a pro-French leader like Denis Sassou Nguesso.
We have leaders in Africa who are more vicious and have stayed in power than
Mugabe. Why are they not being mentioned? Check round their States and see
whether the people are any better.
Mugabe's only woe is that, so far, he is the only one who is taking the
liberation struggle of the African people from a political realm to an
economic realm! This is a no go area and it is tickling the bile of the
British. The land issue is very thorny but the former British Prime
Minister, Tony Blair, knows the truth.
Mugabe had negotiated with John Major, another former British PM. Major was
warm towards compensating the British landowners for the land to be given
back to the blacks but Blair called off the deal. This irked Mugabe, and
what followed is now history.
Have you bothered to find out what gave Mugabe his knighthood which has been
hurriedly withdrawn by the Queen? It is true the Zimbabweans might not have
had the necessary technical know-how to manage the farms but that cannot be
responsible for the collapse of the economy.
The answer is that there is a conspiracy by the west to foster regime change
using economic sanctions.That is the more reason why it is difficult for
east and southern African leaders to condemn him outright for it would be
foolhardy. Staying in power this long is out of place for him, like all
others, and so for Mugabe to be kicked out, all others should be pursued
equally with vim and alacrity.
He is not the worst human being. All the others are left at bay because they
are allowing the whites to have their way economically, but Mugabe who dared
to challenge such an order is the devil incarnate and must be discarded!
Mugabe is not mad but doing things that we do not have the courage to do.
The west is insisting that African leaders in the ongoing AU summit must
condemn Mugabe but this is not working as they have chosen to embrace and do
business with him. Instead of condemning him, they have rather called for a
national union government, which means the leaders accept his leadership. Is
that not an indicator that there is something wrong with the Western
campaign?
Let us try to wear our thinking caps and stop being led by the nose and told
what to do in the 21st century courtesy the BBC and CNN. These cable
connections in our homes may be more destructive to us and is acting as a
preventive mechanism for the decolonisation of our current neo-colonialist
ethos.
It is high time we created our own BBC and CNN to counter such negative
portrayal of happenings of the continent.
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