Mugabe @90

Namuhla lusuku lwakhe lokuzalwa lwesi 90+ uzobe isidla ikhekhe ejabula labakibo eZimbabwe kodwa icala lakhe liyo thethwa nini??

During the month of August 1980,President Robert Mugabe visited North Korea and signed some agreement for the latter to provide some military training to special crack unit called 5th Brigade which was to operate independently from the Zimbabwe National Army command structure and reportly directly to President Robert Mugabe.

After the pass out parade the brigade various battalions were deployed carefully into the territory only occupied by the Matebele Nation where they killed over 40 000 unarmed Matebele men.women and children by locking them into thatched huts with petrol sprinkled all over the hut and the victimes locked up inside and the hut put on fire.In some cases some were thrown into disused mine shafts while alive and some pregnant women bayonetted and the would be mother ordered to eat the flesh of the featus,while some were lined up and shot at point blank range with AK47 and relatives ordered to dig shallow graves and bury their loved ones and ordered to dance on fresh graves singing shona songs praising President Robert Mugabe.This happened between 1982 to 1987.

While all this was happening over 100 000 women were raped and some impregnanted and over 1 000 000 fled and were displaced into South Africa,Botswana,Zambia and some into far flung places like Australia,Canada,New Zealand to name just but a few.The remaining population of about 3 500 000 people were to face naked discrimination in the allocation of social services like education,health,employment,economic empowerment etc .This genocide cleared the way for the deployment of shona personnel into Matebeleland territory in all areas of social life ie police,army,health,judiciary,education,civil service with the exclusion of Matebele potential employees.All opportunities became the presrve of the shona nationals and the situation has remained as is up to date.The government effected much of this through the policy which was euphemistically christened Black Advancement Programme targeting shona people to replace the departing white people in employement.This was later followed by the next policy which as called Land Reform Programme where almost all the land in Matebeleland territory was taken over from the white farmers and given to shona people at the expense of the people of Matebeleland.The current programme called Indigenisation and Economic Empowerement Programme where white owned equity in companies operating in Zimbabwe has taken a simmilar pattern.Matebele nation has remained a victim of President Robert Mugabe discrimination and marginalisation just like the white people who lost their frams and other economic investiments without compesantion.During this time the British government has been visibly active critising the government of President Robert Mugabe excesses when implementing his programmes that affected the white people and became numb about the injustices meted against the Matebele nation.

Vuka Mthwakazi.......