“At the heart of Zimbabwe’s tragedy, is the existence of adults who lack the critical thinking to understand that SANCTIONS will go away if Mnangagwa simply followed the Zimbabwean constitution. Such ignorance is frightening & makes us a laughing stock!” twittered Hopewell Chinono.
I had to read the twitter three times just to be certain I understood the statement because coming from Chinono; who until now was an ardent Mnangagwa apologist, to put it mildly; speaks volumes. Of course, Chinono is right!
Indeed, given the many stories of billions of dollars the nation has lost and continue to lose to this day through corruption; it beggars belief that anyone still failed to see that sanctions was just a Zanu PF five-legged hare. In 2016 former President Robert Mugabe admitted the nation was being swindled out of US$15 billion in diamond revenue. No nation can afford that level of economic haemorrhage especial one with a mere US$ 10 billion GDP like Zimbabwe!
Of course, sanctions were always a feeble excuse for decades Zimbabwe’s economic meltdown, which predates the sanctions anyway, but Zanu PF has religious stuck to sanctions because it had no other excuse. Mnangagwa had even talked his fellow SADC leaders to once again go hunting with him for this five-legged hare, sanctions. The leaders, in their infinite wisdom, have instructed the SADC Secretariat to formally ask the AU and UN to back the regional body in demanding the lifting of the sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe.
One can only imagine the consternation Chinono’s twitter is causing in Zanu PF circles, given that many of the party's hardliners counted him as one of their own. There will be no such consternation amongst SADC leaders, most of them are fools and therefore the twitter will make them look their normal selves!
As for Hopewell Chinono, this is certainly your Saul to Damascus moment! Was it the disappointment of not being invited to join the Mnangagwa bandwagon? Or was it the hyperinflation, the countless romantic dinners because of 18 hours a day every day ZESA load-shedding, shortages of fuel, bread, etc. that forced you to finally open your eyes. Whatever bolt of inspiration forced you to open your eyes; we, the long suffering povo, welcome you Comrade like the errant prodigal son!
Well Hopewell Chinono had certainly gone the extra mile in his support of President Mnangagwa and his new dispensation. His disappointment with Mnangagwa must be great for him to now come out and mock his former Zanu PF contacts who still pretend sanctions have nothing to do with free elections.
ReplyDeleteWhat is interesting is that Chinono never believed any of the nonsense he wrote in support of Mnangagwa. He did it to win favours. The real tragedy is that Zimbabwe has more than her fair share of sell-outs like Chinono. I do not believe for one moment that people like Professor Mthuli Ncube and Minister Kirsty Coventry do not know that Zanu PF rigged last year's elections and the regime is therefore illegitimate. They knew that but still accepted working for the regime because they could not say no to the thirty pieces of silver bribe dangled in front of them.
One of these fine days, Zimbabwe must stop and have a proper spring-cleaning of the country's many professional sell-outs. No nation has ever prospered when every third or fourth citizen is Judas Iscariot in all but name!