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Constitutional Injustice
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- Written by: Basil Kamombe, Moses Mbano and John Burke
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STOP THE CONSTITUTIONAL INJUSTICE IN ZIMBABWE
We implore the British Government as represented by the Office of the Prime Minister, the Minister for Africa, the FCDO’s Southern Africa Desk and the FCDO’s Zimbabwe desk, as subject to the Election on the 4th July 2024 to action this PETITION; {CLICK HERE TO Read and/or Download}
Through the representations within the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, {New} Government Ministers, UK Embassy in Zimbabwe, the SADC liaison Group and the relations with the US Embassy in Zimbabwe;
We submit the following evidence as to the crimes of the ruling Zanu PF regime of which this PVO Bill is just a recent example.
We beseech the Government of the United Kingdom to entertain a more balanced representation of the interests of Zimbabwe, including opposition spokespeople both here in the UK diaspora, International diaspora and those faithful to the democratic process yet to be fully established by the Zanu PF regime – after 44 years in power.
The Zimbabwean President must not sign the new law proposed; which is the PVO Private Voluntary Organisation Amendment Bill. #STOPPVOBILL
Responding to the ‘PVO hearings’ which took place last week in Zimbabwe, Basil Kamombe a UK based Activist has condemned the violence which likely shows that a number of people present were bussed-in by Zanu-PF ‘elites’ and politicians. Cases of violence were recorded during the hearings.
“This bill is disastrous and especially a time where the Zimbabwean government is just passing laws that are shrinking the democratic space in Zimbabwe.”
How would something that likely benefit the country, but have a group of people singing
“Asingade ngaabude muZimbabwe” meaning if you don’t, want leave Zimbabwe or slogans like “tengesa uone mashura” (sellout and see what happens) it is the language of Zanu-PF and the language of violence to instil fear to those against the Bill,”
The Ghost of Zimbabwean Gold
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- Written by: John Burke {ZHRO}, and various Twitter Posts
- Category: Zimbabwe
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What is ZiG? According to the new 'clown' {oops, Governor} of the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe [RBZ] it, {Zimbabwe Gold - and other Reserves(?) in "support"} has been shoe-horned into Zimbabwe to replace the previous failed currency and currencies "initiatives". The Previous iteration was launched in an equally exciting fanfare at a claimed exchange rate of 1Zim$ to 1 USD, yes One-to-One! On the black market recently, it was trading around 40-45,000 Zim$ to 1USD and in supermarkets at 25,000:1. So an utter failure with the added {bonus} for Zanu PF looters/plunders/thieves that it has stolen the USD wealth of the Nation in exchange for literally worthless 'paper'.
Whilst Bloomberg has reported "success" and commentaries welcomed it {??? how}
Others have cried "Scam" or worse; see below
5th April 2024: Steve Hanke on Twitter/X: ""ZIM's latest financial gamble: ANOTHER "currency" backed by gold tokens, scheduled to be launched late this week. The tokens aren't convertible into gold or gold coins. It looks like another ZIM financial scam. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Gov. John Mushayavanhu = CLUELESS, CROOK, OR BOTH?""
9th April 2024: Steve Hanke on Twitter/X: ""Zimbabwe has introduced a new currency – the ZiG – the 6th in TEN YEARS. The ZiG is supposed to be backed by gold. BUT WHERE’S THE GOLD? Where there’s a ZiG, there’s a ZAG.""
10th April 2024: Dr Walter Mzembi {Ex Zimbabwe Minister} on Twitter/X: ""ZiG exemptions for some sectors are an indictment . Its a cousin currency of the Bond , RTGS as long as it can't buy fuel . Secondly the decision to exempt fuel sector reeks of conflict of interest, where the elite want to save their businesses from collapse but are prepared out of their own decisions to see everything else in Commerce collapse.
Why did you launch this currency then if you didn't have your act together?""
9th April 2024: ZBC News Online {Regime captured News Channel} on Twitter/X: ""ZiG currency will not be weakened by any form of manipulation," says RBZ governor, as illegal forex traders "spend days basking in the sun...""
9th April 2024: ZHRO on Twitter/X in Reply to @ZBCNewsonline: ""On the contrary ZiG is itself “manipulation”, based on empty promises, empty vaults & empty minds. From an illegal regime with a proven history of looting! Of looting Gold, Zimbabwe Gold!
What Independence?
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- Written by: John Burke {ZHRO}, Tryness Ncube, Shamiso Moyo, Tendai Mbofana and Michael Sibangilizwe Nkomo (ZAPU President) et al
- Category: Zimbabwe
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On 18th April 2024 it will be 44 years since an apparent Zimbabwean Independence {18th April 1980} - but there are real and terrible SANCTION's on the majority of the population of Zimbabwe from then until even now!
......not by the EU, UK, US or even SADC - but by the Zanu PF Regime itself! It's impossible to label the regime as a "government" - they have breached every conceivable duty to their citizens for decades - through Intimidation, Oppression and Spies {CIO's}. The campaigns of abductions, beatings, torture, and murder - are specifically designed to keep the population "tractable" - easy to order about, influence, or tell them who they should vote for in the various sham democratic elections.
...the evidence is overwhelming in this regard; {Use the various web links in the text below}
44 years of sanctions by the evil regime, upon the entire population and all its infrastructure must stop!!
A history of all the abductions, torture, murder, Looting, Corruption and Vote Rigging! "A History of Atrocity: Patterns, Perpetrators and Prospects for Accountability for International Crimes in Zimbabwe"" and Also this link to Human Rights Watch to an article published on 15th November 2023
So much so that Amnesty International Zimbabwe have started a campaign today upon the 9th anniversary of the "disappearance" of the protester, Itai Dzamara on the 9th March 2015. See Twitter/X items and the further commentaries by ZHRO and others.
To be continued and added to by additional authors!!
Nick Mangwano Final Speech
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- Written by: @BhudhiGhivhi
- Category: Corruption News
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Nick M pontificating for political satire: From the deadly pen of @BhudhiGhivhi
Permanent Secretary Nick Mangwana:
"And so in closing, allow me to end on a moment of frankness.
It has been a long journey.
From mopping the floors of the psych ward in Nottingham, to rising to the heights of permanent secretary of Information, is no easy feat.
It takes a ruthlessness and shamelessness that few possess.
I had to prove myself time and time again, that I was willing to do whatever it takes to sanitize the misdeeds of our great Party. That there was no depth to which I was not willing to stoop.
No matter how low.
It is a unique talent, for which I sometimes feel, honestly, that I don’t get enough credit.
There are many who say that I am unqualified for any type of high level Govt position and that I particularly have no background or skills in Media and Information.
And they are right.
But... I make up for my lack of knowledge and skill, with RUTHLESSNESS.
And that is the quality my party ZANU PF values most of all.
With this job comes the inevitable requirement to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune. You have to have broad shoulders.
When one wakes up each morning to lie to an entire nation and whitewash atrocities, one will doubtlessly face colossal and widespread criticism from all quarters. You have to have the ability to shut out logic and consciousness, and focus on the job at hand.
That is where I excel.
I abandoned shame a long time ago. I found it serves no purpose.
When you are in the business of abducting activists, stealing elections and looting state resources, there is no room for shame, or empathy, or mercy.
The less you have of these traits, the bigger your bank account!
So it’s an easy choice.
And in line with this theme, I will close with the inspiring words of Shakespeare’s LADY MACBETH:
‘Come, you spirits that tend on mortal thoughts.
Fill me from the crown to the toe top-full of direst cruelty.
Make thick my blood.
Stop up the access and passage to remorse,
That no compunctious vistings of nature shake my fell purpose...
... Come, thick night,
And pall thee in the dunnest smoke of hell,
That my keen knife see not the wound it makes.’
Thank you.🙇🏾♂️”
Zimbabwe - Electoral Aftermath
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- Written by: Blog Post by Michelle Gavin
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While Zimbabwe’s ruling party continues its campaign to quash opposition forces post-election, the Southern African Development Community takes a “business as usual” approach.
November 13, 2023 9:20 am (EST)
Following Zimbabwe’s shambolic August elections, even the normally accommodating Southern African Development Community’s (SADC) observation mission acknowledged that the process “fell short of the requirements of the Constitution of Zimbabwe, the Electoral Act, and the SADC Principles and Guidelines Governing Democratic Elections.” So, what did Southern African leaders do at the most recent SADC Summit in Luanda? They “noted” the observation mission’s report, and nothing more. At a time when African citizens are clearly signaling [PDF] their frustration with manipulated elections and democratic window-dressing serving as cover for corrupt and authoritarian leadership, SADC leaders bury their heads in the sand.
It’s certainly not because the post-election trend line in Zimbabwe is positive, or because “quiet diplomacy” is bearing any fruit. Political violence persists in the wake of the elections. In early November, opposition member of parliament Takudzwa Ngadziore reported being abducted and violently assaulted, becoming at least the third opposition figure to report such treatment since the August elections. Still more have been arrested on spurious charges.
The state also has sustained its campaign of aiding and abetting political identity theft. First, a group with little real political base was assisted by Zimbabwe’s pliant judiciary in co-opting the name and resources of the Movement for Democratic Change, the country’s main opposition party for years, and forcing the real opposition to rebrand as the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) in 2022. Most recently, after a person claiming to be the “interim Secretary-General” of the CCC wrote to the speaker of the National Assembly claiming that fifteen newly elected opposition parliamentarians were no longer members of the party, riot police were dispatched to expel them from the chamber. The letter’s author has no legitimate claim to any leadership position in the CCC; he simply gave himself a title and carried on to pursue the agenda of the ruling ZANU-PF, which aims to hold by-elections to fill those seats in their quest to build a majority large enough to change the constitution. The same imposter has asked the Minister of Local Government to remove elected mayors and city councilors who were elected under the CCC banner. The absurdity of the situation is in part intended to convey the notion that petty infighting pervades the political scene, and that Zimbabwean citizens should simply steer clear.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa and his inner circle believe they can act with near-total impunity. While Southern African leaders bemoan the way Zimbabwe’s protracted crisis leads to politically explosive migration and dampens investor enthusiasm, they are unable or unwilling to confront the problem. It’s the same failure of leadership that has plunged other African regions into dangerous instability.
Reina Patel contributed to the research for this article.
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