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There is new leadership in Zimbabwe now, as we all know, and I think we are all happy about that. We are hoping for new leadership in South Africa and by that I mean leaders from a different family, a leader who does not have a house in the Nkandla Compound. Hopefully Zimbabwe is a good sign for that, although one hears of potential disruptions of the NEC Conference in December with disputes about delegates, bribes and all sorts of things going on.
For now though I wanted to just ponder a little bit on Zimbabwe. It is sad that Zimbabwe has fallen so far in 37 years that everybody now rejoices at a new leader who is hardly a shining star. The new President was after all the Vice-President of Zimbabwe. He was Mugabe’s right hand man during the time when up to 20,000 of Mugabe’s opponents were apparently killed in the mid-80s. He is known to be a fearless enforcer and of course he has come to power, however we want to discuss it, in a military coup. When he came to power did he promise elections? No, in fact, the exact opposite – he said that Zanu PF will remain in power and warned anybody who thought otherwise!
In other words, we are all tremendously excited that we have finally seen the end of Mugabe, but what everyone is excited about is somebody who basically announced that the country will remain a one party state, that its power cannot be challenged, has a very dubious track record and came to power via a military coup. It is sad that things were so bad that we now even consider that, and it probably is, to be better than the previous situation.
Posted by Michael de Broglio on Monday 08-Jan-18
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Cornelie said:
on Thursday 01-Feb-18 12:52 PM
My whole family lives in Zimbabwe all 5 my uncles and grandparents farms were taken away in a blink of an eye it was so sad to see them leave after all the hard work they have put in but what a relieve it is that the son will shine again for the farmers and workers it will take years to rebuild the country but at least it will bring the employment rate up in Zimbabwe.
Prishani said:
on Monday 29-Jan-18 04:36 PM
I think that the citizens of Zimbabwe are really just desperate for change and hopeful for a brighter future for their country! I hope it all works out for the better.
Ashleigh said:
on Friday 19-Jan-18 08:35 AM
I am happy that Mugabe is eventually out. I really thought he was going to die being the president of that country. All we can do is pray that the country is restored and I'm sure it is going to take years and years for that.
Henrietta said:
on Wednesday 17-Jan-18 11:48 AM
A change was done and hope was given. I just hope change was for the better and not worst. I really hope that there is a bright future for Zimbabwe having a leader with the nickname "crocodile" sound scary. Hopefully the future looks brighter.
brumilde said:
on Wednesday 17-Jan-18 07:59 AM
I really hope Zimbabwe can rebuild themselves. and this also for us in South Africa, who already have one foot in that pathway. i can see how people allowed Mugabe to continue pulling that country into the ground. But here is looking into the future Zimbabwe
patrick said:
on Friday 12-Jan-18 09:03 AM
They say 'change is as good as a holiday ' but same cannot be said about Zimbabwe . The current President of Zimbabwe has for years been part of the system that brought Zimbabwe to his knees . One needs to remember that if it 'wasn't for the fact that ex President was grooming his wife we would not had a coup . So until there is real change, for me this is another leader who does not care about its people but only its close cabal .
Michelle said:
on Friday 12-Jan-18 08:01 AM
People did not have any hope for Zimbabwe and things did indeed change. So maybe we can have a positive outlook for our country in the future.
Brenda Du Toit said:
on Friday 12-Jan-18 07:51 AM
Lets all hope for an positive out come for Zimbabwe.Its is actually very sad to see how the country went down because of one person.
Sarah said:
on Friday 12-Jan-18 07:51 AM
Zimbabwe will take a few years to recover but at least its a new start for them, lets hope South Africa learns from them soon, we don't go down the same mistakes and became other Zimbabwe.
Zindy said:
on Friday 12-Jan-18 07:50 AM
Lets just hope for positive change.... It will take years to improve the country's situation in any event. Any positive change will already be a good thing so lets wait and see what happens.
Melissa said:
on Thursday 11-Jan-18 08:18 AM
Lets hope and Pray for the best and hopefully something good will come from this.
Jolene said:
on Wednesday 10-Jan-18 05:00 PM
I thought any change in Zim will be good but now I’m not so sure anymore. I saw a post on social media from Robert Mugabe’s son that said that this was all part of their plan and that the new leader was his father’s right hand man. I truly hope that we will see a positive change in Zimbabwe.
Angelique Jurgens said:
on Wednesday 10-Jan-18 03:07 PM
It is sad that it comes to the point that - any party, any president is better than the current president. However, what is there to be desired? I think alot of Zimbabweans went back home and I hope it wasn't for nothing. I still have hope for Zimbabwe,,,
Daniella said:
on Wednesday 10-Jan-18 03:04 PM
I feel like this is really hard topic to predict the future, as it can go either way I just hope that if "The Crocodile" doesn't make a good change for Zimbabwe that the people stand together and fight for a better leader and a much more joyful change.
Thabitha said:
on Wednesday 10-Jan-18 09:27 AM
When he was in South Africa during December to meet with Zuma and he said he needed advice's from the older leaders then I started asking myself question about him, what can a person who is trusted to build a country from the dust can learn from Zuma. I was hoping for the best for Zimbabwe but because they didn’t vote for Mnangagwa this is depressing.
Jadine E said:
on Wednesday 10-Jan-18 07:22 AM
As much as we rejoice with Zimbabwe about the new president, we lest forget that he was part/leader of the Guerilla group who killed the more than 20 000 opponent's of Mugabe. Apart from that thus far there haven't really been changes to Zimbabwe.
Liz said:
on Tuesday 09-Jan-18 03:54 PM
All that can really be said here is that perhaps the lesser of two evils was chosen. People are ecstatic about the change of leader albeit under the same ruling party and the fact that the current president was a key orchestrator in the Ndebele genocide. Change was needed in Zimbabwe, let us hope it was a positive change.
Mathilda said:
on Tuesday 09-Jan-18 02:31 PM
I just hoped for some positive change, but seeing that it’s the same party just a different "leader" I’m doubtful
Any change will be good change or will it?
Jadine Richards said:
on Tuesday 09-Jan-18 12:25 PM
The situation in Zimbabwe was just so far gone that any change, even if that change be a potentially harmful change, was welcomed. The new President gave the world hope that the situation in Zimbabwe would hopefully start to improve and that hope it seems is sufficient to let the less attractive qualities of the new President not be the focus of the developments...for now anyway.
Helen said:
on Tuesday 09-Jan-18 07:57 AM
Reading few articles about "The Crocodile" and about his leadership in the country does not give me very positive thought about extreme change in Zimbabwe. Mugabe and Mnangagwa have been comrades for more than three decades! Did Mnangagwa managed to change anything when he was country's first Minister of national security in 1980.
At this moment Zimbabwe ranked 154 out of 176 nations in Transparency International's 2016 Corruption Perceptions Index. Will "The Crocodile" brake the record?
Jessica Apfel said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 01:36 PM
We can rejoice the fact that Mugabe is no longer in power - yet he has been replaced by the 75 year old 'Crocodile'. This name was not given to him out of sheer admiration but because of the ethnic massacre he had a hand in - he was responsible for the murders of several Ndebeles in Matabeleland.
Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for all Zimbabweans to return to the country and has provided a degree of amnesty. We can only be patient and hope that his efforts will be correctly channeled, but yes he does leave much to be desired!
Tamaryn said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 09:53 AM
Rotten replaced rotten and that is not about to bring about the positive change everyone is hoping for. It was a coup after all! He was not elected, there will be no elections, he has sole control over a country which he took by force. No good can come of that.
Nina said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 09:09 AM
It is terrible to think that Zimbabwe was in such a bad state that everyone believes that it can't get any worse even if the new president also has a very bad reputation. We can just hope there will at least be some improvement. At least Zimbabwe showed everyone that they are sick and tired and will not continue to live like that anymore.
Monique Du Preez said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 08:57 AM
The future in Zimbabwe is looking rather ominous if a new organization does not take control soon. However I am of the opinion that the citizens of Zimbabwe will not be silenced that easily, they want freedom and they are willing to fight for that.
Clare said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 08:36 AM
I am hoping that everything gets better in Zimbabwe and South Africa. We can only go up from the Bottom.
Anna said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 08:35 AM
The new leader of Zimbabwe is known as The Crocodile......with a nickname/street name like that I think the Zimbabwean constituents can all look forward to more murky and self serving dealings by their leader
Bianca R said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 08:30 AM
I am not certain as to whether we will see any change in Zimbabwe given that the same 'party' is in charge. One can only have hope that the situation will improve and help the economy of the country, that being said, I do not believe that all Zimbabweans will go home in a rush.
Alexis said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 08:29 AM
All one can do is hope that there will be change from the new leader...but for all we know, he picked up all and most of his skills from Mugabe and will be just as bad. It is great the Mugabe is gone - but is it for the better - all we can do is wait and see and hopefully there will be some change and good change
Michelle D said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 08:21 AM
The vice-president of Zimbabwe should not be celebrated as the leader that will pull Zimbabwe into a better era. The military coup and transfer of leadership of Zimbabwe should rather be seen as a symbol of hope, in that no leader is absolved of responsibility and can rule with unfettered power forever. Should the vice-president rule with the same disregard and absolute authority as Mugabe he may more readily be replaced now that people have experienced this possibility.
david said:
on Monday 08-Jan-18 08:05 AM
nothing will change.
still the same organisation in charge.
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