The First Vice President of Zimbabwe Mr Emmerson Mnangagwa who was recently appointed to the position together with his fellow former CIO friend Mr Phelekezela Mphoko, has claimed that when he was a young boy in Zambia Dabengwa and his compatriots wanted to kill him for allegations of insulting Dr Joshua Nkomo. Mr Mnangagwa has sensationally claimed that the chilling plot was discussed in front of him. What is more telling is how he was rescued from the alleged pending demise. He uses his home boy to rescue him Mr Leopold Takawira. This clearly shows that Mr Mnangagwa’s script is clearly choreographed to achieve a certain goal, but more so it shows his unflinching tribalism which has been the hallmark for his entire political career.
“When you hear Mr Mnangagwa singling out an individual an apportioning blame on that individual you must know that he is plotting to harm that individual or those who support that individual” argued Mr Christopher Maphosa the ZAPU Europe Chairperson.
Mr Maphosa is widely credited for mature leadership whereby he managed to rescue ZAPU from the jaws of infiltrators, moles and CIOs in Europe.  Mr Maphosa is a trained ZPRA soldier; his training was done in Zambia and in Eastern European countries. Mr Maphosa through his revolutionary and exemplary leadership has managed to bring stability and unity in ZAPU Europe and other provinces have been asking him to share his secrets.
Mr Maphosa argues that as much as ZANU PF has entrenched itself through the use of state machinery, however, its modus operandi has remained the same, ‘blame and then subdue’ the blamed has been its favourite operational tactics. Mr Maphosa reminded the people of how ZANU PF started blaming ZAPU in the early 1980s of all of the country’s ills with an aim of subduing ZAPU, he went on to say that the trend continued with Ndabaningi Sithole who was accused of plotting to kill Mugabe; and so was Mr Tswangirayi in the Ben Menash saga.
“For Mnangagwa, basically his accusations against ZAPU and Dabengwa are two fold, first, as has been stated, Mnangagwa has faced an onslaught from academics, ZAPU and other political activists for his direct involvement in the gukurahundi genocide, by blaming ZAPU and Dabengwa he is trying to elicit sympathy from unsuspecting public, he wants to be seen as if he was defending himself not senseless and unprovoked aggression against innocent and unarmed people” explained Mr Maphosa.
“Secondly, by blaming Dabengwa and ZAPU, he is clearly sending a warning to ZAPU and those who support ZAPU that the second genocide is in the offing, however, Mr Mnangagwa this time will not find takers for his antics, the people of Zimbabwe want to deal with the 1980s genocide and they will not allow Mnangagwa to kill in their name again”. Continued Mr Maphosa.
ZANU PF has never faced resistance since its inception, but has always been an aggressor. During the war, ZANLA cadres attacked ZPRA forces, during the demobilisation process in the early 1980s the ZANLA guerrillas attacked ZPRA forces and from 1982 to 1987 ZANU and all its security machinery attacked unarmed ZAPU supporters and those who were perceived to be Ndebeles in an act of ethnic cleansing. ZANU has come to believe in its false invincibility. Everyone knows that ZANU has not been brought to book for all its acts of aggression and this impunity may encourage them to carry other vicious acts of aggression against Dr Dumiso Dabengwa and ZAPU supporters. Once beaten twice shy, they say it is only a fool who will continually turn the other cheek.
Dabengwa and ZAPU this time around should be prepared to fight fire with fire, no more letting ZANU do as it pleases against innocent people.
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Written by Thulani Nkala
Released by ZAPU Europe Information Publicity and Marketing Department
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