His facial and other physical gestures were telling. He looked very angry and uncontrollable. Remember this is a full military general and acting President of the country. Those of us who saw the general patiently shuttling between JMT army headquarters and state house from 15th to 21st of November last year are seeing a bit different person. He may have reasons to be angry asi nyoka huru ngairege kuzviruma.
When the general was appointed VP for the first time there were many wailers we heard complaining that he needed a gradual transition from military hard disciplinarian to a soft as wool civilian leader. We vehemently opposed their argument as hollow and useless. But today we are proud to somehow agree with them.
Our VP General Chiwenga need good advisers who can help him on public relations and imaging side. We expect to be very much composed and tranquil each time he addresses the public civilians. We love our General Chiwenga sando yedu. To us he is double hero in one life and must be so into eternity. One thing the new dispensation needs to address urgently is media and general technical advice, which is very lacking. Ministers are left alone to rush forward until they hit technical and legal brickwalls in a country full of experts on almost everything.
When I left Zimbabwe 20 years to work as a financial and management adviser in SADC region, I was shocked to see how every department had legal, technical, financial and planning advisers whose functions and responsibilities are to produce well researched, formulated, argued and document important notes in their respective perspectives according to the law, rules, regulations and procedures. Ministers, deputy ministers, permanent secretaries, national directors, provincial directors, etc, have to take decisions based on such advice.