Tererai Rushwaya| While at the MDC UK Congress I had a bit of a brain wave. I really think there is a lot more the MDC in the UK can do to support the movement in Zimbabwe. In the meantime I will briefly adumbrate on two key areas which I believe need a lot of effort from this side.

Funding

The MDC in the UK should do more to raise funds for the party. It is common knowledge that the party desperately needs funding for a number of things between now and 2023. First of all, the party needs to set up effective anti-vote rigging infrastructure in every constituency in Zimbabwe – that requires loads of money! Secondly, the party needs to create intellectual capital which enables them to effectively control the political discourse in the country. Here, I am talking about an official 24 hour radio station and an online TV streaming service – that requires loads of money too!. The diaspora will have to play a huge part in this because most likely these media portals would have to be run from outside Zimbabwe.

Targeted Demonstrations

There is a lot the MDC in UK can do to put pressure on the Zanu regime. The MDC should take advantage of the democratic freedoms they have in the UK and show every Zanu political goblin who comes here to sell their lies to the British establishment that they are not welcome. The MDC should coordinate demonstrations against every one of these Zanu charlatans wherever they go, providing intel on the hotels they sleep in, the conniving Zim embassy or the houses in which they do their extra marital pumping. The message to the regime has to be clear – we do not recognise you as the legitimate authorities in Zimbabwe and as such you should bugger off! Nothing says bugger off better than trolling and pelting eggs at the sods.

In future posts I will discuss in a lot more detail what needs to be done.

Tererayi Rushwaya