By A Correspondent | In a classic way the late King Lobengula’s envoys were duped and diverted from meeting Queen Victoria, in the late 1800s, ZANU PF leader Emmerson Mnangagwa on Monday pushed away MDC President Nelson Chamisa’s aides from meeting South Africa President Cyril Ramaphosa’s special assignees to the Zimbabwe crisis.
Chamisa’s team was kept the whole day trapped between pillar and post as Mnangagwa confined Ramaphosa’s envoys to himself at state house.
BREAKING- ZANU PF has denied the South African envoy sent by @PresidencyZA the chance to meet any group in Zimbabwe including the opposition saying there is no crisis in Zimbabwe. #ZimbabweanLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/ByeRFYeHC1
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 10, 2020
They are in country due to atrocities committed by Mnangagwa himself in events that have accelerated for 37 years to date since the 4th May 1983 and l that have seen more than 22,000 people killed. In the last two years alone more than 25 people have been killed and more than 50 women raped, as Mnangagwa on live television video threatening to shorten the lives of multitudes of people who voice dissenting views from his. On the 15th of December 2017 his office announced in his presence that the military would be used to change election results making them favourable to him and his party and over 6 people would would later be killed during the days when election results were delayed between the 31st July and the 1st of August 2018. When 5 months later 17 people were shot dead in the open, and more than 50 women raped in January 2019, Mnangagwa publicly boasted saying that none of the
African leaders would criticise him because he has deployed his own public reputation agents
to every country to ensure that they are submerged
under his narrative of events. He made this announcement to the people of Mwenezi in February 2019whom he also threatened that he would shorten the lives of their multitudes, in what he termed mazuva enyu achaunyana.
On the 4th of January 2020 Emmerson Mnangagwa announced in the capital city Harare that he would deploy the army against civilians once he suspects that they are guilty of stopping the rain, literally.
Is he repeating the same thing today?
In 2008, Morgan Tsvangirai revealed how Mnangagwa himself attempted to block unity talks between MDC and Zanu PF.
In the same year, Mnangagwa personally ordered the military junta to eliminate MDC supporters across the country.Hundreds of opposition supporters were murdered while thousands were maimed. Mnangagwa would later boast on camera saying he is the one who personally forced former President Robert Mugabe to accent to a claim that Tsvangirai did not achieve the 51% standard mark, something disproved by Mugabe who leaked that the MDC leader had infact won a 72% thunderous majority.
Highly placed impeccable sources revealed to ZimEye on Monday that Mnangagwa has barred Nelson Chamisa’s team from meeting President Ramaphosa’s envoys. At the time of writing, Mnangagwa’s spokesman George Charamba was still to reply questions sent him.
A report at the end of day said that Mnangagwa has since sent Ramaphosa’s team back to South Africa after meeting them alone.
MDC Alliance Spokesperson Fadzayi Mahere announced in a statement saying:
The MDC Alliance was formally requested to be available for a meeting today, the 10th of August 2020, with the special envoys that were deployed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to Zimbabwe. A delegation remained on standby from 10am this morning only to be advised at the end of the day that the special envoys would be returning to South Africa without meeting the MDC Alliance delegation in order to brief President Ramaphosa on the outcomes of their meeting with Mr Mnangagwa.
We can only assume that the failure to meet the MDC Alliance delegation was as a result of demands made by the Zanu PF delegation.
We reiterate that Zimbabwe is in a state of crisis that has been characterized by a de facto state of emergency,a crackdown on citizens, abductions. arbitrary arrests of government critics and the political persecution of journalists.
The Government in Harare is incapable of resolving these challenges because it lacks legitimacy. We are of the firm view that any solution to the ongoing socio-economic challenges lies in resolving the political crisis and answering the outstanding legitimacy question. It is clear that Mr Mnanangagwa is not ready to resolve the national crisis through genuine dialogue. However, the deteriorating plight of the Zimbabwean people means that a political settlement is more urgent than before. We will continue to mount pressure on Mr Mnangagwa to engage in sincere dialogue until the national crisis is resolved.
Why did you block President @CyrilRamaphosa 's envoys from meeting @nelsonchamisa 's ambassadors today @nickmangwana @Jamwanda2 ? https://t.co/B6GBMdg86m
— ZimEye (@ZimEye) August 10, 2020
WHY DO YOU THINK MNANGAGWA IS DOING THIS?