MDC-T Praises Ian Smith – OPINION
DISCLAIMER: The below opinion is the writer’s alone
At a recent public seminar organised by the Mass Public Opinion Institute (MPOI), one man, an MDC-T supporter received a standing ovation for making a statement praising former Rhodesia-Zimbabwe Head of State Ian Smith.
There was ululation and a deafening clapping of hands. His statement even got endorsement from Obert Gutu. What had this man really said to merit such praise?
The man, who is in his fifties, old enough to have witnessed the cruelty of the Smith regime, said life was far much better during colonial period than today. The audience in the auditorium went into rupture over that statement. A silly statement thrills silly men.
It is sad and strange that thirty-five years after independence, which came as a result of heroic sacrifices by the gallant sons and daughters of this country, some people still believe that the Smith regime was better.
Even in the Bible, some people longed for a past evil epoch because of temporary hardships. They even went to an extent of beseeching Moses and Aaron to take them back to Egypt where they lived under undignified bondage of Pharaoh.
It is not surprising that this man could be one of those natives employed in the mercenary enterprise by the colonial regime administration to unleash cruelty on his kindred. Of course, many sell-outs availed themselves as willing tools in the perpetration of the wicked colonialism.
This group of people saw and they still see nothing wrong in the way Smith treated Africans as animals. They enjoyed eating what fell from the white man’s table. As such, they see no evil in the colonial rule of the same.
Unfortunately, this man vomited his unintelligible comment in the presence of the young people who mistaken his vociferousness for a fact. Worse still with the endorsement from Gutu, the gullible youths were completely misguided. The need to guard the youths from misguiding elements who use their mouths more than their minds inspired the writing of this article.
Even Morgan Tsvangirai himself is on record saying he missed Rhodesia. In July 2014 during the launch of a national youth assembly jobs campaign, Tsvangirai said, “When I was a worker in the mine in1975, I was being paid Z$450 but those were equal to pounds. Takamwa doro tikange ticharutsa nemari iyi but, of course, those were the old days, handichamwi zvangu but we recall those days with nostalgia.”
The MDC-T is a party that is missing a bigoted system. It is a party that celebrates and glorifies oppression. A party with a leader who longs for beer, instead of means of production. It is a party with officials who have the cheek to grace the reunion of the Rhodesian Forces commemoration, an event that honours former Rhodesian soldiers. What do you expect from his lieutenants?
The subject under discussion on this particular day was on the topical vending issue. It was from this debate that these hallucinations cropped up.
Gutu and this fantasist must tell the audience the status of vending during the time they wish to roll back. An honest analysis of the vending situation then would leave the same youths baying for the blood of Gutu and those missing Rhodesia.
You cannot compare independent Zimbabwe with the colonial government that promulgated a number of laws and policies that regulated the co-existence of white settlers and the blacks in urban setups. These laws ensured total subjugation of the indigenous people.
The infamous Pass Laws of 1902 regulated the movement of Africans in the white settler areas. There were streets in the Central Business District (CBD) of Harare and other cities where Africans were barred. An African could be arrested merely for walking along the First Street, let alone vending. The surface of the same streets is literally obscured by wares of the illegal street vendors.
It takes someone high as a kite to compare lives in the two eras. The majority of the MDC-T supporters were evidently high on drugs while others were even taking larger in the auditorium. It is important to remind them that they were not even allowed to drink that clear beer in the Rhodesian days. It is a mystery and suspicious that Tsvangirai drank it to the extent of throwing up.
It is, therefore, an insult to the gallant sons and daughters of this country, who lost limbs and precious lives fighting against that regime.
The youths must be referred to the notorious Urban Registration and Accommodation Act of 1954 that created African townships known as ghettos for African workers in urban areas. Their accommodation units were predominantly hostels, which lacked proper sanitation. Blacks were restricted to the reserves while Harare was a preserve for the whites.
The MDC-T must admit that life was good in Zimbabwe until the formation of that Western project which thrives on the politics of the stomach. The present status lies right at the feet of the MDC-T.
In any case, ZANU PF is not against vending. All that the revolutionary party wants is a regulated and orderly vending system. At one time, a ZANU PF legislator was nearly skinned alive by the MDC-T after he spoke in support of street vendors in the august house. He and his party were accused of promoting lawlessness in the urban centres. It is that lawlessness that the government is trying to eradicate.
It is baffling that the MDC-T has taken such a sudden about turn on vending. Asked by the Financial Gazette in May this year, on whether the Harare City Council had given away the city to the vendors, Harare Mayor Bernard Manyenyeni said, “They were not welcome from day 1 and they will never be welcome.”
One does not need to be clever to know that Manyenyeni is not a ZANU PF mayor. It was not a ZANU PF leader, who used to ridicule vendors and land reform beneficiaries saying, “munongomera kunge hova.” When has the MDC-T started sympathising with the people who sprout like mushrooms?
The MDC-T is just shedding crocodile tears to get political profit from the vending crisis. The MDC-T always thrives on crisis. However, that politicking will not work out as the vendors have already seen through the sinister agenda up the sleeves of the MDC-T. Bonafide vendors are moving in to the designated vending sites and only those advancing the MDC-T agenda are resisting. They must face the full wrath of the law. If they fly with the crows, they get shot with the crows.
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There is only one incident in which Ian smith came out and showed true racism. That was when he and his Rhodesian front cronies were in a meeting in their offices and they burst into a song ‘De bobbyjaan clim de berg”- the baboon climbs the mountain referring to a nationalist who was in the headlines at the time.
I believe that Ian smith genuinely regarded blacks as an inferior evolutionary human being, and whites a genetically superior human being.
Ian Smith’s workers on his farm and his house stayed with him for many many years. This showed that he treated them with kindness and respect. So smith was not a low class racist that threatens to beat up the baboons.
However don’t forget a person may have a dog who he loves and treats well, and the dog can love and trust him… but a dog is a dog, not a person. That would most closely define his relationship with blacks.
So Iam smith treated blacks close to him well but still was a racist
Do you have any resources that show Ian Smith saying he hated blacks? Anything would be interesting – You tube videos, newspaper clippings, book extracts, etc….
Or do you have any resources where Smith refers to people of a different colour to him with the derogatory and insulting language as you have listed above? If so please post.
I just ask because I noticed R.G. Mugabe’s comments at the A..U. regarding “white faces and pink noses.” And I have seen several other instances of him using terms like “mabhunu.”
Do you have any resources that show Ian Smith saying he hated blacks? Anything would be interesting – You tube videos, newspaper clippings, book extracts, etc….
Or do you have any resources where Smith refers to people of a different colour to him with the derogatory and insulting language as you have listed above? If so please post.
I just ask because I noticed R.G. Mugabe’s comments at the A..U. regarding “white faces and pink noses.” And I have seen several other instances of him using terms like “mabhunu.”
my father was born in rhodesia ,he is in UK right now,like most zimbos who have seen this countries economic and social decay..modern day zimbabwe has seen more deaths of opposition activists than rhodesia.so dont rubbish the issue,to correct you i was born in a rhodesia that was just black coated to zimbabwe but carrying the same oppressive values ,what has changed is the street names,cabinet and economy .you will probably tell us of how harsh rhodesia was as if Zimbabwe is not
aaaaaah HEZVO KA, its also really really pathetic that you don’t even kno what is happening in Zimbabwe. On the 11th of this Month pple will be marching for Itai Dzamara’s abduction, is it Ian Smith? Learnmore Jongwe died how? Was learnmore Jongwe found guilty of that accusation and which court had ruled out that?
Who burnt Rex (Mujuru) in his house? Is it Smith regime? Who introduced the short sleeved where by pple were cut their hands? Who tortured Tsvangira, Chamisa etc, who killed poor people the people in Chiadzwa? is it David Coltart? Who killed Topngogara, is it Coltart?
Thus yo homework Mr. Hezvo ko, I thinkn u didn’t kno about this.
Veduwee musazonyepawo zvakapusa kudai…EXACTLY where in Rhodesia were houses built & given free??!! You’re just hallucinating!! Do you know kuti blacks were NOT allowed kuma “dale-dale” and needed passes to be there unless you were cooks, garden “boys”, nannies??!!
Rogoman, it’s quite clear that you love rumours & hearsay which you simplistically hold onto as truth!! It’s also painfully clear that you have no idea whatsoever what life was like in Rhodesia!! For your own info:
1. On harassment of journallists , there were times when the Rhodesia Herald was actually printed with many “blank” spaces as a form of protest against govt censorship
2. Learnmore Jongwe was NOT killed by the govt; he died after a “crime of passion” involving his wife
3. Since you appear ignorant of Ian Smith’s crimes let me remind you of a few: the murder of defenceless & innocent school kids at Freedom Camp (Zambia), as evidenced by the books that fluttered in the wind after the ruthless bombing; the cruel forced relocation of civilians to tsetse-infested areas like Gokwe, championed by people like David Coltart, the killing of innocent children, men & women and throwing their bodies down disused mine shafts like at Chibondo
Chihombori, it’s quite clear that you weren’t born during the Rhodesian era hence your delusions & hallucinations!!!
Ian Douglas Smith and Rhodesia are DEAD & BURIED!!….and so is MDC-T
those who advocate the return of Ian smith must be just mocking the present government, and cannot be serious.
1. According to evolution taught in Rhodesian schools, indigenous Zimbabweans were a lower species of human that gave whites the right to rule with force over africans.
2. Africans were kaffirs, houts munts and various other insulting terms
3. African workers were often deemed to have a need for a severe physical beating so they would work according to Rhodesian standards.
4. Ian smith often commented that in spite of this, africans were ‘very happy’.
5. anyone who disagreed with the Rhodesian abuse was called ‘political’ and if he fought for freedom was called a terrorist and hung at the gallows.
so, those who claim that smith was good, are you prepared to live under that way of life?
Pamberi gallant sons of Rhodesia. Regime change. Mob justice to zpuff criminals. Psi mugarbage
pathetic article return the country back and we will take it our selves,those who lsot their limbs during the struggle were paid and dully compensated,hence they were not doing a service to the country but working..iam smiths rhodesia was better than this crap you claim we should value ..a nation of vendors ,a nation of consumenrs but not producers ,a nation full of PHd`s but not a dot of intelligence to find a solution to one of the countrys problems,a nation that idolises speaches and newpapers articles,well spoken english from leaders,who by facts are proven worst leaders..a nation full of academics,executives who run companies down .this country is shit of shits nothing works .at least smithes rhodesia worked,blacks didnt pay taxes,whites taxed themselves,yet provided for the majority,they built roads,cities,dams,without revenue from the blackman in terms of taxes,now we tax every man through VAT,paye,customs duty but cant even repair potholes,water is soo grey its now green water ,no zesa,.in rhodesia they would reach standard 6,and work in good jobs and the xuls were less,now every turn you have colleges ,universities but producing literate unproductive labour incapable of creating new solutions for the countries development..fuck off keep your current zimbabwe and we will keep our hopes not for rhodesia but a country surely better than this hell hole of a nation,with a centurian old and tired king and a mad queen who rants and fires everyone the moment she has a period pain
yo words ar so painful and powerful
Its surprising that there are some people who think that there is independents in Zimbabwe? Thus very pathetic of u guys. If there is independent in Zimbabwe why is it that journalists are being abducted non-ZANU PF pple harassed?
Smith was far much better coz he didn’t kill any white person during his tenure unlike Mugabe who started butchering his pple during the war the late seventies until now people are being killed.
Who abducted Itai Dzamara, is it Ian Smith? Who butchered Learnmore Jongwe, is it Ian Smith? Who roasted Solomon Mujuru, is it Ian Smith?, who killed a lot of MDC supporters since the year 2000, is it Ian Smith? aaaaah vakomana zvimwe muchionawo vakomana kuti hurumende yamaTibili iyi ineutsinye hunopfuta moto.
2008 pakaurawa vanhu vazhinji kwazvo, maoko nemakumbo achidimburwa. Zvakaitwa nehurumende yamugabe. Ikozvino arikudzinga vanhu vaimbove veZANU PF mumapurazi hameno kuti program yake inombonzi kudii?
The ululation and clapping is not an indication of the audience’s reverence of Smith but it is an indictment of the current government and system which in the eyes of the clappers is pushing the country further into the abyss..
During Rhodesia people had dreams of a better country. It was accepted by the world that Smith’s racism was bad. People were encouraged to oppose it and later fight it. Honestly with this Zanupf there is very little or no hope at all. Suffering seems to have come to stay and when Mugabe and his chief supporters have eaten then even the hungry person must feel that they are full. Zanupf chefs are now giving protection guarantees to whites who are looting minerals and other things like ivory. We read of kilograms of gold being smaggled into neighbouring South Africa. When the culprits get arrested the case just disappears into thin air. The very whites that Mugabe insults are pouring thousands if not millions into Zanupf coffers so that they are protected as they loot resources. Oh yes indeed Rhodesia was better. Racism was less painful than tribalism, regionalism, politics of patronage in a hopeless and endless suffering as a result of a fellow black tyrant.
A silly statement thrills silly man-who told you that you yourself is not silly?.Are you a journalist calling people names?Where are your ethics.Handichakutuki hangu nokuti ndingazita benzi sewe
I hope you can see me taking off my hat for you.Kutukana kunokonzerwa nema journalists anonyora akarerekera rimwe divi.Zvinobva zvagumburisa vamwe.Journalist has to give balanced views and is not supposed to react to readers like what Shumba did.The profession demands you to stand on your point, state the facts, not to be emotional.Shuma failed any real test of a journalist.If journalist start calling people silly,what more readers?Please journalists, set a discussion forum which is friendly.Not kunyora makakunga zvibhakera ko vaverengi vodii?
As you can see, people do not use facts but emotions.This is because of unbalanced views from people who are supposed to be opinion leaders.Unfortunately, they want to label all who do not support ZANU stupid.Just liik at Ex Rhodie, he was quick to say a monkey to someone with a different view.He then met hardliners from the opposite.Such trading of war is bad.If we can do this online, what more when the elections come? My view is,Rhodesia was better in welfare but poor in human rights.Mugabe took over with a promise of a democratic Zimbabwe,offering equal opportunities.But it is totally the opposite.The people are in abject poverty.No water in Ruwa for the past 10 years,electricity,parastatals.And is it Smith who removed the electric rail lines from Harare to Gweru? This government is just associated with failures.If a government fails to provide food, then it has failed the first test.Thats my view
Ko kutukana ndekwei. Chingonyora mafacts ako then mumwe opindura. Unofunga kuti ukatuka ndokuti munhunatye kutaura pfungwa dzake. There are a lot of things that are not being done properly especially if one once lived during the Smith peripod . People tend to compare what they enjoyed and what they are not enjoying. If one is living in South Africa and then he sees some things being done in a better way to him than he might be seeing them in Zimbabwe can you fault him for commenting positively. Mugabe if he wants to get our praise he should do certain things better than Smith. We can not always praise him even for mediocrity. Smith was good at other things and bad on others like all human beings are. Mugabe is good on other things and bad on others. The bone of contention with Mugabe is that he is bad on things that he used to motivate people to fight Smith. The things that he used to blame Smith for not doing properly are the very things he is now doing wrongly. Why is the AIPPA. What is happening during elections the blood letting and violence. Where is the one man one vote that we fought for. Why are they taking farms from BLACK people who have been removed from zanu pf. Vindictiveness. Black being cruel on Black. Is that what we fought for. If that was being done by white we would call it colonialism but then it is being done by fellow black man what then do we call it. The bitter thing is that its done by your kin. And more to it its being done by the person who was at the forefront of denouncing the system.
Kana wakapiwa munda enda unorima mbeva pane kuwawata .Every time blacks blacks.We are not here to discuss race.We want to discuss facts.Give us facts as o why you say Zimbawe is better than Rhodesia.Chuchu said elders above 65 were not paying buses, and its a fact.So what are you facts besides besides being injected a white hating drug? So do not come back to this forum.You are officially expelled.Talk sense
The problem with you son of a bitch is that you don’t have any yardstick to use in comparison besides stupidity.You must focus on what basics are, and if they are available to the people.For your own information compare health, food, jobs, housing etc.During Rhodesia, houses were constructed and people given for free.Is it done today?Smith left more than 300 government houses owned by the state in Mt Pleasanr, Borrowdale , Mabelreign and others.Your husband Mugabe and his gang looted those houses for prices worth a lof of bread.Think with your head and stop emotions here
Tafara shumba, they is a very thin line between education and wisdom, From your article you sound very educated but you lack that wisdom, actually you are a simple of country which has gone to the dogs. I think you are one of those few weird and nasty people who are joining ZANU by the night only to serve their own interests.
You must be a monkey, how many blacks were allowed to settle in town then? compare the numbers and if the ZANU PF GVT CHASES every idiot who is doing nothing in town and back to the farms, you will cry human rights abuses. There was forced labor at the commercial farms, total slavery.
i dont like people who ague using empty rhetoric, give us factual statistics and do an objective comparison of the two eras. We have various indices used to measure different elements of living standards.
Munyori akasiyirwa dumwa rekutadza kufocuser shuwa hauna kuaddressesr whether standrds of life were better in RHodesia or now iwe toro kutaura zve politics tinozviziva izvozvo addresser issue yakataurwa with statistical evidence. Iwe unosevenza here uneimba yako here urikubhadhara mabills ako ese here urikukwanisa kunorapwa zvkanaka kana wrarwara here. ko maternal ne infant mortality zvirikuimprover here are people earning masalaries ari right here wochituudza kuti nguva yerhodesia zvangazvakadini unenge waseva ukadaro
This is another masterpiece of foolishness.When are you ever going to report on progree to be done to better the people?Every time its MDC T.Hate speech has now become the order of the day with Zimeye.No wonder why some columnists do not put their names because even cats and dogs will laugh at them.Mugabe preaches hate speech and has now become a cancer among blind supporters.In your article, you said people sprout like mushroom.All including Mugabe knows why.Give the people jobs and you will see no one in the streets selling anything.This thing of calling others silly is really uncalled for if the writer is a trained journalist.This only happens when an emotional drunk boarder gezi member is given a platform to let loose his tongue on MDC T.
MDC T was high on drugs!! Really? Why then didn’t you call police since you are so close to your comrades?This kind of cheap propaganda and hatred will never get us anywhere.For your own information,Rhodesia was far much better than Zimbabwe.Thats why it attracted Malawians ,Mozambicans and Zambians who now make at least 20% of the national population.
There was Omnibus, elders aged 65 and above were not paying.Children less than 7 were not paying.Tell me one thing which is better besides taking land and giving girlfriends and military?Calling a spade a spade, you can not compare Rhodesia and Zimbawe.Rhodesia had surplus reserves which Mugabe and his crew squandered in the year 1980-1995.Smith was a genius in economy.Ask Mugabe, they only finished his reserves in the early 90s and then started the confusion.I don’t comment with emotions but with facts.So go to the achives and research before you start vomiting land land and Zimasset
Kudos to you, a well thought out article, unlike what most of the barking idiotic dogs post here.