MUGABE OUT : Why Zimbabweans Are Good Waiters And Waitresses
31 December 2017
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Maguwu blows the whistle

Farai Maguwu | Some time last year I went to Dakar for a conference. A South African of European origin was speaking so glowingly of Zimbabweans in South Africa. He said when you go to a restaurant you dont even need to ask whether the man or woman waiting on you is a Zimbabwean or South African. He said South Africans are so cold and lazy. On the contrary he said Zimbabweans can even wait on several guests at the same time and ensure all are happy. Time wont permit me to discuss the racial innuendos in his remarks. But in short he insinuated that Zimbabweans are better slaves than South Africans. indeed we very good slaves home and away.

According to an online dictionary ‘a waiter is a person, especially a man, who waits on tables, as in a restaurant’. The word has its origin in the late 14th century where it was used in reference to ‘an attendant or whatchman’. From the late 15th century onwards the word waiter assumed a sense of “servant who waits at tables”, originally in reference to household servants; inns, eating houses etc. The agent noun of the term waiter is ‘wait’. Literally it means ‘wait whilst I eat!’ How true of us?

Zimbabweans are not only good at waiting on tables. In politics they can enter the guinness book of records for being the best ‘waiters’ in the world! For 37 years they waited for something to happen to their ruthless dictator Robert Mugabe. Everyday they woke up hoping to hear the message of his death. Mugabe destroyed Zimbabwe to below ground zero and they kept waiting for something to happen.

In November, after waiting for Mugabe’s departure for decades they made another fatal mistake by handing their future to a military junta and began waiting again for something to happen. Today when you warn them that the country has been captured by the military they get furious, admonishing you for not being patient. ‘Wait, give them a chance,’ they quip.

If a Zimbabwean sees a politician s/he starts smiling at him instead of demanding that the politician account for the promises made and for the taxpayers money. Sick and hungry Zimbos compose songs and practice dances for filthy rich and thieving politicians. I don’t know any other people on earth who are as easy to oppress like Zimbos.Typical of waiters and waitresses, Zimbabweans are only there to serve their politicians and never to be served by them. The poverty and depleted savings of the ordinary man versus the stollen wealth by the politicians says it all. When these politicians drive classy state of the art SUVs the main story that remains in the community is how beautiful the Ministers’s car is. they never question government spending versus service delivery. I am appalled.

Elderly citizens are spending up to 3 – 4 days sleeping on shop pavements ‘waiting’ to withdraw a paltry $10! The very same people now in power are the ones who externalized billions out of the country, sparking this liquidity crisis that has ground our economy to a halt. Some of the cabinet ministers in the not so new cabinet have well documented corruption cases which the educated Zimbos would rather have swept under the carpet as they ‘wait’ for the government to start delivering. There have been fake arrests of corrupt officials whilst the real corruption monsters are in cabinet sharing the spoils. No one is going to be convicted. Its simply meant to excite the excitable populace. The fake arrests are actually a farce. The Most High must be watching from His Holy Hill and laughing at this charade. Laughing because He discerns the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.

Today a section of pro government members of our society are saying we dont need democracy but development. We argue that development only comes if government is held accountable and you can only hold government accountable if it is democratically elected. How can you hold a coup government accountable. Politicians only perform due to two issues: Fear of losing elections and fear of arrest. Both dont exist to the current government. They cant lose elections because they set the rules and use their own partisan officials to run elections. They cant be arrested because they are above the law. The only law that shall hold them accountable is God’s inescapable law since ‘all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds’. There shall be no hiding place for them.

They shall all appear before a righteous Judge who cannot be bribed or intimidated. Then they shall be asked to account honestly for the missing billions, each one shall stand with his loot and explain how they acquired it. Rom 2: 6 God “will repay each person according to what they have done.”[a] 7 To those who by persistence in doing good seek glory, honor and immortality, he will give eternal life. 8 But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow evil, there will be wrath and anger

For now let the waiters and waitresses wait whilst those in power enjoy their meal. Iwe neni tine basa. Asante Sana. Ndichienda hangu???

10 Replies to “MUGABE OUT : Why Zimbabweans Are Good Waiters And Waitresses”

  1. Maguwu the malcontent who made his name foraging on donor money. With Mugabe now gone his new found pastime is to attack poor hardworking Zimbabweans.

  2. Is it that he awakens the sleeping demons in you and cause you to think outside the box – a reality you want to avoid at all costs. Just asking

  3. This writer feels like the i know it better type. If you have acrimony with RG Mugabe that is a personal matter. To majority of the people he is now rightly placed a former head of state. Secondly if you have made it yourself in a high paying job that does not give you a license or passport to demean and demonise those of our people whose profession is “Waiting”.

    If any thing the South African guy was reminding you that if you were not advancing the interests of the white people and not in political activism you could be serving him in his countryof residence in the same manner as you were serving his interests in Dakar.

    Besides i know quite a number of Zimboz who have nevigated their way into management positions through hard work and focus. If i may ask did you want these guys to sit and relax and watch the economy. Remember not everyone was born with mannerisms and with a spirit to fight that which you cant win.

    Please stop insulting others for not thinking like you.

  4. Rather Zimbabweans are positive. rather than wait it out for non coming good, they will grab that little opportunity presenting itself and will make good of it. while Maguwu thinks bad of those Zimbabweans who grabbed those waitress jobs. He needs to stand aside and go through the county and see how much good the earnings from that small job have done for families. that waitress job has sent children through school and in some cases university. That little job has meant the difference between life or death for sick family . that little job has meant and paid for food on the table, the grinding meal costs building coasts and general grocery costs. Maguwu would rather Zimbabwean starve. Zimbabweans know that waitress job is way below them but they have no choice. Would Maguwu rather have Zimbabweans refuse the job as below them and them resort to stealing? It is an honest job. Maguwu Shame on you. While this new dispensation may not be everything it is better than what was there and Zimbabweans are asking for a realistic chance to have the economy improve.

  5. Whatsoever things are noble ,whatsoever things are praiseworthy ,good think about those things ,Zimbabweans we are proud of being hard workers ,patient and civilized people not barbarians who destroys what they have built to settle emotional scores .Mr Magawu please stop inciting us to be like others we are fine as Zimbabweans as waiters as we are .

  6. Bitter people are always negative ,they see no good ,they see shadows , witches and supressions ,yes the former president s rule has a lot of negatives but a lot of positives too cde self rightious Magawu do not dwell us in your hatred , the current dispensation has not failed yet to give us a credible election ,what s your beef with the military ,why convicting them before they commit your assumed offences

  7. Some people kills the spirit of commentary , the moment you hear or see the name Magawu you feel tired or heavy ,he is always bitter , controversial ,negative and always portrays others on bad light , empty talk thats his nature , honestly such people takes us nowhere .

  8. If you see a person cheering and celebrating the violation of a constitution, the only instrument that guarantees that person’s safety and freedom, then it shows there is a problem!

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