The Professor has made very hard-hitting comments in the Herald on the Zifa elections. Great stuff. But check out how it sounds when I remove all references to ‘Zifa’ or ‘Dube’ or ‘football’. ‘‘..As we say amhlophe and makorokoto to the winners we must also be honest to realise and state without fear or favour that the outcome of these elections was indecent and defied all rationality and purpose. What exactly was endorsed by this scandalous vote?” ‘‘It is obvious to anyone who cares to examine the situation, and this should be particularly self-evident to the electorate that voted over the weekend, that the leadership that was returned had nothing to show for its performance and nothing different, new or better to offer. Zimbabwe today is clearly in the doldrums in every respect with its administration characterised by breath taking chaos, incompetence and corruption with no precedence since our independence in 1980. The notion that the electorate voted for continuity is shamefully revealing. Continuity of what else besides naked and embarrassing failure? Affairs have become personalised and corrupted to the detriment of the national interest. “And so, as we congratulate the winners of the election, it must also be pointed out that nobody is fooled by the circus whose corruption in terms of moral irresponsibility was exposed by the outcome of the election. The electorate has prepared a bed full of thorns and they must now lie on that bed themselves and perhaps with the leadership it voted for. Nobody else, particularly the general public, supporters or even sponsors, should be expected to lie on that thorny and dirty bed. The buck should stop with the indecent outcome of the scandalous election.” Better.
Posted on: Mon, 31 Mar 2014 06:54:50 +0000
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