The Zimbabwe Shambles...desperation?

Well today the news is full of the story of Shiri's mishap with a bullet with many differing versions having him shot in the hand or the elbow or the shoulder and the would be assassins ranging from the army to the CIO to the police...

Who knows for sure? But one thing IS for sure - whoever did the shooting needs a kick up the portal for missing! But at least they DID do the shooting! And now the ZANU-pf bigwigs are in a panic for their personal security. I guess things are, at last beginning to affect them. The soldiers have warned of more riots and I doubt it will be long before the police stop reacting to riots. Still, it is all very slow and very painful. The good thing is that Mugabe and his murdering minions now have to keep looking over their shoulders... and even those who protect them are a threat now! I know a few of these people.. and I wouldn't trust them further than I can spit! Mugabe shouldn't either!

One of my readers has written in a comment asking what everyone can do? And I have to say that I too am a bit lost on this. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that writing to ineffectual politicians in ineffectual governments does little more than waste time and, perhaps, paper! If I were in a position to start some real activism, I would suggest a campaign of writing thousands of letters addressed to police stations all over Zimbabwe telling the policemen some simple facts such as:

Their actions are largely illegal.
They are serving a party and not the (legally elected) government and, therefore, are in breach of their oaths of attestation, particularly in reference to the bits that say "I do solemnly swear and make an oath that I will uphold the laws of Zimbabwe..."
That those of them actively supporting Mugabe and his party will be investigated and face charges when Mugabe is gone.
That their officers will all disappear when the time comes to face the music and they will be left holding the baby!
That Mugabe will, before too long actually be gone (He is 84 and simply will not live forever).
That they need to think of their own welfare and futures and that of their families and decide whether to keep ensuring these murderers who are stealing from everyone or help get rid of them so everyone can prosper again.
That the time is approaching when they WILL be called to account for their part in abductions, murder, theft and that turning a blind eye to it makes them just as complicit.
That they are, principally there to serve the people of Zimbabwe, not the Party of Mugabe.
And, perhaps quite a few other things, although I would tend to keep the list short and to the point.

Perhaps a direct campaign of letter writing by thousands of Zimbabweans directly to the police men and women themselves may serve to foment change in itself? I am clearly open to suggestions. My personal plan for the removal of Mugabe must, in order for it to remain a viable option, remain secret. Although I very seriously doubt it, I am always hopeful that someone with a bit of real influence somewhere, might take me seriously and get in touch. I firmly believe that with the efficient and selective removal of Mugabe and, perhaps one or two others, final collapse and restoration will be far more quickly achieved at far less cost in lives.
Lets see, if they had taken me seriously just after the recent so called elections and equipped me in the manner I had requested, Mugabe and his top men would now be a thing of the past. Yes, five or six lives may have been lost.. but then, how many people have died since those elections? It would seem though, that the CIA, by not condoning the violent destruction of six people, prefer, instead, to condone the violent death of thousands of others, the rape, torture and abduction of yet more. Not to mention the cost of millions and millions of pounds, dollars and euros still pouring into the country in aid.


South Africa's new president has clearly been bought off by Mugabe. South Africa's shameful stance at the UN (and Russia, for some bizarre reason?) has blocked yet another resolution on the matter. How hard is it to stand up and say - this Mugabe is illegal and we deplore him killing thousands of people? It is hard to understand what such a tin pot dictator such as Mugabe could possibly offer.. but then, let us not forget that Mugabe is reputed to be about the fourth richest man in the world and Kgalema Motlanthe is only the caretaker South African president - he has no hope of staying in office after the next general election in South Africa, so it would not be a far leap for the imagination to conclude that Mugabe has offered him a lucrative retirement in return for more of the failed "softly, softly" approach!

Let us see what happens next!