ENG SIMBA MANGWENGWENDE'S VIEW!
From Eng Simba Mangwengwende (mangwe@ecoweb.co.zw):
In a country in which the effective political system is a one party system any opposition party is a waste of time and money. Smith's Rhodesian Front was a one party system, followed by Muzorewa's UANC in 1979 followed by ZanuPF in 1987. We have an all or nothing culture that needs to be changed. In our vernacular we do not even have a word for "opposition" that means the same as the English. To us "opposition" is translated "muvengi" or "mhandu" (that is "enemy"). This explains the hostile attitude that our security organisations have towards the opposition. We inherited this unfortunate political culture from the colonial period when whites were hostile to any political actitivity by blacks. As long as we are led by the generation of leaders that grew up in this political culture we will have a problem with establishing a democratic culture in Zimbabwe. Therefore whether we have one or two MDC's or none at all is not relevant to the cause of democracy in Zimbabwe. What is required is a national movement to establish a multiparty system similar to what they had in Zambia, Malawi, etc.
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