By Nkathazo Ncema The Scramble for Mthwakazi

By Nkathazo Ncema The Scramble for Mthwakazi The struggle for control over this rich dry land is continuously taking new twists and turns with all sorts of lemon twist sipping Oliver Twists of this world claiming to be the sole custodians. The Zimbabwe Debate The participants in this debate range from tribalists like Mugabe and Tsankarai and unifiers like Welshman and Dumiso on the other hand. Truth of the matter is the system of government since the 1980s has always favoured the Shona people. Under the name of unity,we have seen Mthwakazi face a genocide and all sorts of marginalisation from toilet cleaning to taxi rank marshals. With MDC and ZAPU controlling the Matabeleland political landscape,a safe bed for Mthwakazi can be made either as a province of Zimbabwe or as an independent nation. Mthwakazi Liberation Movements All sorts of pokerfaces are all srambling for Mugabe's attention, from penning letters to patronisation. Political parties of all sorts mushrooming like weeds during the rainy season, all competing for the Mthwakazi cake.With all the competition comes name calling,labeling,sloganeering and insults of unseen magnitude. We are being continuously introduced to new definitions of what a Mthwakazian is, who is the best Mthwakazian, who is the worst Mthwakazian, who doesn't qualify to use the name Mthwakazi. The list is endless and confusing. Prophets of doom Those masquerading as prophets of all sorts of gods and God have not helped the situation either. Mthwakazi people are losing lots of their belongings to pay for the services of these spiritual entrepreneurs , the tragedy of it all is that non of the prophets is ready to tell the truth. The sole truth is that Mthwakazians are not getting jobs and opportunities in Zimbabwe not because they have been bewitched by relatives but rather they are being sidelined by the Shona supremacist government of Robert Mugabe and Morgan Tswangirayi. Any prophet who fails to see is a prophet of doom. Forecast With rate that dishonesty,squabbles and infighting is going between all Mthwakazi groups and progressive Zimbabwe groups, then Mthwakazi's new dawn is still far from the marding crowd. Now is the time for our people to regroup and find common ground whilst respecting others chosen paths in the road to liberation.