The Big Man’s house

Respect universal law. “You cannot enter a strong man’s house and take his belongings, until you tie him up”-Mark 3:27. 

Zimbabwe’s elections continually prove this gem from scripture. MDCs will not succeed until they disempower Zanu PF.

Zanu PF is a strongman: controlling; media, security, army, courts, diamond revenues, Zimbabwe Electoral Commission, voter’s roll and the voting process therefore, MDCs stood no chance. Zanu power multiplies, as MDC does absolutely nothing to limit Zanu PF’s capacity. ZAPU, ZANU Ndonga and ZUM all suffered the same fate.

Zimbabwe’s decayed industry is toughest. Zanu’s economic performance, over 33 years, shows they are heavily mismatched. Just like MDC , Zanu PF   fails to tie up their economic opponent. Just like MDC, when it comes to the economy, Zanu PF is making its own fight impossible to win.

Zimbabwe continues to wait for smart people who can out outplay these two  opponents.

Serving Leaders

Jesus teaches leaders should serve. In The Gospel Of John, Jesus washes his disciple's or student's feet. Christ Jesus advised the disciples, as leaders of the people they show love to the people by providing a service.

This issue has been raised in Zimbabwe's election. Welshman Ncube has asked Zimbabweans to demand a leadership that serves the people. This demand should be carried forth even after the election.

Over three decades the country is collapsing. The cause is a corrupt, self-serving,  mis-leadership. Every policy tried in the last 3 decades has been to the benefit of a small elite. After elections the masses need to demand accountability from the new leadership.

The Economics of Transition

Zimbabwe is in crisis. The elections keep throwing up false hope for Zimbabweans.
After every soap-opera election citizens realize ' they is no such thing as a national economy. Neo-colonialism is real'. African greats, from Nkrumah to Nyerere, learnt foreign financial markets hold sway over local development. Zimbabwe's history demonstrates a  legacy of dependence on foreign  debt markets.
Inspired economic historians, like Ibbo Mandaza, dissected the Zimbabwe economy,  post independence. Some honest politicians lived in accord with the Leadership Code(1985); which was an attempt, by ZANU PF,  to build morality and non-corruption among its ranks. All the good presented by scholars, and honest thinkers, was not accepted by greedy government leaders. Instead, foreign influences corrupted decision makers. Policy was built upon preserving old colonial wealth, so as to extract it one day. No creative decisions were implemented, so as  to build for tomorrow.
To realize transition, Zimbabwe needs to move away from its historical aid dependence.