If the National Sports Stadium

was a stage then Robert Mug-

abe turned it into a theatre upon

which to dramatise his limitless

capacity for hypocrisy.

Given that his party’s anthem

starts and ends with the words

“ZANU ndeye ropa”, for him to

now assert that

“violence interferes

with our happiness”

shows that he has

decided to take hypoc-

risy and deception to

the highest levels ever

seen in the country.

Happiness in Zim-

babwe today is limited

to those who practice

violence and preach

peace. Violence on the

other hand is daily visitor to

those who have said they have

an alternative vision for the

country and choose to make a

public stand for their beliefs.

It is strange indeed that after 32

years of so-called self rule the

country is scarred, disfigured

and defaced through 32 years of

self mutilation. The yesteryear

preacher of reconciliation and

today’s lecturer on non-violence

is responsible the destruction of

the country. The man has shown

he is insincere, deceitful,

untrustworthy and leads a morally

bankrupt party with absolutely

nothing to offer except a lesson in

perfecting the art of double speak-

ing.

As Robert was promising heaven

his party was delivering hell in

Epworth. As the President of Zanu

was taking his seat his

mercenaries were bru-

tally attacking Samson

Muripo in Epworth and

handcuffing him with

police issued

handcuffs.

That sums up a pretty

dire situation where a

leader indicates left

and turns right. When

his wife asks him to

bring coffee he brings

a bag full of brown sand.

If Robert wants to be taken seri-

ously he should act. He should

arrest those responsible for vio-

lence, disband Chipangano, stop

hate language in the state media.

Robert Mugabe is a man of the

80s, Morgan Tsvangirai is the man

of the digital age. The people of

Zimbabwe made it clear in March

2008.

We have been in the storm for long

enough and we are not going to let

anybody turn us around..

Candidate in his 89th year!

Woto sunga dzisimbe…..

Robert Mugabe turns hypocrisy into an art form

Dual Citizenship - A Non-negotiable Matter

News that the issue of dual citizenship

has been referred to the Management

Committee of the new constitution

making body is most distressing.

It should be one of the issues that ZANU

quickly and readily agreed to. There is

no justification at all for ZANU to play its

usual game of narrow-mindedness.

It is not possible for Zimbabweans who

have left the country to lose their

citizenship. Any future government will

have to find a way to engage those in

the diaspora to assist with the rebuild-

ing of their once great country.

Zimbabweans outside the country

should not be punished twice. They did

not leave the country of their own will.

Their country failed to create opportuni-

ties that allowed them the pursuit of a

decent life. Some of them were chased

by state agents operating as ZANU

militia.

There are many examples of leaders in

ZANU whose parents came from other

countries or indeed the same leaders

held passports of other countries.

There shouldn’t be any issue to dis-

cuss. It is a simple matter. Dual or

multiple citizenship is non-negotiable.

Real Change Times – Mzansi Edition

(A Monthly Publication of the MDC SA Information Department)

Issue 1—May 2012

Upcoming Events

Provincial Council

Meeting - 5th May

Johannesburg

Contact Details

Kumbirai T Muchemwa

Phone: 073 470 4310

kmuchemwa@mdcsa.co.za

Tapiwa Shumba

Phone: 076 028 8676

stapiwa@mdcsa.co.za

@mdctsa

“Arrest those

responsible for

violence, disband

Chipangano and

stop hate

language in the

state media”

facebook.com/MDCTSA

The MDCSA Province has

launched a new membership

recruiting campaign called “1

bring 5” (1b5).

The campaign has since been

taken to the Oliven, Lethabile

and Okasa branches in Pretoria

and North West Districts.

The objective of the member-

ship recruitment campaign is

for every current branch mem-

ber to bring five new members

to branch meetings.

It falls in line with the decision

made by the Province to engage

in sustainable low cost, high

impact campaigns.

The campaign also seeks to

make branch meetings more

educative and presents an

opportunity to provide accurate

and up to date information on

political events happening in

Zimbabwe.

The ultimate objective is for

branch meetings to be exciting

and become focal points in the

recruitment exercise as people

“take away” something from

the meeting.

Members of the provincial and

district executive routinely at-

tend branch meetings and en-

courage those present to re-

cruit more members so that the

branches can grow.

So near yet so far

“The fact that the army stood up and restored order is a

sign that we have matured” - Joyce Banda - President of

Malawi says after the army there refused to support an

illegal government being formed.

Its extraordinary that while the army in Malawi refuses to

support the installation of an illegal government, the army

in Zimbabwe is actively seeking the very and exact

opposite.

The army in Zimbabwe are now playing referees in the

shadowy world of ZANU succession and have made it

known that they will not accept an election result in which

their team does not win!!

a) Finalisation of the Constitution making process

b) Eradicating political violence

c) The right to Freedom of Association, Assembly

and Movement

d) Implementing Regional and International Stan-

dards for elections

e) Implementation of the GPA and all other

agreed positions

A report was complied and distributed on

their return from the meeting.

We might add that the MDCSA is aware that

Robert Mugabe is waiting for the Party to

save him from himself. His tendencies to self

destruct have cost the country in the most

unimaginable manner.

1b5 Membership Recruitment Campaign Launched

T wo provincial executive members Sam

Mavhunga and Kumbirai Muchemwa

attended the National Council that was

held at Harvest House on the 12th of April

2012.

The meeting provided an opportunity of receiving

reports from the various leaders

of the Party including the Presi-

dent, Secretary General and

Chairman’s report.

It was also an opportunity to

engage with national leaders on

the role the SA Province can

continue to play in fulfillment of

the Party’s covenant with the

people of Zimbabwe.

The Council noted that no one can unilaterally call

for elections and the Party restated its position that

any elections in the country need to be held in a

conducive environment that meets criteria laid out

by the Party in its Conditions for a Sustainable Elec-

tion (CoSEZ) document.

These conditions include the following among

others

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Provincial Members Attend National Council

“AWARE that the

entire Zimbabwean

population and all

other democratic

forces look to the

MDC as the central

engine of Real

Change in Zimbabwe”

Mambo Rusere the Deputy Organising Secretary addresses Lethabile

branch members on the 15th of April in the North West

Solomon Madzore the Assembly

of Youth President remains

locked up at Chikurubi Maximum

Security Prison on bogus charges

of killing a policeman.

He has appeared countless times

before the country’s judicial offi-

cers on bail application hearings.

In the last hearing on the 11th of

April judgment was reserved

indefinitely. One wonders why it

should take so long to consider

an otherwise simple matter of a

bail application.

There is no justification at all for

keeping Madzore in prison. From

a legal perspective bail should be

denied only when the detention is

necessary for the protection or

safety of the public i.e. the ac-

cused person might commit a

further offence or interfere with

state witnesses.

There is absolutely no danger of

Madzore doing that because he

did not commit any offence in the

first place. The normal bail appli-

cation rules it appears do not

apply for him. In Zimbabwe, being

President of the Youth Assembly

is the equivalent of a death

sentence.

The granting of bail is not a

favour by the state or the judge.

There should be solid grounds

upon which bail is continually

denied. The accused person

meanwhile is innocent until

proven guilty.

Take a moment and consider

these two cases below

1. Four people who were be-

ing charged with the death

of 11 people in a boat acci-

dent on Lake Chivero were

given bail of $500 only 3

days after the accident.

2. Shamva police officer-in-

charge Inspector Aspias

Shumba was granted $100

bail for the killing of a mine

worker in Shamva in March

2012.

ZANU PF has corrupted all state

institutions for political expedi-

ency. The Chief Justice recently

admitted that corruption was

rampant in the system.

The ZANU minister of justice (an oxymoron in itself) is best

known for shedding buckets of tears when his dirty hand

was discovered in the Tsholotsho saga.

To expect that these men will take the country to a peaceful

and just future is to expect water from the proverbial stone.

Solomon Madzore and 28 others are innocent and must be

freed today.

Tsvangirai to be the President of

Zimbabwe.

He told the Party members pre-

sent that the new constitution in

Zimbabwe was ready and that the

Province will roll out educational

forums on the contents of the new

constitution to the different

districts.

Shingirai Mangena was elected

the new Chairman and will be

deputised by Bonomali Marere.

Loveness Ziera remains the

Chairlady of the Assembly of

Women whilst the Tinashe

Mlambo is the Chairman of the

Youth Assembly.

Elections were held in the North

West District on Sunday the 29th

of April 2012 in Brits in to fill

vacancies created by the

elevation of some of the mem-

bers of the previous executive to

the Province and the subsequent

return of others to Zimbabwe.

Addressing the newly elected

executive Provincial Chairman

Kwanele Moyo urged them to

work hard and build the Party in

the North West province.

He reminded them that it is

through their effort that the

change they seek to see will be

achieved. That change begins

with registering to vote so that we

can elect the Rt. Hon. Morgan

The elections were attended by members of the Provincial

Executive who included Lovemore Chikandiwa, Tembi Si-

banda, Giyani Dube, Butho Nyathi, Sam Mavhunga,

Dr. Richard Mazodze, Mambo Rusere among others

Free Solomon Madzore Now

North West District elects new leaders

4th of October 2011 - Arrested at his home

14 Oct - High Court hearing fails to take place for the 2nd

time in a week

22 Nov - Bail hearing is postponed for the 4th time in a

week

9th Jan 2012 - Remanded to the 20th Jan

11th Feb - Supreme Court hearing postponed to 13th Feb

12 March - Trial fails to kick off

15th Match - Bail hearing postponed again to 16 March

16th March - High Court postpones hearing to 19th March

19th March - Bail hearing postponed again to 21 March

11th April - Judgment on the application to appeal reserved

indefinitely at the High Court

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Giyani Dube addresses members of the youth assembly in Brits

in the North West on Sunday the 29th of April 2012

Abridged Timeline of Madzore Persecution

Dear Editor

I am in Hillbrow, Johannesburg where can I join the Party?

Godfrey

Dear Godfrey

Thank you the inquiry. The Hillbrow branch meets every

week at the recreation centre every fortnight. The Johan-

nesburg District office is at 302 Sable Centre, 41 De Korte

Street, Braamfontein.

You can also contact the District Organising Secretary

Trust Ndlovu on 076 561 8846

We asked our readers to respond to the our Survey of the Month

question. Below are some of their responses :

1. Absolutely not. The army would most probably stop me from

taking ownership on the pretext that I never went to war. The

police would then arrest me for a “conspiracy to hold” fake

registration papers for a car that is not mine. Section 121,

I mean you know the rest.., Innocent, KZN

2. Yes, you could be lucky and find the results of the next

election in the boot., Tariro, Makhado

3. No, I would expect it to be a 32 year old car with oil in the

carburetor and sugar in the tank sold as the latest indigenous

model, Murehwa, Johannesburg

4. Never. The man has a doctorate in doctoring straight forward

things. I hear the results of the 2008 election took an amazing

5 weeks undergoing a transmutation somewhere in his office,

Sandy, Soweto

5. Not in a thousand years!!!!, Richard

6. Wati ani???? Usatambe shasha.

Jabu,

If you wouldn't buy a

second car from a man why

would you let him be

President of Zimbabwe?

Register to Vote !!!

Lets finish it….

Survey of the Month

Would you buy a second hand car from Robert Mugabe?

Robert Mugabe offers the past to

Zimbabweans .

Letters to the Editor

Quick Facts The war in the DRC in 2002 cost the country over USD 1.8

billion . The GDP for the country in 2010 was USD 5.561 bil-

lion

Obert Mpofu recently bought ZABG for USD 10 million

At 88 Robert Mugabe was the oldest at the Chiefs Confer-

ence held in Bulawayo in March.

A cataract is a clouding of the eye's normally clear lens, caus-

ing vision problems. Senile Cataract normally occurs in the

elderly.

Charles Taylor is the first African leader to appear and be

convicted by an international war crimes tribunal. He was

convicted of aiding and abetting war crimes in Sierra Leone

Joyce Banda is the first female President in SADC and only

the second in Africa after Liberia’s Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

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