This week, I want to present my readers and detractors alike, with another curve ball and say that Grace Mugabe could be the saving grace of ZANU (PF) after all (no pun intended). She may be just what they need; a person with the guts to clean up the party and say what has to be said. I did call her a side show recently, but when facts change on the ground, I have a dreadful habit of reconsidering my views. She is now clearly the only ZANU (PF) political show in town regardless of how we may feel about her chutzpa.
I always remind my colleagues that St. Paul was a murderer of Christians and look how God used him to spread His word. God's ways are not our ways, especially when it comes to using us to achieve his will. Let me hurry to say that I am not at all judging whether God is using Grace or not, especially when she says that she will spill blood; that is contemptible and uncouth. I am just saying that our expectations, at most times, are really never close to what God intends and he uses the simplest things or the people we least expect, to confound our human limitations. We therefore can never predict the future particularly in Zimbabwe in these times.
What has been the problem with ZANU (PF)?
It has been the lack of decisive leadership to address the socio-economic problems we face. For obvious reasons, we also have not seen anyone from the ranks claiming leadership or coming out in the clear with their aspirations to lead the party after Mugabe. We all know how ZANU (PF) leaders are so disempowered through fear. They have been impotent to make the painful decisions that need to be made lest they upset Mugabe. Because of that, government has been in paralysis.
I am actually quite astounded that ZANU (PF) and ZAPU stalwarts are watching as Grace pulls the rug from under their feet. These men have been weaklings to challenge Mugabe for the last thirty four years, so I feel no pity for them at all; they are sheep in sheep's clothing. No doubt they are all now bootlicking Grace, hoping to secure their future. What a disgrace they are.
Well, Grace the arriviste is now here, and she has already warned the police not to harass street vendors. Soon, she will stop the police from harassing kombi drivers too. She will no doubt, order house demolitions to stop and will also hopefully force indigenisation to be repealed, farm invasions to stop and order city councils to deliver services to the people for a change. I wish she could also order Chihuri to arrest all those who have stolen our minerals. That would be awesome. She must also order that all who possess multiple farms and are not utilising them must vacate them with immediate effect. She might actually fire some ministers at this rate! I am sure they are all trembling and visiting sangomas as we speak.