SHARP SHOOTER: Let the President have his cake and eat it too

When President Robert Mugabe came to power in 1980 he was 56, versatile, charismatic, and diligent; 36 years later, he is still the same agile and admirable leader.

 

He is an envy of many. He walks straight and upright. He trots up a flight of stairs when boarding an aeroplane. He does not use a cane and has a sound mind.
The biggest problem that his detractors now have is that he has been blessed with 92 years of long life and is still counting.
It is clear that the resentment against President Mugabe has a lot to do with those that question why he has been consecrated with long life while their loved ones have come and gone.
You just have to give it to the President and acknowledge that there is something sacred about his long life. There is something special, something holy. And it seems to bother his enemies so much that they stop at nothing to denigrate him. At 92, I am sure he has the greatest number of enemies in the world as well as the greatest number of friends on the planet.
There is no doubt that on all the continents on this earth, the name Robert Mugabe invokes certain emotions that are awash with myths, folklores, legends and ultimately disillusionments from those that initially were misdirected into believing that he is an unpopular leader.
Over the years I have seen a lot of foreigners, Africans included, who at first were of the misplaced view that President Mugabe is not a good leader. After listening to the man speak at various international fora, they have changed their minds. President Mugabe oozes with eloquence and wisdom, both of which are extremely hard to ignore.
He has made the black man respectable and indeed, he has and continues to fight the good fight for all black people and for all of Africa. His legacy will live on forever.
Many have tried to defeat his noble cause and many have acted as mercenaries in a desperate bid to make him stumble. They have failed dismally.
They have attacked everything that he holds dear — his wife, his kids, his health, his party, his country, his leadership style, everything, including his pacifying address the other week.
Not surprisingly, even his birthday and his birthday celebrations have also been attacked as if he chose to be born during the month of February.
President Mugabe was born during what Americans call the Black History Month. The striking coincidence is that he is the most important black man alive in this world at the moment.
He is the one man with whom all black people the world over closely and affectionately identify with because he represents their pain, their struggles, their hopes, their dreams and their entire ethos.
Forget about Barack Obama, that white man in a black skin who sends a black skinned Ambassador to Zimbabwe called Harry Thomas who is often wearing a white mask and representing the racist interests of a racist America government by upholding illegal sanctions on this beautiful nation of black people.
President Mugabe is the most significant contemporary black person alive and all black people will always remember him when they talk of the Black History Era, something that Obama and Harry Thomas Jnr will never be remembered for. They had the opportunity to sanctify their often downtrodden African-American brothers and sisters but they didn’t use it.
The good life that President Mugabe has lived has exposed who amongst us are the Uncle Toms and house niggers who shamelessly sing for their supper by condemning a 92nd birthday celebration which they themselves would have done for their father or grandfather or any of their ancestors had they reached such a phenomenal age while still holding sway.
If you want to find out who an Uncle Tom is just listen to the speculation of the estimated cost of the birthday celebrations held yesterday, listen to the figure US$800 000, listen to it and you will know the levels of blasphemous speculation that this country is being fed with by those that have absolutely no clue about the expenses incurred during the celebrations for the President’s birthday.
In fact, reading between the lines, it is clear that those that recklessly speculate about that figure also wanted to be invited to the bash. Year-in-year-out, they wish to be invited to share a piece of the pie with the people that really matter in Zimbabwe.
However, since they think that President Mugabe caused a drought this year, they are convinced that he should not celebrate his birthday.
Some of them even think that US$800 000 would end all of Zimbabwe’s problems in an instant, that it would buy tonnes of maize and it would send 1 000 children to school as well as recapitalise GMB, NRZ, ZUPCO and Hwange Colliery, the companies that are reeling under the scourge of US imposed sanctions.
Uncle Bob has worked very hard for this nation and for this continent so just let him have his cake.
If you have a sweet-tooth, simply join him at the dinner table and maybe, just maybe, you might have your cake as well.
Being his enemy and bad-mouthing him will just leave a bitter taste in your mouth while as sure as the sun rises, Uncle Bob will have yet another bash in 2017.
Dubulaizitha!