
The off-the-cuff address by President and First Secretary of Zanu-PF, Cde R.G. Mugabe, on the occasion of the opening of the Sixth Ordinary Session of the People’s Congress, Harare, 4th December, 2014.PAMBERI neZanu-PF, neutano kuvanhu. Kubatana. Kubatana. Pamberi neChimurenga. Kubatana. Pamberi neChimurenga. Pemberi negutsaruzhinji.
Pamberi nedzidzo. Kubatana. Kubatana. Pasi ne MDC. The Youth League. War veterans.
And the war veterans are united now, their chairman Cde (Christopher) Mutsvangwa. The war collaborators, detainees and restrictees. All delegates to the 6th People’s Congress.
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Representatives of sister liberation movements and governing parties. You are welcome. Party and student activists. Party delegates from the Diaspora you are welcome.
Our senior civil servants, our service chiefs and brigadiers. Traditional chiefs and other traditional leaders here present. Representatives of church organisations, representatives of the business community and representatives of our farmers who are here. Members of the diplomatic corps, ladies and gentlemen, comrades and friends.
I want to greet you, greet you on my own behalf, on behalf of those who I have worked with, the loyal ones and members of the Politburo, and of course on behalf of also my family and the First Lady who is here.
As I greet you in the name of the Politburo, I must regret, I must say with a deep sense of sorrow we have not done to you what we should have done.
We have not behaved to you in manner in which we should have behaved.
Manner that was exemplary. Manner that showed we are united. Manner that shows that we are all working for the party in order to achieve the objective of the party. Some of us failed us.
Some of us failed you. As we thought we were working together, they were doing their own things.
A cabal, parallel to the party, cabal means organisation, planning their own future, planning how they could change the leadership of the party. Planning about taking the President out of power.
Saka mugore ra2004 the congress we had then madzimai vakademba vachiti tavakuda, tinokumbira kuti umwe weduvo ave pamusoro pose pose pane zvigaro zvitatu zvepamusoro zvepakati.
Tingade kuti chigaro chechitatu, chitorwe nemudzimai. Takati ah yakanaka, kuvaka hutungamiri wedu wemusangano kuti hunake. Saka makatipa wamakange maona kuti uyu ungaite anonzi Joice Mujuru.
Vakapembera zvikuru, vanaMai Mugabe vakapembera zvikuru. Kwemakore iwaya tanga tichifunga kuti tirikusevenza zvakanaka, takanangana nezvinangwa zvedu zvemusangano zvekuti tive nekubudirira kweupfumi kuvanhu vedu vavevo vakakwirira.
Kukwirira kwekuita upfumi wedu. Takanga tisingazivi kuti aaah, seri kwemusha kuri kufefetwa kuri kuvakwa imwe nyaya yekuda kuputsa hurumende, nekuputsa matongerwo. Nekuda kutorera President mubati wemusha.
Akunzi aende. Ah, takazoferefeta tikaona kuti kuri kuungana zvikwata zvevanhu. Kuri kuungana vamwe vakanga vapiwa zvigaro zveuchairman nevamwevo vatakange tatopawo zvigaro zvekuti vave ma minister.
Tikavamba kukanda maziso edu tikaona zvaiitwa. Nekuteya nzeve tikanzva zvakasiyana siyana nevanhu vekuma province akasiyana siyana kuti kuri kurukwa nyaya yekukutura hutungamiri. Zvino nyaya yacho heyo yakazobuda pachena.
Kuungana vamwe vatakange tatopa zvigaro. Takateya nzeve tichinzwa nyaya dzakasiyana siyana vanhu vekuma province akasiyana siyana kuti kuri kurukwa nyaya yekukutura hutungamiri. Zvino nyaya yacho heyo yakazobuda pachena. Munoona tinemagwanza nhasi pamusoro pedu apa.
Vamwe vedu varipi, hatina kuvatanda. Hatina kuti regai kuuya. Taitoda kuti vauye muvaone munzve zvavanotaura. Kungosvotoka vasina kutiudza kuti chinyi chaita kuti varovhe. Ndiwo maitiro embavhaka iwayo. Maitiro embavha.
Regerai ndikuudzeyi kangano kadiki diki kamai vangu vaBona. Yaive nguva ino yemvura ya December. Vaenzi vaburuka kuchinaya. Mukadzi nemurume vane kamwana kumusana.
Vakasvika zvino vachinaiwa zvikanzi namai vapei pekugara. Baba takarara navo mumba medu. Vaive vechiMalawi, mudzimai aive nekamwana akarara mumba. Vakaenda kwaKutama, iyo imba ye round yakavakwa pakaita maraini. Zvino usiku, chitererai.
Usiku mudzimai uyu akanovhura box ramai rembatya dzamai. Baba vangu vaive carpenter ka vakanga vaitira mai box rakanaka. Zvino kuseni mai vakati ah ndanzva kuti gudu gudu makonzo apinda here mubox rangu umu.
Mangwanani acho raive svondo votora ma gown avo ekuenda nawo kusvondo vakaona ah harisisimo. Gown ratorwa harisisipo.
Saka ava zvino mai ava vaka uya kuzomutsa murume wavo kuseni seni. Zvikanzi muka muka muka tiende. Uya akati tinoenda kuseni zuva risati rabuda.
Uya akati muka muka kani. Zvino vazova nembatya dzakati wande. Ndokubva vaenda. Vana mai paye yasvikaka nguva yekuti vapfeke magown avo esvondo echita sezvinoita madzimai vakaona ratorwa rekusvondo.
Bridget anga achi mwana mudiki. Watorerwavo mbatya hapasisina. Voverenga mbatya ah dress rangu hapana. Dhuku rangu hapana apa, ah munhu wenyu wamatora uyu andibira mbatya tikati ah nyatso tarisai.
Takazomukavo isu vakomana tikati ah ichokwadi mbatya dzabiwa nemukadzi nemurume ava. Ndosaka mukadzi anga achiti kumurume muka muka tiende kuseni seni vanhu vasati vamuka.
Tikati zvino tovatevera kupi? Vaibva kudzvimbo inonzi kwaMariga. Kubva Harare kwavakange vaita vaburuka pachitima zvino.
Mwari haabvume izvozvo. Chionai zvakaitika, kwakanaya tumvura, tsoka takadziona dzichibva dzabuda kwadzainanga. Isu takamutevera tsoka nevakomana.
Takatevera tikadakara takasvika pamba pacho tikati toda kuziva kuti pane vaenzi here vauya panapa. Baba vomudzimai vakabuda kunze vakati aah, ko ehehe ko chii chamuri kutsvaga.
So vakomana vandaive navo vanini’na vakabva vangoenda kunotarisa mudzimba ndokupinda muhozi nomumatura vakaona dzimwe mbatya dzatonge dzoiswa mumatura voburitsa, dzatove nezvipfukuto-oo.
Murume wakangoshama akati aah uyu mukadzi uyu wakamboba futi zvakare kwakati nokwakati.
Baba, tikati maonazve mukadzi wenyu ane mhosva ichatongwa mhosva yacho. Asi takatora mbatya dzedu dzose tikadzoka nadzo takanodzigeza zvakanaka. Paive nezvipfukuto zvemuhozi chaizvo zvakanga zvanamatira pahembe dzacho.
Zvikanzi mukutaura kuti dzakanga dzakandwa mumatura.
Mbavha, mbavha, mbavha, mbavha-aa, haabudirire, havafe vakabudirira nguva yese yese. Saka humbavha hwatakanga tiinahwo hwakafananawo so humbavha hwatakangataitirwa pamusha pedu. Waive mudzimai futi wemurume iyeye.
Saka handidi kuti nditi madzimai ndimi moga munoba mbatya, aiwa. Asi makatipa muchifunga kuti murikutipa mwana wakanaka. Asi chionai zvitadzo zvacho. Zvakunzi piii nezvimwe zvatanga tisangazive, zvimwe zvemumakambani, zvimwe zvekuvana vainzi tengesai goridhe nemadiamonds, aaah zvakawanda.
Zvino vatungamiri, vatungamiri kana tasarudzwa navanhu hatina kunzi takusarudzai kuti muve mbavha. Mukusarudzirwa kuti mupedze humbavha huripo pakati pedu mumadhorobha, pese pese. We should never send a thief to catch a thief.
Zvino kana isu tinenge tatumwa kuti tinatse musha humbavha hurege kuvapo tobva tave mbavha, zvino watichatotuma kunobata mbhavha ndiyani?
Aiwa pahuzhinji hwedu takanaka, pahuzhinji hwedu pane kunzwanana nekubatana kwakanaka, pahuzhinji hwedu tinotya Mwari. Asi tochenjera ka, isu ndisu tinosarudza vanhu.
Tofanhirwa kuongorora maitiro emunhu, ndosaka tichiti sarudzai vamunenge mambogara nemi vari mumusangano kwemakore nemakore. Tinotenda, tinobvuma kuti tiri tose mukutadza. Zvinotifadza ndezvekuti takaona zvitadzo izvi nguva yainzi isvike isati yasvika.
Kana kuri kuda chigaro chaizvoizvo kwabva kwasvitsa munhu pakuda kupara mhaka dzokuuraya, kuparadza ropa. Inyaya iyoyo yemusangano yamunofanira kuve neruzivo kuti musangano wedu wakaita tsaona dzakadai kakawanda. Saka nguva nenguva zvinoitika, nguva nenguva tinozvibata totadzisa pfungwa dziripo kuti dzibudirire.
Ndinotenda zvikuru nekubatana kwamakaita panyaya iyi vazhinji. Kuongorora kwamakazviita pachenyu, nokutsvaira marara amakaona pachenyu.
Zvose izvozvo makaita hamuna kutumwa nesu asi makangoona kuti izvi hazvisi mugwara remusangano. Uya maitiro ake asiyana nemaitiro anodiwa ezvinangwa zvedu zve musangano ngaabve. Uyu ngaabve, uyu ngaabve.
Chatakangoda kuona kuti chakazadzikiswa here ndechekuti pamaitiro matsvene anobva mubumbiro redu romusangano tinenge tichinzi nyaya dzakadaro, kutongwa kwemunhu akadaro kunoitwa neruzhinji rwevakuru vakabata province yoga yoga.
Ndochete zvatinenge tichida kuti tiregere kuva nenyaya yekuti aah vamwe vakutoita zvekuti panga paine zvondo kana zvimwe zvakadaro izvozvo ndozvatisingade zvezvondo chete.
Asi tiri kuongorora kuti uyu angaachikanganisa zvechokwadi urikukanganisa hutungamiri hwake ngaabve mogara pasi seprovince moti, ya tafunga kuti iwewe wochibva motura nyaya yacho youya kwatiri toona kuti ehe chokwadi makagara pasi toona kuti chokwadi munhu uyu tinobvuma toti munhu uyu ngaabve.
Tangatisingade kuti patorwe dzimwe nyaya dzimwe dzinotongwawo matongerwe adzo nemazuva adzowo. Asi yanga iri nyaya yekuti uyu munhu uyu wataisa padare ichokwadi here kuti angaachifambidzana nevaye vanga vane hurongwa hwekukutura President.
Kozoti nyaya yekushandisa mari ipapa pane mari yaishandiswa yekuwumbauzhinji wainzi uvepo hwekuti yasvika nguva yecongress iyo inoyi kozova nechiratidzo tavako chekuramba President.
Tinotenda hamusi zvituta kwete, hamusi mapofu kwete, huzhinji hwenyu hamutengeke kwete.
Saka ndinoti pamberi nemi ndichitendesesa kubatana kwamakaita hongu zvimwe manga makapfindika zvenyu asi zvakazopfundunurwa naamai Mugabe vachiti zvakaipa zvakaipa hazvingarambi zvakapfundirwa.
Takazoona nyaya dzobuda nedzangadziri pachivande hameno kuti dai dzainyorwa dzese mhosva zvinopomerwa ava kuti tingazadze mabhuku mangani.
Vakaaita mhosva chaidzo idzo secorruption zvabuda neumbowo hwakanaka vachatongwa.
Noruzivo rwatinenge tazopihwawo isu kuhurumende kana wanga uriminister, deputy minister, kana wanga uri civil servant basa rinobva rapera.
Asi tinoda humbowo, humbowo tipei humbowo hwakakwana.
Pamberi neChimurenga, pamberi nechimurenga, pamberi nekubatana. Munoziva kuti tine vaenzi regerai tichimbotaura zvino nechirungu vamwe vedu vayeni vanzwewo vawane zvekutapa nokuzoita mareport avanoenda navo.



