Posted by: Conrad Mwanawashe | September 27, 2010

Treason charge for women dressed in mini-skirts

All women dressed in mini-skirts and longs must be charged with treason or must be jailed for life!!!
Sounds strange, doesn’t it?
This rant was the contribution of one Chitungwiza girl during one of the constitutional outreach meetings last week.
She believed so much that such women are an abomination to society and should be put away for life.
The contribution, though myopic, exposed some glaring discrepancies or shortcomings of the constitutional programme.
What came out in most of the meetings I attended had absolutely nothing to do with constitution making but political party politics at play.
One party coached its members to defend the current status quo while the other party sought to undo the prevailing situation.
One party sought to consolidate its hold while the other sought to speak into the future.
In the end the whole process turned into a charade of political party contestations as opposed to constitution making.
That the exercise has been suspended until heaven knows when, seems to have vindicated those who had campaigned against it from the onset. But this is not to say that those who opposed the process have better ideas or better processes.
It is worth mention though that their views are taken into consideration for future progress.
The whole exercise has shown that there is nothing that can come out of this process and worse still Zimbabwe has been turned into a political party play ground. Everything that must be done, and that includes consultations with the people has been turned into either in support of this party or that party.
When will Zimbabwe become a society where its people can gather and discuss without political party divisions emerging? When are we going to become human again and not fight over differences in opinions? When will our leaders learn that butchering each other does not show might? And that maiming others is not a sign for strength and bravery?
We need a new crop of leaders, ladies and gentlemen!

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Responses

  1. I agree with you chief, it seems as if it is ZANU PF position because I also heard the same statements in Ushweokunze, harare south.

  2. So its time for you to lead then?

  3. That is just how it is in Zimbabwe and it something that is from its colonial past – dressing gentlemanly and lady-like. I can recall attending an event some months ago and being told that I have to wear a shirt and tie in order to get into the room – I attended the same event out of Zimbabwe and some weeks ago and there was no need for the formality. Some of the things that they like to keep as law in Zimbabwe are just SILLY!!


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