Listening to the manifesto programmes that were being aired on Zimbabwe Television ZTV became a marvel and haven of enlightenment as candidates were lashing out at the current regime.

ZTV was airing candidates from ZPPDP, ZANU NDONGA, ZAPU FP and CDP and these minnows in the political scene of Zimbabwe were hammering home much sense and became more of opinion leaders and campaigners for either Tsvangirai or Makoni. During the last week Muchechetere asked the ZPPDP representative if the government could be blamed for the demise of the economy when the country is under sanctions. His answer was one worthy applauding as it went like so, “we don’t have sanctions as a country if I may correct you. What the government is calling sanctions are those targeted at individuals’ not economic sanctions and we wonder how the regime can hide under these sanctions saying they are the cause of our problems here. They are the cause not the over emphasized sanctions,” he said.

He went on to say that Zimbabwe when it was still Rhodesia, the regime then had real economic sanctions but it prospered yet today we have individual sanctions but we are going down. To him he said this showed something was wrong somewhere here not these said sanctions.

“The government is hiding their failures by saying that sanctions are causing this suffering when they do know where they are getting it wrong. Vatadza and we have other countries like Cuba which are under economic sanctions but they are prospering,” he said. Mhandu could not go further with his leading questions neither could he comment as facts were thrown straight into his eyes.

Another observation from these candidates that was of interest was of why this country was suffering as it is when it has numerous precious stones namely diamond and gold being mined here. “How on earth can a country with so much mineral wealth suffer the way we are doing. Where is the money coming from the sell of these stones going to,” said the ZPPDP candidate. These programmes became something to look forward to as the little known candidates were saying all they could say about the ills of this country and the current regime without fear thereby enlightening people at home before they go to vote on March 29.

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