People’s voice vs Architects of Apartheid puppets
The mineworkers seemed to be set up. They were seriously armed with razorblade-sharp pangas; spears and knives, knobkerries and some even had pistols with live ammunition. Witchdoctors came to bless them.
Workers’ frustrations and naiveté were exploited to create a popular picture of the beginning of a bloody national uprising against President Jacob Zuma and the government of South Africa. Some commentators went as far as describing it as “the coming of the Arab spring”.
Senior observers of that incident told this writer, “Apartheid agents continue to fight an old war, which has been going on for one hundred years. We have seen it all before.”
They refer to the so-called “black-onblack” violence of 1992 to 1994, to “xenophobia” of May 2008, to the numerous “taxi wars” and to the inhumane “necklacing” as well as to the apartheid media wars against the ANC, SACP, Cosatu, SWAPO, Frelimo, ZANU, ZAPU — the Patriotic Front of Zimbabwe and UNIP of Zambia.
It has been brought to this columnist’s attention that the architects of apartheid predominantly live in chosen exile, “longing for the days of having a ‘leader’ they can manipulate so they can plunder his country further. They derived their enormous wealth from real theft only.”
He elaborates further, “Those oligarchs never fail to present their noble reasons, why that leader must be brought down. In the very same vein they identify him as a mad dog.
“They character assassinated Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe; Chile’s murdered president Salvador Allende; South Africa’s killed leader Chris Hani; Namibia’s retired president Sam Nujoma and the murdered president of Mozambique, Samora Machel and many more.
“That noble veneer however, has become transparent and predictable. It is out in the public domain.”
A respected senior observer and retired academic researcher added, “Considering the current evil games played by a host of interests in South Africa, the architects of apartheid work from a satanic base in the shadows. They created a ‘closed cartel economy’ with resulting structured poverty for the majority.”
He hastened to point out, “These evildoers come from all parts and religions of society and are not from one sector only. They have structured themselves into labour, capital, academia, government, civil society, including into the religious structures.” Udo W. Froese is an independent political and socio-economic analyst and columnist. Read the full article on www. herald.co.zw