IN THE PRESS

IT NEVER rains, it pours for Thokozani Khupe.

The death of Morgan Tsvangirai came with the death of her political career as well.

After being booted out by a young and overzealous man, there is an attempt to show her the way to Parliament’ s exit door.

Having been rescued from the political dustbin by the country’s generous proportional representation clause after chickening out of the 2013 parliamentary polls, Khupe now finds herself leading a faction of a faction of a faction of the M DC. Losing the opposition party presidency and vagrancy are not this girl’s only headaches.

She also has to fight for the party’ s name, a name that has suffered humiliating poll def eats for the past three general elections.

The courts have the unenviable task of deciding which of the two splinter groups is more genuine than the other.

Meanwhile, Nelson Chamisa has his long tail firmly tucked between his legs, again.

The political blabbermouth simply does not learn. It took Cde Victor Mate mad Z AN U-P F’ s Secretary for War Veterans, Detainees and Restrictees, to remind him that he is not of the same calibre as Heads of State and Government; that if he is itching for kindergarten politics, he should not expect the President of a whole country to join him for a roll in the pigsty.

You just have to give it to Cde Matemadanda. The war veteran does not waste his time on lyrical cosmetics; he throws ugly truths with an intriguing forthrightness. That’s the kind of approach we require as the country turns 38, as we rebuild our economy, and reposition ourselves for a great future. Happy Independence Day ama Zimbabwe.