IN THE PRESS

ELECTIONS are rapidly approaching and it’s getting very hot, despite Zimbabwe being in the grip of winter.

Joice Mujuru’s National People’s Party, Dumiso Dabengwa’s ZAPU and Ambrose Mutinhiri’s National Patriotic Front are reported to be stampeding to join Nelsom Chamisa’s MDC Alliance.

The only condition is that the legal wrangle between Chamisa and Thokozane Khupe has to be concluded first before the political outfits can join hands to face ZANU-PF in the upcoming polls.

The fight for Morgan Tsvangirai’s name is raging on. Both Chamisa and Khupe’s factions want a piece of the poisoned pie.

Khupe has been bashed for that. She has been called a derogatory name by Chamisa’s hooligans, a name that is too vile to be repeated in this respectable family publication. She is said to be a woman of loose morals. While we hold no brief for Khupe, no woman should ever be denigrated like that for any reason.

The culture of physical and verbal violence is a worrying trend in the opposition trenches. And it is not surprising considering the kind of views that Chamisa holds on women.

Still in dirty politics, what is this we hear that Deputy Minister of Finance Terence Mukupe traded insults with former Finance Minister Tendai Biti, to the extent of reminding each other to take ARV pills?

This record new low was on national radio, with KVG and Phatisani frantically trying to contain the situation.

Are these the kind of leaders that Zimbabwe deserves?

Zimbabwe could benefit more from fact-driven policy debates, instead of personal attacks that will not put food on anyone’s table.

Recently, the Deputy Minister is said to have assaulted a director in his ministry over a disagreement on transport allowance allocation.

If the young man has anger management issues, we humbly suggest that he gets help for this before burning down another radio station — and his own political career.