MNANGAGWA TRASHING BLACKS IN THE EYES OF THE WORLD

Tendai Mbofana shows us the sign of true courage and moral fortitude

Like many of my generation (I was born in 1955), I occasionally put pen to paper in an attempt to better inform the world of the scale and depth of the tragedy that has befallen Zimbabwe since 1980.

However, my writings have always been from the comparative safety and comfort of Australia, following my migration from a crumbling Zimbabwe in March 1990. My views were also shaped by my experiences as a "white" Rhodesian male, living through Rhodesia’s so-called "halcyon days" — first as a self-governing colony of Britain, and then, from November 1965, as a unilaterally declared independent country, free of British rule until 1980, when it re-entered the international community as the legally recognised nation of Zimbabwe.

Whatever your personal political views of that period may be, if you were a black Zimbabwean living in the country today, there is little doubt that your public views would be highly sanitised, for fear of upsetting the ruling ZANU-PF regime.

Not so if your name happens to be Tendai Ruben Mbofana. Tendai is a social justice advocate currently residing in Zimbabwe’s Midlands province. I was recently sent this blog written by him — and while it is quite lengthy, it is a real eye-opener. It is written with insight, courage, and intellect. No doubt it will offend the current political leadership in Zimbabwe — yet it has been penned without fear or favour.

It is well worth a read.

You can find it here:

https://mbofanatendairuben.news.blog/2025/04/24/mnangagwa-regime-making-blacks-look-bad-in-the-eyes-of-the-world/

Giant pothole in one of Zimbabwe's major transport corridors