Should Zimbabweans believe in changes?

My brothers and sisters at speak Africa web, I always wish all of us participating here to come with our own views, lessons and opinion on different occasions taking place in Africa rather than copying and pasting of what the veteran journalists are writing. I wish the main aim to see the young Africans’ way of doing things.

Coming on the election saga taking place currently in Zimbabwe, many Zimbabweans and I think youths are ahead, they demand for changes; they want an old man and their grandfather’s father to step aside and give chance to the young guy Mr. Morgan Tsvangirai, aged 56 who by any means is coming with many attractive words and promises for the prosperous nation.

But can Tsvangirai lead Zimbabweans to the promised land? African history, shows on how changes from colonial liberators to the new successors are throwing them in the hands of a black colonialist or in the hands of neo-colonialism through globalization policies or the well-known foreign investment.

In Zambia, the first president Kenneth Kaunda a.k.a KK, stepped aside after election which brought Frederick Chiluba on power guess what?, at the end, Chiluba suffocated from various accusation based on economic factors not putting aside corruption scandals.

In Kenya, people chose opposition for the safe leadership to the promised land, but now see what is happening on how Mwai Kibaki has rapped democracy and now he is still raping peace agreement he signed with his free consent in front of the mass.

Here in Tanzania, we are facing the same type of thought to be fruitful changes. After the decision by the founding president Julius K Nyerere to walk back to his village, there came A. H. Mwinyi. People felt bad to taste his era, later Benjamini Mkapa came in. the father of the nation (Nyerere) campaigned for Mkapa by assuring them on how consistent the guy was. Mkapa faced great challenge from Opposition, but he grabbed votes for people trusted in his campaigner, Nyerere, father of the nation.

Mkapa came in, during his second phase, everyone was annoyed and wished for a new man in the holy house. The mkapa Marketed by Nyerere turned into a businessman in the state house and privatized almost all ways of economy at as cheapest price.
Killing contracts were signed in the supply of electricity, not to say of mining sectors were long term contracts were signed up to 100 years with a payment of 3 percent of the cooperate tax.

Many complaints followed him, now people thought of a new leader and now it was the current president who came with an attractive slogan; “new zeal, new vigor, increased speed” now we can see what is going on, our development jet doesn’t even seem to take off.

Those are few examples of changes made in Africa with big hope of better life but ended into being worse life.
Yes, Mugabe must go for he is age is telling him so, even the everlasting life is waiting for him out there, but what do the Zimbabweans think will be achieved for their development under Tsvangirai?

Countries like Tanzania, are said to be doing great in economy, they talk about macro economy and not micro economy, the economic condition under many Tanzanians. People living under one dollar a day, no basic needs but the reports shows that Tanzania’s economy doing great???

Is that what Zimbabweans whish to see? In any way if Tsvangirai takes power, he will insist on foreign investment like a Tanzania, peoples’ land will be confiscated for they have failed to develop it and given to those who can develop it like it is in Tanzania among some pastoralists in southern region or people near by mining companies.

Lets wait and see, I urge Zimbabweans to think before they do. I understand Mugabe’s shoes are too long to fit any one, they should take a lesson to Iraqi were people thought the late Saddam Hussein, should go. They celebrated when he was overthrown by American soldiers, his death was great news. Think what are they wishing today, they probably with ten Saddams were alive!

Zimbabwe needs to see the reformations that might face them soon. I sometimes think that it is good for people to own land with poor agriculture rather than facing foreign investment which cares about capitalist. Think of strong money, but not accessible by people like in Tanzania where below 10 pc of the citizens takes part in the economy. All the best Zimbabweans take care