ZANU PF youths have told renowned South African human rights lawyer, George Bizos, to stop making alarmist predictions of turmoil and civil unrest in Zimbabwe.
by XOLISANI NCUBE
Addressing journalists in Harare yesterday, Zanu PF deputy national youth secretary, Kudzanai Chipanga, said Bizos was hallucinating when he predicted turmoil during his recent visit to Harare.
“Bizos should go hang and stop hallucinating about civil unrest in Zimbabwe. President Robert Mugabe is firmly in charge,” he said.
“He is a confused man, he must go hang. What civil unrest does he know? He thinks that when a country is under the leadership of black people, there will be unrest. It’s very unfortunate.
“We are a peaceful people, we don’t do like what they do in South Africa and I want to tell that white man to appreciate that we are a peace-loving people, who will never go to war again, as he is being misled. We know his white friends are inciting some of our people in the opposition to rise against the people’s President. But that will not happen.”
In the past weeks, Zimbabwe has been rocked by spontaneous demonstrations against poor governance amid fears the protests could degenerate into a civil war against the Zanu PF regime.
Bizos was among several prominent people, among them human rights defenders, who thronged Harare Magistrates’ Court last Saturday for the bail hearing of war veterans’ spokesperson, Douglas Mahiya.
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He later expressed shock at the country’s justice delivery system and warned of civil unrest if government failed to contain public anger over the deteriorating economy and lawlessness.
The high-profile attorney successfully represented the late South African President Nelson Mandela in his treason trial from 1963 to 1964 resulting in Mandela being spared the death sentence and in 2002 also caused the acquittal of opposition MDC-T leader Morgan Tsvangirai on similar charges.
