Comments on: Peter Davies on Zimbabwe - wave of fear http://www.bloggernews.net/115127 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:37:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Peter Davies http://www.bloggernews.net/115127#comment-293398 Peter Davies Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:33:58 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/115127#comment-293398 I made no mention of "killing" in my post above and wonder where "gamautoe" got the word "killing" from - he mentions in no less than three times in his comment. I now worry what gamautoe knows something that I don't about the current situation. Are Zanu-PF thugs killing people as well as beating them up? (The only killing that took place in Rhodesia in my days was of terrorists or by terrorists.) I made no mention of “killing” in my post above and wonder where “gamautoe” got the word “killing” from - he mentions in no less than three times in his comment. I now worry what gamautoe knows something that I don’t about the current situation. Are Zanu-PF thugs killing people as well as beating them up? (The only killing that took place in Rhodesia in my days was of terrorists or by terrorists.)

]]> By: gamautoe http://www.bloggernews.net/115127#comment-292455 gamautoe Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:37:56 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/115127#comment-292455 I have read with interest this article by Peter Davies. Firstly I would like to state that the author of this article is less qualified to talk about beatings and killings in Zimbabwe. This culture was inherited from colonial Rhodesia where killing was really killing not what we are being told today. I for one my peasant father was killed for no apparent reason while weeding his field in 1979 by the likes of Davies and I had to grow up in abject poverty. With sheer grace of God I managed to reach ordinary of education. I had to toil to eventually get my Masters degree. Secondly I want correct Davies that Henry Muchena is not the Head of police nor is he a policeman either. Please do not distort facts to the world. I am not a ZANU PF apologist nor did I vote for Mugabe but I am a true Zimbawean who stand for the truth. I feel a lot of pain if wrong facts are said. Thirdly, Moragn Tsvangirai did not attain 50.3% in the recent election. Using their own figures in their statement of 02.04.08 where they proclaimed victory and stated that they attained 50.3% , if you take your calculator and compute percentages no-one reached 50%. Please visit their website to satisfy yourself. I am therefore at loss as to how they got 50.3%. In fact my calculations on their figures gives them 49.1% Finally I wish to point out that we need to objective in our assesments. I am resident in Zimbabwe and travels a lot and I have not seen this high level beatings being talked about. I know ZANU PF can use violence and vengeance but this report is exaggerating the situation. I have read with interest this article by Peter Davies. Firstly I would like to state that the author of this article is less qualified to talk about beatings and killings in Zimbabwe. This culture was inherited from colonial Rhodesia where killing was really killing not what we are being told today. I for one my peasant father was killed for no apparent reason while weeding his field in 1979 by the likes of Davies and I had to grow up in abject poverty. With sheer grace of God I managed to reach ordinary of education. I had to toil to eventually get my Masters degree.

Secondly I want correct Davies that Henry Muchena is not the Head of police nor is he a policeman either. Please do not distort facts to the world. I am not a ZANU PF apologist nor did I vote for Mugabe but I am a true Zimbawean who stand for the truth. I feel a lot of pain if wrong facts are said.

Thirdly, Moragn Tsvangirai did not attain 50.3% in the recent election. Using their own figures in their statement of 02.04.08 where they proclaimed victory and stated that they attained 50.3% , if you take your calculator and compute percentages no-one reached 50%. Please visit their website to satisfy yourself. I am therefore at loss as to how they got 50.3%. In fact my calculations on their figures gives them 49.1%

Finally I wish to point out that we need to objective in our assesments. I am resident in Zimbabwe and travels a lot and I have not seen this high level beatings being talked about. I know ZANU PF can use violence and vengeance but this report is exaggerating the situation.

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