. . . let’s do justice to pastness of the past
National Agenda with Bornwell Chakaodza
YES, the effective impetus for dismantling the structures of white-ruled Rhodesia and achieving genuine liberation in the country came principally from the intensification of the armed struggle. But this is no reason to imprison the discussion and criteria used to select our national heroes within the narrow framework of guerilla activity. Neither should disagreements between individuals and political parties and within political parties over the direction in which the country is moving come into the equation.Zimbabwe is much bigger than individuals and political parties. Independence came about as a result of sacrifices by Zimbabweans regardless of race, tribe and political party affiliation. The picture is indeed a complex one. And this fact should be in the forefront of our minds as we endeavour to debate and discuss the whole issue of who qualifies or does not for national hero status.
For starters, the armed struggle was a logical culmination of various forms of resistance that had gone on before to the ruling white minority in the then Rhodesia. There has been a great diversity of responses and resistances to colonial experience in this country since 1890 and even before that. This immense diversity of African responses to colonial domination and subsequent contributions to the development of post independent Zimbabwe needs to be taken into account when we debate who qualifies to lie at the National Heroes acre.
There has indeed been resistance by the people of Zimbabwe throughout the history of the country. The only difference being that it took different forms, strategies and tactics depending on the period being talked about. Let us not forget that for years we thought that Britain had the power and the will to dislodge successive Rhodesian governments from power. Alas no. it was only after the realisation that the British government had neither the power nor the will to do so when the armed struggle became the only viable and effective option. But protests were there throughout before the era of the armed struggle.
It has to be said that many of the young men and women who left the country in the 70s to join the armed struggle did so in the name of Bishop Abel Muzorewa and his African National Council (ANC). Yes, he later signed the discredited internal settlement agreement with Ian Smith to usher in the short-lived Zimbabwe-Rhodesia but the question is: Did that make him a total outcast? Was Bishop Muzorewa a collaborator with the racist Smith regime in the mould of Chief Jeremiah Chirau and paramount Chief Khayisa Ndiweni? Certainly not.
Could we not have acknowledged and recognised the earlier works of Bishop Muzorewa perhaps not as a national hero but in other ways? So does Reverend Ndabaningi Sithole, Reverend Canaan Banana, James Chikerema and indeed Gibson Sibanda not deserve national hero status? Are we so consumed by hatred that we fail to see the trees for the woods? What has happened to the vast web of generosity and love that characterise us Africans in Zimbabwe and Africa in general? Certainly, the gentlemen above in their different ways were missionaries for Zimbabwe in both their lives and works. We, who are myopic, did not see as clearly but history will relate.
There is too much reliance on the armed struggle and political connections to Zanu-Pf in the selection of our heroes. There are some heroes currently interred at the National Heroes Acre who do not represent the finest aspects of the struggle for Zimbabwe both pre and post independence. There are others — known national heroes — who are not there but should, to all intents and purposes, be there. It is common knowledge that there are other people both living and dead who joined the armed struggle not for genuine reasons of wanting to liberate the country but for dubious reasons. Some were dragged into the war of independence kicking and screaming. Others were running away from the long arm of the law. Again, history will relate.
I think that it is very important that we do not distort history. Because of the shortness of colonial rule (1890-1980), the resistors in the 1890s (primary resistance stage), the 1920s and 1940s (secondary resistance stage),the 50s and 60s (tertiary resistance or majority rule stage ) and the 70s (post tertiary or armed struggle stage) lived and are living to tell the tale in these 30 years of our independence.
What I am emphasising here is the need for an accurate and honest approach to our history regardless of the political party one may belong to. We do not want to see a situation, where for example, an unquestionable freedom fighter fails to make it to the National Heroes Acre just because he has parted company with Zanu-Pf or he or she has decided to belong to a political party of his or her choice. God forbid!
In any event, it is in the nature of democratic political parties to have disagreements. We need to be tolerant of other people’s views and opinions because we think differently and come from different backgrounds. If we have the same opinions in an organisation, then that organisation might as well be dead. It must be dissolved because it is not serving any useful purpose and indeed has no business to exist.
The point I want to make here very strongly is that we find comfort and nothing else in people we agree with but growth in those we disagree with. That is my bottom line.
In conclusion, the point must be emphasised that the period before the war of liberation witnessed an enormous diversity of African responses to colonial experience. And we are currently seeing the same diversity in the 30 years of our independence in terms of correcting our democratic deficits and shortcomings. All this must be taken on board when deciding who should be declared a national hero. And no political party should have the sole mandate of the decisions but the mandate should be given to an independent national body.
Coupled with an independent body, there should be a well-established criteria and procedure taking into account the complexity of our history both before 1980 and beyond.
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written by vasco da gama, September 17, 2010
written by vasco da gama, September 17, 2010
Enter Mugabe. Hope you have since received the sad news the little fella has a degree in history right? So history has it that he is no idiot either –even the learned Brits admit it-whether you call him butcher bob or not! Numero uno, he knows this Zulu outlaw lot is a rebelious kind-they are allegic to any kind of authority above their heads way back to Chaka. Numero duex, this lot is a barbaric and colonial seed on land not theirs. Numero tresh, the lot don’t read much but want to sign a lot of papers -a DNA descentant from Lobengula- so they sold the country for a packet of sugar and gave old Bob a torrid time wrestling it from Butcher Smith -. Numero quatrre, the a*segai uprisings and 1960s revolutions were nothing national but tribal verve to restore free nguni cattle rustling rights ursurped by Butcher Smith , and also to wash away the shame of peddling country for sugar. Numero cinq, the fellas lost the 1980 election -free and fair by british , american and Un standards. Numero six , before Bob became the infamous butcher you say, he actually preached reconcilliation to smith, mzoo, sithole and 'the fellas'- that even though they are foreigners to this land they could co-habit together. All except these ex-zulu , ex-zipra band agreed-but them-they refused- what an ungratefull lot indeed. Numero sept , these fellas had a stockpile of arms to topple any government not theirs -never head this from Nhaka Yedu on TV ?. Numero huef, the fellas dissended against the government, taking up arms to trash and rubish it into the kind of submissiveness of the Madvziti error. Numero nueff, , thanks to colonial Bismark, Bob puts on his reading gla*ses, looks up those Africa partitioning maps and realises the rebelling region falls under his jurisdiction effective 18 April 1980-with full rights!!. Numero Deux, Bob wisens up, borrows notes from Chaka's one page notebook on dealing with the rebellious zulu outlaws-"whip this lot into line" says page one of one.
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written by vasco da gama, September 17, 2010
written by vasco da gama, September 17, 2010
Just to prolong the argument, maybe lets do some bit of remedial lessons in African History and Bantu Migration. Has your grandmother never told you folklores of a gang of a*segai totting, barbaric cattle rustlers who before 1896 foraged and marauded the whole land between the Okavango Delta in the west and Pungwe river to the east- reigning from their citadel Kobulawayo founded by one Mzilikhazi of the Khumalo tribe whose throne was later ascended to by one Lobengula –some fella who liked sugar too much? Let me tell you some -this gang raped anything on two legs with b*****s, stole anything with hooves that mooed, and anything else -murderd or drove into pedition by way of bondage and slavery from Okavango to Pungwe river. Many an ancestor of the Tswana Xhosa, Karanga, Zezuru, Changani, Korekore, Nyika, Kalanga,Ndau, Nyanja, Buja and Sena-you name it , perished at the mercy of their a*segais and the derivative names "matebele' (coined by theTswana) and 'Madzviti' coined by the shona tribes emerged. Remember that this lot is from Port Elizaberth in South Africa- being outlaws of Chaka’s Zulu kingdom? First, surely they rustled his cattle, rebelled against his rule and tracked north pacifying tribes and kingdoms on the way especially across the Limpopo but beyond Zambezi river-didn’t they? This land called Matabeleland is a colony of this band of Zulu outlaws-it is not even their legitimate heritage to start with. It belongs to the aforesaid tribes whom they butchered mercilessly but no-one, not even one honest scribe including yourself, ever says anything about bringing the Khumalo clan before The Hague for regiside against the Nguni tribes. But have you never heard Mandeere achiti we need to restore our kingship and citadel? Attaboy; for what? To chide the Nguni tribes and remind them of that barbaric Madzviti era and the horrors wrought at the behest of the khumalo tribes? Why have you never raised voices about the cleansing of the nguni tribes by madzviti-is it a subject m*re taboo than Mugabe’s gukurahundi. I tell you, in this business, the nguni were outright innocent than the Ndebele of 1980-and who is to say the silence of the Nguni descendents isn’t a pa*sive volcano no-one shall read off the ritcher scale? Does your lot intend to write- off and expire the sins of the Khumalo clan south and north of the Limpopo while magnifying the guilt of Bob? First In First Out-I bet !!! Well mister, don’t fool n*body –guilt is one product with no expiry dates-those Hague magistrates in the ‘guilt’ business don’t go broke on this business-so don’t try to run them out of inventory huh. If you want to give them Bob, so give them Bob but forward the Khumalos first-no Last In First Out in this.
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written by vasco da gama, September 17, 2010
written by vasco da gama, September 17, 2010
Allow me s**ce to persuade Chinhakwe and his kind to see how they pick on selective history and scribe half truths out of it. I appreciate the vitrol you pour on Mugabe for the Gukurahundi -which you prefer to call a ma*sacre followed by your wish to hang him for it-I bet the last thing you would wish is to see the spectre of his ghost towering over Warren Hills. Lets agree that the definition of a ma*sacre should include the butchering of defenseless, unarmed people such as happened at n**i extermination camps Auscthwiz and Sobiba around 1942. 'Ma*sacre' must allude to victims who are innocent of any wrong doing-so say if your kind provocatively raid a pub, and you are later beaten to pulp by this pub monya for hire- surely you lot can’t peddle your misfortune as a ma*sacre-can you? It may therefore be sensible to draw comparatives with the Chimoio, Nyadzonya, Tembwe and other Zambian refugee and guerrilla training camp bombings. Know why n*body gives a damn about that anym*re? Well tell you some-the victims were either up in arms or in transit to armament against Smith whom surely before he died,you have never said should have been arraigned before the Hague for genocide? And in your haste you say nothing about Smith’s Zimbabwean hero status- why?? If for instance Rhodesia remained to date, does it not suffice to remind ourselves that Ian Smith would have accorded (infact he did) the perpetrators of those refugee bombings medals like the purple heart for bravery, or the silver bronze for tactical ingenuity-and further to that those RAF mercenaries would have been buried heroes too-except Smith was never brighter than Bob to come up with an exquisite garden for planting skeletons. Do you now see that when a people take up arms against a government, they are at war and blood shedding is an inevitable consequence? War crimes are written off, people pardon each other and start on a clean slate-reconcilliation. But in an insurrection, the ruling government construes them as rebels and worse than rags-a dogma only washed away by toppling the government.If you fail, tough luck to you. With Smith in power all present day hero moguls had no parking deeds in Warren Hills. So tit-for-tat today that n*body applied for Smith’s parking deeds in Warren Hills, let alone Shurugwi’s provincial heros acre-never even heard the politburo paid respects at his RSA funeral-nor laid a wreath to his tomb. I tell you a proposal to accord Smith Zimbabwean hero status would have given that club of half–literates Bla Chinos, Mararike Makumbe, Mahoso, and Chigwedere stiff competition in impromptu speeches and a field day on TV-sure then alone would have been the only time the politburo would have run short of ideas and every 30 minutes the nation would have been consulted on radio and TV like that irritating hondo yeminda jingo. Know why?Your enemy is not a hero-noone tells folklores of his gallantry in your village and co-habits. A defeated enemy should stand down and stay beat even in his grave.Why bother about hero status? Do victims cast lots on the spoils of the battle? Victims have no mantle out of it. Nor do victors who wonder off from the celebrating victory camp have any lot in the spoils of the battle. Stay in the victory camp-that’s the goldern rule.
Now back to this gukurahundi thing-was it like the Sobiba or Auschwitz ma*sacres of n**i Germany where defenseless Jews were ga*sed for no crime-political economic or criminal? Did it not start after some ex-Zipra elements in Matabeleland reneged against 1980’s majority rule?When war ended with a majoprity vote in favour of ZANU whereafter the armies of Zipra, Zanla,RA, and Mzoos Auxilaries merged into one ZNA but somebody didn’t like it, infact didn’t like either white or non white-let alone non Ndebele authority over their head-they griped about it and took up arms against the government-and as usual anywhere else, the gvt branded them rebels and rags. So gukurahundi came to Matabeleland, and not Chipinge, the hotbed of ZANU Ndonga , Salisbury north, the enclave of RF, nor Makoni South kwa Bla Mzoo otherwise we could be talking of the same gukurahundi anyplace else - so no hard feelings about tribal cleansing . Whereever it occurred, that people would be first respondents, co-accused and defendents in a court of law –in short politically guilty of insurrection and criminally, unlawful possession of arms and banditry.
Now back to this gukurahundi thing-was it like the Sobiba or Auschwitz ma*sacres of n**i Germany where defenseless Jews were ga*sed for no crime-political economic or criminal? Did it not start after some ex-Zipra elements in Matabeleland reneged against 1980’s majority rule?When war ended with a majoprity vote in favour of ZANU whereafter the armies of Zipra, Zanla,RA, and Mzoos Auxilaries merged into one ZNA but somebody didn’t like it, infact didn’t like either white or non white-let alone non Ndebele authority over their head-they griped about it and took up arms against the government-and as usual anywhere else, the gvt branded them rebels and rags. So gukurahundi came to Matabeleland, and not Chipinge, the hotbed of ZANU Ndonga , Salisbury north, the enclave of RF, nor Makoni South kwa Bla Mzoo otherwise we could be talking of the same gukurahundi anyplace else - so no hard feelings about tribal cleansing . Whereever it occurred, that people would be first respondents, co-accused and defendents in a court of law –in short politically guilty of insurrection and criminally, unlawful possession of arms and banditry.
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written by choga, September 17, 2010
written by choga, September 17, 2010
chinhakwe
do you not realise that the dzakut*aku myth was exorcised and forgotten about when the sun rose on april 18 , 1980?
do you not realise that the dzakut*aku myth was exorcised and forgotten about when the sun rose on april 18 , 1980?
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written by Chinhakwe, September 17, 2010
written by Chinhakwe, September 17, 2010
At times I say to myself maybe these ZanuPF thugs are right to beat people up: they deserve to be beaten because they don't know what they want - the people can see that Mugabe is a con-artist who is only interested in being life President, has committed heinous crimes but the people still think he is some hero. To be honest I don't know what Mugabe has done because it's us who voted him into power in 1980 when there was already a black man, Muzorewa, running the country. ZanuPF wanted it to appear as if they had taken over from Ian Smith and that they had defeated Smith which wasn't the case. Mugabe and ZanuPF are supposed to have liberated us. Liberate us from what? Another black man? Mugabe has been in charge for 30-odd years and has murdered people to remain as President yet he is called a national hero. Is this liberation? I couldn't believe it when Mugabe implored the British Governor, Lord Chris Soames to extend his stay and help run the country in 1980 to which the British Governor politely refused yet we are told that the British want to 'steal' our country. If they wanted to steal the country they would have done so when Mugabe asked their governor to extend his stay. Not only that, Mugabe appointed former Ian Smith's cabinet ministers to his own cabinet. Zimbabwe National Army was trained by the British Army from 1980 to around 1999 but Mugabe and ZanuPF have the audacity to call others 'puppets'. Who is the bigger puppet here? Zimbabwe received in the region of £600 million in aid from Britain alone from 1980 to around 1999. USA has contributed m*re than the British: not to mention other countries all over the world. Zimbabwe is a country built on a hill of lies, where history has been embroidered to suit one man and his party ZanuPF who are immune to prosecution - sacred cows.
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written by Chinhakwe, September 15, 2010
written by Chinhakwe, September 15, 2010
DISINGENIOUS JOURNALISTS AND POLITICIANS IN ZIMBABWBE WRITE AND TALK ABOUT THIS ABNOXIOUS HEROES THING BUT THEY CONVENIENTLY OMIT THE FACT THAT ZANUPF'S FIFTH BRIGADE Ma*sACRED OVER 20 000 UNARMED CIVILIANS IN COLD BLOOD AND THE PERPETRATORS ARE/WERE DECLARED SO-CALLED NATIONAL HEROES. WHY WRITE OR DISCUSS ABOUT HEROES WHEN YOU ARE AFRAID TO MENTION THE Ma*sACRE OF GUKURAHUNDI AND THAT THE PERPETRATORS ARE/WERE DECLARED SO-CALLED NATIONAL HEROES? It's an absolute disgrace that in the above article gutless wonder Bornwell Chakaodza never mentioned Gukurahundi but has the audacity to ask who qualifies to be a hero and not mention those who were buried there but are guilty of heinous crimes against humanity. I have heard some idiots saying Mugabe must merely apologise yet a person who murders one individual is hanged but those who murdered over 20 000 should merely apologise because they are superhumans! Mugabe dismissed it as if he was talking about the weather and never mentions it now. He continues as if it happened in some another world. Skittish parties like MDC-T and MDC-M are so power hungry they are prepared to ignore all the aforementioned to attend ceremonies at this monstrosity in the hope they will also be buried there [never mention Gukurahundi] instead of calling for doing away with this controversial set up.
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written by Godfrey Gundani, September 14, 2010
written by Godfrey Gundani, September 14, 2010
Bornwell, I salute you. I laways like the soberness in your thinking. Thank you.
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written by tawanda, September 14, 2010
written by tawanda, September 14, 2010
tichasvika year 3000 debating about heroes whilst vamwe will be busy looting.mashaya nyaya here v**omana zvekuti we spend months tichichemera kuvigwa paheroes acre.we are now so polarised zvekuti we waste precious time arguing nezvinhu zvisina basa.cry for a share of the national cake muchiri vapenyu than kuda kuvigwa ku warren park.unongoora chete isu tosara tichitetena ma diamonds.
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written by wezhira, September 12, 2010
written by wezhira, September 12, 2010
perfect Taurai the ' water' in which those so called liberators were swimming at will!!!!
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written by Chinhakwe, September 11, 2010
written by Chinhakwe, September 11, 2010
Never before has there been such a harebrained concept as trying to cla*sify people as heroes and non-heroes. For some unknown reason Zimbabweans are so obsessed with this Communist-style Heroes thing. I fail to understand why people who are supposed to be progressive spent time arguing about this atavistic notion about heroes and self-sacrifice. It divides opinion. There can never be clear-cut criteria for choosing so-called heroes.
Zimbabwe's nationalist history is the messiest experiment in social change: it's riddled with cold-blooded murder in the struggle for ascendancy. A lot of the crimes committed are unexplained neither has any effort been made to solve the crimes lest the so-called heroes are implicated. It's as if the whole idea of introducing the concept was to hide past crimes under the name of heroes. Journalists are not doing us any favours by misrepresenting the whole issue by labelling the struggle for political power as 'liberation'. Political parties are now called liberation movements yet these were parties fighting for political power and not liberating anyone. What journalists refer to as liberation war was to me a frenetic prolonged struggle for political power between Zanu and Zapu from 1963 to 1987 akin to the struggle for political power between MPLA and Unita in Angola from the 60s which ended in 2002 when Jonas Savimbi was killed. The deadly clashes between Zanla and Zipra at Entumbane and the ma*sacre of Gukurahundi only goes to show that this was a struggle for political power but everyone tries to sweep it under the carpet and not even mention it - the elephant in the room. The perpetrators are/will be interred at the so-called Heroes Acre! How can they be heroes when they ma*sacred unarmed civilians? The irony is that Zimbabwe is the only country in the region with a so-called Heroes Acre yet it's one country with m*re murders committed by those in authority that the other countries without Heroes Acres. This thing was introduced by Zanu without consulting the people and have never consulted the people ever since - it's for the chosen few.
History has been deliberately embellished to portray Zanu and Zapu as having ousted Ian Smith yet Smith left office in May 1979 and Muzorewa was the first black person to run this country. This period has been airbrushed from history altogether. The 'prolonged armed struggle' is rammed down our throats ad nauseam as if we were not present yet Muzorewa took over from Smith without firing a shot in anger. We mistakenly threw out the baby with the bath water when we voted Muzorewa out thinking the banned externally-based parties were better. Instead of repaying us with gratitude Zanu promptly told us it was them that 'liberated' us when it was our votes which got them into power.
Before you ask who qualifies to be a hero you should ask yourself who is m*re important the ordinary folk or the politician?
The issue on so-called heroes is childish and shows that the politicians are not serious and spend time haggling over lucrative burial places for themselves and their cronies. They show no respect for the ordinary people whose votes put them into power.
Some of these so-called heroes own multiple farms while ordinary folk are struggling to have at least one meal a day. These so-called heroes send their children abroad for schooling while ours make do with local fifth rate schools with no textbooks. The people are the heroes not the politicians: it's the ordinary people who should demand cla*s one burial places not these vain politicians. It's our votes which put them in office. People must use their votes wisely and push these selfish, arrogant and vain would be heroes and so-called heroes out. We don't need these controversial Communist-style heroes' thing. Don't they see that this is one thing which has polarised society where some people falsely claim to have sacrificed their lives for the wider population without our concern? It beggars belief that people responsible for the Gukurahundi ma*sacre are/will be buried as 'national heroes' for slaughtering over 20 000 unarmed civilians!
If this Heroes thing becomes inclusive [I hate this word] then we are going to end up with a situation where a so-called hero or heroes are buried, maybe two a day at the Heroes Acre. Instead of banging on about this heroes thing the journalist fraternity and other politicians should be agitating for the report on Gukurahundi to be published and reparations made to the victims and their families and the culprits brought to book including Mugabe. This issue will not go away.
Zimbabwe's nationalist history is the messiest experiment in social change: it's riddled with cold-blooded murder in the struggle for ascendancy. A lot of the crimes committed are unexplained neither has any effort been made to solve the crimes lest the so-called heroes are implicated. It's as if the whole idea of introducing the concept was to hide past crimes under the name of heroes. Journalists are not doing us any favours by misrepresenting the whole issue by labelling the struggle for political power as 'liberation'. Political parties are now called liberation movements yet these were parties fighting for political power and not liberating anyone. What journalists refer to as liberation war was to me a frenetic prolonged struggle for political power between Zanu and Zapu from 1963 to 1987 akin to the struggle for political power between MPLA and Unita in Angola from the 60s which ended in 2002 when Jonas Savimbi was killed. The deadly clashes between Zanla and Zipra at Entumbane and the ma*sacre of Gukurahundi only goes to show that this was a struggle for political power but everyone tries to sweep it under the carpet and not even mention it - the elephant in the room. The perpetrators are/will be interred at the so-called Heroes Acre! How can they be heroes when they ma*sacred unarmed civilians? The irony is that Zimbabwe is the only country in the region with a so-called Heroes Acre yet it's one country with m*re murders committed by those in authority that the other countries without Heroes Acres. This thing was introduced by Zanu without consulting the people and have never consulted the people ever since - it's for the chosen few.
History has been deliberately embellished to portray Zanu and Zapu as having ousted Ian Smith yet Smith left office in May 1979 and Muzorewa was the first black person to run this country. This period has been airbrushed from history altogether. The 'prolonged armed struggle' is rammed down our throats ad nauseam as if we were not present yet Muzorewa took over from Smith without firing a shot in anger. We mistakenly threw out the baby with the bath water when we voted Muzorewa out thinking the banned externally-based parties were better. Instead of repaying us with gratitude Zanu promptly told us it was them that 'liberated' us when it was our votes which got them into power.
Before you ask who qualifies to be a hero you should ask yourself who is m*re important the ordinary folk or the politician?
The issue on so-called heroes is childish and shows that the politicians are not serious and spend time haggling over lucrative burial places for themselves and their cronies. They show no respect for the ordinary people whose votes put them into power.
Some of these so-called heroes own multiple farms while ordinary folk are struggling to have at least one meal a day. These so-called heroes send their children abroad for schooling while ours make do with local fifth rate schools with no textbooks. The people are the heroes not the politicians: it's the ordinary people who should demand cla*s one burial places not these vain politicians. It's our votes which put them in office. People must use their votes wisely and push these selfish, arrogant and vain would be heroes and so-called heroes out. We don't need these controversial Communist-style heroes' thing. Don't they see that this is one thing which has polarised society where some people falsely claim to have sacrificed their lives for the wider population without our concern? It beggars belief that people responsible for the Gukurahundi ma*sacre are/will be buried as 'national heroes' for slaughtering over 20 000 unarmed civilians!
If this Heroes thing becomes inclusive [I hate this word] then we are going to end up with a situation where a so-called hero or heroes are buried, maybe two a day at the Heroes Acre. Instead of banging on about this heroes thing the journalist fraternity and other politicians should be agitating for the report on Gukurahundi to be published and reparations made to the victims and their families and the culprits brought to book including Mugabe. This issue will not go away.
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I say hats off to Texas Ranger Bob Karigamombe. If you guys have no parking s**ce for his ghost in Warren hills I move a motion that this cowboy be laid in Tombstone side by side with Whyte Erp and Doc Holliday-those fellas sure are one kind –they don’t say s**t nor show rem*rse after gun totting a few cattle rustlers accross The Ganges River and the Limpopo.So you see mister, who scribes and gripes about the a*segai totting khumalo murderers who chopped off a million nguni kinsmen, stole their cattle and wives?- Surely not yourself Chinhakwe. I see you are half literate for that -your history starts in 1980 like a born free-doesnt it? You can’t read any page before that -can you?