Staff Reporter

…as the people reflected on the August 1 2018 skirmishes

People from all walks of life have come out guns blazing telling the United States of America Embassy in Harare to keep to its lane and stop meddling in the political affairs of Zimbabwe.  This follows a Tweet posted on the US Harare Embassy Twitter Handle blaming Government for the skirmishes that occurred on 1 August 2018.

“Exercising the constitutional right to vote should not be dangerous.  Zimbabwe deserves peaceful, credible and transparent elections.   The Government of Zimbabwe and parties must commit to preventing violence before, during and after 2023 elections,” read part of the post.

The US Embassy in Zimbabwe was quickly reminded of the origins of the disturbances, that were caused by an impatient, immature and irresponsible leader of the MDCA party Nelson Chamisa when he called on the people to go on the streets and protest the results of an election that had not even completed the counting of votes.

“Irresponsible utterances by individuals like Chamisa and Tendai Biti triggered some of our ill-informed citizens into carrying out acts of violence which included assaults on fellow citizens, vandalism, burning of vehicles and government property,” said one netizen only identified as @MyWorldZMTime

Kundayi Masekesa also added saying, “May you please tell your surrogates the MDC Alliance to accept electoral defeat and not cause chaos in the country like they did on 1 August 2018.”

Furthermore, Zimbabweans reminded the US Embassy in Harare, to do a commemoration of officer Brian Sicknic (42) and four others who died on Capitol Hill just before President Joe Biden’s inauguration.  The US was told to focus more on their affairs and stop acting as though Zimbabwe is one of the states in the USA.  

“People were killed in the US but you are silent about it.  You should stop violence in the US don’t be hypocrites,” Masekesa said.

Meanwhile, the US has been reminded of the gross Human Rights Violations that it has perpetrated throughout the world using sanctions, killing innocent people due to a need to control nations and their resources.

“You see a stick in our eyes but cannot see a log in your eyes.  How many lives have you taken through sanctions and wars, all over the world?  If we are to remember the lives, we will be remembering them on every calendar day because every day you take lives,” said Tafy WaMambo.