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Abductions Mukoko Morgan Tsvangirai Injuries ZAPU ZANU PF army killingsPublished: December 16, 2008
By Xolani Sibanda & Moses Muchemwa
Nyamandlovu ZimEye)-Zimbabwe’s war veterans leader Jabulani Sibanda has ordered ex-combatants to be on high alert claiming that Botswana was threatening an invasion.
Sibanda told war veterans to resume morning training exercises arguing that threats of war multiplies with incidents like the attempt on Air Marshall Perence Shiri used as an example.
He was speaking during a function to distribute farming equipment to war veterans from Zimbabwe’s second city Bulawayo.
He attacked Botswana for planning terrorist campaigns against Zimbabwe. Sibanda further stated that Botswana lacked experience in terms of war fare having established it’s own army in 1978 ten years after Zimbabwean nationalists had taken up arms against white minority settlers of British origin led by the late Ian Smith’s Rhodesian front party.
The war veterans leader who led terror campaign against Zanu-PF opponents in the March elections, said “the French leader Nicholas Sarchozy should ask former president Jacque Chirac about why France should always be a coward a country that was overrun by the Germans in the second World War,
“France are cowards who should not challenge Zimbabwe they don’t know us as a fighting force so they should leave us in peace”.
Mugabe uses the war veterans to unleash violence on political opponents. He is accusing he MDC of training bandits to be used in terror attacks. The opposition has dismissed the allegations.
(ZimEye, Zimbabwe)
[Moses muchemwa is a journalist and contributor with the ZimEye. He can be contacted at mmuchemwa@zimeye.com]
18 Comments on "War vets ready for war against Botswana – Sibanda"
Tombs on Wed, 17th Dec 2008 7:06 am
Remember the war vets you are talking about can no longer handle guns anymore. Jabu don’t fool yourself. I think you need to go for medical examination. You are the one who shot Manyika and Perence Shiri. But remember what goes around comes around, you are the one who is next according the Zanu Pf list. Zanu PF is crumbling down. There is going to be a biggest revolt the next coming three weeks within the army and police just mark my words. Nothing is good for Mugabe he is now holding by the skin of a tooth. Achotodambura vakati ooh nepfuti. those Zanu Pf thugs can Kill no matter you a Zanu Pf or not
Tonderai Zingwiro on Wed, 17th Dec 2008 7:49 am
What war vets? Running away from the Rhodesian army and taking it out onto the civilians, they are actually the enemy. By the way 98% of the so called real war vets are dead either of desease or RENAMO.
Joseph Mthuthuki on Wed, 17th Dec 2008 11:00 am
Jabulani remember what *****ma was for?? Sellouts like you know that they leave on borrowed time.We the Zipra forces will never point a gun towards Botswana.All Zipras passed through F/T,Dukwe and Pikwe as you claim to be a Zipra cadre where did you pass.
You nare an insult to Ndebeles,insult to ZIPRA and insult to ZAPU and Joshuwa Mqabuko.One would hope you would change now as the end game is clear ndoda.Its better late than never.That is why we are forgiving ODabengwa and the rest because they saw light and changed than never.
So wethu stop dreaming no one among ZIPRA or Matebele will ever listen to your rubish nja yomgodoyi mthengisi.Liyokutshonela wetghu
Kutshwekhaya Mantshazi on Wed, 17th Dec 2008 11:10 am
I agree with Joseph.No ZIPRA will listen to Sibanda.He is intoxicated with innocent zzzzzzimbabwean blood he has split in the name of ZANU PF.
The propaganda that Zanu preaches has really intoxicated Jabu.
My advice to you is that look at your shoulders.the writing is bold on the wall.You are not going anyway Jabu.You are really mental deranged I suggest you go to Ingutsheni for assessment.
Okusalyo yikuthi dont step eBOTS or eJOZI. you know what awaits you if you dare.
I really feel for your light skin.
Changamire India Omega on Wed, 17th Dec 2008 11:51 am
Sibanda is right. Botswana is nothing but a desert which has more goats than people. The UK govt handed over their ‘independence’ in a silver plate coz there was nothing there. But alas the almighty had mercy on them and gave them diamonds which they don’t own. Speak of gay gangster Sir Ian Khama (a British half caste) who was not even elected in an election. If Botswana invades they will become the 11th province of Great Zimbabwe coz our commandos will hit them so hard that they will regret they ever support that silly Dutch buffoon – Morgan Van Tsvangsven.
Proud Motswana on Thu, 18th Dec 2008 3:54 am
Changamire Masende akho wena. How Do you insult my president like that . Its not us who said you must neva have a president you bloody fool. U say Botswana is a dessert full of goats than people. u r mistaken boy. By the way let me help you , this is a modern world fool, six people can finish the whole of harare city in a day. so dnt comment about military if you dont know. i bet u think Botswana is very easy and in experienced . u are wrong you fool. We can attack you even not coming to Zim if provoked . just that we still have a lot of other Zim Citizenz who are more sensible. NB My grandfada Matternal was Zipra. By now he cant even hold a newspaper, so please….
Commandos , ha. ha. what are they using shanboks and Ak47, good try.
I love Zimba and all its mentally stable citizens, not people like Sibanda and ChangaMata
Voice of his people on Thu, 18th Dec 2008 6:12 am
Changamire dont dare awake up a sleeping giant.. And the insults to a president?? Are you on dagga or smnthing?? Gangster gay what??.. *****, you must be born legs first or dropped on your head as a toddler.
Have you ever heard any motswana run their mouth about you worthless thug worshipers and your thug leaders.
The tone of your message portrays pure envy and jealousy. I bet like this you are in Botswana, ungrateful swine.. Commandos and invasion, wots this nonsense you keep talking about.. Tired of abusing helpless families and now you knocking on the devils door trying find bigger violence right? Careful cos the devil might answer and you will not know what hit you..
Its high time you guys wake up and see the nonsense you vow for.. Do you even know wots goin around you or you are still lost by concussion as a child
Changamire India Omega on Thu, 18th Dec 2008 2:40 pm
Hey Motswanas. I see you have grown in your democratic ways of your slave masters. Yeah right count on that American Air Base and think you can support sellouts to bulldoze into power? You will meet your maker soon. Zim was born out of the barrel of the gun so you can’t match that. Just a few years back you used to jump the border to jump on our education gravy train. Even now the top executives in the corporate world in Bechuanaland British Protectorate, until your 1965 constitution, are Zimbabwean. You have more goats than soldiers and you think you can invade the land of the blessed. That causus belle wont work coz we’ll blast you before you even sniff Francis Town. Pfutseke MUGODOYI!
Proud Motswana on Fri, 19th Dec 2008 4:45 am
Changa you fool. Are you in the Army? NO . Are you in Zimbabwe? NO. Do you have access to the information i mean current affairs ? NO. So please shut the **** up u asshole . This is not the 80s when you guys were crossing into Bots looking for food for ur rebels. Its true we have more goats than soldiers. Its very true we used to “jump on ur education gravy train” so what will this win you any war?
Ask your Army boys they wil tell you the real facts about Bots small defence force. out of all nations in africa we are number 2 as far as armament is concerned. look at our yearly budget figures and tell me where we are spending money.
I know you Changa. You actually stole from my house in june 2008. and took everything . including old raggered underwares. let me educate you a little. Namibia had to run to Germany to seek Protection. oh i know u will run to China, Angola, Drc, Chad, Libya, Somalia, Sudan because those are your type.
Fotsek ( thats how you write it )msundulo, msono,mdidi.
You are the most stupid human being i have ever had to read a comment from. I am going to send my guys to kill u , wait and see.
Go siame monna o polo.
Changamire India Omega on Fri, 19th Dec 2008 5:25 am
Like the goats in your country you are academically challenged. You can’t debate without hurling insults. You moron. I am in Zimbabwe and I will be waiting for your impotent goats to attack. What war have you Motswanas fought that you can threaten to invade Zimbabwe? Do you even have the balls to impregnant your dirty loose women? FYI the war vets are still active in the army and you know battled hardened soldiers look for war. Ask ZIPRA dissidents eg Gwesela, MNR in Mozambique, Kosovo, Somalis and even the South Africans. We have the most experienced and professional army in the region. Don’t you dare set foot an inch from Plumtree – you will go back to your mama’s womb. Ngiyakurata! Mua – Motswanas are our women!!
PROUD MOTSWANA on Mon, 22nd Dec 2008 5:57 am
Changamire u r very sick. u have a tail in your ass. Iam going to keep quiet now coz i notice that you are mentally challenged. i will ask sm1 to take u to Engutsheni . Sorry i talked to u .ddnt know u r stupid.
Changamire India Omega on Mon, 22nd Dec 2008 1:51 pm
PM – WE DON’T SPEAK TO EMBICILES LIKE YOU. HERE’S A LETTER TO YOUR GAY LEADER….
Open letter to Seretse Ian Khama
December 21, 2008
Jupiter Punungwe
YOUR Excellency, Seretse Ian Khama, President of Botswana, first I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude for the hospitality your country has shown to my countrymen, who have flooded your country to flee from the current hardship in our country.
I do not know if and when the people of Zimbabwe will ever be able to pay back the people of Botswana for the kindness and compassion they have shown us in these trying times.
I also agree with you fully that the problems Zimbabwe is facing have been visited upon her by a corrupt, excessively greedy leadership whose major quest at the moment is not to serve the people or alleviate their suffering, but to preserve their personal privilege and access to state coffers.
Your Excellency, however I do not think you have displayed adequate wisdom, vision or critical thinking and diplomacy in the way you have approached the Zimbabwe crisis at your own leadership level.
For example, I find it difficult to understand how you would seriously expect SADC to go along with your calls to invade Zimbabwe or close her borders.
How would you expect Joseph Kabila to support the invasion of Zimbabwe when you know, from recent history, that Zimbabwe’s army defends and protects him? How do you expect Frelimo to go along with your call to attack Zimbabwe when you know very well that Zimbabwe’s army helped them stop Mozambique from being overrun by Renamo, in the mid-90s? I am sure you are also very well aware that SWAPO of Namibia, Chama Chama Pinduzi of Tanzania and Bingu waMutharika of Malawi are also likely to align with Zanu-PF in the event of conflict. Even the ANC of South Africa does not seem quite decided on whether they want to be strongly anti-Zanu-PF or not.
You should remember that the ANC’s uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) shared the same training camps with the PF-Zapu faction of Zanu-PF during our liberation struggle. I am sure you are also aware that Angola and Zimbabwe are such strong allies that they usually fight alongside each other in regional conflicts.
In short, I sure you are aware that there is an age old network of friendships, alliances and indebtedness around Mugabe, that makes it impossible for SADC to take action as drastic as invading Zimbabwe or closing her borders. While I salute you for speaking honestly and baring your heart, I would like to warn you that you are not likely to achieve anything much more than a diplomatic stand-off with Zimbabwe from your current course of action.
Also if Zimbabwe’s borders are slammed shut, how do you expect DRC, Zambia and Malawi to trade with South Africa which is the major supplier of goods to these countries? I am sure that you are very well aware that the border crossing at Kazungula cannot handle the volume of trucks that travel between these countries and South Africa.
Lastly, Your Excellency, I note that you and others often refer to the March 29 election as a free and fair election, which should form the basis of any political settlement in Zimbabwe. What perplexes me is that you also seem to disregard one crucial outcome of that election. I am sure that you are very much aware that the Zimbabwean electorate was virtually divided right down the middle in terms of support for Zanu-PF and the MDC. I do not know if you then realize that calling for conflict in Zimbabwe amounts to merely setting one half of the Zimbabwe population against the other.
Your Excellency, such a conflict is never going to be a two week affair as you and your foreign minister would like us to believe. It is more likely to a very long and drawn out pogrom of violence, similar to what we are witnessing in Iraqi, Afghanistan and Somalia. Imagine a Somalia like situation right in the middle of SADC’s trade routes. I am sure you are very well aware of the problems Somalia’s lawlessness is posing to shipping traffic around the horn of Africa.
It is therefore my considered opinion, Your Excellency, that while well meaning, your opinion and utterances on the way forward in my country, are very poorly thought out. Instead of contributing to the solution of our problems they are compounding them. Your utterances and some actions, provide fertile ground upon which the acorns of indecision in some sectors of Zimbabwe’s political leadership can grow into oaks.
Do not expect those you are providing with limousines, private jets and five star guest houses to give you as frank an opinion as I am giving you here. If anything they would want to maintain the situation where they can live in opulence at your expense, and avoid having to deal with the extremely difficult situation at home.
It would help my country much more, if you were not to show scorn for SADC decisions on my country. Your scorn encourages certain sectors of Zimbabwe’s political leadership to show similar scorn. I am sure you are also aware that trust, in the Zimbabwe political landscape, is as abundant as water in the Sahara. I would therefore hope that you would not aid in draining dry whatever muddy oasis of trust remains. Rather than destructive confrontation it would be wiser to encourage constructive engagement.
That, Your Excellency, is my humble submission to you for your consideration.
Changamire India Omega on Mon, 22nd Dec 2008 1:52 pm
YOU SHOULD FIRE THAT UNDIPLOMATIC FOREIGN SECRETARY OF YOURS!
proud motswana on Tue, 23rd Dec 2008 6:41 am
Ha!ha!
senzani on Tue, 23rd Dec 2008 2:30 pm
Sibanda is the real devils cousin i have met live on earth and the devil is R.G MUGABE how can he keep on killing innocent people .Why is he not killing M.D.C president . Tell me what is a war vet-such an old man ,what can they provide compare tothe blood ,these people are already dead cammon guys lets reason he”"”"”‘Mdawini yimpimpi ngitsho uSibanda lo owabulala uyise eFelabusi ngesikhathi sempi wena ke engakusiza .Trust me the old-man won’t last two month on that hot seat if things go well .I have transpotate those weapon which will be used on Mugabe’s funeral ,they are very heavy exported from Israel and boys are doing very well on training basis-combined with other former zim soldiers who were in D.R.C and other who are still present in army.Fire is coming in Zimbabwe contact me for more information on 0027785959887
Changamire India Omega on Tue, 23rd Dec 2008 5:10 pm
You will run with yo tail between your legs. Who will lead those mercenaries? Morgan Van Tsvangsven? Bollocks! See you at the front drummie boy…..
Proud Motswana on Wed, 24th Dec 2008 1:43 am
Good doing Senzani am proud of you . Keep the spirit man,
Changamire India Omega on Sat, 27th Dec 2008 7:38 pm
Senzani is a coward like his boss..