via Mugabe a ‘fountain of wisdom’ – Mphoko – NewsDay Zimbabwe January 1, 2015
NEWLY appointed Vice President Phelekezela Mphoko yesterday heaped praise on President Robert Mugabe describing him as a “fountain of wisdom” and composed a new slogan in his honour when he made a brief stopover in Gwanda.
Mphoko, who was on his way to see a banana plantation owned by a white commercial farmer in Makhado, was met by Matabeleland South Provincial Affairs minister, Abedinico Ncube, government heads of departments, as well as Zanu PF supporters at the Provincial Administrators’ offices.
“I will teach you a new slogan, liyasaziisiphalasolwazi – durarewisdom (do you know the fountain of wisdom), wisdom is the prerogative of age,” he waxed lyrical.
“You can be young and be intelligent, but you have no wisdom.But we have our leader President Robert Mugabe who is a fountain of wisdom, phambililedurarewisdom, phansilabangasifuniyo (forward with the fountain of wisdom and down with those who don’t want us.”
Mphoko said he was grateful to God and to Mugabe for his new appointment.
“I feel so challenged with my new duty as all of you have different problems, but if we work together we will achieve a lot,” he said.
Following the Zanu PF congress, there has been frenzied
bootlicking of both the President and the Vice President, as members sought to build alliances.
Mugabe has been the recipient of much fawning and each day party members are coming up with praises for the President, who turns 91 years old next month.
Mphoko said Matabeleland South is one of the richest provinces in the country endowed with precious minerals such as gold and diamonds that need to be fully utilised to enhance development in the region.
The Makhado farm, which Mphoko visited, has been under siege from neighbouring communities, who have in the past destroyed the perimeter fence and forced their cattle to feast on the bananas arguing the farmer was denying them access to dam water.
The villagers have reportedly been doing so under the instigation of senior political leaders from Beitbridge, who wanted to take over the farm and Mphoko’s visit to the farm yesterday was reportedly meant to solve the impasse amongst other things.
“We hear there is a white farmer there, who is into banana planting and we want to go there and find out how he is doing it so that we can get some knowledge and do similar projects elsewhere,” he said.
Ironically, some Zanu PF members were purged for allegedly defending white farmers.
Provincial affairs minister, Ncube, described Mphoko as a prominent businessman, a humble man and a revolutionary, who worked in Zipra’s high command alongside Alfred Nikita Mangena, Jason Ziyaphapha Moyo, Ambrose Mutinhiri and Josiah Magama Tongogara.
He said after independence Mphoko worked in government in the security department before being posted to diplomatic missions in Botswana, Moscow and South Africa.
COMMENTS
‘Mphoko said Matabeleland South is one of the richest provinces in the country endowed with precious
minerals such as gold and diamonds that need to be fully utilised to enhance development in the region.’ Cde Report how does that happen when instead of coming with solutions you sing praises to Mugabe? Is that the best and all you will do? We have heard more than enough of Mugabe praise songs and yet in all that ‘wisdom’ he presides over a collapsed, ruined stinking economy where the majority of skilled and intellectuals are developing other nations. In what is this supposed wisdom? In letting corruption and looting be prpeterated by every praise singer and then punishing them once they get tired of praise singing? Wherein is Mugabe’s wisdom? In lavishing himself in the uK pre-travel ban and now in the Far East while industries are now ghost entities, yet all resources for them to do busines are there locally? Wherein is this wisdom Comrade? In appointing you VP as your reward for ditching Zipra in 1976 and working as aCIO operative to decimate Zipra cadres who had been disarmed and demobilised? Surely Mugabe is a wise old man because the Zapu which signed the unity accord on that toilet paper no longer exists hence he appointed you becaused you ceased being Zapu 1976.
Surely Mugabe is a wise man to appoint you who are no threat to him and his ill gotten wealth after he is gone.
Tweedle DUMB
What a load of rubbish.
What a load of rubbish dancing mphoho!
A new born again Zapu apologist Mugabe mujiba? What would Joshua Nkomo, Tongogara and Solomon Mujuru be thinking of this arse licking?
Mphoko how long will you be VP?!! Interesting.
In Zanu land wisdom must totally have a different meaning to the one I know of.
Where is the wisdom when someone presides over an economy that is now non-existent and yet goes for a holiday in exclusive resorts at great expense?
Where is the wisdom in destroying the agricultural sector when the economy is agri-based?
Mugabe has zero wisdom for he has dragged the country into a sewer, a once thriving economy has now seen everyone dragged into being vendors and touts.
Bootlicker at it again until the geriatric will kick them out when he decides to what sort of bootlicker is this when the geriatric decides tospend time at his home in Singapore Singapore is not zimbabwe neither is it on the african continent
You’re an arse licking brithering idiot.
A 70 year old men still seeking advice from a 90 year old leader. What fountain of wisdom from a failure like Mugabe. Then Zimbabwe does not need you as VP because you do not add any value to the team. Useless boot licker who must be on pension .
Bloody stupid jerk you are good for nothing
Udakweyini mphoko? I guess you drank Mugabe’s urine.