Zimbabwe Vigil Response to ‘Sword of Truth’ Ambassador Makuvise – 29th July 2010
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Published: July 29, 2010
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The Vigil made the front page of the Zimbabwe Herald this week (see attached). We are mentioned in the Herald’s interview with Hebson Makuvise, Zimbabwe’s Ambassador to Germany. He reportedly says of activists in the UK “Every Saturday they gather at the Zimbabwean Embassy in the UK playing drums denouncing President Mugabe, Prime Minister Tsvangirai and the inclusive Government. They are then given some money by tourists who visit the embassy in the name of the suffering masses of Zimbabwe.” He said he has tried without success to dissuade the activists from carrying out such activities.
The Vigil’s take on this is rather different. Makuvise, Tsvangirai’s uncle and representative in the UK, tried to control the Vigil as he did the MDC in the UK. Check: http://www.zimvigil.co.uk/ZimVigil-Diary-Entries/vigil-diary-archive-jan-feb-2008.html (17th January 2008). We can’t forget how he thundered down to the Vigil with his goons and, oblivious to the irony, waved his fist at the Vigil Co-ordinator saying ‘How dare you accuse me of being a bully-boy!’
Makuvise has come back from the dead through articles on the websites Zimdiaspora and Zimeye. (Check:
1. http://www.zimeye.org/?p=19616 – Stanford Biti blasts Morgan Tsvangirai for “leaked document”
2. http://www.zimeye.org/?p=19982 – Rein in brother, Biti told
3. http://zimdiaspora-bitiandmakuvise1.notlong.com – Finance Minister Biti must discipline brother Stanford Biti: Makuvise,
4. http://zimdiaspora-bitiandmakuvise2.notlong.com – Stanford Biti hits back, likens Makuvise to maggot behaviour.
5. http://www.zimeye.org/?p=20019 – Makuvise opens lawsuit against website.)
Judging by comments on these articles Mr Makuvise does not have many fans.
The articles follow an MDC decision to launch an enquiry into allegations of corruption in the MDC UK. The investigations were carried out by a team from Zimbabwe led by Sam Sipepa Nkomo. Zimdiaspora published in seven parts what they said was the report leaked from Prime Minister Tsvangirai’s office. The alleged report detailed financial irregularities in the MDC UK and strongly criticized Makuvise. For his part, Makuvise is particularly angry with Tendai Biti’s brother Stanford, Chair of MDC Southend, who the Herald says is campaigning for the recall of Mr Makuvise from Germany and accusing him of embezzling party funds donated by well-wishers.
The latest development is that Ambassador Makuvise says he is instituting legal proceedings against Zimdiaspora. No doubt he will be seeking donor funding to finance his legal costs! The Vigil offers its support to Zimdiaspora and recalls the case of former British cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken, who, under the banner of wielding the ‘sword of truth’, told a string of lies in a libel case in London and was sent to jail for perjury. Mr Makuvise must realise that he will have no diplomatic immunity in the UK. and that donors may, in their ignorant way, decide to feed the starving, help the ill, educate children and protect the innocent rather than sponsor Makuvise.
PS why has this MDC report still not been published?
We cannot attest to the veracity of the report published by Zimdiaspora. But you can find it by looking at the following:
1. Zimdiaspora serialises Sipepa-Nkomo report on Chawora-gate – http://zimdiaspora-chawora-gate1.notlong.com
2. Chawora-gate Part 2: looting of MDC funds, breaches exposed – http://zimdiaspora-chawora-gate2.notlong.com
3. Chawora-gate Part 3 they failed to provide expenditure evidence – http://zimdiaspora-chawora-gate3.notlong.com
4. Chawora-gate Part 4: £75 836.00 is missing from card sales only – http://zimdiaspora-chawora-gate4.notlong.com
5. Chawora-gate Part 5: No asylum support letter without sex first – http://zimdiaspora-chawora-gate5.notlong.com
6. Chawora-gate Part 6: They formed bogus company to milk funds – http://zimdiaspora-chawora-gate6.notlong.com
7. Chawora-gate part 7: They produced, sold their own party cards – http://zimdiaspora-chawora-gate7.notlong.com
Vigil Co-ordinators
The Vigil, outside the Zimbabwe Embassy, 429 Strand, London, takes place every Saturday from 14.00 to 18.00 to protest against gross violations of human rights in Zimbabwe. The Vigil which started in October 2002 will continue until internationally-monitored, free and fair elections are held in Zimbabwe: http://www.zimvigil.co.uk.
This makuvise is a gold digger who is really confused .He is a stupid lier who wants to survive through lies.When he came here, he came as an economic migrant .Just look at his age and try to justify why he could come to this country.When he heard that working in UK was easy thus when he packed his bags only to be helped by his uncle Tsvangston to claim asylum.Now he is against the true MDC founder members like Biti,Tapa and Mutyambizi who are true heroes ,who are fighting for true democrancy in Zimbabwe.
If it is possible there should be retrieved a copy of his asylum claim to see what exactly he said about MUgabe .He said nusty things about this old cofused Mugabe for him to gain stay in uk.If it was not nepotism he should not be in Germany.Stupid idiot thief(Makuvise