Memorable Quotes

Prime Minister’s spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka

“I don’t know from which sewege Mr. Charamba is fishing that position. To the best of our knowledge, the term of office of the police commissioner-general expired on the 31st of January” Prime Minister’s spokesperson Luke Tamborinyoka (Zimbabwe Independent 10/02/12

Harare mayor Muchadeyi Masunda

“Naming and shaming the defaulters, especially with the elections looming in the horizon, may just be the best to make them honour their debts.

Zimbabwe Furniture, Timber and Allied Workers’ Union president, Rwatipedza Chigwagwa

“Employers do not know what is going to happen after elections and for them to engage someone as a permanent employee they think their business survival is not stable.

Harare police spokesperson Inspector James Sabau

“The problem we have as police is that social and economic issues are now being politicised. What we call political violence in Harare is caused by touts and people who fight, not as MDC or Zanu PF. If they disagree, they say it’s because (of) someone in Zanu PF or MDC. We have political leaders who want to achieve something and use youths.

Amos Midzi, ZANU PF Harare provincial chairman

“We can have other causes like frustration in life. People in most suburbs are frustrated by lack of service delivery and you find high volumes of uncollected garbage that causes cholera and no water in some cases and out of this frustration, it takes a small provocation to cause violence.

Titus Maluleke, Masvingo governor

“Some NGOs sneak into the provinces undercover and we only discover that there is something happening when there is a gathering where people are being registered for, we are told, humanitarian aid. Yet there are clandestine, high profile visits from overseas to the villages, bypassing all other levels.

Constitutional Select Committee co-chairman Paul Mangwana

“President Mugabe has already said he is contesting the next elections. As long as I am in Copac, there is no way we are going to allow a draft which is detrimental to my party (ZANU PF) and its leader” Constitutional Select Committee co-chairman Paul Mangwana - The Standard, 12/02/12

ZANU PF’s Christopher Mutsvangwa, presented as a “media commissioner” and “diplomat” by The Herald

“They (drafters) should be sent packing failure of which we go for elections. The process has been corrupted by bad faith of three drafters. They have abused the whole process to score political goals” ZANU PF’s Christopher Mutsvangwa, presented as a “media commissioner” and “diplomat” by The Herald - The Herald 13/02/12

Madhuku commenting on the release of the first draft Constitution

“As long as the process exclusively remains in the hands of political parties, the draft constitution will remain a political game. Each provision there will reflect a political position of one party or the other. That does not deserve to be described as a Constitution.