A Letter from Zimbabwe
sent in by John Winter
I reckon that these are the last days of TKM
and ZPF. The darkest hour is always before dawn.
We are all terrified at what they are going to destroy next........I
mean they are actually ploughing down brick and mortar houses and
one
white family with twin boys of 10 had no chance of salvaging anything
when 100 riot police came in with AK47's and bulldozers and demolished
their beautiful house - 5 bedrooms and pine ceilings - because it
was "too close to the airport", so we are feeling extremely
insecure right
now. You know - I am aware that this does not help you sleep at night,
but if you do not know - how can you help?
Even if you put us in your own mental ring of light and send your
guardian angels to be with us - that is a help - but I feel so cut
off from you all knowing I cannot tell you what's going on here simply
because you will feel uncomfortable. There is no ways we can leave
so that is not an option. I just ask that you all pray for us in
the way that you know how, and let me know that you are thinking
of us and sending out positive vibes... that's all. You can't just
be in denial and pretend it's not going on. To be frank with you,
its genocide in the making and if you do not believe me, read the
Genocide Report by Amnesty International which says we are IN level
seven (level 8 is after it's happened and everyone is in denial).
If you don't want me to tell you these things then it means you have
not dealt with your own fear, but it does not help me to think you
are turning your back on our situation.
We need you to get the news OUT that we are all in a fearfully dangerous
situation here. Too many people turn their backs and say - oh well,
that's what happens in Africa. This government has GONE MAD and you
need to publicize our plight or how can we be rescued? You can't
just say "oh you attract your own reality". The petrol
queues are a reality, the pall of smoke all around our city is a
reality, the thousands of homeless
people sleeping outside in 0 Celsius with no food water, shelter
and bedding are a reality. Today a family approached me, brother
of the
gardener's wife with two small children. Their home was trashed and
they will have to sleep outside. We already support 8 people and
a child on
this property and electricity is going up next month by 250% as is
water. How can I take another family of 4 and yet how can I turn
them away to sleep out in the open?
I am not asking you for money or a ticket out of here - I am asking
you to FACE the fact that we are in deep and terrible danger and
I want you
to pass on our news and pictures and don't just press the delete
button for God's sake. Help in the way that you know how. Face the
reality of
what is going on here and SEND OUT THE WORD. The more people that
know about it, the more chance we have of United Nations coming to
our aid.
Please stop ignoring and denying what's happening. Would you like
to be protected from the truth and then if we are eliminated how
would you feel? Surely you would say "if only we knew how bad
it really was we could have helped in some way". I know we chose
to stay here and so we
deserve what's coming to us. For now, we ourselves have food, shelter,
a little fuel and a bit of money for the next meal - but what is
going to
happen next? Will they start on our houses? All property is going
to belong to the State now. I want to send out my Title Deeds to
one of you because if they get a hold of those I can't fight for
my rights. We no longer have SW radio which told us everything that
was happening because the government jammed it out of existence -
we don't have any reporters, and no one is allowed to photograph.
If we had reporters here they would have an absolute field day. Even
the pro government Herald has written that people are shocked, stunned,
bewildered and blown mindless by the wanton destruction of everyone's
homes which are supposed to be "illegal but which a huge percentage
of them actually do have licenses for.
Please - have some compassion and HELP by
sending out the articles and personal reports so that something
can be done. |