This, indeed, is where it (Habitat) rightly belongs and not anywhere in Zimbabwe. |
Today we tell all those calling for such ill-conceived talks to please stop their misdirected efforts, |
Victory and defeat are quick to reconcile, quick to connect and cohabit in the same national space for greater peace and togetherness, |
Was it not enough punishment and suffering in history that we were uprooted and made helpless slaves not only in new colonial outposts but also domestically, |
We are a democratic country and my party enjoys overwhelming support. The two gentlemen who purported to have withdrawn actually found it very tough to compete with us. We will win this election, |
We are going to give material support to Angola to put an end to this war, |
We are no longer going to ask for the land, but we are going to take it without negotiating, |
We are not hungry. . . . Why foist this food upon us? We don't want to be choked. We have enough. |
We are winning the elections, ... I hear that people are voting in their masses. Whites are also voting in masses. I don't know how they are voting, but I hope it's positive. |
We don't mind having sanctions banning us from Europe. We are not Europeans. |
We have come to the conclusion that we have to re-examine other means to put an end to the aggression in Congo, |
We have never been friends of the IMF and in the future we will never be friends of the IMF, |
We have said we will never collapse, never ever. We may have our droughts, our poverty, but as a people we shall never collapse, never ever. |
We have sought to address this inequity, ... And what has been the response from former imperialist quarters? Staggering beyond description. My government, my party and my own person have been labeled land grabbers, demonized, reviled and threatened with sanctions in the face of accusations of reverse racism. |
We have tons of potatoes, but the people aren't potato eaters. They have rice, but don't like it. |