Stir Over Chalton Hwende's Tweet On Zimbabwe's Former President Robert Mugabe
Social media users have expressed mixed feelings on the tweet of opposition MDC Secretary-General, Chalton Hwende. Hwende posted his eulogy on Twitter praising late Zimbabwe’s founding leader, Robert Mugabe for liberating the nation from “racist colonial oppressors”. He said:
You liberated us from the racists colonial oppressers RIP RG
https://twitter.com/hwendec/status/1169833299964919810
Below are some of the responses to Hwende’s tweet. Steve @SteveZwitter said:
He liberated us from the white for us to be oppressed by his system. We are still oppressed. Liberated but not free
from Coltart et al kkkk
are you really liberated SG?
Hwende was adamant that Mugabe liberated the nation from imperialists. Replying to William Zambezi@williamzambezi, Hwende said:
From white oppressors yes but oppressed by a new crop of black dictators
Vana Hwende trying to be politically correct. He needs to be reminded of how many MDC people where killed by the ruthless Mugabe regime
SG mapindwa nei. Gloating over a ruthless dictator? @nelsonchamisa please beware of such ideologies , expressed publicly for that matter. It’s worrying. Why not just say RIP?
Generally, there are divided opinions over the legacy of Mugabe. Some analysts believe the veteran leader destroyed his own legacy by his deeds after independence. Mugabe was accused of violating human and for presiding over a failed economy.
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