South Africa is Guilty as Charged on the Zimbabwe Crisis: Dr. Daniel Shumba, President of the United Democratic Alliance

Tapuwa Chitambo, 16/01/2021

While commenting on an article published by iniAfricaNews, entitled: “Is South Africa an Enabler of Zimbabwe’s Decay, Dr. Shumba said that South Africa is not an innocent party in the Zimbabwean problem: https://iniafrica.com/index.php/2021/01/13/is-south-africa-an-enabler-of-zimbabwes-decay/

Dr Shumba further expressed concern on approaches adopted when it comes to the upholding of the rule of law in South Africa by highlighting that there is a preposterous lack of constitutional knowledge coupled with a deeply corrupted legal and police system.

He also touched on the criminal charges that he laid against South Africa’s Judge Willis, Advocate Christo Bothma, ENS attorney Kirsty Simpson, and the entire chain of actors who were involved in this travesty of justice in the SMM case.

The questionable handling of legal matters especially on the corporate landscape between the two countries has greatly contributed to the worsening of the economic situation in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe has had run-ins with other countries regarding its handling of human and property rights issues.

It has been under sanctions since 2001 and the fact that sanctions were not lifted after the coup of November 2017 that saw Mugabe being unceremoniously unseated by his comrades, exposes that Western intelligence on Zimbabwean affairs is on point that the people who authorized tyranny under Mugabe are still the sheriffs.

A case in point is the SMM issue where this Zimbabwean company was captured by the use of a decree promulgated in the name of Mugabe September 2004 and yet the law at play was authored by Chinamasa and Mnangagwa specifically to divest and deprive shareholders and directors of the control and management of the company.

In an unprecedented move, Mnangagwa and crew appointed July Moyo, the Minister of Local Government, a relative of Afaras Mtausi Gwaradzimba, the SMM Administrator under the Recon Act, to assume the control and direction of the company.

Using the authority acquired through an act of state, SMM was then given audience with ease by the South African judiciary.

In the above instance, the Judge Mojapelo-led High Court was the forum used to prosecute a number of Court cases in the name of the company and yet behind the scenes, it was Mnangagwa with his coup partner, Chinamasa as the running dog.

The following is a thread of a conversation that I had Dr Shumba in relation to the content and context of the above mentioned article:

“[1/16, 11:00 AM] Tapuwa Chitambo: [1/16, 9:54 AM] Gandanga: How are you Doc. Your thoughts on this?

[1/16, 10:37 AM] Daniel Shumba: I agree. SA has and continues to be complicit and seems to have a deeply corrupted legal and police system. They particularly activate their moral standing only when the victim is white. A black man’s loss is considered collateral damage.

The State’s intervention processes become so expensive and laborious to follow through on such matters. Foreign nations are always handed the short end of the stick (unless you’re connected at the top).

A lack of constitutional knowledge across the system is preposterous. Additionally, the crime of perjury is grossly unstated, and yet it is the single most cause and reason for the failed judicial outcomes.’

In a response to a letter addressed to Mojapelo by Mr. Janice Greaver, a member C2C, the Acting Deputy Judge President of South Gauteng contemptuously dismissed the question of whether the judiciary has discretion to entertain and recognize authority that flows from a law of foreign state.

To me it is absurd that a judge like Willis J could behave in a manner that is not only barbaric but that is inimical to the rule of law and get away with it.’

Dr. Shumba said that: “It is worth highlighting that I did open a criminal case against Judge Willis, Advocate Christo Bothma, ENS attorney Kirsty Simpson, and the entire chain of actors who were involved in this travesty of justice.”