It must be tough being Trevor Ncube
Political Writer
It must be tough being Trevor Ncube.
If his papers are not struggling to sell and find adverts, they are writing lies.
No wonder he claims he is not his papers; no one sane would want to be associated with the fiction writing which happens at the Alpha Media Holdings.
For weeks, the Zimbabwe Independent was leading with stories that the Congress is set to be explosive and divisive.
Possibly a script crafted by an excited political officer under a tree in Westgate, at the United State Embassy.
The Standard too, tried to do the same, imagining rifts where there weren’t any.
As the Victorians say; the truth of the pudding is in the eating.
The best way to measure a newspaper`s veracity is through comparing their writings and events.
What did the comrades at AMH say?
They said battle lines have been drawn, among phantom factions.
They said the Congress is likely to be divisive and highly competitive.
They said ZANU PF is at crossroads.
What happened at the Congress?
President Mnangagwa was endorsed as the ruling party`s sole candidate.
He retained his presidium without changes, embracing them and sharing laughter with ease.
The party was united, with revolutionary songs forming ambience at the political carnival which was the ZANU PF Congress.
Now, imagine you are Trevor Ncube.
Imagine your titles have been getting stories wrong in the run up to the Congress, making inaccurate insinuations.
Imagine your reporters are claiming to have exclusives when they are merely quoting their own fingers.
At least he is not his own papers.
At least the madness happens a far distance from where he spends time, as he claims.
Perhaps it is a good thing that this is happening, so people can remember not to get critical ZANU PF insights from Bush Journalists.
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