Black Dog
Camel & Dog Shows
The poor vodafone dog!
3 inch Dog , What Next?
It was with profound shock and sorrow that I learned yesterday afternoon of the car accident that killed Susan Tsvangirai and hospitalised her husband, Zimbabwean Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai.
How sad that the wife of the man that encapsulates the hopes and aspirations of Zimbabweans the world over, and the mother of six children, should meet her end this way and so young?
Call me a sceptic if you will, but this would not be the first time that opponents of Mugabe have met their end under the wheels of a ‘black dog’. For those unaware, a ‘black dog’ is a local euphemism for an army truck - I believe because ‘there is one on ever street’.
A number of simple clues make me think that there is more to this than meets the eye - although it will be very, very difficult to prove.
Firstly, the articles that carried the bad news suggest that the Tsvangirai’s were in his official Land Cruiser and travelling in a three car convoy. How is it that a vehicle travelling in convoy is the only one hit? We all know that government convoys travel at high speed.
Reports also suggest that the trailer of the truck was what side-swiped Tsvangirai’s vehicle, causing it to leave the road and overturn three times.
It would be almost impossible to strike one vehicle and not the other two vehicles in the convoy.
Secondly, the 24-hour television station I had on here at the time stated that the driver of the truck had admitted to falling asleep at the wheel. The same television station then negates that theory in their correspondent’s report when it is stated that the highways in Zimbabwe are a mass of potholes.
How do you fall asleep at the wheel of a truck when that same vehicle is being thrown around the road which is a mass of potholes?
Thirdly, it would be common knowledge in security circles of the Tsvangirai’s intended route (not that difficult in Zimbabwe), their intended time of travel - and the description of the vehicle. With all of this information to hand, it wouldn’t be that difficult to put the ‘accident’ together…
Lastly, I see that Mugabe has reportedly visited Tsvangirai in hospital.
Now we all know that the man has not got a sympathetic bone in his body - and was probably more intent on seeing for himself that the Prime Minister had survived.
Another query is why did the police arrest the first man on the scene who took photographs?
Again, “the MDC investigation team arrived at the site on the main highway to the south about 100km south of Harare, the police had not yet arrived. “When police turned up, they arrested them (the MDC team) and confiscated the videos and pictures they had taken," he said.”
Why?
I do realise that many people will disagree with my thoughts, and, I guess, will express their displeasure at my opinions. But these are my thoughts - and given the murky history of Mugabe’s past and the surprising number of his protractors that have died in similar ‘accidents’ on Zimbabwean roads, I guess many people will share my suspicions…
Chris Ushewokunze Senior (forgive me if I haven’t spelled the surname correctly) was killed in a collision with a black dog in the Midlands, whilst Peter Pamire died in a bizarre car crash in what his family believes was murder. Some people say that Mugabe’s sons are really Pamire’s - as Mugabe experienced a ‘few problems’ in that department.
Other members of Mugabe’s entourage have died in unexplained deaths – including the death of a former finance minister in a swimming pool, Maurice Nyagumbo…
Sadly, not only for us as interested observers and commentators, but for the Tsvangirai family in particular, the truth of the incident will probably never be known.
In the meantime, may I offer my sympathies to our new Prime Minister and his six children on the loss of Susan.
We must not falter at this hurdle. We owe it to Susan’s memory to see this through to fruition…
Robb WJ Ellis
The Bearded Man
