Australian based former director of the National Youth Service and key Mugabe surrogate Reason Wafawarova has begged Metro to pull down a story that appeared on the website on Thursday to Friday that alleged that Australian authorities could deport him over allegations that he is spying for President Robert Mugabe and his role in the ZANU PF militia.
In three emails and a phone call Wafawarova begged Metro to pull down the story and tried to dissociate himself from an earlier article he wrote for The Herald in which he said MDC Members of Parliament who jeered Mugabe must be assassinated.
“You attribute words that I never wrote to me in an unnamed article published by an unnamed newspaper and I have no slightest doubt that you know you were making this statement up.”said Wafawarova.
For the record Metro did mention that the article in question was published by The Herald in its print edition and was titled “MDC Hooligans must face the music”.
Wafawarova then tried to bring attention to a failed lawsuit he filed against ABC Radio National’s Background Briefing,denying his role in the National Youth Service.
“And as for the Supreme Court decision you got it all wrong. It will just kill your story for what it is. The decision was far different from what you wrote .
I am kind of happy that my lawyers will find this case particularly interesting, very interesting indeed ”
The Australian Supreme Court ruled in October last year that there was evidence from The Zimbabwe Parliamentary Hansard that Wafawarova was a key figure in National Youth Service which committed atrocities,but ABC failed to prove that he was personally responsible for murdering opposition supporters.
The court ordered at first instance that Wafawarova should pay the cost of the case because there was ample evidence that he was involved in the national Youth service.
“Let me not threaten you by any action Ray but I can promise that this matter will be looked at the same way it was when the ABC did it.” threatened Wafawarova.
Wafawarova went to on to beg Metro to pull down the story. “Wapindwa nei nhai munin’ina? Please pull down the story, your site will be regarded as worse than a tabloid and I share the shame of having associated with you before you shifted into this unproffessionalism.”
“I hold anything against you Mhaka. I wish you good luck in all this. I know this is so shameful that you will not reply me at all.” said Wafawarova.
Immigration experts say the court’s decision has no bearing on any future deportation order.
Wafawarova could fail the character test where “they have, or have had, an association with an individual, group or organisation suspected of having been, or being, involved in criminal conduct”.
All it takes is “that there should form a reasonable suspicion of an association…”, said the expert.
Meanwhile Metro was on Thursday following the publication of the story inundated with phone calls and emails from Wafawarova’s former colleagues and students in the National Youth Service interested in giving more evidence of his involvement in the Youth militia and suspected links with the dreaded Central Intelligence Organization.
In a related development The Democratic Socialist Perspective (DSP), a Marxist political think tank based in Australia has further dissociated itself from Wafawarova.
“ The Democratic Socialist Perspective disassociates itself from Reason Wafawarova, self
styled Zimbabwean political commentator. Mr Wafawarova is an a pologist for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe,while we defend the national sovereignty of Zimbabwe we do not support Mugabe’s corrupt and brutal dictatorship” The organization said in a statement.
In April this year the organization was forced to cancel a proposed forum which would have been addressed by Wafawarova after he apparently lied to the organisation that he was a trade unionist and a member of the International Socialist organization(ISO) opposed to Robert Mugabe.
Lets get the thug deported. He sings praises for the shameless dictator while it destroys the country. I personally do have any sympathy with this disciple of Matibili. If the country is being managed by the only God annointed leader in the world why come to the diaspora and throw tantrums on the very people that have accepted you despite your association with evil. There are much more deserving people in Zimbabwe who would have been making a meaningful contribution to this great nation (Aussie).
My advice to Reason is my friend you and the rest of us had any opportunity to leave a rotten system and come here to the foreign land. Why not exploit opportunities that this democracy offers and acquire skills that will one day make Zimbabwe a country again. You very well know that its Mugabe and his machine that will intertain the garbage that you write. Why not try your luck in finding a more reputable media organisation and see if they will hire you. I bet my last cent they wont. Shame on you.
I am actually going to be ringing my Federal MP to bring to his attention your continued association with evil.
Aha Reason Kushata chete!
al these mdc supporters are employing the mantra of elimination by substitution they want reason out of australia so they the praise singers of so called democracy can remain in that racist country,which treats its aborigines lk second class citizen.wat mdc supporters dont understand is that all the whites who are in the mdc or who support mdc ,are not doing it becoz they found in tsvangirai leadership qualities or they see him as a democrat reincarnet,no they they c him as some1 they cn manunipilate luk at hw he flip-flops on major issues.they are doing it for themselves.first mdc supporters and thier colaborators sent back zanu children and it had no effect in terms of tsvngirai assending 2 power.nw they haunt pple like reason zvayi and all who write wat they dont lk.soon we will have only mdc fans in the dispora ,shame on u mdc ,they will soon turn on u.coz they will come up with excuses lk go and remove mugabe.the on slaught brouht to zim is thru sanctions and mdc who collaborate .some of it might be jealousy ,luk only zim who kno reason and mayb stay with him in ausssie cn only envy him ,like i said b4 some zim madofo even in aussie r failing to realise their dreams so they spend time haunting pple like reason who r doing mayb beta than.vari kuda kuti kusare ivo bedzi kuti vasare vachigeza chembere **** ikozvino vava kunanzva manje.tell me removing reason from aussie ,hw is it going 2 help yo so called coz.tsvangirai will remain flip-flopping.there is this thinking that 4 some1 to critisize he must stay in zim ,y.the white countries who support mdc r doing it 4 their own gud.i rememba way back in the eighties wen tsvngirai ws head of zctu ,whites neva liked him ,he was enemy nhamba 1 2 them,coz tsvangirai was a gud organiza he cld call a strike and wld close industries and stayawayz worked.,unlike nw.so wen did that hatred change 2 the extent that nw they admire his leadership qualities.mdc was sold out wen from a workers party ,we started 2 c the same whites giving tsvangirai cheques in public.if tsvangirai had nt done that mdc nw wld have made contributions in zim than nw they hav 2 fart from outside.all these jealousies of having pple bing removed is nt helping zim,we all went outside to pursue our money that has bn put in those foreign countries,thats where our gold went our diamonds went for centuries ,nw we just go to claim but us nt violently lk them but peacefully by providing our brains.let reason live where he want.itai zvenyu.
You are hypocrites. hypocrites of the west kind. and that you are an appendage of the Western propaganda is now more than clear. Shame on you metro. we have been following you all along believing you to be voices that believe in reason (not Wafawarowa), but freedom of expression.
If Wafawarowa expresses himself in a manner that you do not agree with, then disagree with him through your columns. If Wafawarova is being hunted down by the Australians, fine, stay out of it. He is a Zimbabwean and as Zimbabweans in the diaspora we should learn to protect each other and then fight each other on home soil. Show us the difference and do not be like the Zanu-PF thugs you are trying to fight. Icho!
To all Ausies.Make his life as miserable as possible.Give him back his own medicine.He deserves it.
Nicol and Freedon Dube are misguided faggorts. I take the assumption that anyone in the diaspora is an MDC supporter arikugeza chembere very naive and ill informed. For your own information the majority of us in Australia are proper professional people and some of us are in pursuit of skills and knowledge that will make Zimbabwe a country again when the devil is conquered. Unfortunately some people that are intoxicated by the blood of the Zimbabweans they fed on like Reason find it extremely hard to survive in a democratic system. All they turn to is the useless theories of neo imperialism and not appreciating that things have changed from the 40s when the likes of Matibili went to school.
If someone chooses kugeza chembere it is their choice. They refuse to choose the path like you guys. You masquarade as war vets raping chembere kumisha and killing innocent people. As a matter of fact these are people who might have been consumed by this evil monster called Zanu PF and now they can afford sending their children to school while you millitias bootlick Mugabe while the future of your children is just being trampled upon.
How dare Wafawarova suggests that Mps chosen by Zimbabweans be killed. From now on I am devoting 5 mins everyday to making calls to the Federal MPs and do what I can so that true patriots like Reason can come back home and make sure Zimbabwe never becomes a clony again!
To ZNA and ZRP.Now is the time for you to become the true HEROES of Zimbabwe.You know what you have to do.You will be well rewarded and you and your families will be respected by all of Zimbabwe’s people for the rest of your lives.It is now time to free Zimbabwe from the clutches of these barbaric people.( Robert Mugabe, Emmerson Mnangagwa, Constantine Chiwenga, Perence Shiri, Philip Sibanda, Augustine Chihuri, Paradzayi Zimondi, Happyton Bonyongwe,Paul Zimondi, Joseph Chinotimba. ) Now is the right time for your plan of action to begin.Bring freedom to Zimbabwe and end the suffering of all its people including you and your own families.Give Zimbabwe ,its children and your own children a future and a father to be proud of.The nation is behind you.It is time to act.
when i see and observe events in south africa , it makes me proud to be zimnbawean. in south africa the peace between blacks and whites is just on paper . in reality the whites will never accept blacks completely. How many attacks have we witnessed so far on blacks. recently at a rugby match a black woman was attacked-farm labourers shot because they looked like baboons-some zimbabwean- at university some ethnic groups were forced to drink wee etc. Who is the boss in south africa. there other stories but not enough time. one journalist was fired for saying blacks are backward and if it wasnt for whites they would still be living in caves- they would have never invented cars etc. how deep is that? blacks dont rally attack whites unless if its a robbery. robberies are just random events and can happen to anyone -why do black youths not rise upn against this racism?
the difference is had it been black on black tribalistic attack revenge woud have been almost instant. it would lead to chaos and mayhem as during chief bhutelezi’s days. in zimbabwe morgan tsvangirai refused to go to war to fight the whites- he will not hesitate to take on a black gvt- showing all his courage tha was missing when the country needed him to fight the racist rhodesians. what is it about us black people? why do we play ping pong with these whites? They are always looking to pull one on us. soon morgan will know.south africa better wake up. look how they attacked the illegal immigrants recently? they will not do the same to racist whites in their own country. i am ashamed of these south africans.
mugabe knows these people very well- he spent time in prison so he will not allow them kid gloves in zimbabwe. they must tow the line or else. there is no time to **** foot in zim. thanks bob.i am black and proud.
Reason, from today henceforth, know that suggesting killing of human beings is wrong and bad. Even if they are your political enemies it is still wrong and unacceptable. The fact that you incite your government to kill opposition M.Ps, is a clear sign that you are a dangerous man. You are not even fit to be sent back to Zimbabwe to live among peace loving people. The right place would be to Mr Mugabe’s pig farm. Do not wait for deportation order but simple pack and go back home, because you are not fit to be living there.
M.P. Armely Leeds
Constantine Chiwenga,Augustine Chihuri and Happyton Bonyongwe have held secret talks in SA to secure amnesties from any prosecution in return for supporting regime change in Zimbabwe.They are getting ready to jump ship as they know Zimbabwe is history.They are wanting refuge in SA. A warning to all South Africans,keep an eye on them , these are criminals at their best.
Reason ngaende kumusha. All Mugabe apologists must go home.They are so proud of Mugabe and how he runs Zimbabwe, so they must go and enjoy the land of milk and honey that Mugabe has built. Why hang around in the West, when you are proud of well performing Mugabe. Go home and enjoy.
Reason should just go home period. Why should he be enjoying freedom in an imperialist country? Why the double standards? He has been responsible for training the Border Gezi angles who have made life a living heal for all that do not agree with Mugabe and have maimed, raped, tortured and killed MDC supporters with impunity? Have they been arrested ? No they are immune to justics becuase they support Mugabe. MDC legislators only heckled Mugabe but did not kill him yet we have the likes of Reason calling for their heads. Come home and enjoy the systems that your Mafia father has put in place. Why are you crying foul and wanting to stay in an imperialist country. Your Mafia God father Mugabe has promised gold medals for all that get deported for his name’s sake. Hurry up before the medals run out. Being a staunch supporter of Mugabe you would not want to settle for either silver or bronze, Kurumidza kudzoka kumusha. Tinokuda kuno. Aussies do your bit for us send the son of Mugabe back.
Morgan Tsvangirai,the peoples president. Go to hell mugaybe where you belong.
Ngaadoke kumusha awane magetsi usikunchete, flashing the toilet nevura yemuchigubhu uchidya nhunzi dzichiiba no refuse collection,agombosungwawo mucrossfire anosvirwa nes**** kuMatapi police station.Let him come we will welcome him with nflation that will erodewhatever litte fortune that he wil come home with then he ill know who is Gono,Let him cme and know wo is Mnangawa, let him come and wil know a country without ministers, let him come and he will now ho the hel is Mathibiri
I**** ngaadzoke let him come and learn it well here. Anotyeiko kudzoka huya upihwe Farm usina kana mombe ndopaunoona kuti uri **** yembudzi isofamba iripanze muswe wakaringa mudenga
Why waste time on the stupid Reason.Yes the guy is evil and so i have a copy of what he lectured to the Young (Green bombers) teaching them the easy ways to kill.Any thing to do with Zanu is evil.You praise a President who took someone’s wife? Who killed his own brother?Who ****ed around while his wife was dying? Where is Peter Pamire after his affair with Grace? Who fathered Grace? Is it not Pamire? Then you say MDC heee Zanu pffffff, rubbish–time for change is now.!!
Ngaridzoke rakafitira kunaka nekushata kwarakaita.panyo pamai
THE LORD HAS TEN COMMANDMENTS – AND OUR LIVES ARE GUIDED BY THOSE COMMANDMENTS. LOVE THY NEIGHBOUR AS MUCH AS YOU LOVE YOURSELF. I LOVE YOU ZIMBABWEAN PEOPLE. FOR WITHOUT GOD THERE IS NOTHING FOR US. WHETHER MORGAN SIGNS OR NOT WE ARE DOOMED WITHOUT THE LOVE OF GOD.YOU CAN HATE ME ALL YOU LIKE BUT I NOW MY LIFE IS IN THE HANDS OF GOD . MORGAN IS NOT A GOD AND SO I SHALL PAY HIM NO ATTENTION.LET HIM RUN AROUND WITH HIS GOLDEN FINGURE THAT WONT SIGN THE DOCUMENT.
THE MDC STRATEGY HAS ALWAYS BEEN TO PROLONG THE CAMPAIGN BECAUSE LIKE MORGAN SAYS- TIME IS ON OUR SIDE. ARE THEY WAITING FOR MUGABE TO DIE? ARE THEY WAITING FOR THE ECONOMY TO CALLAPSE ? YOU CAN TELL FROM THE WAY CANADA HAS APPLIED SANCTIONS RECENTLY THAT THE IDEA IS TO MAKE THE ECONOMY CRUMBLE BECAUSE THAT WILL BRING THE REGIME DOWN. NO ONE IS INTERESTED IN A UNITY GVT. THEY WANT MUGABE GONE-THAT MUCH WE KNOW-AND ITS NOT THE MDC STRATEGY BUT THE OTHERS . IF IT WAS DOWN TO MORGAN HE WOULD HAVE SIGNED THE DEAL BY NOW. OTHERWISE HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN PULLING OUT OF THE JUNE ELECTIONS TO SAVE LIVES AND NOW TO SAVE EVEN MORE ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS SIGN THE DOCUMENT.
HE WAS READY TO SIGN BUT WAS REMINDED WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF THE FUNDING TO REBUILD THE ECONOMY.ALL THEY ASKED MORGAN WAS TO MAKE SURE MUGABE WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION OR LEFT WITH USELESS POWERS SO HE CANT GET AWAY FROM THE HAGUE SITUATION IF THEY DECIDED TO CALL FOR IT. AND SO THE DRAMA CONTINUES WITH THE GWERU FUNFARE YESTERDAY – CANADA IMPOSING TARGETED SANCTIONS ON DEAD PEOPLE AND AIR ZIMBABWE—TARGETED? I HAVE A DEGREE BUT I STILL CANT WORK OUT THESE TARGETED SANCTIONS. SOMEONE PLEASE EXPLAIN HOW IT WORKS. HAS ANY MEMBER OF CABINET THAT YOU MAY KNOW HAD THEIR MONEY FROZEN IN THE FOREIGN BANK ACCOUNTS? DO YOU KNOW OF ANY ONE AT ALL?
WITHOUT THE LOVE OF GOD WE ARE DOOMED. THE WHOLE NATION NEEDS TO GO BACK TO THE LORD AND PRAY FOR FORGIVENESS. GOD IS LOVE. FORGET THESE DOCUMENTS- LOOK AT PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS. WE KNOW WHAT WORKS -WHAT WILL WORK – HOW TO MAKE IT WORK. THE ONLY WAY FORWARD IS TO SIT TOGETHER AND TALK UNTIL A BREAK THROUGH IS ACHIEVED. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY….ZANU PF ALONE WILL NOT WORK BUT WHAT OPTIONS DO THEY HAVE IF MORGAN IS BEING UNREASONABLE? MDC ALONE WILL NOT WORK- THEY HAVE NO EXPERIENCE-THEY NEED THE ARMY SUPPORT ETC-NOY FORGETTING WAR VETS – GREEN BOMBERS-AND ZANU PF SUPPORTERS-45% OF THE VOTE PLUS SOME WHO WENT WITH SIMBA AT THE TIME.
SO GUYS THE ONLY WAY IS THE LORD’S WAY – THE PEACEFUL WAY.SIT DOWN AND TALK. THERE IS NO NEED TO BOAST ABOUT ANYTHING.YES THAT FOREIGN MONEY WILL NOT BRING EVERLASTING PEACE WITHOUT THE LOVE OF GOD.SANCTIONS ARE EVIL.
GOD IS THE ONLY SOLUTION!!!!!! THE ANSWER LIES WITH GOD.
Scarface. Stop talking so much crap. You talk about ten commandments and love thy neighbour ,yet you are the one who goes arround talking and threatning with your m16 and pollished bullets.You are the biggest idiot to be born on this planet.
It seems only fair for those who engage in acts of violence or encourage them to stay and face the music. Its cowardice to escape and look for ‘the good life’ away from that which you say you believe in.Mr Wafawarova should learn the lesson and be an example for all other people destroying the country , plundering its wealth so they can escape and leave it in ruins for life abroad.Zanu is full of hypocrites who pretend to be on Mugabe’s side while the reap handsome rewards for loyalty and who quickly renounce him and pretend to be opposition and would lick any shoes that need licking once out of the country.A lot of these cowards throw a lot of hot air about on MDC being sell outs. The greatest sell outs are those who destroy the country, run the health system into the ground, burn women and children in the streets and kill and then buy the first ticket out of poverty, on one hand promising to continue the war abroad to Zanu,when in reality they are escaping poverty and ruin in Zimbabwe with no intention to come back.Those are the same people who are stalling the peace process because they stand to gain from the current chaos. When they have finished looting, they wull pack a bag and leave for exotic locations where they will join in the muttering and agree that the country is in ruins.
god has room for forgiveness: he knows i will retaliate when offended or provoked in defence of my people. he knows who the real enemies of the state are. love thy neighbour !!!!!!!! sign thy document.
Even the ZNA now say MDC is better after not getting their second pay packet promised by the idiotic government.The reason they gave is that the government has run out of money.And the rope tightens.
Is that celebrating the country’s problems?
I had no problems with publishing this story about reason. But seeing it as headline story on your site for close to 10 days no longer makesit a headline. Can we now have some news please!
Scarface.Your words, Love thy neighbour.
metro – allow us space to exercise our free speech. you are no different from the rest of them. allow free speech and let others deal with the facts.you are not to judge. if you come out and tell us you support mdc then i will go for good. never to bother you again.as things stand i take it you are a neutral paper-or are you a part of the regime change agenda. i will never apologise for supporting the liberation party. it is in my blood till death. dont feed us the mdc garbage -just supply the news as a respectable paper should. if you have no news then dont invent any- just let the old story run for weeks like this REASON currently running.
my suggestion to you is to have a section specifically just for people’s opinions so people can let out their frustrations there. At least they do not have to wait for a headline to get excited. they can also invent and contribute meaningful ideas instead of being managed by the headline of the day.allow people to air their opinions and let them debate issues resposibly without attention grabbibg headlines. This way they can also manage their nager through debate. They can debate issues that matter to them instead of being forced to support ugly morgan.
viva democracy.publish our articles pliz!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
WHY DOES THIS SITE NOT CHANGE ITS STORIES? IS IT LACK OF STAFF? Since Friday one topic?? Chinjaiiiii
WHAT HAPPENED TO MY FRIEND EMILY? IS SHE / HE STILL ALIVE? DOES ANYONE KNOW? EMILY HOW ARE YOU? WHY HAVE YOU GONE QUIET?
Wafawarova was a CIO agent while he was at university. He used to be a student subwarden in complex 5 hostel also known as Bagdad. His room was close to the foyer entrance of the hall. This hall was the hot bed of student activism at Univerity of Zimbabwe, a place where militant first year male students resided. He was stratergically placed to monitor the student activities there and report them to his handlers. Student demontrations always started with an address in the foyer/ hall entrance. You would always see Wafawarova and his Zanu pf friend like Makwarimba milling around there to. Makwarimba was close to Minister of Youth Affairs Saviour Kasukuwere. Kasukuwere is well known to have worked in CIO for years where he was a driver for Manicaland provincial director of the CIO and had operated in Gorongossa during the Renamo Mozambique war. After University Wafawarova went on to work somewhere in Mashonaland central .I would then meet him some time in 2000 in the streets of Harare. As a former subwaden in the complex I had lived in my first year at University I naturally greated him and enquired about life. He told me that he had joined the “President’s Office” and he was going to work in the youth and gender department. I just reasoned out that he had joined the spy agency because the “President’s Office” is known euphemism for Central Intelligence Organisation CIO in Zimbabwe. If he was an innocent guy he would have just said he works in the Ministry of Gender/Youth. How does he relate to the Makwarimba/Kasukuwere nexus…..