Newsday reports that "The Zimbabwe Catholic Bishops Con-ference says Zimbabwe has lost an opportunity in the past 40 years to redefine its his-tory, foster national healing & to end corruption, international isolation & to save the collapse of the country’s infrastructure." Why?
At Independence, we had a highly educated cabinet that compared favorably, man for man, with the best in the world. Yet, the majority of them did not have the courage of their liberation convictions to stand up to Ghukurahundi atrocities. Core values matter.
The rest of the country, apart from the victims and a few people, hardly stirred either. You cannot look away when the authorities repress your fellow citizens. When Zanu advertised car accidents & coffins on national television in election campaigning & as a warning against...
....voting for ZUM, we had a taste of things to come. ZanuPF did not care whether you were Ndebele or Shona. You were any enemy as long as you did not ululate to their empty slogans. Still the masses did not sit up & question ZanuPF rule.
Then came Murambatsvina &, apart from human rights organisations and the UN, our people carried on with their work. After all, the problem was "over there" in the townships just like it was "over there" in Matabeleland & Midlands in the 80s. When the chaotic land reform ...
...started after the people had defeated Robert Mugabe in the referendum, suddenly we saw the true nature of ZanuPF. Blue chip & other corporate CEOS were forced to sit in the sun at ZanuPF HQ, extortionate factory invasions were the order of the day & by the time...
Operation wavhoterapapi had ended, the entire country finally knew that our government was prepared to do anything to stay in power while engorging itself on the country's wealth, shamelessly flaunting mansions on hilltops &, recently, super cars.
When their leader, weakened by age, began to lose his bite, the factions crudely & viciously fought over the future spoils to the point where we had tanks in the streets. What did the masses do? Poured out in to the streets to celebrate round two, no lessons heeded from round one
Today, we are in the grip of a pandemic, we are launching appeals to the West, the same West that God is punishing according the our Minister of Defense, & there are masses of people who still defend ZanuPF. We are a country that should be...
...making our own ventilators, masks, medecines through a long established manufacturing capacity. We should be at the forefront of research & solutions for drought resistant farming, solar power generation. Yet our people live under patronage under command agriculture....
....queuing for seeds, food handouts when peasants in Europe have their own tractors, combined harvesters and clinics and pharmacies in their villages! When do we stop long enough to understand the source of our woes? When do we rectify this lamentable state of affairs?
When do we decide we are now going to change course, chart a new path, lift our people, our country out of regression & in to a bold new democratic & prosperous era. This is something we can do. You are at home with friends & family. Have the honest conversation now. It is time
It is time to be honest with ourselves, make family decisions to face the future. It is time to #FixTheFoundation & #RehabilitateZimbabwe Don't follow the crowds. Follow your conscience. Use the shutdown for an awakening. No one is watching you. There are no more excuses.
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