Mugabe is going but….

Fellow Zimbabweans,

Evil days are upon us with a vengeance.
Today we find ourselves a nation at risk. Our experiment with Independence is in great danger of failing.
Today all of us are refugees of a future that never happened. So we ask ourselves: Where did we go wrong?
The war, the heroic struggle, it was terrible. For death was not an adventure to those who stood face to face with it.
What about the dreams and visions of all those men and women who lost their lives in defence of freedom? Have we not failed them?
It’s high time for every one of us, man and woman, to do some real soul-searching and to weigh our consciences as to the manner in which we have performed our duty to Zimbabwe. Have we guaranteed a better and dignified future for our children?

To be poor and independent is an impossible dream. Let us not fool ourselves that we shall remain independent and free now that we have run down our country. NO.
Once again, to survive we shall have to mortgage our souls to more prosperous nations. Let us hope it will be only for a short while.

The Leadership have failed. Twenty-seven years of economic malaise have shown us that they were more talented as freedom-fighters. To be sure, let us not be quick to place all the blame on their shoulders. Who else was available to lead the young nation of Zimbabwe? However, today demands a new direction for our country. For the sake of our posterity, it is time that they should quit.

Men reach and fall. Robert Mugabe is going. Soon…very soon. It is as inevitable as sunsets. Foreign powers are gathering their forces for one final onslaught. Domestic failure has rendered Robert Mugabe impotent. No great army of Zimbabweans shall come to his aid.

Whatever happens after Robert Mugabe leaves office, Zimbabwe must not become another Iraq or Somalia. Neither a Zambia nor a Kenya even. These past twenty-seven years have taught us many lessons. These are the ten commandments that each one of us must take to heart:

• Small countries like ours cannot afford to behave irresponsibly for very long; their currencies lose value and their governments cannot borrow from the international community.

• We have found out that responsible government is in great jeopardy as soon as too much power gravitates to one man.

• We have found out that if the government becomes the lawbreaker, it invites everyone to become a law unto oneself. It invites anarchy.

• We have found out that keeping our citizens poor and redundant makes them vulnerable to subversive foreign influence.

• We have found out that big government means increased power of the authorities to enforce their prejudices and increased power to control people’s minds.

• We have learnt that the responsibility of ever citizen is to ensure that the voice of liberty and truth is always and consistently heard in our legislature, courts, work-places and homes.

• We have learnt that government’s chief responsibility is protection of the citizenry and the production of laws and regulations which give freedom for people to go about their daily business and create wealth.

• We have learnt that human capital will go where it is wanted, stays where it is well-treated, and multiplies where it is allowed to earn the greatest.

• We have learnt that if we fail to make productive use of the creative energies of our young people, other countries will make use of them.

• Finally, we have learnt that evolution demands that we survive through adaptation. We need to recognize, in changing times, that today is different from yesterday, and tomorrow from today. It may well be that the rules which are perfectly applicable today may become the fallacies of tomorrow. As time moves on we may need to discard some of our most cherished principles.

Change for change’s sake is not an option and true patriotism is of no political party. Of that generation of men and women, those still leaving and those long dead, to whom subsequent generations of Zimbabweans owe so much, posterity will forever be grateful. Do not be afraid for us. It is okay to soften the suffocating grip you have on this country. Because we believe in the principles of sovereignty and independence that you fought for, we can confidently declare that it will always be our desire and duty to defend them whenever they are threatened. We love our country as much as you do and we will do our very best to preserve the memory of that period for our children and their children’s children.
However, every one of you still desperately clinging on to power is not doing it out of great love for Zimbabwe. When it is time to go it really is time to go. Emulate Nelson Mandela. You are of the golden generation. Noone should tell you that maybe it is time that you should quit. Have some pride and self-respect. The writing is on the wall.

To the young men and women of Zimbabwe, your generation is not the most challenged generation of Zimbabweans. Our forefathers had it worse. However, there is still so much work that needs doing. We are at loggerheads on profoundly important political, social and economic questions. Sadly, too many of you are not rising to meet the challenges our country is facing.

Today we are at a turning point. To all of you who feel helpless, who despair, who are cynical and who do not feel like they can make a difference, we want to remind you that there are only two kinds of people who tell you that you cannot change the world. Those who are afraid to try and those who are afraid that you may succeed.
You are young people in a young country with the best days ahead.

Zimbabwe needs heroes for out time. The time has come to renew our faith and our hopes for the future. We can start dreaming heroic dreams again. It is possible. If only all of us play our part. Let us crush the tyrants wrong. Stand up tall. Speak your mind and tell them…tell him, “Zimbabwe can do better!” It is not a challenge to patriotism; it is the heart and soul of patriotism.

A dynamic people, by rolling their sleeves up and getting government off their back, can achieve economic renewal. We can slay the beast of hyperinflation and break record books when it comes to sustained economic growth. We can create a million new jobs and show a watching world that all is not lost in Zimbabwe…in Africa. We are the crown jewel of Africa, it is our duty.

Please circulate this message to every Zimbabwean you know. A lot of things are happening behind-the-scenes that will change our country forever. Things that will influence our chance of getting good jobs, a long life, a dignified future for your children – a secure Zimbabwe. In the coming months, keep watchful eyes on President Robert Mugabe, Morgan Tsvangirai, all our politicians and including foreign powers. This is no longer the time to be spectator Zimbabweans. Too much is at stake!!!!!!