Recently I did some soul-searching on my personal situation and also took a real hard look at the state-of-affairs in our country. It was quite a depressing period really...but it made me realize that I had a stake in this quest for positive change in our country’s situation more than I had cared to admit in the past. It actually does directly affect my future – the difference between moving ahead and going backwards.
Objectively speaking, the history of our country since 1990 points to a very gloomy future. In all probability, things are likely to get worse than get better and, therefore, to have a chance at a successful and stable future, I would probably have to relocate to another more secure place.
However, I have not completely lost hope in the future so I have decided to stay in the short-term and fight to reclaim the future. I now have understanding: we can complain all we like about the lack of equity and sense of fairness in our society but we should not expect those complains to get us anywhere. We must be willing to do something about it. We have to create new paths to overcome, to succeed regardless of obstacles and potholes along the way. People who say they have no time to attend to politics are simply saying that they are unfit to live in a free community. There is not a major evil of which we are complaining about in Zimbabwe that is not due to bad and irresponsible government. Not one major evil.
My assessment is that positive change in Zimbabwe will never come about through Mugabe bashing and going into party politics. This only serves to maintain the status quo because it defines issues narrowly and prevents Zimbabweans from uniting to deal with deeper questions of the day that need answers. In truth, the current situation has disillusioned, alienated and paralyzed most Zimbabweans who have simply tuned out even though we are all in agreement that we are heading for disaster.
Are there any Zimbabweans interested in the third way. Check this out
http://www.ourzimbabwe.org-a.googlepages.com/home.htm
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