By Bernard Bwoni
The
people of Zimbabwe, the real people of Zimbabwe don’t need reminding of who
their real heroes are and no amount of modification or moderation is going to
change that. It is that fundamental belief in a cause that separates these bona-fide
heroes from the chaff and debris. Those who sit on the fence, swaying in any
direction the pendulum swings only tarnish the principles that define this
great country. Zimbabwe is a
country that was founded on the backdrop of the sacrifices of the heroes and
heroines who gallantly fought on the side of justice and triumphed. These are
the heroes and heroines who shone under the envelope of the dark cloud of apartheid
and racially-induced hardships. Here are the extraordinary
acts of bravery and heroism performed by these honorable men and women during
the protracted liberation war endears these TRUE cadres with the people. These are the men and women who have shaped
Zimbabwe and will forever have the country at heart. They derive satisfaction
of their sacrifice not from the achieved victory and glory, but from their
totally selfless commitment to the people for the greater good of the country.
They only serve to remind us of the higher purpose of self and society. This is
not about gimmicks or false pretenses, no mudslinging or sideway steps into the
unprincipled neoliberal waters. No factions or fiction, just functional through
to that irreplaceable day on 18th April 1980 when Zimbabwe attained
its hard-won independence. In the mire and mud these are the men and women we
must never forget. Every day is Remembrance Day of these selfless gallant sons
and daughters of Zimbabwe and should not just wait for Heroes Day to remember
them, but every passing day as we cherish the independence that some takes for
granted today.
They
are a rare breed and extraordinarily honourable men and women who possessed and
still possess that desire to untangle and disconnect the people of Zimbabwe
from that colonial bondage that so limited the potential and opportunities of
the indigene since Cecil John Rhodes and his henchmen arrived. To this day the
spirit of these exceptional men and women continues to open and enlighten minds
of the indigene pursuit of economic and political independence. There is open
recognition, thirst and hunger for absolute emancipation economically and that
is the enduring legacy of the heroism of those who liberated this country.
Those stood on the hard-line side of the fence and conquered and presented
actual hope for the indigenous population of Zimbabwe.
The
ruckus and fracas about factions and friction are mere fiction and a smoke-screen
to confuse, conceal and throttle the Zimbabwe’s ground-breaking beginning of
economic liberation. That will not succeed as there is only one united Zimbabwe
that will prevail at the end of it all. There is indeed is an invisible
neoliberal hand in all attempts to foil and misdirect Zimbabwe’s path toward
real prosperity, real wealth and economic emancipation of her citizens. The
many principled men and women in the mould of President Robert Mugabe who are
the real drivers for African Renaissance and that difficult task of addressing
and redressing the inequalities created by the colonial system through
empowerment of the indigenous people of Zimbabwe. President Robert Mugabe is an
inspiration and even the incoming British Ambassador to Zimbabwe Ms Catriona
Laing rightly described him as ‘iconic’. President Mugabe is an icon yes, not
an object of aesthetics, but pure substance. He is the glue that binds the
nation and the history that will inspire future generations.
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