Respecting a funeral is not tantamount to respecting the deceased.

It is a fact that #RobertMugabe brought extreme damage to Zimbabweans during his days. This is why we firmly confronted & opposed him without fear during his days because we didn’t agree with his art of (mis)governance. We had the courage to confront him while he was alive. When we did that some of you didn’t take the same courage for reasons best known to you. Now he is dead, some of us now appear to be more courageous in lashing out at him as he lies motionless.

The people’s President Adv. Nelson Chamisa exhibited that he is a true African who can’t celebrate while others are mourning. We are guided by this wisdom, as cultured Africans we can’t be seen wining and dining as others are crying. This is definitely not a recognition of any of Mugabe’s heroic/iconic efforts because he has none. If he ever had, he squandered them during his era of unfettered love for power at the expense of people’s suffering. He is gone and his going entails that he is gone with everything bad that he did to us.

We are now confronted with a new era, an era compromising of a living tyrant who needs the same effort and action from us to deal with him. The country currently has a ‘President’ who finds joy in suffocating the democratic space as evidenced by the recent banning of protests, a series of abductions, disruption of party gatherings etc. All these are signs of an undemocratic person presiding over the affairs of this country.

This sad reality is a call for us to unite, stand up and reject these desperate attempts to take Zimbabwe to an archaic state of a one party state. To the young people of this great nation, let us all remember that we have so many issues that must unite us that divide us. We are jobless in our multitudes, lives have been claimed due to ailments that coould have been avoided but because of an ailing healthcare, people are dying. So many peers are out of school because tuition fees have been made expensive beyond the reach of many. We are witnessing the ruralisation of urban areas due to shortages of power and energy. Corruption has made made most of us poor in a country endowed with natural resources.

This is the time to gather not scatter, to reflect not to deject. We have to emancipate ourselves from the hands of this tyrannical system which has for brought harm than good.

Zimbabwe shall be free!!!

All roads lead to Rufaro Stadium on Saturday 28 September 2019.

MDC @ 20: Celebrating courage, growth and people’s victories.

Tererai Obey Sithole
MDC YA Chairperson