The colonialists came pretending that they had brought civilisation and we had no civilisation.
Who built Great Zimbabwe? Did we go and borrow architects in Europe? Where did we get that kind of architecture?
Did we not have our own religion? After all, where was the Bible written? There is a story of Jesus who was in Egypt. Joseph was told take Jesus to Egypt. The Arabs only came 400 years after the death of Jesus Christ, so who was in Africa? Wasn’t it us?
So why are we so shy about our history? It is that history that we are going to protect; that history and protection of Zimbabwe and its independence, the sovereignty of Zimbabwe, the territorial integrity and the national interests of Zimbabwe, and upholding the Constitution of Zimbabwe.
Which country will move forward without knowing its history? We have our friends, the Chinese. They are where they are because of their Founding Father, Chairman Mao.
Look at the Russians, even if the current leadership is not communist, they respect their Founding Father, Lenin.
Isu muno tina VaMugabe vedu, ndoovatakabva nawo. He is the Founding Father of this country and it shall remain so.
That’s why our war cry is very clear: “Nyika yedu yeZimbabwe, ndimo matakazvarirwa, vana mai nababa ndiwo mavari. Tinoda Zimbabwe neupfumi hwayo,” and we are prepared to lay our lives down again for this country.
Asymmetric war
We are facing severe asymmetric warfare; that’s what is coming through social media, churches. And some of them are now more revolutionary than Zanla and Zipra at the height of the liberation war.
Why would people want to worry about unnecessary things? People should concentrate on the development of the country. Humambo haubvutwe, hunobva kudenga handiti?
We have been watching and people should not make the mistake of crossing the Rubicon.
The issue of shutting the country’s borders is nonsense, it is absolute nonsense. Vanhu ngavaende kudzimba vanodya sadza ravo vakazvigarira. Shutting the borders to please who?
Do you think God is going to create another Zimbabwe? This is the only Zimbabwe which was created by God and therefore we must protect it.
Let’s speak with one voice and pull in one direction; that’s what we should do.
Remember that the issue of the land reform has not disappeared and it will never disappear from the minds of the yesteryear colonialists. Why should we sheepishly listen to people who want us to destroy our own country? Are they destroying theirs? Whose democracy are we trying to follow? Are we not democratic enough?
Allegations that the ZDF is politically biased are absolute nonsense. We fought for this country, that’s why we are talking about the history of this country. We went to the struggle and brought Independence and today you cannot say I must shut my mind and completely forget where I came from.
That’s what our Constitution says. Everyone contributed to writing the Constitution and it says we (the ZDF) shall uphold the Constitution. We are apolitical to the extent that we leave you to do what you like but the moment you threaten the sovereignty of the country, then you threaten that very Constitution.
Please don’t expect us to sit and watch. We are there to protect the people and that’s what we are saying and will do.
War vets “communique”
I deliberately talk of rebellions from Chikerema, Shamuyarira, we had rebellions from Badza Nhari, Vashandi I and Vashandi II. On the Zipra and Zanla sides, we had our own renegades.
When a clique or infiltrators comes in, do you move around saying everyone has rebelled? War veterans start from the President himself down to the last cadre.
Let me make it very clear; we have the War Veterans Act and there is a War Veterans’ Association Act under registration as a PVO (private voluntary organisation), which is governed as a non-governmental organisation.
It was supposed to be like an organisation where people work together to improve livelihoods, not what we are seeing. They are not the leaders of the war veterans, they are the leaders of a war veterans association.
And when you look at them, is there a member of the General Staff or High Command in there amongst the leaders?
Tinenge tichiti vana ngavakure but kana vanhu vakazoita misguided . . . When somebody has an erroneous idea they should get sanctioned because you would have done wrong. And this is why we are saying we will leave no stone unturned (in finding out who authored the communique attributed to war veterans).
If it is the fifth columnists outside the organisation, they too will face the full wrath of the law. It’s simple.
Nyika iyi wakaiona iripo, uchaisiya iripo. We can’t allow people to destroy the country under our watch. How can we let people this beautiful country which was created for us by God be destroyed?
Ukaona vanhu vachimhanya vachiridza mabhero kuita fanike kunge hameno . . . ko inga vamwe vacho vari pamberi kuridza mabhero vakaitiza hondo yacho wani. We will end up exposing them if they continue doing that.
But that’s not the point: we must pull together and not try to be clever and being a hero mumhepo. Don’t build castles in the air – it doesn’t work.
If we have one rogue war veteran it doesn’t mean everyone is a rogue.
Successionists
Kana wada kutonga enda kuvanhu. We are a democratic country.
We are commemorating Heroes Day; that is blood that was shed and it’s time to reflect. Ropa iroro harina kurasikira mahara.
Those people died for you and me. Some of us survived the war not because we were the best kana kuti tanga takangwara. No. We survived so that we can bear witness to how this country was liberated.
So if you are a survivor, don’t think that you are cleverer than the comrade who is in an unmarked grave. Many of those who did not make it to Zimbabwe were the real fighters and some of the celebrated cowards who only saw the border when going into Mozambique and coming back at Independence and never during combat, ndivo vakuzviisa pamberi manje.
This nonsense of someone who was at a refugee camp or was a cleaner moving around telling people that he or she fought in the struggle is just that – nonsense. Wakarwa hondo kupi?
Vanhu ngavapute mbanje dzavo zvakanaka, hazvirambidzwi. Kana ririshave rekumusha kwenyu it’s ok, putayi ikoko – don’t disturb us because we have lost thousands of innocent sons and daughters.
And please don’t move around muchifukunyura vanhu and you start thinking that you are war veterans. What kind of nonsense is that? Vamwe takasvika kuvaona muno vachipfeka manapukeni yet now they claim they are more revolutionary than the real comrades. Ndochii ichocho? It must stop. Hazviitwe.
We were reading mapepa paakatanga kuti “when you want to destroy Zanu-PF you need to do it from within”. Vaitiudza kuti kuchazoita vamwe vechidiki vanofanirwa kutonga. Hazvina kunyorwa here? Munoti tanga tisingazvioni? Hazvisizvo here zvirikuitika?
Ngatidye sadza zvakanaka.-Sundaymail
