Not in a thousand years

Dr Obert Moses Mpofu

WISHING ill on one’s country of birth is perhaps the biggest sign of being sick in the head. It boggles one’s mind that one would despise their own nation. Such warped thinking is surely a cause for concern.

Truly, the African requires saving right now. The mind of the African must be decolonised, and this must be done as a matter of urgency.

It seems we truly have a lot of work on our hands judging by the current state of some of our comrades in the opposition who have a preference for the colonial maladministration which Zanu-PF put to an end a long time ago.
Zimbabwe will never be a colony again.

There seems to be a new attack to damage the image of the Zanu-PF Government which is being perpetuated by those without any idea of this country’s history and events of the past.

It is sad and unfortunate that there are those who would suggest that the colonial regime was a far better regime than the current black majority Government.

Such treasonous and blasphemous narratives should never be entertained, not in the very least. The price that was paid for us to attain our independence was too much and there is no one in whatsoever capacity who should ever dare to undermine the efforts of those who paid the ultimate price for our freedom.

There is a deliberate ploy to undermine our Government by some unruly elements who assume that they know much about this country, yet they know nothing at all.

This country’s independence came at a heavy cost. Countless lives were lost and those who insult the ultimate sacrifices that were made do not deserve a place in our country.

The Ian Smith regime committed atrocities that forever scarred our people and some of us will never fully heal from this damage.

While we have been making efforts to move our nation forward and ensure that we recover from the many years of colonialism that set our people back, there are those who reminisce about the days of old where our people were subjected to inhumane treatment and were treated no better than animals.

The fact that there are some among us who have been praising the erstwhile Smith regime shows that neo-colonialism eats the brain and it is quite the sad spectacle. I suspect that the current onslaught on the black majority

Government and comparisons with the Smith regime is a paid-up campaign to push a narrative to sanitise colonialism.

These narratives are an insult to the memory of our fallen heroes. Such thoughts of preferring the coloniser who was responsible for your plight for more than a century as compared to your liberators who put an end to your suffering is the highest form of a colonised mind.

Such thoughts are quite frightening, but then again we shouldn’t expect much from the opposition in these parts.
They have been known for working tirelessly to subvert the will of the people and undermine their country. They have previously called for sanctions and this shows the extent of their self-hate. That’s the miserable opposition that we have in Zimbabwe, no principles at all.

Let us not insult the memory and the efforts of those who did what very few could do for this nation. There is a line that should be drawn somewhere. The nation’s future was carved by actions from the past.

Without such actions, which were unthinkable at the time, we would not be here to enjoy these freedoms that we enjoy. Let us respect the efforts of those who freed our nation and laid the foundation for us to be what we are in a free Zimbabwe.

Some of our people who are yet to see the light need to be made alive to the realities of their history.

I suspect that their actions might be out of ignorance. This is where The Chitepo School of Ideology comes in, to open up their minds so that they see the truth for what it is. There is no way in God’s green earth that the colonial regime was good for the black majority.

Such thinking is dangerous for the future generations as they risk losing their campus and sense of direction. All the same, not in a thousand years will Zimbabwe fall into the hands of the colonialist. We will liberate those still tangled by the tentacles of colonialism. All our people will eventually be free.

Dr Obert Moses Mpofu is an academic and the Secretary-General of Zanu-PF. He writes in his own capacity.