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Independence 2024: Zimbabwe's broken social contract
Fellow Zimbabweans, we once again commemorate the 44th anniversary of our hard-won independence. It has been 44 arduous years since the Union Jack was lowered and handed to the current King of England back in 1980, when he was a young prince.
The flag of Zimbabwe flew on April 18, 1980, marking the end of colonialism and paving the way for black majority rule. That was the plan but as fate would have it, shadowy men harbored different blueprints for a one-party state they would wantonly step on more than 20,000 bodies to establish.
The dust of our first Independence celebrations had hardly settled when the ZANU government led by Robert Gabriel Mugabe embarked on a genocidal, quasi-military operation that became known as Gukurahundi. From 1982 to 1987, hapless citizens were subjected to state sponsored violence that can only be compared to Pol Pot’s Cambodia in the 1970s. Our people suffered instead of enjoying the fruits of independence. Matabeleland and Midlands Provinces were cordoned off and turned into killing fields by the North Korean-trained 5th Brigade.
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PRESIDENT NKOMO CALLS FOR ZAPU'S GENERIC BASE TO RETURN
IT IS TIME TO COME HOME
A lot has been said and done. I am the first to admit this. The premise of the founding principles of our movement were based on the fundamentals of FAMILY. Total trust, total love, total dedication and total devotion to each other as the children of Zimbabwe. In ZAPU we are a family, first and foremost. We had family unity before any constitution was drafted. We were a family of comrades who shared a camaraderie that enabled those ideas of revolution and freedom to sprout into the formidable force that brought colonialism to its knees. That said. Show me a family that claims to be perfect and I'll show you a family of liars. No family is perfect. No one is perfect. That is a cardinal reality.