HERO MUGABE LOOKING FOR A HONORABLE EXIT.

Whichever direction the Zimbabwean talks are hearded, the man Robert Mugabe is the winner. Forget about the land. Forget about colonialism. Robert Mugabe, the self declared Pan African soldier and champion is giving up the fight. This is the man who defied the whole world's logic. How is it that he is suddenly is giving in to other views? Was his victory on the 27 of June not enough? Did he not win with an overwhelming margin?

There is a Ndebele saying that says, "Akuqili lazikhotha emhlane". Simple put you cannot cheat them all. This man having managed to play "macho man and fool the whole world", but has failed to fool himself. Why is he sitting down and shaking hands with sellouts and agents of imperialism? Has he forgotten that Zimbabwe is not for sale. He must know something. His time is up. The man is trying hard to leave a good legacy. This is the same man that has always envisioned himself as a champion of the people. His loss to MDC in March sent a clear message to him that people no longer regard him that way.

Part of him has always known the truth , yet another part of him was successful in misleading the the world. All his tricks, all his brutality that he unleashed on the people in the name of power is haunting him. It has suddenly hit him that he will not live forever. Politics aside the plight of the ordinary Zimbabweans has suddenly became evident to him. The Zimbabwe he once bragged about has become the laughing stock of the world.

The thousands of people that used to sing praises of him all day long have vanished. The Western world that he once impressed is trashing him. Even the so called African leaders are not behind him anymore. He only relies to a few power hungry men who are not telling him the truth. His kids are now in their late teens, and are asking him tough questions. The memorable pictures hanging on the wall of State house with the world leaders no longer mean anything. He had pictured himself among the best. Zimbabwe's first elected leader. He wishes he could turn back the time. How did he end up among those doomed for perdition?

Rumour has it that after losing the March elections, he wanted to go public on television and concede defeat. Only to be blocked by the security agents who are fearing for their lives after he is goes. They know their sins. He is their only way out. This opportunity called Talks that has suddenly presented itself is his second chance, and he must make the most of it. He must redeem his name. At This age nothing matters. Tough luck to security agents. "He must to good for the for benefit of ordinary Zimbabwean". After all, the elections are gone, who cares about these guys in uniform anymore.

Mugabe can and will do anything for power, but now he has seen it all. He is taping into the human side of himself. He is praying to the almighty gods to save his soul. The gods of Zimbabwe. The God of the universe. The supreme being, as well as the ancestors to forgive him. He recently declared that it was God who put him in power, and its him who will take him out. The writting is on the wall. Soon he will answer to him. This is by no means a prophecy but a law of nature.

by Chief N. Gagisa

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Daniel wrote.

Hey wethu

this is a very interesting and insightful analysis

great stuff!

Mr. Daniel MolokeleGeneva

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US LAWMAKERS APOLOGISES TO AFRICAN AMERICAN FOR SLAVERY.

U.S. House of Representatives apologizes for slavery, segregation Washington, July 30 .

The U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws. "Today represents a milestone in our nation's efforts to remedy the ills of our past," said Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
The resolution, passed by voice vote, was the work of Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen, the only white lawmaker to represent a majority black district. Cohen faces a formidable black challenger in a primary face-off next week.Congress has issued apologies before — to Japanese-Americans for their internment during World War II and to native Hawaiians for the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom in 1893. In 2005, the Senate apologized for failing to pass anti-lynching laws.

Five states have issued apologies for slavery, but past proposals in Congress have stalled, partly over concerns that an apology would lead to demands for reparations — payment for damages.The Cohen resolution does not mention reparations. It does commit the House to rectifying "the lingering consequences of the misdeeds committed against African-Americans under slavery and Jim Crow."It says that Africans forced into slavery "were brutalized, humiliated, dehumanized and subjected to the indignity of being stripped of their names and heritage" and that black Americans today continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow laws that fostered discrimination and segregation.

The House "apologizes to African-Americans on behalf of the people of the United States, for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow."
Slavery and Jim Crow are stains upon what is the greatest nation on the face of the earth," Cohen said.
Part of forming a more perfect union, he said, "is such a resolution as we have before us today where we face up to our mistakes and apologize as anyone should apologize for things that were done in the past that were wrong.
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MANDELA FINALLY TAKEN OFF FROM US TERROR LIST.

US President George W Bush has signed a bill removing Nelson Mandela and South African leaders from the US terror watch list, officials say.
Mr Mandela and ANC party members will now be able to visit the US without a waiver from the secretary of state.
The African National Congress (ANC) was designated as a terrorist organisation by South Africa's old apartheid regime.
A US senator said the new legislation was a step towards removing the "shame of dishonouring this great leader".
'Rather embarrassing'
Under the legislation, members of the ANC could travel to the United Nations headquarters in New York but not to Washington DC or other parts of the United States.
US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice had called the restrictions a "rather embarrassing matter that I still have to waive in my own counterpart, the foreign minister of South Africa, not to mention the great leader Nelson Mandela."
South Africa's apartheid government banned the ANC in 1960, imprisoning or forcing into exile its leaders.
Mr Mandela, who turns 90 this month, was released in 1990 after spending 27 years in prison.
He then became the country's first post-apartheid-era president, before retiring after serving one term in office.

PUBLIC URGED TO ENDORSE THE OUTCOME OF TALKS.

The Global Zimbabwe Forum (GZF) welcomes the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding on 21st July 2008.

The GZF calls upon the mediation process to be broadened to include all key stakeholders in and outside the country especially the Civil Society Organizations and the Diaspora Community
The GZF is specifically concerned that the talks will result in the unilateral amendments of some key provisions of the national Constitution without adequate consultation with the various stakeholders.

The GZF insists that any new national constitution must fully address the concerns of the Diaspora community over such critical issues as dual citizenship and electoral enfranchisement of the Diaspora, among others.

Any amendments to the national Constitution must not be fast-tracked through Parliament without a public debate process since the Constitution is not a preserve of the political party elite but belongs to all of us Zimbabweans whether at home or in the Diaspora.

The GZF commits to work in partnership with the rest of the key stakeholders of the Zimbabwean community especially the CSOs movement in promoting an all inclusive mediation process.

The GZF also strongly recommends that if the negotiations agree to a settlement then an all-inclusive national conference be held in Zimbabwe that will allow for a public discussion and endorsement process of all the concerned stakeholders from all the various community sectors in Zimbabwe .

Issued in Geneva on Monday 28th July 2008 by

Mr. Daniel Molokele Geneva
Switzerland Cell : +41 78 906 3896
Email: zimvirtualnation@yahoo.com

ZIM CRISIS TALKS UNCERTAIN .

Power-sharing talks to resolve the Zimbabwe crisis were deadlocked last night after four days, with the opposition unhappy about President Robert Mugabe's proposal to make their leader Morgan Tsvangirai the third vice-president instead of prime minister.
The two vice-presidents Mr Mugabe has at the moment are largely ceremonial, with all executive power in the hands of the only president Zimbabwe has ever known. The proposal to make Mr Tsvangirai a third vice-president was regarded as an insult by his Movement for Democratic Change party. "It's a joke ... we won't go anywhere near that," said an opposition official. "When they floated that proposal ... we decided there was no point in proceeding with the talks."
Mr Tsvangirai, who won most votes in the first round of elections in March before pulling out of a June run-off, arrived in Johannesburg yesterday and was consulting with his negotiators. It was reported that Mr Mugabe's two top men at the talks had left the table to consult him in Harare.
Zimbabwe's security chiefs, led by Constantine Chiwenga, are believed to be stumbling blocks to a speedy solution to the crisis. They oppose plans to name Mr Tsvangirai prime minister, even without powers, fearing it would elevate his stature and disrupt Zanu-PF's succession plans.
"It would be handing over power on a silver platter. There are Zanu people seriously opposed to such an arrangement. These are not Mickey Mouse characters," said a Zanu politician.
It is hoped the South African President and official mediator Thabo Mbeki can get negotiations moving.

STATEMENT FROM MPC.

GOVERNMENTS OF NATIONAL UNITY

A government of National Unity will exist anywhere in the world except in societies like Zimbabwe.

Who are we UNITING when we call for a government of National Unity?

As we speak, there is no government in Zimbabwe. The MDC, which claims to have a majority of parliamentarians has failed to form a government, WHY? The reason is simple, you can not form a government in a non-existent State. Growing up as a children, we would be shown a practical lesson by our elders. When a piece of burning amber is thrown to a chicken, the chicken would run for it, pick it up and get burned. Immediately, throw another piece of hot amber, and the chicken will pick it up and get burned again. It does not matter how many times you do that, the chicken will still pick the red-hot amber and get burned.

WHY?

The answer is to each one of us. We seem not to learn from History. In 1963 ZANU was formed as a breakaway from ZAPU because of Shona nationalism. Brutal force was eventually used on its own Shona people in order for ZANU to establish its power. In 1976 ZIPA and the Patriotic Front were created in order to try and UNITE the “people”. The marriage was short lived, WHY? Again it was recognized not by us but by ZANU that the marriage would dilute their nationalism. Brutal force was again used to enforce that nationalism. Some of us witnessed the burials of brutally murdered people in Zambia as a result of that nationalism.

In 1979 the ailing Patriotic Front was again dealt a severe below-the-belt sucker punch by ZANU and the attempt to UNITE the “people” for the 1980 independence failed dismally. WHY? Again nationalism dictated that only one nation could enjoy the fruit of independence. The worst form of brutality was used in an attempt to eliminate one of those nations.

In 1987 a “shame unity” was signed without the consent of the stakeholders. The world over applauded the “unity”, which in reality was the signing off of the freedom of the people of Mthwakazi. It was meant to silence us for ever. Since we were now ZANU, why would we complain if there was injustice perpetrated on us? We were meant to be “silenced” by those supposed to speak for us.

These individuals capitulated and they thereafter regretted this to their graves. That unity has since failed. WHY? Because that element of Nationalism was the foundation of that shame unity. ZAPU did not go into a unity, it surrendered to ZANU. Some in the ZAPU leadership were dragged into that “separate-bedroom” marriage. Dumiso Dabengwa has said that openly himself. When you join criminals, or you surrender to their power, do not hope that they will transform and be good people like you. Instead they will give you their good lesson and in no time you will be following their brutal instructions.

Living examples are Jonathan Moyo and Jabulani Sibanda. As if the chicken’s tongue has not cooked well enough, we have with us a real time example of capitulation by Mthwakazi gurus into this Makoni alliance. We have with us a real time example of this Muntambara alliance. In both cases these leading Mthwakazi citizens have surrendered our birth right. It is clear these gurus have accepted the ZANU nationalism that they are not Zimbabwean and thus may only support a Zimbabwean but can not lead that society.

The reasons given in Johannesburg by both advocates of national surrender were that the Shona people would not support anything led by a Ndebele. If that is the case and you are a Ndebele, then why waste your time calling for UNITY with them. United to be humiliated and reminded you are a second rate citizen?

IN ALL THOSE THREE CASES, THERE IS NO UNITY BUT A FIGMENT OF INCLUSSION. This is a clear cut case of lack of strength.

Unity is a process if negotiations. Even marital unity is a long process of negotiations and willful compromises. If your partner simply says YES, then something is not right. Also, when you unite with criminals, you legitimize their existence. You become an accomplice. The question still remains, “WHO ARE WE UNITING?” Some adventures are doomed to fail even as they are conceived. They only exist in the minds of their creators merely as an excuse by those who place hope in that by SITTING AND DOING NOTHING, all wrong things shall eventually right themselves.

To demonstrate the frustration of the past attempts at uniting the “people”, the State of Rhodesia failed because the “white” nationalism did not accommodate the other two nations, namely the Shona nation and the nation of Mthwakazi. The State of Zimbabwe is failing now because the Shona nationalism can not accommodate the other nation, that of Mthwakazi.

The Oxford Dictionary defines a State in part as: “An organized political community or area forming part of a federal republic.” It goes on to define a Nation as: “A large aggregate of people united by COMMON DESCENT, HISTORY, CULTURE, or LANGUAGE, inhabiting a particular country or territory.”

States can be organized and they can break down. Nations and Nationality live forever. Before you can call for governments of National Unity, you must be able to identify those nations. Identify compatibility etc. Each Nation must be able to articulate its separate governance.

Uniting WISHES has failed many times before and it will always fail. Let the people of Manicaland form a government of their choice. So should it be with the Maswingo and the Zezuru. When you sit down to hammer a constitution, it must encompass the autonomy of all these people. Each must make independent decisions on how to run their territories. Unity must be honest.

How can one be united and still hold grudges? Grudges exist because people cover crimes with the illusionary blanket of “unity”. Such “unity” is easily destroyed by the smallest speck of trouble. Before any unity, sit down and thrash out any factors that may cause the unity to fail. If crimes were committed, let them be investigated openly and solved by the common law. Everything must be done to make the population confident of the partaking. Leave no stone unturned in laying the TRUE FOUNDATION FOR UNITY. Do not rush things just because you want your name on record that you achieved something.

That “achievement” may be erased by future generations who will be suffering under the mistake you will have left behind. If it will take three generations to thrash out a LASTING UNITY, so be it. Do not surrender your people’s freedom because you are getting tired of raising issues. If you tire, pass the button. Do not fast trek the discussions because you are running out of time. The future of a nation is more important than a negotiation.

An example of things that need thrashing are:

Right now the Ndebele people are being falsely accused of a lot of things they did not do thereby legitimizing the Evil System of Zimbabwe. Clear ALL false accusations before you unite, to remove any suspicions on both sides. Correct the History no matter how embarrassing and painful it will be to you. We wish to direct the following to our Mthwakazi citizens.

* Do we still have pride?
* Do we still hold our heads high and say YEBO?
* Do we have any national identity before being drawn into any unity?
* Can we be able to fall back on our National Identity when that unity fails, or we have placed our hope on Mugabe, Makoni, Mutambara, and Tswangirayi? Are these messiahs not themselves failing to unite???
* Vuka Mthwakazi. As for the Shona people, if they wish the people of Mthwakazi well, then they should not hold any grudges on our quest to free ourselves from the UNJUST RULE by Zimbabwe.
* If they are NOT AWARE of what is happening in Mthwakazi today, then they have never wished us well. There will not be any use discussing anything with them.
* If they are aware of what is happening to our people, then we expect them to voice with us for the legitimate cause of Mthwakazi. they should not sit back silently and be observers.

LET NOT YOURS BE THE SILENT OF CONSENT.

Even at the attainment of the independence of Mthwakazi, Zimbabwe will always be a neighbour. Even as we strive for the true unity of the African Nations, Zimbabwe shall be with us in that UNITY. This is the true unity we believe in. The voluntary and willing unity of independent NATIONS into a United Afrika.

MPC - Mthwakazi Peoples Convention

THE INDIANAPOLIS DREAM TEAM 03.

THE WINNERS. (SUMMER 2003)

Click on the picture to enlarge.

From left to right Mandla, Sbali Duma, Toots, Nsimbi, Hadebe, Muzi, D.Dube,

Sitting down is goalkeeper, Sukson,Mayor,Bango, Zi, Chola.

ARE WE ALL ZENOPHOBES?

A discussion and perspective

All of us have a certain pride and Mother Nature has it that we have a certain level of xenophobia and ethnocentrism to survive and to preserve our cultures. We all feel threatened when our way of life is being changed by outsiders. The ‘us and them’ mentality has always been here and we will leave it here. Whites against blacks, northerners against southerners, Ndebeles against Shonas, my family against their family, our team against their team, west afrikans against southern afrikans. We all have expandable and deflatable and interchangeable cliques. Xenophobia comes about when there are perceived threats and order gives way to disorder.

I remember when I was working in Bulawayo in the late 80s and early 90s. The Shonas were filling our city and during the Gugurawundi were telling us that they had come back to take their ancestors’ land – rightfully theirs and dispossessed by our forefathers. It also didn’t help that Umkonto WeSizwe was operating and training together with Zipra forces.

It was an open secret that Shonas had it against Ndebeles, whatwith the Zanu secret document detailing the Zanu plan and Shona domination of Zimbabwe. All the time us Ndebeles were being told, ‘go back to South Afrika, go back to South Afrika’. I went for several job interviews and was interviewed in Shona; in Bulawayo for that matter. Everywhere, customer service positions and all job openings were being filled by people from Harare or Mashonaland; all non-Ndebele speaking people. We already had lots of Shona people living in Bulawayo; I was fluent in Shona without having to leave Matebeleland and the Shona people that we knew were all Ndebele-speaking. Now Shona recolonisation was being effected in an adverse manner.

How time changes things. The situation is reversed now. The Shonas are not telling us to go back to South Afrika, in fact, they are beating us to the border. Zimbabwe is now held and defended by Ndebeles, the Philip Sibandas, the Jonathan Moyos, the Sikhanyiso Ndlovus. Meanwhile, the Shonas are butchering each other in Mashonaland. On the other hand, the Ndebele speakers do not have as many problems in South Afrika, hardly any. If there are three million Zimbabweans in SA, then every bit of two million are Shonas. The Ndebele people have always gone Egoli to work and our population has never been allowed to grow at home i.e. Gugurawundi, opportunity. We also have always come back home. When the Shona or Zanla were amassing wealth and getting jobs and education after independence, our Zipra brothers were being chased down and killed or persecuted and our culture was being suppressed. Zimbabwe has always been this same miserable Zimbabwe of today for us Ndebeles, minus the shortages.

Xenophobia has always been a problem for Afrika. Fortunately, in southern Afrika we have never had violent divisions in times of peace, at least not civilian against civilian. Only Gugurawundi, Ovambundu (Savimbi’s people) in Angola and the Caprivians have suffered govt sponsored brutality. This occurrence in South Afrika is a first. This is what quiet diplomacy gives, this is what denial of crises begets. Mbeki himself is a xenophobe, Mugabe an even bigger one. It is impossible to imagine that Mugabe would be educated in South Afrika all those years and not speak any Zulu or Xhosa. It is hard to believe that Mugabe would teach at Hope Fountain/Mthombothemba south of Bulawayo and not speak Ndebele; especially after living in SA for so long, they are one and the same Nguni dialects after all. It is inconceivable that Mugabe with all those degrees would be unable to learn Ndebele – we know he is no dummy. It is all by design. The man speaks and understands Nguni languages, yet chooses to be a xenophobe and not speak them.

Now his people are embarrassed and exposed. Not to say that there are no Ndebeles that are suffering violence, but most Ndebeles have been able to merge and assimilate much more easily. The Shona that were encouraged to hold out are paying for the ugly haterisms and xenophobia that they were taught and are now suffering down south.

We remember the slogans and the things the Gugurawundi used to say to the children of Mzilikazi. Now Mugabe, the great equalizer, has made us all the same. Now the Shonas all have to trek south like we always have, to find economy and for us, to enjoy our culture which was being suppressed back home.

Let us learn the great lesson of the greatest leader Zimbabwe has ever had, King Mzilikazi. He grew his nation out of every tribe and every nation. As he moved up north from KwaZulu, he amassed every tribe, every type and made everyone assimilate. Only ‘amadoda sibili’ survived. From that, he grew a great, vibrant nation that was the envy of all those that learned about it. Even the Shona people that he brutalized in his raids, he let them live in peace among the Ndebeles. Those were times of raiding for riches, but, by including everyone, Mzilikazi made the Ndebele nation a nation for all. Kalangas, Vendas, Tshanganes, Zulus, Tongas, Xhosas, Tswanas, Suthus, Amahole (former Shonas some of who after independence changed their Ndebele names back to their Shona names and joined in the xenophobia) – all made up the Ndebele kingdom; they also kept their original identity and languages but above all, they were all considered Ndebeles.

The problem was then solved, no-one could oppress anyone anymore. All were equal and all respected each other. That tradition and manner of living together with other people remained. Malawians in Zimbabwe came and went as they pleased. People from Mashonaland came to Matebeleland and still went back and it was okay. The Ndebeles have always been are uniters and have no animosity toward other groups. Zapu and Zipra the original formations, were diverse as we know. Bar ethnocentrism, (which is not a bad thing) there is a great lesson to be learned and adopted from these people – as we say, ‘induku enhle iganyulwa ezizweni’.

Muthwa Diliza Ndlovu.

THE WEST RESPONDS.

Author: John Renard.

I am an ordinary man living in the UK. I just want everyone reading this in Zimbabwe to know that we in the west are aware of your plight, of the horrors you have suffered and continue to suffer at the hands of the power-crazed madman Mugabe.

We continually urge our government to take whatever action is possible to relieve your suffering. You may not know that enormous amounts of money are sent in aid, but as we understand it much of this money never reaches the deserving people. It seems that western governments are reluctant to take too much action because of the stupid old "colonialist" hang up.What we do not understand is why African nations continue to treat this corrupt, murdering dictator with respect.

It is they, through the ANC in particular, who could do so much to bring about true democracy in Zimbabwe.That they refuse to do so brings shame on Africa. In particular, that man Mbeki seems particularly odious, with his sham "quiet diplomacy".
I pray that your once-great country, once the bread basket of Africa, can be freed from the tyrant Mugabe and his evil crew - and that they receive true justice, as did that other monster, Saddam Hussein of Iraq.

God bless Zimbabwe and her poor, suffering people.

CRIES FOR OUR COUNTRY.

Hie everyonel need your help.
l don't follow politics too much, but when a leader has gone too far mistreating his own people, or just plain delirious l know it.Any ideas on what we can do to put pressure in other African governments to put heat on Mugabe to step down. l'm frustrated just like most people. Would a peaceful demonstration in front of the African embassies in Washington DC do something. Maybe calling them, faxing them???? l mean doing something that would show we also want to see things change for the better. Please let us put our heads together, so share your ideas. l know some of you would think l'm crazy, but l think we need to step up. l have cried enough, and it's not helping me, l think it will be better crying in front of these embassies, and it will be better if we are many.
What do you think? Please suggest something we can do.We can choose to be silent, and stay at our homes and enjoy the peace we have here in America. But l think, if we sit down and put our heads together, we can come up with a peaceful way of showing our support to our fellow Zimbabweans, who are suffering back home.
l have seen many communities stand up, demonstrate if need be when there is a serious issue at hand, and l think our situation back home needs us to take some action and talk to people who can be a link in pressuring the Mugabe regime to step down.

Well, if you have any ideas or thoughts, l welcome them, email me or call me.

Thanks and God bless

Sick and tired. shlabangana@yahoo.com

Chicago Illinois.

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TO BE OR NOT TO BE ZIM'S RESCUE GENERATION.


Dear Compatriots,

I write to you after a long while of inaction. My heart is bleeding as is our nation. This has been a long while characterized by some inexplicable confusion , evident lack of commitment, mind ,heart , soul and character on our part; and the now familiar nearly-men approach to our crisis as a nation. Admittedly, some of you I might have met and talked to as lately as last weekend at church or at the soccer field or at the grocery store. I also know that I probably have not made one-on-one discussions with a few of you. If you will allow me we sure can arrange for that in the near future.

To those that I have never met and or discussed with the matter referred to hereunder, I apologize for invading your space and privacy. Please, bear with me for I believe, the troubles of our nation cannot be resolved without your direct participation. I ,therefore, invite you to read ahead.

To those that were expecting, but never received any periodic updates from the team that communicated with you earlier in the year, of which I was and am still a part, I also apologize. That is a weakness ..ineffectiveness and weak performances which only you all and us can resolve, and as a community we can move the agenda of our nation forward.

You all know about the tragic situation in Zimbabwe. It is not ending soon, right? You all anguish and experience sadness and excessive pain regarding everything Zimbabwe right now. Yes, you are right! Zimbabwe is not only where most of us were born, our parents and ancestors were born there too. Our dear brothers and sisters, and oh yes , even our friends live there too! In those terrible and extremely difficult conditions that is where they are everyday. Sad. And, Yes, the pain is real and genuine.

You and I have a choice in this life regarding the unfolding events in Zimbabwe. We can continue to sit back ,watch and feel the pain and talk about it. We can decide to close our pain sensitivities and just imagine it is not happening , and that all is normal in our country .This choice is a fickle as it is fake because we like to enjoy, to be happy, to talk about and identify with good names, good things and good times. In our lives we can never be happy when our character and dignity as a nation is under severe assault. Never. Or we can decide to take a different albeit costly route, and that is, ACT upon this painful situation and rescue our nation. The last option is not cheap, neither is it easy. It requires your dedication, commitment and selflessness; and it requires your compassion to this once-great nation of Zimbabwe and its peoples.

Which one of these is your choice, my friend?

We cannot let the evil decimate our nation while we watch. It is wrong and unacceptable. Our generation can and has to do something concrete to reverse the decadence, death , dictatorship and disease that have set our country on fire. We are each other's keeper. We are the custodians of Zimbabwe, and we owe our nation and its peoples unending love, loyalty and allegiance even now when the dictatorship has scorched much of what we called home to the ground. Can you hear the crying voice? I cry because I have to appeal to you to recognize that alone, you or I, cannot do much. But, together we can achieve all that we set and agree to do . Zimbabwe is waiting for its own sons and daughters to come to its rescue. Yes, God, is waiting for us to obey him regarding the condition of this great people of Zimbabwe! We have an abiding responsibility regarding this matter.

Should Zimbabwe count on you? Yes. We can stop fearing our own shadows and do something positive. We can also stop attending to ridiculous, low-class and divisive gossip; and recognize that the enemy of Zimbabwe wants us divided for him to continue to prosper. We can choose to be the generation that can restore Zimbabwe to it former glory. We can chose to stop winging and whinning about our nation's poverty death and destruction, and boldly go where noone has gone before and ACT in Zimbabwe's rescue mission.Yes We can. I know We can do it.

Please respond to this message as soon as you can. We need to arrange a meeting of all committed Zimbabweans to discuss the way forward..soon. Talking from the American backyard has not brought any meaningful results for Zimbabwe, and it sure is time to set the living strategy for our nation .

Thank you for your attention.

Allen Bako
MDC Indiana

--John 9: 35-36; Walk in the light while you still can!


The brave man is not he one who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear. Nelson Mandela.