Friday, April 29, 2011

Are Zimbabweans trapped in politics of political correctness?




If there one is thing that young Zimbabweans must guide against, it is the none other than the trap of "political correctness" It is obvious that there are many politicians that have gained a lot from this predicarment. One would be amazed that as much as all opposition  political parties are competing against the ruling party ZANU PF. They also find themselves trapped in a many cages of their own. Deliberate or not but surely none seems to be able to rise above the four corners of the political frame!. The ruling party do as they please.They do as they please, and they had done so since Independence in 1980. Not that they are right. No not at all. However it would be foolish for me to suddenly come out of nowhere with some kind of advise for them. And beside, who I am I to do that.

It is my aim to free the minds of young people who might fall into the trap of yesterdays' political era style, and predicament such as the one we found ourselves in today as nation. Most of these trends are in the opposition parties. One might argue that political styles we are in right now, were cleverly masterminded by the those so called nationalist who only saw the opportunity to to manipulate the masses and get into positions of power. And sadly it did work. It was quick fix, but now that we need long term strategies and ideas both to run and take our nation to another level those quick fix political strategies employed to take us away from the oppression of the white men. White men oppressed us for too long and nobody is happy being oppressed in their own land. I cannot under estimate the oppression by the Smith regime, not even on my happiest day!

Many generations later, we are now oppressing ourselves. The only problem with oppression is that its burden is felt by only those who are burring it. We were only managed to count from nothing to zero, and sadly never moved to one. Maybe we moved from zero to half, and that is depending on how heavy the load is on your shoulders. Some might say we are free, while some might say other wise. We are faced with new challenges and political slogans on their own are not enough anymore. Many would agree that at no other time has the political play ground of Zimbabwe been more complicated than now. It confuses even the political scientists and professors. There is a lot of legal issues. There is a lot of political awareness. There are tribal differences. The political, parties are divided more than ever. People are suffering, and honestly some are thinking that the Smith regime was better than the ZANU PF. There are human rights issues and son.

The economy is bad, and employment is at an all time low. The country has no currency of its own. The land has been redistributed and not everybody is happy. Some have maximized it while other have no means to cultivate it and make it productive.
To be continued!

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