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We hail the opposition leaders who attended yesterday’s burial of national hero Cde Enos Mzombi Nkala at the National Heroes Acre.
We are encouraged even more by statements made by NCA chairperson Professor Lovemore Madhuku and MDC-99 leader Mr Job Sikhala calling on Zimbabweans to uphold the legacy of the liberation struggle.
As we report elsewhere in this issue, Cde Nkala’s burial was attended by MDC-T guardian council members; Mrs Sekai Holland, Mr James Makore and Mr Cephas Makuyana along with outgoing deputy prime minister Professor Arthur Mutambara, MDC-99 leader Mr Job Sikhala and NCA chairperson Professor Lovemore Madhuku who all urged the nation to safeguard the legacy of the liberation struggle.
Professor Madhuku, in particular had some wise counsel for all where he said: “It is essential that Zimbabweans unite around values of the liberation struggle and build a democratic nation which is not shaped by outsiders. It is also time to reflect on sacrifices that the founding leaders of our nation have made and it is important that we continue to build on those sacrifices.”
If this is now the thinking in the opposition camp, then the blood that was shed by the thousands of men, women and children who lie at the National Heroes Acre, various provincial and district shrines as well as marked and unmarked graves in Zimbabwe and the region was not shed in vain.
What they fought for will be protected in perpetuity.
This is a sign of a nation that has arrived, that knows its past present and future.
We hope MDC-T leader Mr Morgan Tsvangirai, who was conspicuous by his absence but who’s ever at home with ex-Rhodie elements in his party’s rank and file, stands put on notice.
It was out of the sacrifices of the likes of Cde Enos Nkala and other men and women of his ilk that our right to participate in our national affairs was won and secured.
Without those sacrifices, Mr Tsvangirai would not sit at the same table with Mr Eddie Cross, let alone dream of living at number 49 Kew Drive, Highlands.
The essence of opposition politics is not opposing everything for the sake of it. Genuine opposition follows the flag safe in the knowledge that the best form of protest is not in burning the flag but in washing it.
Genuine, home-grown political parties the world over agree on the national interest though they may differ on the modalities of governing, they never differ on who should govern as that right vests in the citizens of each specific geopolity.
We hope the Damascene moment we witnessed at the National shrine means Saul is dead; henceforth Paul marches to Damascus not to kill but to safeguard the national interest.
Online Reporter