Understanding your role in New Zimbabwe

By Margaret Kamba

The appointment of Cabinet ministers is done and dusted, and what a better way to ensure a legacy is implemented than this.

The names and roles given to foot soldiers in this new cabinet are not only amazing but also clear in ensuring that vision 2030 is achieved.

Some of the new faces we see include Honourables David Kudakwashe Mnangagwa, Tongai Mnangagwa, and Tatenda Mavetera, amongst others.

The retainers in their old roles are Honourables Professor Mthuli Ncube, Nqobizitha Ndlovu, Barbara Rwodzi, Frederick Shava, Kazembe Kazembe, Prof Amon Murwira, Dr Anxious Masuka and Felix Mhona

The rotations are Honourables July Moyo, Sithembiso Moyo, Winston Chitando, Soda Zhemu, Prof Paul Mavhima, Jenfan Muswere, Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri and Monica Mutsvangwa amongst others.

I am sure the foot soldiers are settling in well in their new roles and raring to go. What is the mission at hand, one might ask? It is clearly ensuring a legacy is built. It is clearly achieving vision 2030, and why not with the people who see and understand your vision. It is uniting the people of Zimbabwe for a protracted goal of building their land of birth or chosen citizenship. It is holding Provinces together and guiding them towards a better country.

The men and women chosen for these various roles understand that they are servants of the people. These men and women are committed to building a modern Zimbabwe. These men and women are determined to increase the value of their motherland. These people see in their minds a Zimbabwe that many have not seen before and are willing to ensure that the goals set are achieved. Their Blueprint is His Excellency President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa. He is their campus, a springboard upon which they refer.

Chosen in their different capabilities and for various reasons, these men and women have taken oath and sworn allegiance to Zimbabwe and the one who has appointed them and will abide by the set conditions.

If you have traveled abroad and for a few weeks or months enjoyed the comforts of developed countries, building a Zimbabwe of such a nature is of paramount importance. Achieving this is even easier when you are in a position of authority.

All these men and women therefore understand that it is not simply about attending international conferences and getting allowances. They therefore know that they are representing their country, understanding how they can churn that country into such a world.

We are unfortunately part of a global village and following dictates by other countries and must continuously follow the treaties we sign no matter how they are sometimes detrimental to us and make us dumping grounds.

This is why the innovative hubs in our institutions of higher learning whose patents are developed must receive funding for the solutions they innovate to our problems. Lack of finding of these brilliant minds results in that talent being snatched away from its place of origin to develop other countries that have seen the potential of that innovation to their societies.

The Skills Audit portfolio comes in handy to identify the capabilities of each person and go further into ensuring that those skills are not lost but utilized for the benefit of the country.

What is your role as a citizen? It us to play your part in building Zimbabwe. It is to be loyal to your country. It is to make your country economically sound and viable so that it grows. What are you able to produce with your hands? How are you able to use your intellectual skills to advance your motherland? What do you need in order to realize your full potential and play your part in ushering Zimbabwe into an upper middle income society by 2030. Do you know which doors to knock on and are you willing to find out?

There’s one clear thing that came out of these recently held elections. It is clear that there are men and women who love their positions of misfortune or being in need. There are men and women who enjoy lacking things which can be rightfully theirs if they only try. This could be because of the donor syndrome of accepting donations always. It could be ignorance. It could be failure to identify opportunities. It could be laziness. There is nothing political about it.

It is just like the Dynamos and Highlanders game that turned over the weekend and is now being politicized. The social media too being awash with negative stories and peddling a regime change narrative too short in its legs.

People continue to take advantage of every little thing to advance a negative narrative because of their disgruntlement over the outcome of the results. The funny thing is that many are oblivious of the fact that there are people who will defend their country no matter what lies are peddled because they know the value of their country.

In time, people will appreciate the vision being established and how well it fits into the bigger Zimbabwean picture.

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