via Zim needs change, fresh ideas – NewsDay Zimbabwe 12 July 2014
Yesterday Zanu PF announced a raft of election rules set to effectively bar, among other groups, new comers and Young Turks from rising within party structures ahead of their December elective congress.
This is a sad development in Zimbabwean politics bearing in mind that Zanu PF is the ruling party and what happens within it has a bearing on national politics and economic development.
In this country if Zanu PF sneezes the nation catches flu.
The move by the party to bar those aspiring to get into the party’s central committee and women’s league effectively symbolises the party’s desire to retain the status quo.
This means that deadwood in the party will remain entrenched in positions of power and by implication; they remain as decision-makers at national level.
This is sad indeed because it means that change in Zimbabwe is a long way off.
The old guard in the party is still entrenched in the liberation war mode that ended three decades ago.
New blood would have given the party the impetus for revitalisation and the ripple effects would have been felt at national level.
But what has come out of their resolution speaks volumes about the party’s intention to drag the nation back 30 years.
We need change and only fresh ideas and fresh blood can make that a reality.
The old guard in Zanu PF has failed us in this regard and it is very sad indeed that they want to continue dragging us away from development.
Some of the old guard forget that they joined the party as youths and rose through the ranks because the environment was conducive for them to do so.
Why should they be cruel to the extent that they do not want to groom others as was done to them?
The answer is simple, they fear change.
But change is for the benefit of both the party and the nation.
Change gives the nation the ability to move from one situation to another.
At present our failures are largely due to our inability to change with the moving global trends.
Ironically, we have been pulled back by ideologies reflecting that we are 34 years away from modern reality.
Change, in the form of Young Turks and new blood, would have allowed Zanu PF to grow, to learn and to thrive.
This would, inevitably, have cascaded down to government structures and the nation since Zanu PF is the national decision-maker.
But the old guard would have none of it. They want the nation to remain in the past where the nation was fighting colonialism that ended 34 years ago.
The decision to bar fresh blood from rising within the party ranks smacks of greed, selfishness and myopia. It is a futile attempt to freeze time and to entrap the nation in that frozen time. The nation needs change.
COMMENTS
comrades fighting a battle that happened more than 34 years ago is not going to put bread and butter on the electorates plates, we should stop looking back, driving in reverse, we should be driving forward in fifth gear as our country is blessed with abundance, we have potential brothers lets pray and ask the Lord, who created the abundance in this jewel of Zimbabwe for deliverance from backward thing leaders and for Him to bless us with fair, and just and progressive leaders….
I have been praying for a long time now that the Lord Himself will raise up a leader for this nation. A man after God’s own heart like King David. A man who knows Christ as is very life. We must stand together in this prayer. God knows the man. We must no longer rely on ourselves to choose a leader as all we do is exalt that man and make him our saviour and idol which is an abomination to God. Christ alone is the Saviour of the people of this nation. No politician is. May they be knocked off their pedestals. Worship belongs to NO man but to God only.
A mango tree bears mangoes. ZANU PF Young Turks will not really change anything because their DNA is ZANU PF. What change has been brought in by the Temba Mliswas, Savior Kasukuweres, Zhuwawus, and others? They are fruits of the same old mango tree and will by all means bear mangoes not bananas. ZANU PF is tired and for change,s sake do not repeat the mistake the electorate did in 2013 polls. We are our own redeemer.
I very much doubt if God is going to help you zimbabweans out of the black hole you have dug for yourselves !!
Tongoona is right! Zanu-Pf will never change. They have failed to transform from a liberation movement into an administration. Why is this ineptitude? They prefer to bask in the glory of being freedom fighters than to be in leadership to solve today’s problems. Hence there is this lack of accountability. This is why If polling results have not been well rigged in favour of Zanu-PF, the results are stalled for two months to allow manipulation. Meanwhile, people get killed to inflict fear and influence future voting in their favour. This will never change even if Mugabe goes in the next minute. This shall be repeated in in various forms. 2013 is exactly the same manifestation. Forget Zanu-PF to anything for us. This Zanu-PF Junta high-jacked the freedom fighting glory. Everybody fought this liberation! So, what are we going to do?
God helps those who help themselves . – they saying goes
No change will ever come under this thieving bufoon government