We have to emancipate ourselves from tyranny

IT is a fact that former President Robert Mugabe brought extreme damage to Zimbabwe during his days in power. This is why we firmly confronted and opposed him without fear during his days because we didn’t agree with his art of (mis)governance.

We had the courage to confront him while he was alive. When we did that, some people didn’t take the same courage for reasons best known to themselves.

Now that he is dead, some of us now appear to be more courageous in lashing out at him as he lies motionless.

The people’s president Nelson Chamisa has exhibited that he is a true African who can’t celebrate while others are mourning. We are guided by this wisdom as cultured Africans.

We can’t be seen wining and dining when others are mourning. This is definitely not a recognition of any of Mugabe’s heroic/iconic efforts because he has none.

If he ever had, he squandered them during his era of unfettered love for power at the expense of people’s emancipation.

He is gone and his going entails that he is gone with everything bad that he did to us.

We are now confronted with a new era, an era comprising of a living tyrant who needs the same effort and action from us to deal with him.

The country currently has a “President” who finds joy in suffocating the democratic space as evidenced by the recent banning of protests, a series of abductions and disruption of party gatherings, among others.

All these are signs of an undemocratic person presiding over the affairs of this country.

This sad reality is a call for us to unite, stand up and reject these desperate attempts to take Zimbabwe to the days of a one-party

State.

To the young people of this great nation, let us all remember that we have so many issues that must unite us than those which may divide us.

We are jobless in our multitudes, lives have been claimed due to ailments that could have been avoided and because of an ailing healthcare system, people are dying needlessly.

So many of my peers are out of school because tuition fees have been pushed beyond the reach of many. We are witnessing the ruralisation of urban areas due to shortages of power and energy. Corruption has made most of us poor in a country endowed with natural resources. This is the time to gather, not scatter; to reflect, not to deject. We have to emancipate ourselves from the hands of this tyrannical system which has brought more harm than good. Tererai Obey