Sunday 21 December 2014

ZANU PF UK Chairman end of Year Message

Season's Greetings

ZANU PF UK Chairman: Cde Nick Mangwana
As we approach our Christmas and the culmination of a New Year we take stock of our achievements and plan for the next year.

Our country is facing a lot of challenges in which everyone of us who is emotionally or otherwise invested in Zimbabwe has to play their part.  We can all sit back and blame our leaders but whilst that is a good pastime, it won't change our destiny or that of our children and their  inheritance. Zimbabwe needs all of us. Under the banner of  None But Ourselves we have already shown how much we can do if we remain united and focused.

We are privileged to have the leadership we have in Zimbabwe. Our President and First Secretary Cde R.G Mugabe is a former diasporan. He went to University in South Africa and taught in both Zambia and Ghana. In fact his revolutionary inspiration was nurtured by his presence in the diaspora when he witnessed Ghana become the first Black African Country to be independent. It does not even end there,  as we raise our families in different parts of the world we should do so in the proud knowledge that those children are not alone. For our First Lady Dr Grace Mugabe is also a child of the diaspora having been born in South Africa and only coming to Zimbabwe aged 5. In her our children have a patron.  It does not even end there, our Vice President Cde E.D. Mnangagwa experienced his adolescence in the Diaspora in Zambia where he finished his primary and did his secondary schooling. He joined the war there from.

My fellow Cdes, We point to these icons to illustrate that there is no regression relationship between your location in the diasporan and patriotism.  You have made so many personal sacrifices for party and country, that is appreciated.  The country continues to seek cadres that will work for it not as an investment for future entitlement and patronage.  But for the mere reason that it is the right thing to do.

In the new year we will improve on our organisation to try to make us a super efficient outfit.  As we focussed a lot on politics in this our maiden year.  Politics will remain on our agenda as we fight the negative perception and demonisation of our country. We however should engage a couple more gears and get into the economic mode in the coming year.  In our engagement  with the government and our mother party we will bring the issue of our Chamber of Commerce to fruition. We will continue to engage our principals so as to have a one-stop-hub for all diasporan matters. Be it a ministry or a department or at the very least a desk in an amenable ministry.  This has t happen as the Diaspora is a key constituent in the Zimbabwean discourse.  Even though our detractors are the primary beneficiaries of our efforts, we will continue with our thrust built upon a bedrock of positivity.  Negativity has never built a country or organisation.

In this New Year as we build structure we will also follow up on our efforts to  lobby the government to facilitate our children getting their birth certificates and National IDs in the countries we are based in.  In this regard we will assist the government in coming up with a mechanism for the registration of all Zimbabweans in the diaspora and collation of the statistics. This database will help inform policy. Issues such as democratic participation in electoral processes at home will continue to be reviewed.  We are ZANU PF and the governing party. We want our diaspora to be recognised as a National Asset and ZANU PF- UK will endeavour  to front this.

We have a very good relationship with our Embassy, they have been very helpful to the community. We will continue this as we welcome our new Ambassador.  We will try to avoid conflicts with our compatriots and try to build productive synergies with every Zimbabwean. However where others will see the need to push us, we will try to engage. Failure of that strategy, we will certainly push back. Even at that level we will remain a non-violent entity and will obey the letter and spirit of the laws of our hosting nation.

Cdes, Let us all merry make and feast in our festivities but stay safe till we meet in the New year.


Aluta Continua

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