Season's Greetings
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| 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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