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Tendai Mugabe Senior Reporter
The National Pledge introduced by Government on the opening day of schools this week is not a Zanu-PF thing and the country stands ready to go to war defending such values, Minister of State Security Kembo Mohadi has said. Minister Mohadi said Zimbabwe’s security system would do everything within its means and capacity to defend its motherland, economic prosperity and favourable international order.

The National Pledge seeks to instil patriotism and commitment to the national interest in children of school- going age.

Addressing senior cops who are attending Course 5 of 2016 at the National Defence College yesterday on “Zimbabwe’s national security concept: A proposed model”, Minister Mohadi said the pledge fell within a category of vital interests at the heart of Zimbabwe’s statehood, which was preservation of values and cultural heritage.

He, however, said the pledge was being resisted by agents of regime change operating locally. Minister Mohadi cited the MDC formations and the Western-sponsored NGOs as part of the local regime change agents.

Minister Mohadi said Zimbabwe had an interest in ensuring and sustaining its economic progress and prosperity. He said Zimbabwe’s national security was under threat from a number of drivers, which included regime change agents, economic sanctions, hostile ideologies and poverty and inequality.

Commenting on the role of the intelligence in maintaining security in the country Minister Mohadi said: “Intelligence is the foundation of our ability to take effective measures to provide for the security of Zimbabwe and its citizens.

“To manage risk effectively, we need the best possible information about threats we face and about the intentions, capabilities and activities of those who would do us harm. The best decisions regarding the scope and design of security programmes, the allocation of resources and the deployment of the assets cannot be made unless the executive is accurately informed.”