Government, politics and nationhood Dr Sikhanyiso Duke Ndlovu is greeted by President Mugabe ahead of an Ordinary Session of the zanu-pf Central Committee on September 18, 2008
Dr Sikhanyiso Duke Ndlovu is greeted  by President Mugabe ahead of an Ordinary Session of the  zanu-pf Central Committee on September 18, 2008

Dr Sikhanyiso Duke Ndlovu is greeted by President Mugabe ahead of an Ordinary Session of the zanu-pf Central Committee on September 18, 2008

Sikhanyiso D. Ndlovu Special  Correspondent
THE Zimbabwe nation comes from a strong Party with an ideology which produces a strong people-centred Government that recognises its founding principles which cannot be sacrificed for expediency. During the 80s the western nations continued efforts to destabilise the Zimbabwe nation.

Government was told that World Bank funds should only be directed to income generating industries which at that time during Dr Bernard Chidzero as Finance Minister were all foreign owned or owned by white settler Rhodesians and Zimbabweans were promised employment to perpetuate foreign ownership of our wealth without indigenisation or joint ventures or Land Reform.

We must not forget that Dr Joshua Nkomo was passionate about the issues, and together with President Mugabe, stood firm on these principles such that even on his deathbed he reminded the President not to let go on Land and Unity.

American and Western sanctions had to be imposed to reduce us to a country controlled by the West.

The World Bank told President Mugabe not to use any funds to expand the education system and land distribution, but to put the funds to industry which was owned by the whites.

President Mugabe would not listen to that following the Principle that any nation that does not invest in the education of its children can be a dying nation.

I keep on calling Zimbabwe a Nation purposely because Western nations call African Nations “countries” meaning that they are fragmented tribal groupings who do not understand nationhood, hence they can be interfered with without observing the United Nations Charter. Are you aware that it is only in Africa where we have Zebra crossings? — in Western nations they have pedestrian crossings meaning that we are like animals, Zebras.

In Zimbabwe we can build our nation to stand firm against Western machinations.

The west continues to finance the opposition Parties which become their “special purpose vehicles” to keep Zimbabwe down for their own interests.

No proud citizen and the beneficiary of freedom brought about by the armed struggle can stand and heckle his President, while he is delivering the State of the Nation address in Parliament.

It’s not a political party rally, but a solemn occasion whereby the Executive proposes to the Legislature, so that it may dispose the national agenda. Can such people contribute to good legislation for the greatest good of the nation?

Three pillars of Government

We have three pillars of Government; the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary, which are key to the stability and development of the nation.

If the opposition parties are not sincere and not committed to national development they aim to weaken Government’s resolve to deliver service to the people.

There is need for unity of purpose across party lines for the national good as the philosopher John Stewart Mills stated that in any decision to be made one “must consider the greatest good”.

If bad laws are enacted by Parliament we must not blame the men and women of the Bench when they make judgments in cases brought before them because they interpret the Law as is. They do not make the Laws of the Land.

It was not pleasant to hear attacks on Justice Godfrey Chidyausiku the Chief Justice and his bench about the labour case judgment.

The highest court of the land interprets the Laws of the Land enacted by the august House of Legislators of this Land.

It had to take the President to send the Legislature back to the drawing board in Parliament and Senate to come up with the appropriate Legislation that was the President’s magnanimity and astuteness to observe the sanctity of the separation of powers between the pillars of Government.

The opposition did not want to contribute meaningfully to the labour Bill. What do they want actually?

The next article will deal with bureaucracy and bureau pathology in the frustration of the implementation of Government investment programmes.

 

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